Porto conquers Shakhtar Donetsk 5-3 after playing a incredible match

PORTO. Porto beats Shakhtar Donetsk 5-3 after playing a incredible match.

December 14, 2023

PORTO. Porto prevails over Shakhtar Donetsk 5-3 after playing a incredible match.

The match was played at the Estádio Do Dragão stadium in Porto on Wednesday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Istvan Kovacs with the collaboration of Vasile Marinescu and Mihai Ovidiu Artene. The 4th official was Marcel Bîrsan. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 12.98 degrees Celsius or 55.36 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 71%.

Match Statistics

Porto

5 - 3

Shakhtar Donetsk

49 Ball Possession 51

Shots

19 Total 9
9 On Target 6
4 Off Target 2
6 Shots blocked 1

124 Attack 74
49 Dangerous attack 24
46 Ball safe 67

0 Penalties 0
5 Corners 1

Fouls

10 Total 8
0 Yellow Cards 3
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

6 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Porto was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Shakhtar Donetsk that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Porto was more pushing with 49 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Porto won the match.

Porto shot 19 times, 9 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Shakhtar Donetsk shot 9 times, 6 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Porto received 2 yellow cards (Cláudio Ramos and Sérgio Marceneiro Conceição). On the opposite side, Shakhtar Donetsk received 3 yellow cards (Georgiy Sudakov, Valeriy Bondar and Yegor Nazaryna).

Match Timeline

Galeno(goal)Evanilson

29'

Danylo Sikan(goal)Oleksandr Zubkov

31'

Danylo Sikan(VAR)

Cláudio Ramos- Yellow

30'

Galeno(goal)Pepê

43'

54'

Georgiy Sudakov- Yellow

59'

Newerton- sub ->Dmytro Kryskiv

Mehdi Taremi(goal)Wenderson Galeno

62'

Stephen Eustaquio (own-goal)

72'

Pepe(goal)Wenderson Galeno

75'

73'

João Mário- sub ->Jorge Sánchez

76'

Francisco Conceição(goal)

82'

Francisco Conceição- sub ->Pepê

81'

Marko Grujic- sub ->Stephen Eustáquio

81'

André Franco- sub ->Evanilson

82'

88'

Eguinaldo(goal)Taras Stepanenko

85'

Yegor Nazaryna- sub ->Artem Bondarenko

86'

Eguinaldo- sub ->Oleksandr Zubkov

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this match, Porto has 12 points like FC Barcelona to sit in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, Shakhtar Donetsk will stays with 9 points to remain in the 3rd place.

Next matches

Porto – Formation

Porto

Diogo Costa 99.Portugal

6.7

Pepe 3.Portugal

7.7

75'

Zaidu 12.Nigeria

7.0

J. Sánchez 15.Mexico

6.4

76'

Fábio Cardoso 2.Portugal

6.4

Stephen Eustaquio 6.Canada

7.7

81'

Pepê 11.Brazil

7.3

81'

Galeno 13.Brazil

10.1

88'

9', 43'

Alan Varela 22.Argentina

6.4

Mehdi Taremi 9.Iran

8.1

62'

Evanilson 30.Brazil

7.5

82'

Substitutes

Cláudio Ramos 14.Portugal

30'

David Carmo 4.Portugal

Wendell 18.Brazil

João Mário 23.Portugal

6.4

76'

Marko Grujic 8.Serbia

6.3

81'

Iván Jaime 17.Spain

88'

André Franco 20.Portugal

6.4

82'

Bernardo Folha 87.Portugal

Francisco Conceição 10.Portugal

7.7

81'

82'

D. Namaso 19.England

Fran Navarro 21.Spain

Gonçalo Borges 70.Portugal

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 (6.7), Jorge Sánchez (6.4), Pepe (7.7), Fabio Cardoso (6.4), Zaidu Sanusi (7.0), Pepê (7.3), Alan Varela (6.4), Stephen Eustáquio (7.7), Wenderson Galeno (10.1), Evanilson (7.5) and Mehdi Taremi (8.1).

The home team had on the bench: David Carmo, Marko Grujić (6.3), Francisco Conceição (7.7), Cláudio Ramos, Iván Jaime, Wendell, Danny Namaso, André Franco (6.4), Fran Navarro, João Mário (6.4), Gonçalo Borges and Bernardo Folha.

Substitutions

Porto made 5 changes: Stephen Eustáquio for Marko Grujić (81′), Jorge Sánchez for João Mário (76′), Wenderson Galeno for Iván Jaime (88′), Pepê for Francisco Conceição (81′) and Evanilson for André Franco (82′).

Player of the match: Mehdi Taremi

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Porto was Mehdi Taremi.

His rating is 8.1 with 1 goal, 27 passes (74% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 7 duels out of 15.

Shakhtar Donetsk – Formation

Shakhtar Donetsk

D. Riznyk 31.Ukraine

6.1

Valeriy Bondar 5.Ukraine

5.4

90'

Giorgi Gocholeishvili 13.Georgia

5.7

Mykola Matvienko 22.Ukraine

6.3

Yaroslav Rakitskyi 44.Ukraine

6.8

73'

Taras Stepanenko 6.Ukraine

7.3

Georgiy Sudakov 10.Ukraine

6.4

54'

Oleksandr Zubkov 11.Ukraine

7.0

86'

Artem Bondarenko 21.Ukraine

6.7

85'

Dmytro Kryskiv 8.Ukraine

6.8

59'

Danylo Sikan 14.Ukraine

8.2

29'

Substitutes

Artur Rudko 1.Ukraine

Irakli Azarovi 16.Georgia

S. Lemkin 3.Israel

Pedrinho 23.Brazil

Eduard Kozik 32.Ukraine

Newerton 39.Brazil

6.8

59'

Denil Castillo 4.Ecuador

Maryan Shved 9.Ukraine

N. Miroshi 25.Tanzania

Yegor Nazaryna 29.Ukraine

6.6

85'

90'

Eguinaldo 7.Brazil

7.3

86'

88'

K. Kelsy 18.Venezuela

6.4

73'

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

Marino Pusic played with: Dmytro Riznyk (6.1), Giorgi Gocholeishvili (5.7), Valeriy Bondar (5.4), Yaroslav Rakitskyi (6.8), Mykola Matvienko (6.3), Taras Stepanenko (7.3), Oleksandr Zubkov (7.0), Artem Bondarenko (6.7), Georgiy Sudakov (6.4), Dmytro Kryskiv (6.8) and Danylo Sikan (8.2).

They had on the bench: Irakli Azarovi, Newerton (6.8), Artur Rudko, Stav Lemkin, Denil Castillo, Eguinaldo (7.3), Maryan Shved, Kevin Kelsy (6.4), Pedrinho, Novatus Miroshi, Yegor Nazaryna (6.6) and Eduard Kozik.

Shakhtar Donetsk could not rely on the presence of Kevin Kelsy (injured).

Substitutions

Shakhtar Donetsk made 4 changes: Yaroslav Rakitskyi for Kevin Kelsy (73′), Artem Bondarenko for Yegor Nazaryna (85′), Oleksandr Zubkov for Eguinaldo (86′) and Dmytro Kryskiv for Newerton (59′).