PAçOS DE FERREIRA. Paços de Ferreira conquers Santa Clara 1-0 after V. Antunes scored a penalty (54′). Paços de Ferreira made the most of its better ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the Estádio da Capital do Móvel stadium in Paços de Ferreira on Saturday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. The referee was António Emanuel Carvalho Nobre with the support of Nélson Filipe Vila Pereira and José Manuel Graça Mira. The 4th official was Bruno Vieira. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 14.7 degrees Celsius or 58.41 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 96%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Paços de Ferreira had a superior ball possession 60% while Santa Clara was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Paços de Ferreira was putting more pressure with 57 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Paços de Ferreira won the match​.

Paços de Ferreira shot 15 times, 4 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, Santa Clara shot 11 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Paços de Ferreira received 6 yellow cards (César Peixoto, Rui Pires, Nicolás Gaitán, Marafona, Nigel Thomas and Maracás). On the other side, Santa Clara received 6 yellow cards (Rildo, Bruno Jordão, Paulo Henrique, MT, Victor Bobsin and Allano).

Standings

After this match, Paços de Ferreira will have 15 points like Santa Clara to sit in the 17th place. On the other side, Santa Clara will stay with 15 points like Paços de Ferreira to sit in the 18th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga Portugal, Paços de Ferreira will play away against Arouca on the 18th of March with a 4-1 head to head stats in favor of Paços de Ferreira (7 draws).

Santa Clara will host Rio Ave on the 17th of March with a 4-4 head to head stats.

Paços de Ferreira – Formation

Paços de Ferreira started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Paulo César da Silva Peixoto decided to play with the following team: Marafona (7.1), Juan Delgado (7.4), Nuno Lima (6.8), Maracás (6.5), Vitorino Antunes (7.6), Rui Pires (7.4), Jordan Holsgrove (7.4), Paulo Bernardo (7.0), Nicolás Gaitán (7.2), Adrián Butzke (6.2) and Nigel Thomas (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Jorge Silva, Erick Ferigra, Igor Vekić, Alexandre Guedes, Tiago Ribeiro, Hernani Infande (6.5), Uilton Silva (6.6), Luiz Carlos (6.6) and Fábio Gomes (6.1).

Substitutions

Paços de Ferreira made 5 changes: Rui Pires for Luiz Carlos (46′), Adrián Butzke for Fábio (76′), Nicolás Gaitán for Uilton (78′), Nigel Thomas for Hernâni Infande Tchuda da Silva (79′) and Vitorino Antunes for Jorge Silva (87′).

Best player: Vitorino Antunes​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Paços de Ferreira was Vitorino Antunes.

His rating is (7.6) with 1 goal, 40 passes (67% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 4. He performed 2 crosses.

Santa Clara – Formation

Santa Clara started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).

António Jorge Rocha Simão played with: Gabriel Batista (6.6), Nanú (7.3), Ygor Nogueira (7.4), Adriano Firmino (6.8), Paulo Henrique (7.1), Matheus Araújo (6.5), Allano (7.1), Kento Misao (6.4), Bruno Jordão (6.0), Rildo (6.3) and Walter González (6.5).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Marcos Díaz, Gabriel Silva (6.2), Matheus Babi, Victor Bobsin (6.1), Ítalo, Costinha, Kyosuke Tagawa, Bruno Almeida (6.7) and Diogo Calila (6.9).

Substitutions

Santa Clara made 5 changes: Bruno Jordão for Victor Bobsin (61′), Rildo for Gabriel Silva Vieira (61′), MT for Bruno Messi (73′), Nanú for Tomás Castro (73′) and Allano for Matheus Babi (83′).

Best player: Ygor Nogueira​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Santa Clara was Ygor Nogueira.

His rating is (7.4) with 32 passes (75% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 6.

Results of the day

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

• Vizela – Sporting Braga – 0-4
• Paços de Ferreira – Santa Clara – 1-0
• Chaves – Portimonense – 2-0
• Vitória SC – Arouca – 0-2