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PORTO. Porto beats Vizela with a 2-0 win with a goal from Pepê (41′) and a goal from M. Taremi (86′). Porto made the most of its superior ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the Estádio Do Dragão stadium in Porto on Sunday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Cláudio Filipe Ruivo Pereira who was helped by André Filipe Nogueira Dias and Fabio Diogo Oliveira da Silva. The 4th official was Humberto Teixeira. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 13.1 degrees Celsius or 55.49 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 54%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Porto had a strong ball possession 60% while Vizela was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Porto was more pushing with 70 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 2 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Porto won the match​.

Porto shot 15 times, 2 on target, 13 off target. Talking about the opposition, Vizela shot 10 times, 2 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Porto received 2 yellow cards (Wendell and Mehdi Taremi). Talking about the opposition, Vizela received 2 yellow cards (Kiko Bondoso and Milutin Osmajic).

Standings

After this encounter, Porto will have 45 points to remain in the 2nd place. Talking about the opposition, Vizela will stay with 24 points to remain in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga Portugal, Porto will play away against Sporting CP on the 12th of February with a 19-9 head to head statistic in favor of Porto (17 draws).

Vizela will host Chaves on the 10th of February with a 0-0 head to head stats.

Porto – Formation

Porto started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Sérgio Paulo Marceneiro Conceição decided to play with the following team: Diogo Costa (7.1), João Mário (7.0), Pepe (7.1), Iván Marcano (7.4), Wendell (6.9), Pepê (8.2), Marko Grujić (7.2), Mateus Uribe (6.8), Wenderson Galeno (6.6), Mehdi Taremi (7.2) and Evanilson (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Vasco Sousa, Rodrigo Conceição, Zaidu Sanusi (6.7), André Franco, Danny Namaso, Fábio Cardoso, Gonçalo Borges, Toni Martínez (6.4) and Cláudio Ramos.

Substitutions

Porto made 5 changes: Wendell for Zaidu Sanusi (59′), Evanilson  for Toni Martínez (77′), João Mário for Gonçalo Borges (87′), Galeno for André Franco (87′) and Marko Grujić for Vasco José Cardoso Sousa (87′).

Best player: Pepê​

The most impressive player for Porto was Pepê.

His rating is (8.2) with 1 goal, 48 passes (79% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 13. He performed 1 cross.

Vizela – Formation

Vizela started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Manuel Jorge da Silva Cruz played with: Fabijan Buntić (6.7), Igor Julião (6.8), Bruno Wilson (6.2), Ivanildo Fernandes (7.1), Kiki Afonso (6.8), Claudemir (6.8), Raphael Guzzo (7.3), Kiko Bondoso (7.0), Samu (6.9), Nuno Moreira (6.8) and Milutin Osmajić (6.7).

These were the players on the bench: Luis Felipe, Mohamed Aidara, Osama Rashid, Alex Méndez (6.5), Tomás Silva (6.1), Matías Lacava (6.8), Kévin Zohi (6.3), Friday Etim (6.2) and Matheus Pereira.

Substitutions

Vizela made 5 changes: Samu for Matías Lacava González (65′), Samu for Alex Méndez (65′), Kiko Bondoso for Kevin Zohi (71′), Igor Julião for Friday Ubi Etim (82′) and Claudemir  for Tomás Silva (83′).

Best player: Raphael Guzzo​

The most impressive player for Vizela was Raphael Guzzo.

His rating is (7.3) with 45 passes (82% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 7. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Gil Vicente – Arouca – 1-1
• Sporting Braga – Famalicão – 4-1
• Chaves – Marítimo – 2-1
• Porto – Vizela – 2-0