AROUCA. Casa Pia snatched a late win Arouca 1-0 after F. Cardoso scored just 1 goal (90′). Arouca lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Estádio Municipal de Arouca stadium in Arouca on Sunday and it started at 10:30 am local time. The referee was André Filipe Domingues Narciso with the assistance of Paulo Ricardo Duarte Brás and Vasco Marques. The 4th official was . The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was extremely hot at 33.45 degrees Celsius or 92.21 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 49%.​

Match Statistics​

Arouca

0 - 1

Casa Pia

  • 58 Ball Possession 42
Shots
  • 12 Total 16
  • 6 On Target 2
  • 4 Off Target 10
  • 3 Shots blocked 4
  • 115 Attack 89
  • 40 Dangerous attack 31
  • 60 Ball safe 51
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 2 Corners 7
Fouls
  • 7 Total 3
  • 2 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Arouca was in firm control of the ball 58% while Casa Pia was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Arouca was more aggressive with 40 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 6 were on target. Notwithstanding, Casa Pia was capable to find the solution to win this contest.​

Arouca shot 12 times, 6 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Casa Pia shot 16 times, 2 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Arouca received 2 yellow cards (Cristo González and Francisco Montero). Regarding the opposition, Casa Pia received 3 yellow cards (Beni, Felippe Cardoso and Vasco Fernandes).

Match Timeline

11'
Cristo- Yellow
44'
61'
Beni- sub ->Fernando Andrade
Bogdan Milovanov- sub ->Alfonso Trezza
69'
Miguel Puche- sub ->Jason
69'
72'
Felippe Cardoso- sub ->Clayton
72'
Javi Montero- Yellow
82'
Yusuf Lawal- sub ->Cristo González
81'
83'
Beni- Yellow
89'
André Geraldes- sub ->Neto
89'
Samuel Justo- sub ->Gaizka Larrazabal
Eboue Kouassi- sub ->David Simão
90'
90'
Felippe Cardoso(goal)Pablo Roberto
90'
Felippe Cardoso- Yellow

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Sporting CP
87
33
Benfica
79
33
Porto
69
33
Sporting Braga
68
33
Vitória SC
60
33
Moreirense
52
33
Arouca
46
33
Famalicão
42
33
Farense
37
33
Rio Ave
36
33
Gil Vicente
36
33
Casa Pia
35
33
Estoril
33
33
Boavista
31
33
Estrela Amadora
30
33
Portimonense
29
33
Vizela
25
33
Chaves
23
33

After playing this match, Arouca will stay with 6 points like Gil Vicente and Farense to sit in the 11th place. Talking about the opposition, Casa Pia will have 8 points like Famalicão to remain in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga Portugal, Arouca will host Vitória SC on the 19th of May with a 5-3 head to head record in favor of Vitória SC (5 draws).

Casa Pia will play away agasint Estrela Amadora on the 10th of March with a 0-0 head to head stats.

Arouca – Formation

Arouca
G
Ignacio de Arruabarrena 12.Uruguay
6.8
D
Rafael Fernandes 64.Portugal
7.0
D
Javi Montero 4.Spain
7.1
82'
D
Quaresma 6.Brazil
D
Tiago Esgaio 28.Portugal
D
Nino Galovic 44.Croatia
6.7
M
Alfonso Trezza 9.Uruguay
7.0
69'
M
Weverson 26.Brazil
7.3
M
Morlaye Sylla 2.Guinea
7.9
M
David Simão 5.Portugal
8.1
90'
M
Jason 10.Spain
6.3
69'
F
Rafa Mujica 19.Spain
6.8
F
Cristo 23.Spain
7.1
81' 44'
Substitutes
G
Thiago Silva 16.Brazil
D
Matías Rocha 13.Uruguay
D
Bogdan Milovanov 22.Ukraine
6.3
69'
M
Eboue Kouassi 8.Ivory Coast
90'
M
Uri Busquets 14.Spain
M
Yaw Moses 17.Ghana
M
Pedro Santos 89.Portugal
F
Yusuf Lawal 7.Nigeria
6.8
81'
F
Miguel Puche 11.Spain
7.1
69'

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

The manager Daniel António Lopes Ramos decided to play with the following team: Mateus Quaresma, Tiago Esgaio, Ignacio de Arruabarrena (6.8), Rafael Fernandes (7.0), Nino Galović (6.7), Francisco Montero (7.1), Alfonso Trezza (7.0), Morlaye Sylla (7.9), David Simão (8.1), Weverson (7.3), Cristo González (7.1), Rafa Mújica (6.8) and Jason (6.3).

The home team had on the bench: Pedro Santos, Yusuf Lawal (6.8), Kouassi Eboue, Miguel Puche (7.1), Matías Rocha, Oriol Busquets, Thiago da Silva, Yaw Moses and Bogdan Milovanov (6.3).

Substitutions

Arouca made 4 changes: David Simão for Kouassi Eboue (90′), Cristo González for Yusuf Lawal (81′), Alfonso Trezza for Bogdan Milovanov (69′) and Jason for Miguel Puche (69′).

Best player: David Simão​

The player that probably impressed the most for Arouca was David Simão.

His rating is (8.1) with 70 passes (86% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5. He performed 3 crosses.

Casa Pia – Formation

Casa Pia
G
Ricardo Batista 33.Portugal
8.1
D
Vasco Fernandes 13.Portugal
7.0
11'
D
Fernando Varela 15.Cape Verde
7.7
D
Nermin Zolotic 19.Bosnia and Herzegovina
7.5
M
Neto 8.Brazil
7.0
89'
M
Leonardo Lelo 5.Portugal
7.3
M
Gaizka Larrazabal 72.Spain
7.1
89'
M
Pablo Roberto 80.Brazil
8.4
F
Fernando Andrade 23.Brazil
6.3
61'
F
Yuki Soma 11.Japan
7.0
72'
F
Clayton 99.Brazil
7.0
72'
Substitutes
G
Lucas Paes 68.Brazil
D
João Nunes 3.Portugal
D
André Geraldes 18.Portugal
89'
M
Samuel Justo 96.Portugal
89'
M
Beni 16.Angola
6.4
61' 83'
F
Artur Serobyan 22.Armenia
F
Felippe Cardoso 30.Brazil
7.3
72' 90' 90'
F
Tiago Dias 77.Portugal
F
Jajá 79.Brazil
6.8
72'

Casa Pia started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Filipe Gonçalo Pinto Martins played with: Ricardo Batista (8.1), Fernando Varela (7.7), Vasco Fernandes (7.0), Nermin Zolotic (7.5), Gaizka Larrazabal (7.1), Neto (7.0), Pablo Roberto (8.4), Leonardo Lelo (7.3), Yuki Soma (7.0), Clayton (7.0), Fernando Andrade (6.3).

These were the players on the bench: Beni (6.4), Jajá (6.8), João Nunes, André Geraldes, Artur Serobyan, Felippe Cardoso (7.3), Lucas Paes, Tiago Dias and Samuel Justo.

Substitutions

Casa Pia made 5 changes: Neto for André Geraldes (89′), Clayton for Felippe Cardoso (72′), Yuki Soma for Jajá (72′), Gaizka Larrazabal for Samuel Justo (89′) and Fernando Andrade for Beni (61′).

Best player: Pablo Roberto​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Casa Pia was Pablo Roberto even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (8.4) with 55 passes (73% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 16. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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