Casa Pia Atletico v Arouca

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Casa Pia will be looking to build upon their recent 2-0 win away from home at Estoril in last weekend's Primeira Liga action when they return to the home surroundings of their Estádio Municipal de Rio Maior for Friday night's clash against second from bottom outfit, Arouca.

Arouca also had a rare taste of victory and all three points in last weekend's 1-0 home win against Santa Clara which in turn helped the visitors up into second from bottom position in the Portuguese Primeira Liga table but they still sit in the relegation zone ahead of this weekend's action.

Casa Pia have produced a much more steady sequence of results in the Portuguese top flight since making a disastrous start to this current campaign which saw the hosts slip to three early defeats on the trot.

Early season defeats at the hands of Boavista, Benfica and Santa Clara was not the sort of start that Casa Pia had had in mind but nevertheless, João Pereira's side have since slipped to just a further two defeats in their subsequent 11 league matches.

Casa Pia have also claimed four wins within these 11 games which includes home wins against Moreirense and Nacional although perhaps we shouldn't expect too many goals as eight of Casa Pia's last 10 matches overall have resulted in Under 2.5 goals.

Arouca stemmed the flow of a seven-game stretch without a win in the Portuguese top flight last weekend with a 1-0 home win against Santa Clara but this upcoming trip to face Casa Pia nevertheless looks a daunting one as the visitors had lost five of their previous seven games.

Overall results so far in this season's Primeira Liga campaign have produced just three victories to date for Arouca who have registered previous wins against Nacional and Farense as well, but having stumbled to no fewer than nine defeats within their opening 14 league matches, the visitors look to have their work cut out here.

Poor results away from home have seen Arouca pick up just one victory from their previous 10 outings on the road along with being dealt six defeats while also failing to score in four of these 10 away games as well.

Casa Pia v Arouca Verdict

Casa Pia have won each of the last two meetings on the trot against Arouca and as the home side have produced a few wins of late in the Portuguese top flight and generally making themselves a tough side to beat overall, Casa Pia look to be the better equipped of these two sides to collect all three points at the Estádio Municipal de Rio Maior on Friday night.

The last two meetings have also resulted in Under 2.5 goals.

Therefore, our main bet will be Casa Pia win @ 2.30

Other side bets worth considering:

Casa Pia win & Under 2.5 goals @ 4.50

Correct Score: Casa Pia 2-0 @ 11.00