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- 6′Alverca, red card:Serious foul
- 9′Alverca, substitution:off
- 19′Arouca, yellow card:Foul
- 24′Arouca, goal:0–1assist
- Half-time0 – 1
- 46′Alverca, substitution:off
- 54′Arouca, yellow card:Time wasting
- 61′Arouca, substitution:off
- 62′Alverca, substitution:off
- 67′Arouca, substitution:off
- 67′Arouca, substitution:off
- 71′Alverca, yellow card:Foul
- 75′Alverca, substitution:off
- 75′Alverca, substitution:off
- 79′Arouca, substitution:off
- 79′Arouca, substitution:off
- 90+4′Alverca, red card:Violent conduct
- 90+4′Arouca, red card:Abusive language
- 90+4′Alverca, yellow card:Dissent
- Full-time0 – 1
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Arouca edge Alverca 1-0 as home side play with ten men from sixth minute
Arouca won 1-0 away to Alverca at the Complexo Desportivo FC Alverca on Matchday 9 of the Primeira Liga, taking advantage of an early red card to the hosts. Steven Baseya was sent off in the sixth minute with the score still 0-0, leaving Alverca a man down for almost the entire match.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Arouca needed until the 24th minute to make the numerical advantage count. Javi Sánchez supplied the assist and Taichi Fukui scored the only goal of the afternoon, which came at 0-0 and proved decisive. From the moment of the dismissal, Alverca scored none and conceded one.
The visitors dominated the ball, holding 71 per cent of possession and having 17 shots to 10, four of them on target to Alverca's one. Despite that superiority, they could not add a second goal, and the contest stayed live until the closing stages. Alverca were reduced to nine men when André Vidigal was sent off in the 90+4 minute.
The result lifted Arouca to 17 points and fifth place, six points clear of eighth-placed Alverca, who stayed on 11 points. Arouca play Nacional at home on Sunday 1 November in the Primeira Liga, while Alverca visit Benfica in the same competition on Monday 2 November.
Javi Sánchez created the winning goal for Fukui and earned the highest rating of any player, 8.22. Fukui, who scored it, was close behind on 8.2.
Alverca managed just one shot on target all afternoon, against four for Arouca.
Arouca won 1–0 away against Alverca (half-time 0–1).
Alverca met Arouca in the Primeira Liga (Regular Season - 9). Kick-off was Saturday, 24 October 2026, 17:00 UTC at FC Alverca Sports Complex. Referee: Pedro Ramalho.
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Key moments
- 6' Red card: Steven Baseya
- 24' Goal: Taichi Fukui (assist: Javi Sánchez) — 0–1
- 90+4' Red card: André Vidigal
- 90+4' Red card: Gabriel Rukavina
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Alverca (3-4-3)
Arouca (4-2-3-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Alverca 40%, the draw 28%, Arouca 32%. It finished Alverca 0–1 Arouca.
Home advantage gives Alverca a slight lean — With almost nothing between the sides on our strength rating, the usual home advantage puts Alverca in front at 40%, though Arouca's habit of controlling the ball pulls the other way. The draw sits at 28%, close to the usual 27% between sides this level, as a cooling finishing streak lowers it while ball control and typical scoring raise it.
Why Alverca in front?
Almost nothing between them on our strength rating — 1516 to 1544. Sides this close won 42.4% of 15,607 home games (draw 27.2%, visitors 30.4%). Arouca scored +0.47 goals per game beyond chance-quality lately — hot streaks like that have cooled off. Visitors running this hot went on to win 27.5% of 1,625 games, vs 27.8% for visitors finishing normally.
Why only 40%?
Because on our strength rating there is nothing in it. Arouca hold 7 more possession points (50 to 43 in recent games) — and between equals, control has been worth something. Between evenly-matched sides, when the visitors held this control edge the home team's win rate fell to 39.7% across 5,922 games, from 44.0% when styles were level.
Why the draw at 28%?
Between sides this level the draw starts at 27.2%. These teams' recent games average 2.7 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 26.4% of 30,297. The cool-off factor takes 2.2 points off the draw. The control factor adds 1.4 points to the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Alverca come into this after a busy window — 16 arrivals and 13 departures over the summer. Squad turnover reads dramatic but hasn't moved results once the rating is controlled: the busiest windows landed within noise across 5,368 games, rebuilt elevens likewise across 5,446, and even losing the most regular starters showed nothing (5,336). Arouca are 2 games into a new manager (Vitor Severino), appointed 12 days ago. The famous new-manager bounce doesn't survive its receipt: sides with a new manager beat their rating by 0.9 points over 33,420 games — but sides on an equally bad run who kept their manager beat it by 2.4 over 31,777.
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