VILA NOVA DE FAMALICãO. Famalicão bested Vizela.

The match was played at the Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho stadium in Vila Nova de Famalicão on Saturday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. The referee was Bruno Vieira with the support of Rui Cidade and Hugo Alexandre França Luís Coimbra. The 4th official was Miguel André Monteiro Fonseca. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was pleasant at 15.28 degrees Celsius or 59.5 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 84%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Famalicão was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Vizela that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Famalicão was more aggressive with 41 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Famalicão won the match​.

Famalicão shot 18 times, 8 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Vizela shot 10 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Famalicão received 6 yellow cards (Z. Youssouf, Francisco Moura, J. Cádiz, Riccieli, Puma and Chiquinho). On the opposite side, Vizela received 1 yellow card (Aleksandar Busnic).

Standings

After this encounter, Famalicão has 34 points to sit in the 8th place. On the opposite side, Vizela will stays with 21 points to hold in the 17th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga Portugal, Famalicão will play away with Vizela on the 18th of March with a 2-0 head to head record in favor of Famalicão (4 draws).

Vizela will host Famalicão on the 18th of March with a 2-0 head to head statistic in favor of Famalicão (4 draws).

Famalicão – Formation

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

The manager Armando Evangelista Macedo Freitas decided to play with the following team: J. de Haas, Luíz Júnior (7.0), Nathan (7.3), Riccieli (7.7), Enea Mihaj (7.0), Francisco Moura (7.0), Z. Youssouf (7.5), M. Topić (6.7), Puma (6.7), Gustavo Sá (7.5), Chiquinho (8.2) and J. Cádiz (7.8).

The home team had on the bench: Sorriso (7.1), I. Zlobin, T. Lacoux, Óscar Aranda, Gustavo Assunção, Filipe Soares (7.0), A. Dobre, Martín Aguirregabiria (6.6) and Théo Fonseca (6.7).

Substitutions

Famalicão made 4 changes: Gustavo Sá for Filipe Soares (74′), Nathan for Martín Aguirregabiria (74′), Puma for Sorriso (63′) and M. Topić for Théo Fonseca (87′).

Player of the match: Chiquinho​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Famalicão was Chiquinho.

His rating is 8.2 with 1 goal, 17 passes (88% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 17. He performed 3 crosses.

Vizela – Formation

Vizela started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Rubén De La Barrera Fernández played with: Matheus Pereira, Fabijan Buntic (7.1), Tomás Silva (6.6), Jota Gonçalves (6.4), Rodrigo Escoval (6.3), Orest Lebedenko (6.8), Jason Lokilo (7.9), Aleksandar Busnic (6.7), Samu  (6.6), M. Lacava (6.0), Sava Petrov (7.1) and Samuel Essende (7.3).

These were the players on the bench: Pedro Ortiz, Diogo Nascimento (6.4), Anderson (6.4), Domingos Quina (6.6), Francesco Ruberto , Hugo Oliveira, Alex Méndez, Osama Rashid and Alberto Soro.

Substitutions

Vizela made 4 changes: Rodrigo Escoval for Anderson (46′), Samuel Essende for Alberto Soro (90′), Jason Lokilo for Domingos Quina (83′) and Aleksandar Busnic for Diogo Nascimento (69′).

Player of the match: Jason Lokilo​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Vizela was Jason Lokilo.

His rating is 7.9 with 1 goal, 28 passes (82% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 3 duels out of 5. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Sporting CP – Benfica – 2-1
• Sporting Braga – Arouca – 0-3
• Rio Ave – Gil Vicente – 3-0
• Famalicão – Vizela – 3-2