PORTO. Porto demolishes Boavista 4-1 with goals of L. Diaz (21′), Evanilson (41′), Evanilson (47′) and D. Loader (90′). Talking about the opposition, Boavista scored with Y. Hamache (30′). Porto was vastly superior ball possession (72%) was among the key factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Estádio Do Dragão stadium in Porto on Saturday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Tiago Bruno Lopes Martins with the help of Pedro Mota and Hugo André Pires Ribeiro. The 4th official was Miguel Bertolo Nogueira. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 17 degrees Celsius or 62.55 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 88%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Porto was in firm control of the ball 72% while Boavista was struggling with a 28% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Porto was more aggressive with 81 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 12 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Porto won the match.
Porto shot 19 times, 12 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Boavista shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Porto received 4 yellow cards (M. Taremi, Otavio, Pepe and I. Marcano). Regarding the opposition, Boavista received 4 yellow cards (G. Affonso, P. Musa, K. Gorre and S. Perez).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Porto will have 26 points like Sporting CP to stay in the 1st place. On the opposite side, Boavista will stay with 11 points to stay in the 8th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Primeira Liga, Porto will play away with Santa Clara on the 7th of November with a 8-0 head to head in favor of Porto (0 draws).
Boavista will host Famalicão on the 5th of November with a 1-1 head to head record.
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
, João Mário , Pepe , Iván Marcano , Zaidu Sanusi , Otávio , Mateus Uribe , Vitinha , Luis Díaz , Evanilson and Mehdi Taremi .The home team had on the bench: Fábio Cardoso, Francisco Conceição
, Namaso , Pepê, Sérgio Oliveira , Marko Grujić , Fábio Vieira , Agustín Marchesín and Wilson Manafá.Porto could not rely on the presence of Sergio Oliveira (injured).
Substitutions
Porto made 5 changes: M. Uribe for Sergio Oliveira (55′), Otavio for M. Grujic (71′), M. Taremi for F. Conceicao (71′), Evanilson for D. Loader (83′) and Vitinha for F. Vieira (83′).
Best player: Luis Díaz
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Porto was Luis Díaz.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 45 passes (82% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 16. He performed 2 crosses.Boavista – Formation
Boavista started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Talking about the opposition, João Pedro Borges de Sousa played with: Alireza Beiranvand
, Nathan , Javi García , Rodrigo Abascal , Reggie Cannon , Gaius Makouta , Tomás Reymão , Yanis Hamache , Gustavo Sauer , Petar Musa and Kenji Gorré .These were the players on the bench: Paul-Georges Ntep, Rafael Bracali, Filipe Ferreira, Pedro Malheiro
, Guito, Tiago Morais , Yusupha Njie , Ilija Vukotić and Sebastián Pérez .Boavista could not rely on the presence of P. Malheiro (injured).
Substitutions
Boavista made 5 changes: R. Cannon for P. Malheiro (17′), T. Reymao for S. Perez (46′), P. Musa for T. Morais (71′), K. Gorre for Y. Njie (71′) and G. Makouta for I. Vukotic (85′).
Best player: Alireza Beiranvand
The player that probably impressed the most for Boavista was the goalkeeper: Alireza Beiranvand. His rating is 7.02. He performed 7 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Primeira Liga.
- Sporting CP – Vitória SC – 1-0
- Porto – Boavista – 4-1
- Estoril – Benfica – 1-1