AROUCA. Arouca overcome Boavista to win 2-1. A goal from A. Alves was decisive in the 90min. It was Arouca to strike first with a goal of O. Dabbagh at the 11′. Then it was a goal in the 54′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, A. Alves Santos gave the win to Arouca in the 90′ minute with a goal.
The match was played at the Estádio Municipal de Arouca stadium in Arouca on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was João Pedro Silva Pinheiro with the support of Tiago José Pereira Costa and Luciano António Gomes Maia. The 4th official was João Carlos Casegas Marques Almeida. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 25.8 degrees Celsius or 78.51 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 89%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Arouca was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Boavista that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Arouca was has a more offensive attitude with 59 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Arouca won the match.
Arouca shot 9 times, 7 on target, 2 off target. Talking about the opposition, Boavista shot 13 times, 2 on target, 11 off target.
Cards
Arouca received 3 yellow cards (O. Dabbagh, A. Bukia and G. Campi). On the opposite side, Boavista received 4 yellow cards (Y. Njie, I. Vukotic, G. Makouta and P. Malheiro).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Arouca will have 13 points to drop in the 9th place. On the other side, Boavista will stay with 11 points like Paços de Ferreira to gain in the 12th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Primeira Liga, Arouca will play away against Santa Clara on the 5th of December with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Santa Clara (0 draws).
Boavista will host Marítimo on the 4th of December with a 10-5 head to head record in favor of Marítimo (5 draws).
Arouca – Formation
Arouca
69'
87'
11'
Arouca started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Armando Evangelista Macedo Freitas decided to play with the following team: Norbert Haymamba , Thales , João Basso , Gastón Campi , Mateus Quaresma , Pedro Moreira , Kouassi Eboue , Leandro Silva , André Bukia , Oday Dabagh and Arsénio Nunes .
The home team had on the bench: Victor Braga, Tiago Esgaio, Bruno Prado, Pité , Omri Altman, Antony , Tiago Araújo , Adílio and Eugeni Valderrama .
Arouca could not rely on the presence of Eugeni (injured).
Substitutions
Arouca made 4 changes: L. Silva for Pite (68′), Arsenio for A. Alves Santos (78′), P. Moreira for Eugeni (87′) and A. Bukia for T. Araujo (87′).
Best player: Oday Dabagh
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Arouca was Oday Dabagh.
His rating is with 1 goal, 24 passes (75% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 22. He performed 3 crosses.
Boavista – Formation
Boavista
Boavista started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
João Pedro Borges de Sousa played with: Alireza Beiranvand , Pedro Malheiro , Nathan , Jackson Porozo , Yanis Hamache , Ilija Vukotić , Gaius Makouta , Gustavo Sauer , Yusupha Njie , Kenji Gorré and Petar Musa .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Luís Santos, Berna, Rafael Bracali, Tiago Morais , Filipe Ferreira, Manuel Namora, Guito, Tomás Reymão and Paul-Georges Ntep.
Substitutions
Boavista made 4 changes: K. Gorre for T. Morais (76′), I. Vukotic for T. Reymao (79′), Y. Hamache for F. Ferreira (89′) and G. Affonso for L. Santos (89′).
Best player: Petar Musa
The player that probably impressed the most for Boavista was Petar Musa.
His rating is with 1 goal, 16 passes (87% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 14.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Primeira Liga.
- Famalicão – Portimonense – 0-3
- Belenenses – Benfica – 0-7
- Arouca – Boavista – 2-1
