PORTO. Porto overcomes Boavista 1-0 after M. Taremi scored a penalty (59′). Porto was decisively better in terms of ball possession (61%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
Porto remained with 10 players after Iván Marcano received a red card in the 66′. Still, Porto still found a way to win this contest competing only with 10 players.
The match was played at the Estádio Do Dragão stadium in Porto on Sunday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Rui Manuel Gomes Costa with the support of Nuno Manso and João Alexandre Bessa Silva. The 4th official was Iancu Ioan Vasilica. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 18.7 degrees Celsius or 65.71 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 77%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Porto had a strong ball possession 61% while Boavista was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Porto had a more offensive attitude with 60 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 0 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Porto won the match.
Porto shot 10 times, 0 on target, 9 off target. Regarding the opposition, Boavista shot 8 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Porto received 2 yellow cards (Mehdi Taremi and Mateus Uribe). On the opposite side, Boavista received 5 yellow cards (Salvador Agra, Gaius Makouta, Yusupha Njie, Kenji Gorré and Seba Pérez).
(Porto) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (66′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Porto will have 73 points to sit in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, Boavista will stay with 37 points to remain in the 12th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Liga Portugal, Porto will play away with Famalicão on the 20th of May with a 7-1 head to head in favor of Porto (0 draws).
Boavista will host Estoril on the 6th of May with a 5-3 head to head record in favor of Estoril (4 draws).
Porto – Formation
Porto
66'
46'
84'
59'
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 , Wilson Manafá , Pepe , Iván Marcano , Wendell , Otávio , Mateus Uribe , Stephen Eustaquio , Pepê , Evanilson and Mehdi Taremi .
The home team had on the bench: Zaidu Sanusi, André Franco , Cláudio Ramos, Toni Martínez , Marko Grujić, Wenderson Galeno , Fábio Cardoso , Danny Namaso and Rodrigo Conceição.
Substitutions
Porto made 5 changes: Wilson Manafá for Wenderson Galeno (46′), Evanilson for Toni Martínez (46′), Stephen Eustaquio for André Franco (46′), Toni Martínez for Fabio Cardoso (69′) and Mehdi Taremi for Marko Grujić (88′).
Best player: Mateus Uribe
The player that probably impressed the most for Porto was Mateus Uribe even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 54 passes (90% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 13.
Boavista – Formation
Boavista
Boavista started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Armando Gonçalves Teixeira played with: Rafael Bracali , Reggie Cannon , Vincent Sasso , Rodrigo Abascal , Bruno Onyemaechi , Gaius Makouta , Sebastián Pérez , Salvador Agra , Bruno Lourenço , Ricardo Mangas and Yusupha Njie .
They had on the bench: Róbert Boženík , Martim Tavares, Joel Silva , Robson, Kenji Gorré , João Gonçalves, Masaki Watai, Pedro Malheiro and Ibrahima Camará.
Substitutions
Boavista made 4 changes: Salvador Agra for Kenji Gorre (63′), Seba Pérez for Róbert Boženík (74′), Reggie Cannon for Pedro Jorge Gonçalves Malheiro (83′) and Gaius Makouta for Joel Filipe Organista da Silva (83′).
Best player: Sebastián Pérez
The player that probably impressed the most for Boavista was Sebastián Pérez.
His rating is with 20 passes (70% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 13.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Liga Portugal.
- Estoril – Santa Clara – 3-0
- Porto – Boavista – 1-0
- Sporting CP – Famalicão – 2-1
