AROUCA. Arouca overcomes Vizela 1-0 after M. Sylla scored a penalty (12′). Vizela was definitely better in terms of ball possession (65%).​

Samú squandered a decisive penalty (45′). That would have allowed Vizela to draw the match.​

The match was played at the Estádio Municipal de Arouca stadium in Arouca on Sunday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Bruno José Ribeiro Pires Costa with the support of Tiago Oliveira Leandro and André Lopes Dias. The 4th official was João Pedro Silva Pinho. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 27 degrees Celsius or 80.64 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 97%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Vizela had a strong ball possession 65% while Arouca was struggling with a 35% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Vizela was more aggressive with 89 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 8 were on target. Even so, Arouca succeeded in find the solution to win this encounter.​

Arouca shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Vizela shot 15 times, 8 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Arouca didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Vizela received 1 yellow card (Anderson).

Standings

After this match, Arouca will have 48 points to hold in the 5th place. On the opposite side, Vizela will stay with 39 points like Casa Pia to hold in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga Portugal, Arouca will play away against Rio Ave on the 28th of April with a 4-3 head to head stats in favor of Rio Ave (3 draws).

Vizela will host Paços de Ferreira on the 29th of April with a 3-2 head to head statistic in favor of Paços de Ferreira (1 draw).

Arouca – Formation

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

The manager Armando Evangelista Macedo Freitas decided to play with the following team: Ignacio de Arruabarrena (8.8), Tiago Esgaio (7.6), João Basso (7.2), Nino Galović (6.9), Mateus Quaresma (6.8), Alan Ruiz (6.7), Oriol Busquets (6.5), David Simão (6.2), Antony Alves (7.3), Rafa Mújica (6.4) and Morlaye Sylla (7.2).

The home team had on the bench: Bruno Marques, Ismaila Soro, Benji Michel (6.9), Thiago da Silva, Yusuf Lawal, Bogdan Milovanov, Arsénio Nunes, Yaw Moses and Jerome Opoku (6.9).

Arouca could not rely on the presence of Jerome Opoku (injured).

Substitutions

Arouca made 4 changes: João Basso for Jerome Opoku (58′), Rafa Mújica for Benji Michel (75′), Antony for Yusuf Lawal (85′) and Bruno Pinto for Ismaila Soro (86′).

Best player: Ignacio de Arruabarrena​

The player that probably impressed the most for Arouca was the goalkeeper: Ignacio de Arruabarrena. His rating is 8.82. He performed 8 saves.

Vizela – Formation

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

Manuel Jorge da Silva Cruz played with: Fabijan Buntić (6.4), Igor Julião (7.4), Bruno Wilson (6.6), Anderson (6.1), Kiki Afonso (7.0), Claudemir (7.1), Raphael Guzzo (7.6), Alex Méndez (7.3), Samu (6.6), Kiko Bondoso (7.1) and Milutin Osmajić (6.6).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Osama Rashid (7.0), Matías Lacava (6.8), Tomás Silva, Friday Etim (6.2), Matheus Pereira (6.2), Ivanildo Fernandes, Luis Felipe, Kévin Zohi (6.8) and Pedro Ortiz.

Vizela could not rely on the presence of Kévin Zohi (injured).

Substitutions

Vizela made 5 changes: Milutin Osmajic for Friday Ubi Etim (46′), Samú for Osama Rashid (67′), Claudemir  for Kevin Zohi (67′), Alex Méndez for Matías Lacava González (80′) and Kiki for Matheus Pereira (80′).

Best player: Raphael Guzzo​

The most impressive player for Vizela was Raphael Guzzo.

His rating is (7.6) with 86 passes (83% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 9. He performed 7 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Arouca – Vizela – 1-0
• Portimonense – Gil Vicente – 1-0
• Santa Clara – Chaves – 1-1
• Benfica – Estoril – 1-0