LISBOA. Casa Pia tops Arouca 1-0 after Clayton scored just 1 goal (74′). Arouca was decisively better in terms of ball possession (66%).​

The match was played at the Estádio Pina Manique stadium in Lisboa on Sunday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. The referee was José Bessa who was helped by Tiago José Pereira Costa and Nuno Manso. The 4th official was João Pedro Costa Teixeira Afonso. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 16.92 degrees Celsius or 62.46 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 52%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Arouca had a strong ball possession 66% while Casa Pia was struggling with a 34% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Arouca was more pushing with 47 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 4 were on target. Nevertheless, Casa Pia was capable to find the solution to win this contest.​

Casa Pia shot 10 times, 2 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Arouca shot 15 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Casa Pia didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Arouca received 2 yellow cards (David Simão and Francisco Montero).

Standings

After this encounter, Casa Pia has 23 points to hold in the 12th place. On the other side, Arouca will stays with 28 points to remain in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga Portugal, Casa Pia will play away against Vitória SC on the 25th of February with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Casa Pia (2 draws).

Arouca will host Famalicão on the 25th of February with a 4-1 head to head stats in favor of Arouca (1 draw).

Casa Pia – Formation

Casa Pia started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Pedro Miguel de Barros Moreira decided to play with the following team: Ricardo Batista (8.1), Fernando Varela (7.1), Nermin Zolotic (7.5), Tchamba (7.3), André Geraldes (6.8), Neto (7.3), Beni (6.7), Leonardo Lelo (6.7), Rúben Lameiras (7.0), Clayton (7.3) and Nuno Moreira (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Yuki Soma (6.8), Gaizka Larrazabal (6.4), Samuel Justo, João Nunes, André Lacximicant, Rafael Brito (6.8), Telasco Segovia, Lucas Paes and Pablo Roberto (7.9).

Substitutions

Casa Pia made 5 changes: Beni for Rafael Brito (58′), Rúben Lameiras for Pablo Roberto (58′), Nuno Moreira for Yuki Soma (69′), André Geraldes for Gaizka Larrazabal (69′) and Fernando Varela for João Nunes (89′).

Player of the match: Ricardo Batista​

The player that probably impressed the most for Casa Pia was the goalkeeper: Ricardo Batista. His rating is 8.06. He performed 4 saves.

Arouca – Formation

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

Daniel Sousa played with: Ignacio de Arruabarrena (6.8), Tiago Esgaio (6.7), Robson Bambu (7.0), Francisco Montero (7.0), Weverson (6.7), David Simão (7.5), Pedro Santos (7.7), Jason (7.0), Cristo González (7.0), Morlaye Sylla (7.0) and Rafa Mújica (7.0).

These were the players on the bench: Oriol Busquets (7.9), João Valido, Yusuf Lawal (7.0), Alfonso Trezza, Miguel Puche, Matías Rocha (6.4), Pedro Moreira, Bogdan Milovanov and Yanis Hamache (7.0).

Arouca could not rely on the presence of Oriol Busquets (injured).

Substitutions

Arouca made 4 changes: Francisco Montero for Matías Rocha (72′), David Simão for Oriol Busquets (77′), Weverson for Yanis Hamache (82′) and Morlaye Sylla for Yusuf Lawal (82′).

Player of the match: Oriol Busquets​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Arouca was Oriol Busquets.

His rating is 7.9 with 24 passes (100% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 1 duel out of 1. He performed 1 cross.

His performance was extraordinary also because he started the contest from the bench before entering in the 77′.

Results of the day

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

• Casa Pia – Arouca – 1-0
• Benfica – Vizela – 6-1
• Sporting Braga – Farense – 2-1
• Estoril – Gil Vicente – 1-3