FARO. Farense prevails over Arouca with a 2-0 win with a penalty scored by Mattheus (31′) and a penalty scored by B. Duarte (38′). Arouca was truly better in terms of ball possession (61%).​

The match was played at the Estádio de São Lúis stadium in Faro on Monday and it started at 1:15 pm local time. The referee was Iancu Ioan Vasilica who was helped by Alvaro Daniel Carvalho Mesquita and Hugo Daniel Tavares dos Santos. The 4th official was Gonçalo Neves. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was freezing at -6.11 degrees Celsius or 21 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 91%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Arouca had a superior ball possession 61% while Farense was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Arouca was putting more pressure with 73 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 6 were on target. Nevertheless, Farense managed to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Farense shot 10 times, 3 on target, 3 off target. Regarding the opposition, Arouca shot 20 times, 6 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Farense received 1 yellow card (Claudio Falcão). On the opposite side, Arouca received 1 yellow card (David Simão).

Standings

After this match, Farense will have 13 points to hold in the 9th place. Talking about the opposition, Arouca will stay with 6 points to sit in the 18th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga Portugal, Farense will play away against Estrela Amadora on the 28th of April with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Estrela Amadora (0 draws).

Arouca will host Vitória SC on the 19th of May with a 5-3 head to head statistic in favor of Vitória SC (5 draws).

Farense – Formation

Farense started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

The manager José Albano Ferreira da Mota decided to play with the following team: Ricardo Velho (8.4), Pastor (6.8), Gonçalo Silva (7.0), Zach Muscat (7.9), Talocha (7.5), Claudio Falcão (7.1), Belloumi (7.1), Mattheus (8.1), Vítor Gonçalves (7.5), Marco Matias (6.7) and Bruno Duarte (8.2).

The home team had on the bench: Fran Delgado, Artur Jorge (6.4), Fabrício Isidoro (6.8), Luiz Felipe, Facundo Cáseres (7.0), Elves Baldé, Rafael Barbosa (6.8), Rui Costa (6.4) and Cristian Ponde.

Substitutions

Farense made 5 changes: Marco Matias for Rui Costa (58′), Belloumi for Artur Jorge (82′), Vítor Gonçalves for Rafael Barbosa (82′), Claudio Falcão for Fabrício Isidoro (65′) and Mattheus for Facundo Cáseres (65′).

Best player: Ricardo Velho​

The player that probably impressed the most for Farense was the goalkeeper: Ricardo Velho. His rating is 8.36. He performed 7 saves.

Arouca – Formation

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

Daniel António Lopes Ramos played with: Weverson, Rafael Fernandes, Ignacio de Arruabarrena (6.3), Nino Galović (6.8), Matías Rocha (6.3), Francisco Montero (6.3), Tiago Esgaio (7.7), Morlaye Sylla (6.7), Kouassi Eboue (6.7), Jason (7.3) and Alfonso Trezza (6.1), Rafa Mújica (6.8), Cristo González (7.0).

They had on the bench: Oriol Busquets, David Simão (7.3), Yusuf Lawal, Miguel Puche (6.8), Thiago da Silva, Benji Michel (6.6), Bogdan Milovanov (7.3), André Bukia and Pedro Santos (7.0).

Substitutions

Arouca made 5 changes: Alfonso Trezza for David Simão (46′), Matías Rocha for Bogdan Milovanov (46′), Morlaye Sylla for Miguel Puche (74′), Cristo González for Benji Michel (83′) and Francisco Montero for Pedro Santos (88′).

Best player: Tiago Esgaio​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Arouca was Tiago Esgaio.

His rating is (7.7) with 63 passes (60% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 14. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Farense – Arouca – 2-0