Casa Pia vs Arouca Prediction & Betting Tips (20 December)

Casa Pia is doing well and even better than she could normally imagine. Installed in 9th place, the locals remain with the bonus of a very good victory in hostile territory against Estoril 0-2 in the wake of their draw against the promoted AVS at home 1-1. Finally, over the last six days, there has only been one defeat, quite logical in addition to that against Porto 2-0 . Clearly, this Casa Pia team is showing itself to be regular for the moment and above all undefeated for six home games. On the other side of the median, it's not the same melody for Arouca who crosses a zone of mist at the bottom of the table. 17th and currently first relegated, Arouca, on the other hand, put an end to a drought of seven games without a victory in the championship by beating the very well ranked Santa Clara during the previous day with the smallest of scores 1-0 .

This victory also put an end to a negative series of three defeats in all competitions, including two in the league on the Estrela pitch 2-1, and for the reception of the ogre Benfica 0-2. The 3rd defeat is none other than an early elimination in the 1/16th final of the Portuguese Cup against Farense 1-2 , currently last in the championship...

Casa Pia still deplores the prolonged absence of Kiki (not an appearance this season), and of Claudio Mendes (not a match since his free arrival at the club in May). Two ultimately usual absences for the coach who will be able to count on the entirety of his usual squad including the artists of this start of the season which are Cassiano (5 goals, scorer against Estoril), and the talented Nuno Moreira (2 goals, 2 PD).  Six players will potentially be absent this evening, in this case the scorer who started last weekend Araujo (2 goals in the league), who was injured in the first half, the midfielder Oriol Busquets, the Croatian defender Galovic (long absent) , the Ivorian Eboue Kouassi, the sporadic midfielder within the rotation Pedro Moreira (4 appearances since February), and the Brazilian midfielder Vitinho.

Author of 2 goals in his last two matches, Jason (3 goals in the league) seems to be the man on fire of the moment at Arouca. He is, at the same time, the top scorer in the squad in the elite.