Match Report
Before the match
Alverca: three wins, one draw and one defeat over five games; ten goals scored, five conceded. Famalicão were their latest opponents, away on 12 October: a 4-1 win.
Against Famalicão in Primeira Liga, Alverca scored four and conceded one on 12 October; the away from home result was 4-1. Alverca's at home game on 19 September (Primeira Liga) ended 1-0 against Rio Ave, with one goal for and zero against. On 12 September, CD Nacional faced Alverca in Primeira Liga: Alverca won 3-1 away from home, having scored three and conceded one. Primeira Liga, 5 September brought a home meeting with Braga; Alverca lost 1-2, a return of one goal scored and two conceded. Alverca hosted Santa Clara on 29 August (Primeira Liga) and drew 1-1; their goals totalled one, compared with one conceded.
Before kickoff, Primeira Liga's results-based standings placed Alverca 8th after eight matches and 11 points.
Arouca came into the game with two wins, two draws and one defeat from their last five outings, scoring six goals and conceding five. On 11 October, Arouca recorded a 1-0 win hosting Amadora.
Arouca's at home game on 11 October (Primeira Liga) ended 1-0 against Amadora, with one goal for and zero against. On 19 September, Sporting CP faced Arouca in Primeira Liga: Arouca drew 2-2 away from home, having scored two and conceded two. Primeira Liga, 13 September brought a home meeting with Santa Clara; Arouca lost 1-2, a return of one goal scored and two conceded. Arouca visited Estoril Praia on 7 September (Primeira Liga) and drew 0-0; their goals totalled zero, compared with zero conceded. Marítimo travelled to face Arouca (Primeira Liga) on 29 August. For Arouca, the score was 2-1: two goals scored, one allowed.
Arouca: 5th, 14 points, eight matches in the calculated Primeira Liga standings at kickoff.
The teams' recorded encounters ended in a 2-1 home win for Alverca on 24 April and a 1-0 home win for Arouca on 14 December 2025.
After the match
Arouca edged past Alverca 1-0 on 24 October 2026. Taichi Fukui opened the scoring in the 24th minute for Arouca, set up by Javi Sánchez, to make it 1-0. Steven Baseya (6') was sent off. José Fontán (19'), Pedro Santos (54') and Lucas Figueiredo (71') were booked. On our current Elo ratings the gap is a modest one: Arouca are 53 points stronger than Alverca. one yellow card and one red card went to Alverca. The substitution total for Alverca was five. The card tally for Arouca was two yellow cards. Arouca made five changes. A clean sheet for Arouca.