PORTIMãO. Sporting CP conquers Portimonense 1-0 after Paulinho scored just 1 goal (77′). Sporting CP was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (68%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
Pedro Gonçalves squandered a penalty (42′) for Sporting CP.
The match was played at the Estádio Dois Irmãos stadium in Portimão on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Gustavo Fernandes Correia who had the assistance of Tiago José Pereira Costa and Inácio Pereira. The 4th official was Hélder Carvalho. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 14 degrees Celsius or 57.11 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 66%.
Match Statistics
- ! 32 Ball Possession 68
Shots
- 6 Total 21
- 4 On Target 7
- 2 Off Target 10
- 0 Shots blocked 4
- 53 Attack 143
- 26 Dangerous attack 65
- 107 Ball safe 119
- 0 Penalties 1
- 3 Corners 7
- 4 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 6 Total 11
- 4 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Sporting CP had a strong ball possession 68% while Portimonense was struggling with a 32% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Sporting CP was more aggressive with 65 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sporting CP won the encounter.
Portimonense shot 6 times, 4 on target, 2 off target. Talking about the opposition, Sporting CP shot 21 times, 7 on target, 10 off target.
Cards
Portimonense received 4 yellow cards (Pedrão, Zié Ouattara, Welinton Junior and Rui Gomes). Regarding the opposition, Sporting CP received 2 yellow cards (Sebastián Coates and Ricardo Esgaio).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Portimonense will stay with 26 points like Chaves and Gil Vicente to remain in the 13th place. On the opposite side, Sporting CP will have 47 points to remain in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Liga Portugal, Portimonense will play away with Chaves on the 11th of March with a 4-1 head to head statistic in favor of Chaves (0 draws).
Sporting CP will host Boavista on the 12th of March with a 17-2 head to head stats in favor of Sporting CP (4 draws).
Portimonense – Formation
Portimonense
13'
46'
Portimonense started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Paulo Sérgio Bento Brito decided to play with the following team: Kosuke Nakamura , Pedrão , Lucas Alves , Park Ji-soo , Filipe Relvas , Lucas Ventura , Pedro Sá , Maurício , Zié Ouattara , Welinton Junior and Moustapha Seck .
The home team had on the bench: Yago Cariello Ribeiro, Paulo Estrela Moreira Alves, Yony González , Matheus Nogueira, Ricardo Matos, Alemão, Mohamed Diaby , Rui Gomes and Bruno Reis.
Portimonense could not rely on the presence of Yony González (injured).
Substitutions
Portimonense made 5 changes: Pedro Sá for Mohamed Diaby (46′), Sebastián Coates for Matheus Reis (60′), Lucas Ventura for Yony González (75′), Zié Ouattara for Rui Gomes (83′) and Moustapha Seck for Ricardo Matos (83′).
Best player: Pedrão
The player that probably impressed the most for Portimonense was Pedrão.
His rating is with 20 passes (60% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 5.
Sporting CP – Formation
Sporting CP
77'Sporting CP started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
Ruben Filipe Marques Amorim played with: Antonio Adán , Ousmane Diomandé , Sebastián Coates , Gonçalo Inácio , Ricardo Esgaio , Manuel Ugarte , Hidemasa Morita , Nuno Santos , Marcus Edwards , Pedro Gonçalves and Youssef Chermiti .
These were the players on the bench: Francisco Trincão, Arthur Gomes Lourenço, Héctor Bellerín Moruno, Franco Israel Wibmer, Matheus Reis , Diogo Filipe Costa Rocha, Paulinho , Jeremiah St. Juste and Mateo Tanlongo.
Substitutions
Sporting CP made 3 changes: M. Ugarte for Paulinho (75′), Nuno Santos for Jeremiah St. Juste (85′) and Marcus Edwards for Francisco Trincão (85′).
Best player: Pedro Gonçalves
The most impressive player for Sporting CP was Pedro Gonçalves even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 39 passes (79% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 14. He performed 5 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Liga Portugal.
- Chaves – Porto – 1-3
- Portimonense – Sporting CP – 0-1
- Estoril – Vizela – 0-3
