Arouca overcomes Santa Clara 1-0 with a goal scored by A. Ruiz. HIGHLIGHTS

AROUCA. Arouca beats Santa Clara 1-0 after A. Ruiz scored just 1 goal (49').

Arouca overcomes Santa Clara 1-0 with a goal scored by A. Ruiz. HIGHLIGHTS

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AROUCA. Arouca overcomes Santa Clara 1-0 after A. Ruiz scored just 1 goal (49′). Arouca capitalized on its better ball possession (59%).

The match was played at the Estádio Municipal de Arouca stadium in Arouca on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Hélder Carvalho with the support of Francisco João Serra Jorge Pereira and José Manuel Graça Mira. The 4th official was Iancu Ioan Vasilica. The weather was rainy. The temperature was hot at 28.8 degrees Celsius or 83.8 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 74%.​

Match Statistics​

  • 59 Ball Possession 41
Shots
  • 11 Total 5
  • 5 On Target 0
  • 5 Off Target 3
  • 1 Shots blocked 1
  • 130 Attack 113
  • 38 Dangerous attack 50
  • 87 Ball safe 82
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 3 Corners 3
  • 4 Off Sides 4
Fouls
  • 18 Total 11
  • 2 Yellow Cards 4
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 3 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

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

Attitude and shots

Santa Clara was putting more pressure with 50 dangerous attacks and 5 shots of which 0 were on target. Anyway, Arouca managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Arouca shot 11 times, 5 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Santa Clara shot 5 times, 0 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Arouca received 4 yellow cards (Ismaila Soro, I. De Arruabarrena, Morlaye Sylla and Morlaye Sylla). On the opposite side, Santa Clara received 4 yellow cards (Victor Bobsin, Costinha, Xavi Quintillà and Kento Misao).

Match Timeline

9'
30'
40'
46'
Adriano Firmino- sub ->Costinha
49'
Oriol Busquets- sub ->Ismaila Soro
52'
57'
62'
64'
84'
84'
Ignacio de Arruabarrena- Yellow
86'
87'
88'
90'
90'
Morlaye Sylla- Yellow
90'
Morlaye Sylla- Yellow
90'

Standings

After this match, Arouca will have 30 points to sit in the 7th place. On the other side, Santa Clara will stay with 15 points to remain in the 16th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga Portugal, Arouca will play away against Sporting Braga on the 19th of February with a 9-1 head to head stats in favor of Sporting Braga (4 draws).

Santa Clara will host Famalicão on the 19th of February with a 5-1 head to head record in favor of Famalicão (1 draw).

Arouca – Formation

Arouca
G
6.6
86'
D
Nino Galović 44.Croatia
6.5
D
Mateus Quaresma 6.Brazil
6.5
D
Bogdan Milovanov 21.Ukraine
6.7
D
João Basso 13.Brazil
7.0
M
David Simão 5.Portugal
7.3
M
Alan Ruiz 10.Argentina
7.9
Goals49'
M
Morlaye Sylla 2.Guinea
7.1
90'
M
Ismaila Soro 23.Ivory Coast
6.8
52' 40'
M
Antony 11.Brazil
6.4
90'
F
Oday Dabbagh 15.Palestine
6.4
64'
Substitutes
G
Thiago da Silva 16.Brazil
D
Jerome Opoku 3.Ghana
M
Pedro Moreira 20.Portugal
M
Oriol Busquets 14.Spain
6.4
52'
M
Yaw Moses 17.Ghana
M
Arsénio Nunes 8.Portugal
90'
F
Benji Michel 18.Haiti
6.6
64'
F
Yusuf Lawal 7.Nigeria
F
Bruno Marques 9.Brazil

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

The manager Armando Evangelista Macedo Freitas decided to play with the following team: Ignacio de Arruabarrena (6.6), Bogdan Milovanov (6.7), João Basso (7.0), Nino Galović (6.5), Mateus Quaresma (6.5), Ismaila Soro (6.8), David Simão (7.3), Morlaye Sylla (7.1), Alan Ruiz (7.9), Antony Alves (6.4) and Oday Dabbagh (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Jerome Opoku, Thiago da Silva, Pedro Moreira, Benji Michel (6.6), Oriol Busquets (6.4), Yusuf Lawal, Yaw Moses, Bruno Marques and Arsénio Nunes.

Substitutions

Arouca made 3 changes: Ismaila Soro for Oriol Busquets (52′), Oday Dabbagh for Benji Michel (64′) and Antony for Arsénio (90′).

Best player: Alan Ruiz​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Arouca was Alan Ruiz.

His rating is (7.9) with 1 goal, 49 passes (89% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 27. He performed 2 crosses.

Santa Clara – Formation

Santa Clara
G
Gabriel Batista 12.Brazil
7.0
D
Paulo Henrique 16.Portugal
6.9
D
Diogo Calila 13.Portugal
5.8
D
7.1
D
Ítalo 44.Brazil
6.5
88'
M
Costinha 11.Portugal
6.9
46' 30'
M
Kento Misao 40.Japan
6.5
87'
M
Victor Bobsin 80.Brazil
6.2
57' 9'
M
Allano 7.Brazil
6.2
84'
M
Gabriel Silva 49.Brazil
6.8
F
Walter González 24.Paraguay
6.3
Substitutes
G
Marcos Díaz 74.Argentina
D
7.0
84' 90'
D
Ygor Nogueira 2.Brazil
D
Nanu  31.Guinea-Bissau
M
Adriano Firmino 20.Brazil
6.8
46'
M
Bruno Jordão 6.Portugal
F
Filip Stevanovic 22.Serbia
84'
F
Rildo 37.Brazil
6.8
57'
F
Kyosuke Tagawa 9.Japan
88'

Santa Clara started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

António Jorge Rocha Simão played with: Gabriel Batista (7.0), Diogo Calila (5.8), Kennedy Boateng (7.1), Ítalo (6.5), Paulo Henrique (6.9), Kento Misao (6.5), Gabriel Silva (6.8), Victor Bobsin (6.2), Costinha (6.9), Allano (6.2) and Walter González (6.3).

They had on the bench: Xavier Quintilla (7.0), Ygor Nogueira, Adriano Firmino (6.8), Nanú, Filip Stevanović, Rildo (6.8), Marcos Díaz, Kyosuke Tagawa and Bruno Jordão.

Substitutions

Santa Clara made 5 changes: Costinha for Adriano (46′), Victor Bobsin for Rildo Gonçalves de Amorim Filho (57′), Allano for Filip Stevanović (84′), Allano for Xavi Quintillà (84′) and Ítalo for Kyosuke Tagawa (88′).

Best player: Kennedy Boateng​

The player that probably impressed the most for Santa Clara was Kennedy Boateng.

His rating is (7.1) with 41 passes (75% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 12.

Results of the day

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