Estoril will finally have a chance to end a four-loss streak across competitions on Thursday evening when they host relegation strugglers Arouca at Estadio Antonio Coimbra da Mota.

The team led by Bruno Pinheiro continued to leak goals on Sunday when they fell 3-1 away at Vitoria Guimaraes despite scoring the opening goal of the game.

Estoril have thus conceded three goals in three of the last four outings in all competitions. They do not look capable of keeping things quiet defensively at the moment, which is the main reason of their poor run of form in the last several months.

Each of the last five outings Pinheiro’s men played on the home patch in the league thus saw goals scored at both ends.

As many as four of the last five matches Estoril played at home saw both teams scoring at least two goals.

The run includes a 2-3 defeat to Porto on January 8th in the team’s previous league fixture in their own backyard.

Estoril won’t come into the tie in much higher spirits either. The visitors took only one point in the last six Primeira Liga outings.

However, unlike Estoril who still hold the high 7th place in the league ladder, Arouca are second from bottom after 19 rounds of the competition in the elite class of Portuguese football.

Armando Evangelista will thus have a mountain to climb in an attempt to prevent Arouca’s drop to Segunda Division next season.

Could the visitors take advantage of Estoril’s poor shape and clinch a rare win, though?



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周四晚上，埃斯托利尔队将在安东尼奥-科英布拉-达-莫塔体育场主场迎战保级苦苦挣扎的阿鲁卡队，届时埃斯托利尔队将终于有机会结束他们的四连败。

周日，布鲁诺·皮涅罗(Bruno Pinheiro)率领的阿根廷队在与维多利亚·吉马良斯(victoria Guimaraes)的比赛中攻入了首粒进球，但仍以3-1败北。

因此，埃斯托利尔在过去四场比赛中的三场比赛中丢了三个球。他们现在看起来没有能力在防守上保持安静，这是他们过去几个月表现不佳的主要原因。

在过去的五场比赛中，皮涅罗的球队在联赛的主场都有进球。

在埃斯托利尔最近五场主场比赛中，有四场两队都至少进了两个球。

其中包括1月8日在主场2-3输给波尔图的比赛。

埃斯托利尔也不会以更高的精神进入这场比赛。客队在过去的六场西甲比赛中只拿了一分。

然而，不像埃斯托利尔仍然保持着联赛第七的位置，阿鲁卡在葡萄牙足球精英级别的19轮比赛后排名倒数第二。

为了防止阿鲁卡在下赛季被降级到第二赛区，埃万杰利斯塔将会有一座需要翻越的大山。

客队能否利用埃斯托利尔糟糕的状态赢得一场罕见的胜利呢?