VILA NOVA DE FAMALICãO. Famalicão managed to find the solution against Rio Ave to win 2-1. J. Cádiz was the star player for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Rio Ave to strike first with a penalty of Aziz at the 14′. Then it was a goal in the 17′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Jhonder Cádiz gave the win to Famalicão in the 66′ minute scoring a double.
Adrien Silva missed a decisive penalty (90′). That would have allowed Rio Ave to draw the match.
The match was played at the Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho stadium in Vila Nova de Famalicão on Friday and it started at 8:15 pm local time. The referee was Artur Manuel Ribeiro Soares Dias with the collaboration of Paulo Alexandre Santos Soares and Pedro Ribeiro. The 4th official was Vítor Manuel Melo Pereira. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was cold at 14.98 degrees Celsius or 58.96 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Famalicão was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Rio Ave that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Rio Ave had a more offensive attitude with 40 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. Nevertheless, Famalicão was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Famalicão shot 15 times, 6 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Rio Ave shot 12 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Famalicão received 4 yellow cards (Puma, Mirko Topić, Justin De Haas and Martín Aguirregabiria). Regarding the opposition, Rio Ave received 6 yellow cards (Emmanuel Boateng, Adrien Silva, Josué Sá, Aderllan Santos, Mateo Tanlongo and João Graça).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Famalicão has 26 points like Farense to remain in the 8th place. Regarding the opposition, Rio Ave will stays with 21 points like Estrela Amadora, Estoril and Portimonense to sit in the 14th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Liga Portugal, Famalicão will play away with Vizela on the 18th of March with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Famalicão (4 draws).
Rio Ave will host Sporting CP on the 25th of February with a 23-4 head to head stats in favor of Sporting CP (6 draws).
Famalicão – Formation
Famalicão started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager João Pedro Borges de Sousa decided to play with the following team: Luiz Júnior
, Martín Aguirregabiria , Enea Mihaj , Justin De Haas , Francisco Moura , Mirko Topić , Zaydou Youssouf , Chiquinho , Gustavo Sá , Sorriso and Jhonder Cádiz .The home team had on the bench: Ivan Zlobin, Tom Lacoux, Puma
, Henrique Araújo, Gustavo Assunção, Riccieli, Otso Liimatta , Florian Danho and Théo Fonseca .Substitutions
Famalicão made 5 changes: Chiquinho for Puma (73′), Jhonder Cádiz for Florian Danho (86′), Sorriso for Théo Fonseca (73′), Gustavo Sá for Otso Liimatta (86′) and Martín Aguirregabiria for Riccieli (90′).
Player of the match: Jhonder Cádiz
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Famalicão was Jhonder Cádiz.
His rating is
with 2 goals, 13 passes (62% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 17.Rio Ave – Formation
Rio Ave started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Luís Carlos Batalha Freire played with: Jhonatan
, Josué Sá , Aderllan Santos , Miguel Nóbrega , Costinha , João Teixeira , Amine , João Graça , Úmaro Embaló , Aziz and Fábio Ronaldo .They had on the bench: Emmanuel Boateng
, Joca , Patrick William, Mateo Tanlongo , Vítor Gomes, Leonardo Ruiz, Cezary Miszta, Adrien Silva and Marios Vrousai .Substitutions
Rio Ave made 5 changes: João Graça for Mateo Tanlongo (55′), Úmaro Embaló for Marios Vrousai (63′), João Teixeira for Joca (64′), Fábio Ronaldo for Emmanuel Boateng (71′) and Amine for Adrien Silva (71′).
Player of the match: Marios Vrousai
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Rio Ave was Marios Vrousai.
His rating is
with 9 passes (89% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 4.His performance was fantastic also because he started the match from the bench before entering in the 63′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Liga Portugal.