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PORTO. Porto obliterates Arouca 5-1 with goals of Otávio (1′), Mehdi Taremi (18′), Mehdi Taremi (34′), Mehdi Taremi (50′), Jerome Opoku (70′ own) and (86′). On the other side, Arouca scored with ​Bruno Marques (75′). Porto made the most of its superior ball possession (59%).

The match was played at the Estádio Do Dragão stadium in Porto on Wednesday and it started at 9:15 pm local time. The referee was Tiago Bruno Lopes Martins assisted by Hugo André Pires Ribeiro and Vasco Marques. The 4th official was Rui Filipe Lopes Soares. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 13.1 degrees Celsius or 55.54 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 99%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Porto was in firm control of the ball 59% while Arouca was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Porto was more aggressive with 56 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 11 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Porto won the match​.

Porto shot 19 times, 11 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Arouca shot 8 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Porto received 1 yellow card (Iván Marcano). Regarding the opposition, Arouca received 3 yellow cards (Alan Ruiz, Morlaye Sylla and João Basso).

Standings

After playing this match, Porto will have 32 points to remain in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, Arouca will stay with 19 points like Rio Ave, Chaves and Portimonense to sit in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga Portugal, Porto will host Famalicão on the 15th of January with a 5-1 head to head statistic in favor of Porto (0 draws).

Arouca will play away agasint Chaves on the 15th of January with a 2-1 head to head in favor of Chaves (2 draws).

Porto – Formation

Porto adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Sérgio Paulo Marceneiro Conceição decided to play with the following team: Diogo Costa (6.3), João Mário (7.0), Fábio Cardoso (6.8), Iván Marcano (7.3), Wendell (7.1), Otávio (9.4), Mateus Uribe (6.8), Marko Grujić (6.8), Wenderson Galeno (6.2), Gabriel Veron (7.4) and Mehdi Taremi (9.7).

The home team had on the bench: Danny Namaso, Pepê (6.7), Stephen Eustáquio (6.4), Toni Martínez (6.5), Rodrigo Conceição (6.9), Cláudio Ramos, André Franco, David Carmo and Gonçalo Borges.

Substitutions

Porto made 5 changes: Gabriel Veron for Toni Martínez (68′), Mateus Uribe for Stephen Eustaquio (69′), Galeno for Pepê (69′), João Mário for Rodrigo Conceição (84′) and Mehdi Taremi for Danny Loader (84′).

Best player: Mehdi Taremi​

The player that probably impressed the most for Porto was Mehdi Taremi.

His rating is (9.7) with 3 goals, 28 passes (82% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 7.

Arouca – Formation

Also Arouca adopted the conservative line-up (4-5-1).

Armando Evangelista Macedo Freitas played with: Ignacio de Arruabarrena (5.9), Bogdan Milovanov (5.8), João Basso (6.7), Jerome Opoku (6.0), Mateus Quaresma (6.3), André Bukia (6.6), Alan Ruiz (6.0), Ismaila Soro (6.1), David Simão (6.9), Morlaye Sylla (7.3) and Oday Dabbagh (6.2).

These were the players on the bench: João Valido, Antony Alves (6.6), Nino Galović (6.8), Oriol Busquets (6.4), Bruno Marques (7.3), Yaw Moses (6.8) and Rafael Fernandes.

Substitutions

Arouca made 5 changes: Ismaila Soro for Antony (62′), Oday Dabbagh for Bruno Marques (62′), Bruno Pinto for Yaw Moses  (75′), Jerome Opoku for Oriol Busquets (76′) and Alan Ruiz for Nino Galovic (76′).

Best player: Morlaye Sylla​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Arouca was Morlaye Sylla.

His rating is (7.3) with 33 passes (78% accurate) and 6 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 9.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Liga Portugal.​

• Porto – Arouca – 5-1
• Portimonense – Casa Pia – 1-2