Benfica 2-2 Arouca — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Portugal - Premier League, 13 Apr 2025

📅13/04/2025 · 🕒20:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 2-0 2nd Score 3-1
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home Pick
64%
1.16
Draw
20%
7.13
Away
16%
10.87
Under/Over 2.5
Under
38%
2.96
Over
62%
1.36
Both Teams to Score
Yes
53%
2.13
No
47%
1.63
Total Goals
0-1
17%
6.67
2-3
37%
2.17
4-5
28%
2.45
6+
18%
4.79
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
41%
1.23
1/2
5%
35.0
1/X
7%
32.5
X/1
15%
3.92
X/2
5%
35.0
X/X
7%
12.15
2/1
8%
24.65
2/2
5%
34.5
2/X
7%
35.0
Value flag · 2/1 at 24.65 — our 8% vs market 1.6%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Our Pick
Benfica win — 64%
Fair price · no betting value
The bookmaker priced every market fairly — no dependable value at these odds, so skipping is the disciplined play.
Our Pick is our best estimate of the outcome; a value flag is a separate, rarer judgement about the price.
STRENGTH Over 2.5 Home Win BTTS Yes — pattern-based signals at fair odds; informational, not a sized bet.
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
64%
Home Win
82%
-18.3pp
20%
Draw
11%
+8.6pp
17%
Away Win
7%
+9.8pp
38%
Under 2.5
30%
+8.1pp
62%
Over 2.5
70%
-8.1pp
53%
BTTS Yes
43%
+9.9pp
47%
BTTS No
57%
-9.9pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Benfica EU Bookmakers 87%
Head to Head
AWAY Arouca EU Bookmakers 9%
-1% / -2% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +8% / +16%
2.84/0.71 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 0.94/2.49
+15% / +19% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) +38% / -6%
61% Ball Possession 39%
17 Total Shots 9
7 Shots on Target 3
6 Corners 4
478 · 86% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 248 · 73%
36.7 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 13.2
22.7 Crosses 11.6
1.5 Yellow Cards 2.8
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Benfica
6W-0D-0L
AWAY Arouca
3.17 Avg Goals (FT) 0.00
2.44 xG 0.46
57% Ball Possession 43%
14 Total Shots 8
6 Shots on Target 2
4 Corners 2
478 Passes 338
85% Pass Accuracy 80%
28 Box Touches 11
16 Crosses 11
2 Yellow Cards 2
01.12.2024 Arouca Arouca 0-2 HT 0-1 Benfica Benfica POR
12.05.2024 Benfica Benfica 5-0 HT 3-0 Arouca Arouca POR
06.01.2024 Arouca Arouca 0-3 HT 0-1 Benfica Benfica POR
31.10.2023 Arouca Arouca 0-2 HT 0-1 Benfica Benfica PORLC
01.02.2023 Arouca Arouca 0-3 HT 0-1 Benfica Benfica POR
05.08.2022 Benfica Benfica 4-0 HT 3-0 Arouca Arouca POR
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Benfica
2-2
AWAY Arouca
2.88 xG 1.36
55% Ball Possession 45%
26 Total Shots 8
8 Shots on Target 5
11 Corners 5
332 Passes 269
79% Pass Accuracy 76%
40 Box Touches 13
28 Crosses 11
1 Yellow Cards 3
POST-MATCH Benfica vs Arouca
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Benfica and Arouca shared the points in a 2-2 draw. Half-time: 0-0.

This one beat our numbers. Benfica carried 64% before kick-off and it didn't land — a reminder that even strong leads lose regularly. We had also flagged over 2.5 goals (62%), and that read landed as well.

On the day, Benfica had 55% of the ball to Arouca's 45%, shots finished 26-8, expected goals 2.88 to 1.36.

Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, Benfica had the better of it with 6 wins. Those games averaged 3.17 goals for Benfica and 0.00 for Arouca.

What was the final score of Benfica vs Arouca?

Benfica 2-2 Arouca in the Portugal - Premier League on 13/04/2025. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Benfica vs Arouca?

Before kick-off our model rated a Benfica win the most likely single outcome at about 64%, with the full match-result split Benfica 64%, draw 20%, Arouca 17%. The final score 2-2 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Over 2.5, BTTS Yes — while Match Result (Benfica) went the other way.

✗ Match Result (Benfica) ✓ Over 2.5 ✓ BTTS Yes
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