Porto manages to draw 2-2 with Sporting CP after recovering a 0-2 deficit. HIGHLIGHTS

PORTO. Porto manages to recover against Sporting CP with a goal on the P. 8' and a goal on the N. Santos 34'.

February 13, 2022

PORTO. Porto finds the way to recover against Sporting CP with a goal on the P. 8′ and a goal on the N. Santos 34′. Porto was truly superior in terms of ball possession (69%)

The match was played at the Estádio Do Dragão stadium in Porto on Friday and it started at 8:15 pm local time. In front of 48,350 spectators. The referee was João Pedro Silva Pinheiro who had the assistance of Tiago José Pereira Costa and Luciano António Gomes Maia. The 4th official was Fábio Oliveira Melo. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 11.5 degrees Celsius or 52.63 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.

Match Statistics

Porto

2 - 2

Sporting CP

! 62 Ball Possession 38

Shots

21 Total 7
6 On Target 3
15 Off Target 4
3 Shots blocked 0

142 Attack 63
86 Dangerous attack 16
72 Ball safe 77

0 Penalties 0
9 Corners 0
5 Off Sides 2

Fouls

18 Total 13
4 Yellow Cards 7
0 Double Yellow 1
2 Red Card 3

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Porto was in firm control of the ball 69% while Sporting CP was struggling with a 31% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Porto was more pushing with 86 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 6 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Porto to win the match.

Porto shot 21 times, 6 on target, 15 off target. On the other side, Sporting CP shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Porto received 4 yellow cards (Pepe, Otavio, F. Vieira and Pepe). On the other side, Sporting CP received 6 yellow cards (M. Reis, S. Coates, R. Esgaio, Paulinho, N. Santos and J. Palhinha).

Also, Sporting CP didn’t finish the match with 11 players after S. Coates (Sporting CP) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (49′).

Match Timeline

Matheus Reis- Yellow

Paulinho(goal)M. Reis

27'

Sebastián Coates - Yellow

34'

Nuno Santos(goal)P. Sarabia

38'

Pepe- Yellow

42'

45'

Ricardo Esgaio- Yellow

45'

49'

Sebastián Coates (yellowred)

54'

Paulinho- Yellow

54'

Galeno- sub ->Vitinha

57'

63'

Nuno Santos- Yellow

66'

Luís Neto- sub ->N. Santos

71'

Francisco Conceição- sub ->M. Uribe

74'

Pepê- sub ->Joao Mario

74'

Mehdi Taremi(goal)F. Vieira

78'

82'

Toni Martínez- sub ->Evanilson

90'

Marko Grujic- sub ->F. Vieira

90'

Pepê- Yellow

90'

Pepe- Red

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this match, Porto will have 60 points to hold in the 1st place. On the other side, Sporting CP will have 54 points to hold in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Primeira Liga, Porto will play away against Moreirense on the 20th of February with a 15-1 head to head statistic in favor of Porto (4 draws).

Sporting CP will host Estoril on the 20th of February with a 8-3 head to head in favor of Sporting CP (3 draws).

Porto – Formation

Porto

Diogo Costa 99.Portugal

6.3

Pepe 3.Portugal

6.6

42'

90'

Chancel Mbemba 19.DR Congo

6.8

Zaidu 12.Nigeria

6.8

João Mário 23.Portugal

6.8

74'

M. Uribe 8.Colombia

6.4

74'

Otávio 25.Portugal

7.2

45'

Vitinha 20.Portugal

6.8

57'

Fábio Vieira 50.Portugal

7.9

90'

82'

38'

Mehdi Taremi 9.Iran

8.2

78'

Evanilson 30.Brazil

7.3

90'

Substitutes

A. Marchesín 1.Argentina

90'

Wendell 22.Brazil

Fábio Cardoso 2.Portugal

Marko Grujic 16.Serbia

90'

Galeno 13.Brazil

6.8

57'

Stephen Eustaquio 46.Canada

Toni Martínez 29.Spain

90'

Pepê 11.Brazil

6.6

74'

90'

Francisco Conceição 10.Portugal

6.2

74'

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 (6.3), João Mário (6.8), Chancel Mbemba (6.8), Pepe (6.6), Zaidu Sanusi (6.8), Fábio Vieira (7.9), Mateus Uribe (6.4), Vitinha (6.8), Otávio (7.2), Evanilson (7.3) and Mehdi Taremi (8.2).

The home team had on the bench: Marko Grujić, Toni Martínez, Wendell, Wenderson Galeno (6.8), Stephen Eustáquio, Pepê (6.6), Agustín Marchesín, Francisco Conceição (6.2) and Fábio Cardoso.

Substitutions

Porto made 5 changes: Vitinha for Galeno (57′), M. Uribe for F. Conceicao (74′), Joao Mario for Pepe (74′), Evanilson for T. Martinez (90′) and F. Vieira for M. Grujic (90′).

Best player: Mehdi Taremi

The player that probably impressed the most for Porto was Mehdi Taremi.

His rating is (8.2) with 1 goal, 24 passes (50% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 13.

Sporting CP – Formation

Sporting CP

Antonio Adán 1.Spain

6.9

Sebastián Coates 4.Uruguay

5.2

49'

Zouhair Feddal 3.Morocco

7.3

Gonçalo Inácio 25.Portugal

6.6

Ricardo Esgaio 47.Portugal

7.1

45'

Matheus Reis 2.Brazil

7.3

Manuel Ugarte 15.Uruguay

6.3

90'

Matheus Nunes 8.Portugal

6.6

Pablo Sarabia 17.Spain

7.3

54'

Nuno Santos 11.Portugal

7.1

66'

63'

34'

Paulinho 21.Portugal

7.1

66'

54'

Substitutes

João Virgínia 31.Portugal

Luís Neto 13.Portugal

6.5

66'

Gonçalo Esteves 87.Portugal

Rúben Vinagre 16.Portugal

João Palhinha 6.Portugal

6.8

54'

71'

90'

Daniel Bragança 68.Portugal

Tabata 7.Brazil

90'

Marcus Edwards 23.England

Islam Slimani 9.Algeria

6.4

66'

Sporting CP started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Ruben Filipe Marques Amorim played with: Antonio Adán (6.9), Gonçalo Inácio (6.6), Sebastián Coates (5.2), Zouhair Feddal (7.3), Ricardo Esgaio (7.1), Matheus Nunes (6.6), Manuel Ugarte (6.3), Matheus Reis (7.3), Pablo Sarabia (7.3), Nuno Santos (7.1) and Paulinho (7.1).

These were the players on the bench: João Palhinha (6.8), Bruno Tabata, Luís Neto (6.5), Gonçalo Esteves, Marcus Edwards, Daniel Bragança, Islam Slimani (6.4), João Virgínia and Rúben Vinagre.