PORTIMãO. Arouca had a surprising win over Portimonense with a 2-0 win with a goal from Antony (49′) and a goal from A. Ruiz (51′).

The match was played at the Estádio Municipal de Portimão stadium in Portimão on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Vitor Jorge Fernandes Ferreira who was helped by Luís Carlos Lopes da Costa and Nelson Pereira Cunha. The 4th official was José Dinis Lopes Nunes Godinho Gorjão. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 20.1 degrees Celsius or 68.11 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 69%.​

Match Statistics​

Portimonense

0 - 2

Arouca

  • 45 Ball Possession 55
Shots
  • 9 Total 15
  • 3 On Target 7
  • 6 Off Target 8
  • 0 Shots blocked 3
  • 120 Attack 107
  • 37 Dangerous attack 53
  • 87 Ball safe 86
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 3 Corners 7
Fouls
  • 14 Total 8
  • 1 Yellow Cards 0
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Arouca had a strong ball possession 55% while Portimonense was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Arouca was more aggressive with 53 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Arouca won the match.​

Portimonense shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Arouca shot 15 times, 7 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Portimonense received 1 yellow card (Yony González). On the other side, Arouca didn’t receive any yellow card.

Match Timeline

46'
46'
49'
51'
64'
Gonçalo Costa- sub ->Lucas Ventura
64'
64'
67'
71'
82'
90'
Yaw Moses- sub ->Alan Ruiz
90'
João Valido- sub ->I. De Arruabarrena

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Benfica
87
34
Porto
85
34
Sporting Braga
78
34
Sporting CP
74
34
Arouca
54
34
Vitória SC
53
34
Chaves
46
34
Famalicão
44
34
Boavista
44
34
Casa Pia
41
34
Vizela
40
34
Rio Ave
40
34
Gil Vicente
37
34
Estoril
35
34
Portimonense
34
34
Marítimo
26
34
Paços de Ferreira
23
34
Santa Clara
22
34

After playing this match, Portimonense will stay with 34 points to remain in the 15th place. On the opposite side, Arouca will have 54 points to remain in the 5th place.

Next matches

Portimonense – Formation

Portimonense
G
Kosuke Nakamura 32.Japan
7.0
D
Fahd Moufi 18.Morocco
6.6
D
Ji-su Park 23.South Korea
6.6
64'
D
Moustapha Seck 14.Senegal
6.1
64'
D
Pedrão 44.Brazil
7.1
D
Alemão 43.Brazil
6.8
M
Carlinhos 7.Brazil
6.1
M
Paulo Estrela 38.Portugal
7.0
M
Lucas Ventura 25.Brazil
7.4
64'
F
Welinton Júnior 93.Brazil
6.4
46'
F
Yago Cariello 99.Brazil
6.5
46'
Substitutes
G
Matheus Nogueira 1.Brazil
D
Gonçalo Costa 19.Portugal
6.5
64'
D
Sérgio Conceição 53.Portugal
M
Gustavo Klismahn 27.Brazil
6.8
64'
M
Momo Diaby 24.France
M
Bruno Reis 85.Portugal
6.6
64'
F
Yony González 15.Colombia
6.7
46' 67'
F
Ricardo Matos 17.Portugal
F
B. Róchez 35.Honduras
6.4
46'

Portimonense started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

The manager Paulo Sérgio Bento Brito decided to play with the following team: Kosuke Nakamura (7.0), Fahd Moufi (6.6), Alemão (6.8), Pedrão (7.1), Park Ji-soo (6.6), Moustapha Seck (6.1), Lucas Ventura (7.4), Carlinhos (6.1), Paulo Estrela (7.0), Yago Cariello (6.5) and Welinton Junior (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Yony González (6.7), Ricardo Matos, Bryan Rochez (6.4), Matheus Nogueira, Gonçalo Costa (6.5), Gustavo Klismahn (6.8), Mohamed Diaby, Sérgio Conceição and Bruno Reis (6.6).

Substitutions

Portimonense made 5 changes: Yago Cariello for Yony González (46′), Welinton Junior for Bryan Rochez (46′), Moustapha Seck for Bruno Reis (64′), Lucas Ventura for Gonçalo Costa (64′) and Park Ji-Soo for Gustavo Klismahn Dimaraes Miranda (64′).

Best player: Lucas Ventura​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Portimonense was Lucas Ventura.

His rating is (7.4) with 20 passes (80% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross.

Arouca – Formation

Arouca
G
Ignacio de Arruabarrena 12.Uruguay
7.2
90'
D
Quaresma 6.Brazil
7.3
D
João Basso 13.Brazil
7.4
D
Jerome Opoku 3.Ghana
6.9
D
Tiago Esgaio 28.Portugal
6.8
M
David Simão 5.Portugal
7.2
M
Alan Ruiz 10.Argentina
9.0
90' 51'
M
Uri Busquets 14.Spain
6.7
M
Morlaye Sylla 2.Guinea
7.5
M
Antony 11.Brazil
7.8
82' 49'
F
Rafa Mujica 19.Spain
6.4
71'
Substitutes
G
João Valido 92.Portugal
90'
D
Sema Velázquez 4.Venezuela
D
Nino Galovic 44.Croatia
M
Arsénio Nunes 8.Portugal
82'
M
I. Soro 23.Ivory Coast
M
Pedro Moreira 20.Portugal
M
Yaw Moses 17.Ghana
90'
F
Bruno Marques 9.Brazil
6.2
71'
F
Yusuf Lawal 7.Nigeria

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

Armando Evangelista Macedo Freitas played with: Ignacio de Arruabarrena (7.2), Tiago Esgaio (6.8), João Basso (7.4), Jerome Opoku (6.9), Mateus Quaresma (7.3), Oriol Busquets (6.7), David Simão (7.2), Antony Alves (7.8), Alan Ruiz (9.0), Morlaye Sylla (7.5) and Rafa Mújica (6.4).

These were the players on the bench: Sema Velázquez, Arsénio Nunes, Nino Galović, Ismaila Soro, Bruno Marques (6.2), Pedro Moreira, Yusuf Lawal, João Valido and Yaw Moses.

Substitutions

Arouca made 4 changes: Rafa Mújica for Bruninho (71′), Antony for Arsénio (82′), Alan Ruiz for Moses Yaw (90′) and I. De Arruabarrena for João Valido (90′).

Best player: Alan Ruiz​

The most impressive player for Arouca was Alan Ruiz.

His rating is (9.0) with 1 goal, 61 passes (88% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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