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Arouca Edges Out Rio Ave in Close Encounter in Arouca
Arouca secured a 1-0 victory over Rio Ave in a thrilling match at the Estádio Municipal de Arouca on February 10th, 2025, as part of the Primeira Liga’s Matchday 21. Despite having slightly less possession (48%), Arouca proved more clinical in front of goal, registering 16 shots with 4 on target. The winning goal arrived in the 71st minute, courtesy of J. Fontan, who capitalized on an assist from Tiago Esgaio. Rio Ave, with 52% possession, managed 12 shots, 4 on target, but couldn’t find an equalizer. In the dying moments, T. Morais scored for Rio Ave in the 90th minute but it was too little, too late. The match saw a yellow card for Rio Ave’s Clayton in the 57th minute and a total of 30 fouls committed between both teams.
Substitutions rio ave: at minute 64 T. Morais came in and Andre Luiz went out., at minute 77 Joao Pedro came in and O. Richards went out., at minute 77 J. Graca came in and O. Pohlmann went out., at minute 77 J. Novais came in and D. E. Tiknaz went out., at minute 85 K. Zoabi came in and M. Neto went out.
Substitutions arouca: at minute 68 D. Nandin came in and H. Araujo went out., at minute 68 Jason came in and A. Trezza went out., at minute 78 Pedro Santos came in and T. Fukui went out., at minute 78 Puche came in and P. Gozalbez went out., at minute 85 M. Loum came in and D. Simao went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
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