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PONTA DELGADA. Arouca succeeded in turn the tables against Santa Clara to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the second half.​ It was Santa Clara to strike first with a goal of Rildo at the 50′. Then it was a goal in the 61′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, J. Basso gave the win to Arouca in the 76′ minute with a penalty.

The match was played at the Estádio de São Miguel stadium in Ponta Delgada on Saturday and it started at 2:30 pm local time. The referee was Hélder Carvalho who was helped by Pedro Mota and Francisco João Serra Jorge Pereira. The 4th official was Bruno Vieira. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 23.4 degrees Celsius or 74.12 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 68%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Santa Clara was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Arouca that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Santa Clara had a more offensive attitude with 50 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyway, Arouca was able to find the solution to win this contest.​

Santa Clara shot 12 times, 3 on target, 9 off target. Regarding the opposition, Arouca shot 11 times, 3 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Santa Clara received 2 yellow cards (Ricardinho and J. Marcos). Regarding the opposition, Arouca received 3 yellow cards (B. Milovanov, I. Soro and T. Esgaio).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Santa Clara stays with 1 points to occupy the 14th place in the table. Regarding the opposition, Arouca has 6 points (7th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Primeira Liga, Santa Clara will play away with Famalicão on the 28th of August with a 4-1 head to head in favor of Famalicão (1 draw).

Arouca will host Sporting Braga on the 28th of August with a 8-1 head to head stats in favor of Sporting Braga (4 draws).

Santa Clara – Formation

Santa Clara adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Mário Fernando Magalhães da Silva decided to play with the following team: Marco Pereira (6.4), Pierre Sagna (7.2), Kennedy Boateng (6.5), Paulo (6.6), Paulo Henrique (6.8), Anderson Carvalho (6.9), Victor Bobsin (7.1), Rildo (7.1), Ricardinho (6.3), Allano (6.6) and Kyosuke Tagawa (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Andrézinho (6.7), João Afonso, Diogo Calila (5.9), Ricardo Fernandes, João Marcos (6.0), Gabriel Silva (7.0), Adriano, Pedro Bicalho (6.7) and Xavier Quintilla.

Substitutions

Santa Clara made 5 changes: K. Tagawa for J. Marcos (67′), Allano for Gabriel Silva (68′), A. Carvalho for Pedro Bicalho (76′), P. Sagna for Diogo Calila (76′) and Ricardinho for Andrezinho (83′).

Best player: Pierre Sagna​

The player that probably impressed the most for Santa Clara was Pierre Sagna.

His rating is (7.2) with 31 passes (80% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 9. He performed 7 crosses.

Arouca – Formation

Also Arouca adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Armando Evangelista Macedo Freitas played with: Ignacio de Arruabarrena (6.6), Bogdan Milovanov (6.8), João Basso (7.2), Jerome Opoku (7.0), Tiago Esgaio (6.4), Oriol Busquets (7.0), Ismaila Soro (6.3), André Bukia (6.7), Alan Ruiz (7.3), Arsénio Nunes (6.6) and Rafa Mújica (7.3).

These were the players on the bench: Mateus Quaresma (7.0), Emilijus Zubas, Yaw Moses (6.3), Pedro Moreira, Morlaye Sylla (6.2), Rafael Fernandes, Vitinho (7.2), David Simão (7.1) and Bruno Marques.

Substitutions

Arouca made 5 changes: I. Soro for Quaresma (55′), B. Milovanov for D. Simao (55′), Arsenio for Vitinho (55′), A. Ruiz for M. Sylla (67′) and O. Busquets for M. Yaw (81′).

Best player: Rafa Mújica​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Arouca was Rafa Mújica.

His rating is (7.3) with 1 goal, 13 passes (61% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 19.

Results of the day

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

• Chaves – Vizela – 1-1
• Porto – Sporting CP – 3-0
• Santa Clara – Arouca – 1-2