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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
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 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
, Bogdan Milovanov , João Basso , Nino Galović , Mateus Quaresma , Ismaila Soro , David Simão , Morlaye Sylla , Alan Ruiz , Antony Alves and Oday Dabbagh .The home team had on the bench: Jerome Opoku, Thiago da Silva, Pedro Moreira, Benji Michel
, Oriol Busquets , 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
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 started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
António Jorge Rocha Simão played with: Gabriel Batista
, Diogo Calila , Kennedy Boateng , Ítalo , Paulo Henrique , Kento Misao , Gabriel Silva , Victor Bobsin , Costinha , Allano and Walter González .They had on the bench: Xavier Quintilla
, Ygor Nogueira, Adriano Firmino , Nanú, Filip Stevanović, Rildo , 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
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.
- Arouca – Santa Clara – 1-0
- Vitória SC – Portimonense – 1-0