Arouca – FC Porto: 10th March 2017

Arouca, although the home team and has its own ground advantage, today starts with the second chance at bookmakers, will still give chest with an opponent more valuable, and more experienced. The hosts do a great season, but no disappoint, this time occupying 12th place in the Portuguese championship standings and is 11 points of the relegation zone. In the 24 stages so far, Manuel Machado’s team collected 27 points, contriving eight wins and three draws, losing 13 times matches they scored 23 goals, 35 Arouca are cashing in some form extremely weak, coming after four consecutive defeats, they cashed in ten goals, scoring only two.

FC Porto on the other side is seen as the favorite by bookmakers argue that should not surprise anyone, as a valuable team, which lay claims to winning the championship. At the moment “dragons” ranks second in the Portuguese championship standings and is just one point of leader Benfica. The 24 stages so far have brought 18 wins, five draws and one defeat for his team Nuno Espirito Santo in these matches scoring 53 goals, having cashed only 11, having such best attack, but also the good defensive Primeira Liga. In the championship, FC Porto have very good developments coming after eight consecutive victories, the latter being one extrm spectacular, winning 7-0 at home against those of Nacional Madeira.

So, based on my form but also on the value of the two teams, today I expect FC Porto, the team stronger, be the one who will achieve victory, but I expect to do in a categorical manner, therefore I stake that will score from the first half.