CALDAS DE VIZELA. Sporting CP conquers Vizela 5-2 after playing a incredible match. Sporting CP was surely better in terms of ball possession (66%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Estádio Do Vizela stadium in Caldas de Vizela on Thursday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was André Filipe Domingues Narciso who was helped by Vasco Marques and . The 4th official was Pedro Miguel Torres Ramalho. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 12.26 degrees Celsius or 54.07 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 90%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Sporting CP had a superior ball possession 66% while Vizela was struggling with a 34% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sporting CP had a more offensive attitude with 56 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sporting CP won the match.​

Vizela shot 4 times, 3 on target, 1 off target. Regarding the opposition, Sporting CP shot 22 times, 8 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Vizela received 3 yellow cards (Rafael Bustamante, Fabijan Buntic and Anderson). On the opposite side, Sporting CP received 1 yellow card (Morten Hjulmand).

Standings

After playing this contest, Vizela stays with 13 points to remain in the 17th place. On the other side, Sporting CP will has 46 points to hold in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga Portugal, Vizela will host Famalicão on the 18th of March with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Famalicão (4 draws).

Sporting CP will host Casa Pia on the 28th of January with a 4-0 head to head stats in favor of Sporting CP (0 draws).

Vizela – Formation

Vizela started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).

The manager Rubén De La Barrera Fernández decided to play with the following team: Bruno Wilson, Matías Lacava, Fabijan Buntic (6.4), Hugo Oliveira (7.0), Rodrigo Escoval (5.7), Anderson (6.4), Orest Lebedenko (6.6), Diogo Nascimento (6.3), Aleksandar Busnic (6.3), Matheus Pereira (6.4), Alberto Soro (7.3), Samuel Essende (7.1) and Samu  (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Rafael Bustamante (6.4), Francesco Ruberto, Jota Gonçalves, Alex Méndez (6.8), Abdul Awudu, José Zengo, Nikola Bursac, Nuno Moreira and Tomás Silva.

Vizela could not rely on the presence of Rafael Bustamante (injured).

Substitutions

Vizela made 4 changes: Samu  for Rafael Bustamante (46′), Alberto Soro for Alex Méndez (70′), Orest Lebedenko for Jota Gonçalves (87′) and Diogo Nascimento for Nuno Moreira (90′).

Player of the match: Alberto Soro​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Vizela was Alberto Soro.

His rating is 7.3 with 1 goal, 19 passes (84% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 3 duels out of 10.

Sporting CP – Formation

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

Ruben Filipe Marques Amorim played with: Matheus Reis, Antonio Adán (6.7), Eduardo Quaresma (7.0), Sebastián Coates (7.9), Gonçalo Inácio (7.0), Ricardo Esgaio (6.7), Morten Hjulmand (7.0), Pedro Gonçalves (7.8), Nuno Santos (7.5), Francisco Trincão (9.1), Viktor Gyökeres (9.2), Paulinho (8.9).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Marcus Edwards (6.7), Franco Israel, Luís Neto, Dário Essugo, Daniel Bragança  (6.7), Rafael Silva, Diogo Pinto and Afonso Moreira.

Substitutions

Sporting CP made 4 changes: Morten Hjulmand for Daniel Bragança  (61′), Paulinho for Marcus Edwards (79′), Sebastián Coates for Rafael Silva (90′) and Pedro Gonçalves for Dário Essugo (90′).

Player of the match: Viktor Gyökeres​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sporting CP was Viktor Gyökeres.

His rating is 9.2 with 2 goals, 23 passes (70% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 9. He hit the woodwork once times.

Results of the day

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

• Vizela – Sporting CP – 2-5
• Famalicão – Sporting Braga – 1-2