Sporting CP defeats Farense 3-2. HIGHLIGHTS

LISBOA. Sporting CP beat Farense.

March 4, 2024

LISBOA. Sporting CP topped Farense. Sporting CP was much better in terms of ball possession (66%) and that was among the factors of its victory.

The match was played at the Estádio José Alvalade stadium in Lisboa on Sunday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Cláudio Filipe Ruivo Pereira with the support of Tiago José Pereira Costa and André Cabral Almeida. The 4th official was Diogo Rosa. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 14.46 degrees Celsius or 58.03 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 56%.

Match Statistics

Sporting CP

3 - 2

Farense

! 66 Ball Possession 34

Shots

16 Total 9
4 On Target 6
6 Off Target 2
7 Shots blocked 1

137 Attack 53
54 Dangerous attack 15
90 Ball safe 69

0 Penalties 0
12 Corners 1
1 Off Sides 1

Fouls

7 Total 11
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Sporting CP was in firm control of the ball 66% while Farense was struggling with a 34% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sporting CP was more pushing with 54 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sporting CP won the match.

Sporting CP shot 16 times, 4 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Farense shot 9 times, 6 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Sporting CP received 1 yellow card (Jeremiah St. Juste). On the other side, Farense received 3 yellow cards (Zach Muscat, Zé Luís and Fabrício Isidoro).

Match Timeline

Daniel Bragança(goal)

11'

22'

Fabrício Isidoro - Yellow

Viktor Gyökeres(goal)Pedro Gonçalves

29'

32'

Belloumi(goal)Zé Luís

40'

Zach Muscat- Yellow

45'

Zé Luís- Yellow

Jerry St. Juste- Yellow

48'

50'

Zé Luís(goal)Elves Baldé

52'

Marco Matias- sub ->Elves Baldé

Pedro Gonçalves (goal)Ricardo Esgaio

53'

Trincão- sub ->Pedro Gonçalves

54'

Hidemasa Morita- sub ->Morten Hjulmand

55'

Eduardo Quaresma- sub ->Matheus Reis

55'

64'

Vítor Gonçalves- sub ->Fabrício Isidoro

Sebastián Coates - sub ->Jeremiah St. Juste

69'

Paulinho- sub ->Marcus Edwards

78'

84'

Rafael Barbosa- sub ->Zach Muscat

84'

Jhon Velásquez- sub ->Zé Luís

84'

Cristian Ponde- sub ->Belloumi

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this match, Sporting CP has 59 points to remain in the 1st place. On the other side, Farense will stays with 26 points like Famalicão to hold in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga Portugal, Sporting CP will play away against Famalicão on the 3rd of February with a 8-2 head to head stats in favor of Sporting CP (3 draws).

Farense will play away against Vizela on the 10th of March with a 0-0 head to head record.

Sporting CP – Formation

Sporting CP

Franco Israel 12.Uruguay

7.0

Antonio Adán 1.Spain

Matheus Reis 2.Brazil

6.4

55'

Jerry St. Juste 3.Netherlands

7.0

69'

48'

Ousmane Diomande 26.Ivory Coast

6.6

Daniel Bragança 23.Portugal

8.2

11'

Ricardo Esgaio 47.Portugal

7.9

Nuno Santos 11.Portugal

7.7

Morten Hjulmand 42.Denmark

7.0

55'

Pedro Gonçalves 8.Portugal

8.7

54'

53'

Viktor Gyökeres 9.Sweden

7.5

29'

Marcus Edwards 10.England

7.8

78'

Substitutes

Diogo Pinto 51.Portugal

Iván Fresneda 22.Spain

Sebastián Coates 4.Uruguay

7.0

69'

Eduardo Quaresma 72.Portugal

6.8

55'

Koba Koindredi 80.France

Hidemasa Morita 5.Japan

7.0

55'

Trincão 17.Portugal

6.8

54'

Paulinho 20.Portugal

7.0

78'

Geny Catamo 21.Mozambique

Sporting CP started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Ruben Filipe Marques Amorim decided to play with the following team: Antonio Adán, Franco Israel (7.0), Jeremiah St. Juste (7.0), Ousmane Diomande (6.6), Matheus Reis (6.4), Ricardo Esgaio (7.9), Morten Hjulmand (7.0), Daniel Bragança (8.2), Nuno Santos (7.7), Marcus Edwards (7.8), Viktor Gyökeres (7.5) and Pedro Gonçalves (8.7).

The home team had on the bench: Sebastián Coates (7.0), Hidemasa Morita (7.0), Geny Catamo , Eduardo Quaresma (6.8), Francisco Trincão (6.8), Paulinho (7.0), Iván Fresneda, Diogo Pinto and Koba Koindredi.

Substitutions

Sporting CP made 5 changes: Marcus Edwards for Paulinho (78′), Morten Hjulmand for Hidemasa Morita (55′), Pedro Gonçalves for Francisco Trincão (54′), Matheus Reis for Eduardo Quaresma (55′) and Jeremiah St. Juste for Sebastián Coates (69′).

Player of the match: Pedro Gonçalves

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Sporting CP was Pedro Gonçalves.

His rating is 8.7 with 1 goal, 38 passes (76% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 5. He performed 7 crosses.

Farense – Formation

Farense

Ricardo Velho 33.Portugal

6.8

Talys 12.Brazil

6.6

Pastor 28.Brazil

6.3

Zach Muscat 6.Malta

6.3

84'

40'

Talocha 31.Portugal

Gonçalo Silva 37.Portugal

6.6

Claudio Falcão 29.Brazil

6.3

Belloumi 62.Algeria

7.0

84'

32'

Facundo Cáseres 5.Argentina

6.3

Elves Baldé 7.Portugal

7.0

52'

Fabrício Isidoro 14.Brazil

6.6

64'

22'

Zé Luís 91.Cape Verde

8.4

84'

45'

50'

Substitutes

Miguel Carvalho 22.Portugal

Igor Rossi 3.Brazil

Fran Delgado 2.Spain

Jhon Velásquez 10.Colombia

6.8

84'

Seruca 50.Portugal

Vítor Gonçalves 80.Portugal

6.8

64'

Rafael Barbosa 8.Portugal

6.8

84'

Cristian Ponde 20.Portugal

6.4

84'

Marco Matias 77.Portugal

7.0

52'

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

José Albano Ferreira da Mota played with: Talocha, Ricardo Velho (6.8), Pastor (6.3), Gonçalo Silva (6.6), Zach Muscat (6.3), Talys (6.6), Claudio Falcão (6.3), Facundo Cáseres (6.3), Elves Baldé (7.0), Fabrício Isidoro (6.6), Belloumi (7.0) and Zé Luís (8.4).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Fran Delgado, Rafael Barbosa (6.8), Marco Matias (7.0), Igor Rossi, Jhon Velásquez (6.8), Cristian Ponde (6.4), Miguel Carvalho, Seruca and Vítor Gonçalves (6.8).

Substitutions

Farense made 5 changes: Elves Baldé for Marco Matias (52′), Fabrício Isidoro for Vítor Gonçalves (64′), Zach Muscat for Rafael Barbosa (84′), Belloumi for Cristian Ponde (84′) and Zé Luís for Jhon Velásquez (84′).