AROUCA. Paços de Ferreira prevails over Arouca 1-0 after N. Gaitan scored just 1 goal (33′). Arouca lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the Estádio Municipal de Arouca stadium in Arouca on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Rui Manuel Gomes Costa assisted by João Alexandre Bessa Silva and José Carlos Silva Martins. The 4th official was Carlos André Fernandes Macedo. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 28.6 degrees Celsius or 83.43 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 68%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Arouca had a strong ball possession 60% while Paços de Ferreira was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Arouca had a more offensive attitude with 58 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 4 were on target. Even so, Paços de Ferreira managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Arouca shot 14 times, 4 on target, 10 off target. On the other side, Paços de Ferreira shot 12 times, 4 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Arouca received 4 yellow cards (A. Bukia, N. Galovic, Pite and Quaresma). Talking about the opposition, Paços de Ferreira received 5 yellow cards (C. Luiz, H. Ferreira, M. Djalo, A. Ferreira and A. Butzke).

Standings

After this match, Arouca will stay with 22 points to hold in the 15th place. Regarding the opposition, Paços de Ferreira will have 30 points like Santa Clara to remain in the 9th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Primeira Liga, Arouca will play away against Tondela on the 19th of March with a 3-1 head to head stats in favor of Arouca (1 draw).

Paços de Ferreira will host Moreirense on the 20th of March with a 7-5 head to head record in favor of Paços de Ferreira (6 draws).

Arouca – Formation

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

The manager Armando Evangelista Macedo Freitas decided to play with the following team: Victor Braga (6.9), Thales (7.0), João Basso (7.1), Nino Galović (6.5), Mateus Quaresma (7.0), David Simão (7.3), Leandro Silva (7.4), Pedro Moreira (7.2), André Bukia (6.7), André Silva (6.4) and Arsénio Nunes (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Emilijus Zubas, Wellington Nem, Tiago Esgaio, Antony Alves (7.1), Abdoulaye Ba, Oday Dabbagh (7.0), Marco Soares, Bruno Marques (7.2) and Pité (6.1).

Substitutions

Arouca made 5 changes: Arsenio for Bruno Marques (46′), D. Simao for O. Dabbagh (60′), A. Bukia for A. Alves Santos (60′), P. Moreira for Pite (74′) and Quaresma for Wellington Nem (89′).

Best player: Leandro Silva​

The most impressive player for Arouca was Leandro Silva.

His rating is (7.4) with 73 passes (82% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 12. He performed 2 crosses.

Paços de Ferreira – Formation

Paços de Ferreira started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Paulo César da Silva Peixoto played with: André Ferreira (8.0), Juan Delgado (7.0), Nuno Lima (7.6), Marco Baixinho (7.3), Vitorino Antunes (6.7), Nuno Santos (6.8), Luiz Carlos (7.1), Hélder Ferreira (6.8), Nicolás Gaitán (7.2), Uilton (6.9) and Denílson (7.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Lucas Silva (6.3), Matchoi Djaló (6.1), Pedro Ganchas, Igor Vekić, Mohamed Diaby, Adrián Butzke (6.2), Rui Pires (6.8), Fernando Fonseca (6.5) and Luís Bastos.

Substitutions

Paços de Ferreira made 5 changes: N. Gaitan for M. Djalo (57′), J. Delgado for F. Fonseca (68′), H. Ferreira for R. Pires (68′), N. Santos for Lucas Silva (77′) and Denilson for A. Butzke (77′).

Best player: André Ferreira​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Paços de Ferreira was the goalkeeper: André Ferreira. His rating is 8.01. He performed 4 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Arouca – Paços de Ferreira – 0-1
• Famalicão – Santa Clara – 0-0
• Belenenses – Boavista – 0-0
• Estoril – Portimonense – 2-0