AROUCA. Arouca beat Porto. Porto was truly better in terms of ball possession (64%).​

The match was played at the Estádio Municipal de Arouca stadium in Arouca on Monday and it started at 4:15 pm local time. The referee was Nuno Miguel Serrano Almeida who had the assistance of Pedro Felisberto and Francisco João Serra Jorge Pereira. The 4th official was João António Ferreira Gonçalves. The weather was light rain. The temperature was hot at 29.57 degrees Celsius or 85.23 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 84%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Porto had a superior ball possession 64% while Arouca was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Porto was more aggressive with 61 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 5 were on target. Notwithstanding, Arouca was capable to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Arouca shot 12 times, 6 on target, 1 off target. On the opposite side, Porto shot 18 times, 5 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Arouca received 3 yellow cards (Jason, Oriol Busquets and Pedro Santos). On the opposite side, Porto received 3 yellow cards (Francisco Conceição , Wendell and Fabio Cardoso).

Standings

After playing this match, Arouca has 28 points to hold in the 7th place. On the other side, Porto will stays with 45 points to sit in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga Portugal, Arouca will play away with Casa Pia on the 18th of February with a 1-1 head to head statistic.

Porto will host Estrela Amadora on the 18th of February with a 7-3 head to head statistic in favor of Porto (1 draw).

Arouca – Formation

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

The manager Daniel Sousa decided to play with the following team: Kouassi Eboue, Ignacio de Arruabarrena (6.8), Tiago Esgaio (6.6), Robson Bambu (6.8), Francisco Montero (6.8), Weverson (6.6), David Simão (7.0), Pedro Santos (6.4), Jason (7.5), Cristo González (7.8), Morlaye Sylla (6.7) and Rafa Mújica (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Matías Rocha, Yusuf Lawal, Alfonso Trezza (6.4), Miguel Puche (6.6), Oriol Busquets (6.3), Vladislav Morozov , Thiago da Silva, Pedro Moreira and Bogdan Milovanov (6.3).

Substitutions

Arouca made 5 changes: Tiago Esgaio for Bogdan Milovanov (84′), Jason for Miguel Puche (85′), Morlaye Sylla for Alfonso Trezza (74′), Cristo González for Oriol Busquets (74′) and Pedro Santos for Yusuf Lawal (90′).

Player of the match: Cristo González​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Arouca was Cristo González.

His rating is 7.8 with 1 goal, 20 passes (70% accurate) and 3 key passes. He performed 1 cross.

Porto – Formation

Porto started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).

Sérgio Paulo Marceneiro Conceição played with: Diogo Costa (7.0), João Mário (6.1), Pepe (6.4), Fabio Cardoso (7.0), Wendell (6.8), Alan Varela (6.7), Nicolás González (7.9), Francisco Conceição  (7.5), Pepê (7.0), Wenderson Galeno (7.7), Evanilson (7.8).

They had on the bench: Stephen Eustáquio (6.7), Marko Grujić, Mehdi Taremi (6.4), Cláudio Ramos, Iván Jaime (7.0), André Franco, Toni Martínez (6.4), O. Ataide da Silva and Gonçalo Borges (6.8).

Porto could not rely on the presence of Stephen Eustáquio (injured).

Substitutions

Porto made 5 changes: Alan Varela for Stephen Eustáquio (43′), João Mário for Gonçalo Borges (68′), Wenderson Galeno for Mehdi Taremi (68′), Nicolás González for Iván Jaime (77′) and Evanilson for Toni Martínez (77′).

Player of the match: Nicolás González​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Porto was Nicolás González.

His rating is 7.9 with 42 passes (88% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 9.

Results of the day

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

• Arouca – Porto – 3-2