AROUCA. Benfica was eventually too strong for Arouca with the goal of Rafa (39′), Orkun Kökcü (47′) and Petar Musa (85′).
The match was played at the Estádio Municipal de Arouca stadium in Arouca on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Fábio José Costa Veríssimo with the assistance of Pedro Nuno de Sá Martins and Hugo Marques. The 4th official was . The weather was light rain. The temperature was extremely hot at 30.38 degrees Celsius or 86.68 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 100%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Arouca was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Benfica that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Benfica was putting more pressure with 58 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Benfica won the encounter.
Arouca shot 11 times, 1 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Benfica shot 11 times, 6 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Arouca received 2 yellow cards (Kouassi Eboue and Francisco Montero). Talking about the opposition, Benfica received 2 yellow cards (Florentino and Arthur Cabral).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Arouca stays with 16 points like Casa Pia to sit in the 12th place. Regarding the opposition, Benfica will has 39 points to sit in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Liga Portugal, Arouca will play away against Vitória SC on the 14th of January with a 5-3 head to head in favor of Vitória SC (5 draws).
Benfica will host Rio Ave on the 14th of January with a 28-1 head to head stats in favor of Benfica (5 draws).
Arouca – Formation
Arouca
14'
84'
Arouca started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Daniel Sousa decided to play with the following team: Ignacio de Arruabarrena , Bogdan Milovanov , Nino Galović , Francisco Montero , Tiago Esgaio , Jason , David Simão , Kouassi Eboue , Morlaye Sylla , Cristo González and Rafa Mújica .
The home team had on the bench: Yusuf Lawal, Alfonso Trezza , Miguel Puche, Matías Rocha, Thiago da Silva, Yaw Moses, Benji Michel , André Bukia and Pedro Santos .
Substitutions
Arouca made 4 changes: Morlaye Sylla for Alfonso Trezza (84′), Rafa Mújica for Benji Michel (73′), Jason for André Bukia (73′) and Kouassi Eboue for Pedro Santos (81′).
Player of the match: Morlaye Sylla
The player that probably impressed the most for Arouca was Morlaye Sylla.
His rating is with 42 passes (76% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 9. He performed 2 crosses.
Benfica – Formation
Benfica
47'
Benfica started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Roger Schmidt played with: Anatoliy Trubin , Fredrik Aursnes , António Silva , Nicolás Otamendi , Morato , João Neves , Orkun Kökcü , Ángel Di María , Rafa , João Mário and Arthur Cabral .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Petar Musa , Florentino , David Jurásek, Gonçalo Guedes , Chiquinho, Samuel Soares, Tomás Araújo , Tiago Gouveia and Adrian Bajrami.
Substitutions
Benfica made 5 changes: Fredrik Aursnes for Tomás Araújo (87′), Arthur Cabral for Petar Musa (72′), João Mário for Florentino (78′), Ángel Di María for Gonçalo Guedes (87′) and Rafa for Tiago Gouveia (87′).
Player of the match: Orkun Kökcü
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Benfica was Orkun Kökcü.
His rating is with 1 goal, 66 passes (73% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 3 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Liga Portugal.
- Sporting Braga – Vitória SC – 1-1
- Estrela Amadora – Vizela – 1-1
- Arouca – Benfica – 0-3
- Farense – Gil Vicente – 1-0
