Arouca receives this Tuesday, in a League Cup match, a Benfica that is in a moment of crisis and is trying to react to a streak of two games without winning: after the defeat a week ago, against Real Sociedad, for the Champions League. In Luz, the eagles tied, also at home, against Casa Pia and were overtaken by FC Porto in the championship.
The Arouquenses currently lead group B of the competition, having beaten AVS 2-1 in the first round of the three-way group.
Arouca’s eleven: Thiago, Tiago Esgaio, Rafael Fernandes, Montero, Weverson, Sila, David Simão, Kouassi, Jason, Mujica and Trezza
Benfica’s XI: Trubin, António Silva, Otamendi, Morato, Aursnes, Florentino, João Neves, João Mário, Di María, Rafa and Guedes
The referee of the match is Hélder Carvalho, assisted by Pedro Martins and Diogo Pereira. The VAR is Hélder Malheiro and the AVAR is Gonçalo Vaz Freire.
Arouca substitutes: Arruabarrena, Lawal, Puche, Oriol Busquets, Milovanov, Cristo, Bukia, Galovic and Pedro Santos
Benfica substitutes: Samuel Soares, Arthur Cabral, Jurásek, Bernat, Tengstedt, Chiquinho, João Victor, Tomás Araújo and Tiago Gouveia
Source: TSF
