PORTO. Porto managed to reverse the scoreline against Casa Pia to win 2-1. It was Casa Pia to strike first with an own goal of Evanilson at the 45′. Then it was a goal in the 56′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Danny Namaso gave the win to Porto in the 90′ minute. Porto was vastly better in terms of ball possession (73%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Estádio Do Dragão stadium in Porto on Sunday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Manuel António Rodrigues Oliveira assisted by Carlos Campos and Fabio Diogo Oliveira da Silva. The 4th official was Hélder Carvalho. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 15.4 degrees Celsius or 59.76 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 79%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Porto had a strong ball possession 73% while Casa Pia was struggling with a 27% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Porto was more pushing with 67 dangerous attacks and 26 shots of which 12 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Porto won the match.
Porto shot 26 times, 12 on target, 12 off target. Regarding the opposition, Casa Pia shot 10 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Porto received 2 yellow cards (Danny Namaso and Danny Namaso). On the other side, Casa Pia received 3 yellow cards (Nermin Zolotic, Felippe Cardoso and Afonso Taira).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Porto will have 79 points to sit in the 2nd place. Talking about the opposition, Casa Pia will stay with 40 points like Vizela and Boavista to sit in the 10th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Liga Portugal, Porto will play away with Famalicão on the 20th of May with a 7-2 head to head in favor of Porto (0 draws).
Casa Pia will host Estoril on the 21st of May with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Estoril (0 draws).
Porto – Formation
Porto
55'
56'
90'
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 , Pepê , Fábio Cardoso , Pepe , Wendell , André Franco , Mateus Uribe , Stephen Eustaquio , Wenderson Galeno , Evanilson and Mehdi Taremi .
The home team had on the bench: Danny Namaso , Cláudio Ramos, Zaidu Sanusi, Marko Grujić , David Carmo , Rodrigo Conceição, Bernardo Folha, Gabriel Veron and Toni Martínez .
Porto could not rely on the presence of Danny Namaso (injured) and David Carmo (injured).
Substitutions
Porto made 5 changes: Fábio Cardoso for Gabriel Veron (56′), Evanilson for Toni Martínez (84′), André Franco for Daniel Loader (74′), André Franco for Marko Grujić (85′) and Mehdi Taremi for David Carmo (90′).
Best player: Stephen Eustaquio
The player that probably impressed the most for Porto was Stephen Eustaquio even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 63 passes (88% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 4. He performed 6 crosses.
Casa Pia – Formation
Casa Pia
Casa Pia started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Filipe Gonçalo Pinto Martins played with: Ricardo Batista , Fernando Varela , Vasco Fernandes , Nermin Zolotić , Derick Poloni , Neto , Beni , Leonardo Lelo , Yuki Soma , Felippe Cardoso and Saviour Godwin .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Rafael Martins , Diogo Pinto, Duplexe Tchamba , Clayton , Eduardo Fereira, Léo Bolgado, Afonso Taira , Lucas Paes and João Nunes .
Substitutions
Casa Pia made 5 changes: Neto for Afonso Taira (26′), Nermin Zolotic for Duplexe Tchamba (63′), Felippe Cardoso for Rafael Martins (63′), Saviour Godwin for C. Fernandes Silva (79′) and Fernando Varela for João Nunes (79′).
Best player: Ricardo Batista
The player that probably impressed the most for Casa Pia was the goalkeeper: Ricardo Batista. His rating is 7.44. He performed 6 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Liga Portugal.
- Porto – Casa Pia – 2-1
- Rio Ave – Vitória SC – 0-1
- Sporting Braga – Santa Clara – 5-3
