Ourense CF vs Arosa - Segunda División RFEF - Group 1

The Segunda División RFEF - Group 1 returns to the home ground on October 4, 2026, where Ourense CF and Arosa will lock horns in a contest that could shape their respective campaigns. Enzo Maresca and Rico Lewis held a pre-match press conference on Saturday as Manchester City prepare to face Atletico Madrid in their third pre-season friendly of the summer.

Both Ourense CF and Arosa will be eager to build momentum when they meet in Segunda División RFEF - Group 1. When a side is winning 100% of their matches and posting WW in their last five, as Ourense CF have, the conversation shifts from form to silverware. Arosa are in the midst of a slump, LD over their last five and a paltry win rate of 0% summing up their struggles. Goals could be in short supply or plentiful — Ourense CF average 2 per game to Arosa's 1, and that gap may dictate the rhythm of the contest. On Wednesday night, Infantino was given the "full support" of FIFA's management board in a statement despite being forced to abandon his plan to sell stakes in a company to run the World Cup to private investors.

Pressing intensity will define the contest. Ourense CF will seek to win the ball high up the pitch and suffocate Arosa's build-up, while the visitors will aim to play through the pressure and exploit the spaces it leaves behind. Andoni Iraola, like Luis Enrique, is a coach who demands that his players press high.

Game-changers are scattered across both line-ups, and the contest may well be decided by which side's match-winners deliver on the day. How each side deals with the other's danger men — and who takes their chances when they come — will be central to the outcome. Director of recruitment Christopher Vivell is said to be one of the names who put the Roma midfielder forward as a target, with director of football Jason Wilcox raising other options, which is why a deal is yet to progress.

The market has yet to form a strong view, and the contest looks genuinely difficult to call. Neither side holds a clear edge, and a 2-2 draw would be a fitting reflection of the balance between them. With positions in the Segunda División RFEF - Group 1 table to defend and momentum to chase, neither side can afford to leave anything in the tank. And Fonseca does not place too much weight on the decision of Roberto Martinez to omit him from the World Cup squad in favour of his Benfica team-mate Tomas Araujo.