CHAVES. Arouca conquers Chaves 5-1 after playing a incredible match. Arouca was much superior in terms of ball possession (63%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira stadium in Chaves on Friday and it started at 8:15 pm local time. The referee was Iancu Ioan Vasilica with the help of José Carlos Silva Martins and Fabio Diogo Oliveira da Silva. The 4th official was António Ricardo de Mesquita Moreira. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 10.28 degrees Celsius or 50.5 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 89%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Arouca had a superior ball possession 63% while Chaves was struggling with a 37% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Chaves was putting more pressure with 50 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 6 were on target. Even so, Arouca was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Chaves shot 11 times, 6 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, Arouca shot 7 times, 5 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Chaves received 1 yellow card (Júnior Pius). On the opposite side, Arouca received 2 yellow cards (Cristo González and Morlaye Sylla).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Chaves stays with 18 points to hold in the 17th place. On the opposite side, Arouca will has 34 points to sit in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Liga Portugal, Chaves will play away against Gil Vicente on the 10th of March with a 4-0 head to head in favor of Chaves (1 draw).
Arouca will host Sporting CP on the 10th of March with a 11-1 head to head stats in favor of Sporting CP (1 draw).
Chaves – Formation
Chaves
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38'
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Chaves started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager João Miguel da Cunha Teixeira decided to play with the following team: Héctor Hernández, Sandro Cruz, Hugo Souza , Bruno Rodrigues , Vasco Fernandes , Júnior Pius , João Correia , Dário Essugo , Kelechi Nwakali , Benny , Leandro Sanca , Jô and Raphael Guzzo .
The home team had on the bench: Rúben Ribeiro , Habib Sylla, Ygor Nogueira, Paulo Victor , Pedro Pinho, Steven Vitória , Carraça, Rodrigo Moura and Hélder Morim .
Chaves could not rely on the presence of Steven Vitória (injured).
Substitutions
Chaves made 5 changes: Bruno Rodrigues for Steven Vitória (27′), Leandro Sanca for Rúben Ribeiro (46′), Kelechi Nwakali for Hélder Morim (60′), Jô for Paulo Victor (60′) and Raphael Guzzo for Carraça (87′).
Player of the match: Raphael Guzzo
The player that probably impressed the most for Chaves was Raphael Guzzo.
His rating is with 1 goal, 25 passes (92% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 2 duels out of 7. He performed 5 crosses.
Arouca – Formation
Arouca
Arouca started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Daniel Sousa played with: Ignacio de Arruabarrena , Tiago Esgaio , Robson Bambu , Francisco Montero , Weverson , David Simão , Pedro Santos , Jason , Cristo González , Morlaye Sylla , Rafa Mújica .
These were the players on the bench: Oriol Busquets, Yusuf Lawal , Kouassi Eboue , Alfonso Trezza , Miguel Puche, Thiago da Silva, Bogdan Milovanov, Yanis Hamache and Nino Galović .
Arouca could not rely on the presence of Nino Galović (injured).
Substitutions
Arouca made 5 changes: Weverson for Yanis Hamache (57′), Robson Bambu for Nino Galović (73′), David Simão for Kouassi Eboue (58′), Jason for Yusuf Lawal (69′) and Cristo González for Alfonso Trezza (69′).
Player of the match: Cristo González
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Arouca was Cristo González.
His rating is with 1 goal, 25 passes (64% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 8. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Liga Portugal.
