PORTO. Porto managed to reverse the score against Famalicão. Porto was decisively better in terms of ball possession (69%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

Porto remained in 9 people redcard Sérgio Marceneiro Conceição (0′ for a red card) and Rodrigo Conceição (120′ for a double yellow card) were sent off.

The match was played at the Estádio Do Dragão stadium in Porto on Thursday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Manuel Mota. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 15.2 degrees Celsius or 59.38 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 95%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Porto had a strong ball possession 69% while Famalicão was struggling with a 31% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Porto was putting more pressure with 103 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Porto won the match​.

Porto shot 17 times, 7 on target, 10 off target. On the opposite side, Famalicão shot 13 times, 7 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Porto received 3 yellow cards (Sérgio Marceneiro Conceição, Pepe  and Otávio). Talking about the opposition, Famalicão received 8 yellow cards (A. Dobre, S. Colombatto, Ivo Rodrigues, Rodrigo Conceição, Enea Mihaj, Alexandre Penetra, Francisco Moura and Denílson).

Rodrigo Conceição (Porto) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (120′).

Rodrigo Conceição (Porto) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (0′).

Standings

Next matches

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: Cláudio Ramos (7.3), Wilson Manafá (6.6), Fábio Cardoso (6.9), Pepe (6.5), Wendell (6.7), Pepê (6.4), Mateus Uribe (7.2), Marko Grujić (6.8), Wenderson Galeno (6.2), Otávio (6.9) and Toni Martínez (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Diogo Costa, David Carmo, Zaidu Sanusi (6.6), Rodrigo Conceição (6.2), André Franco (6.9), Stephen Eustaquio (6.4), Danny Namaso, Evanilson (6.2) and Mehdi Taremi (7.0).

Substitutions

Porto made 6 changes: Marko Grujić for André Franco (62′), Wilson Manafá for Mehdi Taremi (62′), Toni Martínez for Evanilson (81′), Pepê for Rodrigo Conceição (81′), Wendell for Zaidu Sanusi (90′) and Fábio Cardoso for Stephen Eustáquio (115′).

Best player: Cláudio Ramos​

The most impressive player for Porto was the goalkeeper: Cláudio Ramos. His rating is 7.34. He performed 5 saves.

Famalicão – Formation

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

João Pedro Borges de Sousa played with: Luiz Júnior (6.4), Alexandre Penetra (8.1), Riccieli (7.1), Otávio Ataíde da Silva (6.4), Francisco Moura (7.0), Zaydou Youssouf (7.1), Santiago Colombatto (6.9), Mihai Alexandru Dobre (6.4), Ivo Rodrigues (7.6), Iván Jaime (8.0) and Jhonder Cádiz (7.1).

They had on the bench: Ivan Zlobin, Enea Mihaj (7.3), Rúben Lima, Martín Aguirregabiria, Gustavo Assunção (6.5), Gustavo Sá (6.8), Leandro Sanca (7.0), Denílson (6.8) and Pablo Felipe.

Famalicão could not rely on the presence of Denílson (injured) and Rúben Lima (injured).

Substitutions

Famalicão made 6 changes: A. Dobre for L. Baldé Sanca (73′), Ivo Rodrigues for Gustavo Filipe Alves Freitas Azevedo Sá (90′), O. Ataide da Silva for Enea Mihaj (84′), J. Cádiz for Denílson (90′), S. Colombatto for Gustavo Assunção (90′) and Iván Jaime for Rúben Lima (114′).

Best player: Alexandre Penetra​

The most impressive player for Famalicão was Alexandre Penetra.

His rating is (8.1) with 30 passes (80% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 4. He performed 6 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Taça De Portugal.​

• Porto – Famalicão – 1-2