Benfica travels to Arouca this Saturday, on matchday 16 of the I Liga, Looking to win and maintain the chase of the leader Sportingwhich they won on Friday, in addition to increasing the distance with third place, FC Porto.
Roger Schmidt’s team is the only one in the 2023/24 edition of the I Liga that has only lost once and seeks to distance itself from FC Porto, who drew 1-1 at Boavista on Friday.
In front there will be a Arouca has not lost in four gamesthree of which ended with victories, a sequence that It gave them 10 of the 16 points they currently have in 11th place.
Arouca’s eleven: Arruabarrena, Bogdan Milovanov, Galovic, Javi Montero and Tiago Esgaio; Eboué Kouassi, Morlaye Sylla and David Simão; Jason, Cristo and Rafa Mújica.
Benfica’s eleven: Trubin; Aursnes, António Silva, Otamendi and Morato; João Neves, Kokçü, Di María, João Mário; Rafa and Arturo Cabral
Arouca substitutes: Thiago, Lawal, Trezza, Puche, Matías, Moses Yaw, Michel, Bukia and Pedro Santos.
Benfica substitutes: Samuel Soares, Jurásek, Gonçalo Guedes, Chiquinho, Musa, Tomás Araújo, Tiago Gouveia, Florentino and Bajrami.
Source: TSF
