Maritimo vs Arouca Predictions

• Maritimo have failed to win any of their last four home Primeira Liga games.
• Maritimo have won only five of their last 21 home league games.
• Arouca’s only defeats in their last nine away games have come to Porto and Benfica.

Arouquenses can avoid defeat in Madeira

Arouca can feel hard done by to have been handed two of the toughest away trips in the Portuguese top-flight back-to-back in the first few weeks of the season  and it was no surprise to see the newly-promoted side well beaten by Benfica and Porto.

Now Armando Evangelista’s side face a different sort of test as they travel to Madeira to face a Maritimo side who just avoided relegation last season.

The Greatest of the Islands have been unconvincing at their Estadio dos Barreiros home for a prolonged period, winning less than 25% of their home games over the past year.

We see no reason to back the-Green and-Reds here even if they are up against opponents that have won only once in the league this term.

Arouca won their final five away league games of 2020-21, including a play-off, to show they are capable of causing trouble on the road and we believe they can at least avoid defeat on Monday night.

Our correct score prediction of 0-0 is based on three of Maritimo’s last four home draws having finished with no goals.

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