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ESTORIL. Sporting CP beats Estoril with a 2-0 win with a goal from J. St. (13′) and a goal from M. Edwards (21′). Sporting CP was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (64%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Estádio António Coimbra da Mota stadium in Estoril on Friday and it started at 9:15 pm local time. The referee was Manuel António Rodrigues Oliveira who was helped by Pedro Ribeiro and Carlos Campos. The 4th official was Flávio Dinis Lima. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 19.7 degrees Celsius or 67.53 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 82%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Sporting CP had a superior ball possession 64% while Estoril was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sporting CP had a more offensive attitude with 40 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sporting CP won the match.​

Estoril shot 7 times, 1 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Sporting CP shot 18 times, 5 on target, 13 off target.

Cards

Estoril received 5 yellow cards (M. Ndiaye, B. Vital, P. Alvaro, T. Gouveia and S. J. Lea). Regarding the opposition, Sporting CP received 7 yellow cards (M. Edwards, A. Adan, Rochinha, S. Coates, P. Porro, M. Ugarte and A. Fatawu).

Standings

After playing this contest, Estoril will stay with 7 points like Chaves, Casa Pia and Sporting CP to sit in the 5th place. On the other side, Sporting CP will have 7 points like Estoril, Chaves and Casa Pia to remain in the 8th place.

Next matches

Estoril – Formation

Estoril started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Nelson Alexandre da Silva Veríssimo decided to play with the following team: Daniel Figueira (6.5), Tiago Santos (7.5), Pedro Álvaro (6.4), Bernardo Vital (6.8), Joãozinho (6.7), Rosier Loreintz (6.9), Mor Ndiaye (7.4), Tiago Gouveia (6.9), Francisco Geraldes (6.8), Rodrigo Martins (6.4) and João Carlos (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Shaquil Delos, James Léa Siliki (6.8), Edson Mexer, Erison (6.7), Tiago Araújo, Gilson Tavares (6.6), João Carvalho (6.4), Sérgio Pereira Andrade and Pedro Silva.

Estoril could not rely on the presence of G. Tavares (injured).

Substitutions

Estoril made 4 changes: Joao Carlos for G. Tavares (39′), F. Geraldes for J. Carvalho (68′), R. Martins for Erison (68′) and M. Ndiaye for S. J. Lea (77′).

Best player: Tiago Santos​

The most impressive player for Estoril was Tiago Santos.

His rating is (7.5) with 27 passes (81% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 9.

Sporting CP – Formation

Sporting CP started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Ruben Filipe Marques Amorim played with: Antonio Adán (6.9), Jeremiah St. Juste (7.4), Sebastián Coates (7.3), Matheus Reis (6.8), Pedro Porro (7.7), Hidemasa Morita (6.4), Manuel Ugarte (5.9), Nuno Santos (7.0), Francisco Trincão (7.2), Pedro Gonçalves (8.4) and Marcus Edwards (7.7).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Ricardo Esgaio, Dário Essugo, Sotiris Alexandropoulos, Abdul Fatawu Issahaku, Rochinha (6.8), Franco Israel, Gonçalo Inácio, Luís Neto (6.5) and Rodrigo Ribeiro.

Sporting CP could not rely on the presence of A. Fatawu (injured).

Substitutions

Sporting CP made 5 changes: M. Edwards for Rochinha (57′), J. St. Juste for Neto (77′), P. Porro for R. Esgaio (88′), Pedro Goncalves for A. Fatawu (88′) and M. Ugarte for S. Alexandropoulos (89′).

Best player: Pedro Gonçalves​

The player that probably impressed the most for Sporting CP was Pedro Gonçalves even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.4) with 31 passes (83% accurate) and 6 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Benfica – Vizela – 2-1
• Estoril – Sporting CP – 0-2