Arouca enjoy best top-flight start
Arouca are in the middle of their strongest ever start to a season in the Portuguese top division, according to Record.
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Arouca are in the middle of their strongest ever start to a season in the Portuguese top division, according to Record.
Arouca midfielder Pedro Santos said the team is confident after picking up another victory and hopes the side can keep its good run going.
Arouca beat Alverca 0-1 on Saturday. Baseya's mistake led to the goal and he was sent off in the sixth minute, leaving Alverca a man down.
Sérgio Ferreira said the first half was defined by the red card and that the match was completely distorted, leaving him unhappy with the loss.
Vítor Severino admitted that Baseya's sending-off shaped the match as Arouca beat Alverca. The coach said the dismissal made his team's task simpler.
Fukui scored the only goal as Arouca beat Alverca 1-0 at home in the I Liga. The result lifts Arouca provisionally to fifth place.
French centre-back Steven Baseya was rested for the Taca de Portugal match at Tondela, where Alverca were eliminated, and will start again in the home game against Arouca.
The French forward scored in Arouca's win that sent the club through to the fourth round of the Portuguese Cup, ending a run without a goal lasting more than two years.
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0 to 100 against this season's Liga Portugal clubs (100 = best). The rating is our model's long-run strength: it uses the last three years and counts recent matches most, so a few results do not move it at once; beside it, this season's actual goals per match. As of Arouca vs Nacional.