AROUCA. Sporting CP overcome Arouca to win 2-1. It was Sporting CP to strike first with a goal of Matheus at the 16′. Then it was a goal in the 51′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, N. Santos gave the win to Sporting CP in the 54′ minute with a goal. Sporting CP took advantage of its superior ball possession (57%).
The match was played at the Estádio Municipal de Arouca stadium in Arouca on Saturday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Rui Manuel Gomes Costa with the assistance of Nuno Manso and João Alexandre Bessa Silva. The 4th official was João Pedro Costa Teixeira Afonso. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 28.3 degrees Celsius or 82.92 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 82%.
Match Statistics
- 43 Ball Possession 57
Shots
- 12 Total 10
- 6 On Target 9
- 6 Off Target 1
- 1 Shots blocked 2
- 119 Attack 105
- 28 Dangerous attack 31
- 89 Ball safe 102
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 5
- 3 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 22 Total 13
- 3 Yellow Cards 5
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Sporting CP was in firm control of the ball 57% while Arouca was struggling with a 43% ball possession.
Sporting CP was more aggressive with 31 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sporting CP won the match.
Arouca shot 12 times, 6 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Sporting CP shot 10 times, 9 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Arouca received 3 yellow cards (Arsenio, L. Silva and T. Araujo). On the other side, Sporting CP received 5 yellow cards (P. Sarabia, Paulinho, P. Porro, D. Braganca and T. Tomas).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Arouca will stay with 5 points to stay in the 16th place. On the other side, Sporting CP will have 20 points like Porto to stay in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Primeira Liga, Arouca will play away with Paços de Ferreira on the 24th of October with a 3-1 head to head statistic in favor of Paços de Ferreira (4 draws).
Sporting CP will host Moreirense on the 23rd of October with a 11-0 head to head record in favor of Sporting CP (5 draws).
Arouca – Formation
Arouca
46'
63'
51'
Arouca started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Armando Evangelista Macedo Freitas decided to play with the following team: Fernando Castro , Tiago Esgaio , João Basso , Abdoulaye Ba , Thales , Leandro Silva , Kouassi Eboue , Pedro Moreira , André Bukia , Oday Dabagh and Arsénio Nunes .
The home team had on the bench: Gastón Campi , Pité , Bruno Prado, Or Dasa, Joel, Tiago Araújo , Adílio , Victor Braga and Marco Soares.
Substitutions
Arouca made 4 changes: A. Ba for G. Campi (46′), E. Kouassi for Pite (61′), Arsenio for T. Araujo (77′) and A. Bukia for Adilio (85′).
Best player: Fernando Castro
The player that probably impressed the most for Arouca was the goalkeeper: Fernando Castro. His rating is 7.23. He performed 6 saves.
Sporting CP – Formation
Sporting CP
Sporting CP started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
On the opposite side, Ruben Filipe Marques Amorim played with: Antonio Adán , Ricardo Esgaio , Sebastián Coates , Matheus Reis , Pedro Porro , Daniel Bragança , João Palhinha , Nuno Santos , Pablo Sarabia , Matheus Nunes and Paulinho .
They had on the bench: Manuel Ugarte , Diego Calai, João Virgínia, Rúben Vinagre, Luís Neto , Zouhair Feddal, Bruno Tabata , Jovane Cabral and Tiago Tomás .
Substitutions
Sporting CP made 5 changes: P. Porro for Neto (64′), P. Sarabia for T. Tomas (71′), Paulinho for Tabata (71′), D. Braganca for M. Ugarte (81′) and Matheus for J. Cabral (81′).
Best player: Nuno Santos
The player that probably impressed the most for Sporting CP was Nuno Santos.
His rating is with 1 goal, 46 passes (76% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 6. He performed 3 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Primeira Liga.
- Porto – Paços de Ferreira – 2-1
- Vizela – Santa Clara – 1-1
- Arouca – Sporting CP – 1-2
