Boavista recovers a 0-1 deficit to prevail over Arouca 2-1. HIGHLIGHTS

AROUCA. Boavista managed to reverse the scoreline against Arouca to win 2-1.

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David Brown
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Boavista recovers a 0-1 deficit to prevail over Arouca 2-1. HIGHLIGHTS

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AROUCA. Boavista was capable to reverse the score against Arouca to win 2-1. It was Arouca to strike first with a goal of Rafa Mújica at the 27′. Then it was a goal in the 31′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, M. Tavares gave the win to Boavista in the 71′ minute. Boavista was decisively better in terms of ball possession (67%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

Also, Arouca had 2 players sent off: I. Soro (10′ for a red card) and J. Opoku (84′ for a red card).

The match was played at the Estádio Municipal de Arouca stadium in Arouca on Sunday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was João António Ferreira Gonçalves who was helped by Nuno Manso and Alvaro Daniel Carvalho Mesquita. The 4th official was Humberto Teixeira. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was extremely hot at 31.5 degrees Celsius or 88.63 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 66%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Arouca

1 - 2

Team 1

Boavista

  • ! 33 Ball Possession 67
Shots
  • 5 Total 9
  • 1 On Target 3
  • 4 Off Target 6
  • 0 Shots blocked 3
  • 89 Attack 128
  • 27 Dangerous attack 55
  • 80 Ball safe 76
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 2 Corners 5
  • 4 Off Sides 3
Fouls
  • 10 Total 15
  • 1 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 2 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 6

Ball possession

Boavista was in firm control of the ball 67% while Arouca was struggling with a 33% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Boavista had a more offensive attitude with 55 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Boavista won the match.​

Arouca shot 5 times, 1 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Boavista shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Arouca received 1 yellow card (A. Ruiz). On the other side, Boavista received 2 yellow cards (K. Gorré and R. Cannon).

Match Timeline

10'
Rafa Mujica (goal)Tiago Esgaio
27'
27'
31'
Vincent Sasso(goal)R. Abascal
46'
Salvador Agra- sub ->R. Cannon
46'
Martim Tavares- sub ->K. Gorre
45'
65'
69'
Masa- sub ->B. Lourenco
71'
Martim Tavares(goal)
73'
78'
Vitinho- sub ->A. Bukia
78'
Morlaye Sylla- sub ->A. Ruiz
78'
80'
Ibrahima- sub ->R. Bozenik
84'
Uri Busquets- sub ->David Simão
89'
89'
89'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Benfica
87
34
Porto
85
34
Sporting Braga
78
34
Sporting CP
74
34
Arouca
54
34
Vitória SC
53
34
Chaves
46
34
Famalicão
44
34
Boavista
44
34
Casa Pia
41
34
Vizela
40
34
Rio Ave
40
34
Gil Vicente
37
34
Estoril
35
34
Portimonense
34
34
Marítimo
26
34
Paços de Ferreira
23
34
Santa Clara
22
34

After playing this match, Arouca will stay with 7 points like Estoril to sit in the 12th place. Regarding the opposition, Boavista will have 12 points like Portimonense to hold in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga Portugal, Arouca will host Vitória SC on the 18th of September with a 5-2 head to head record in favor of Vitória SC (4 draws).

Boavista will host Sporting CP on the 17th of September with a 17-1 head to head stats in favor of Sporting CP (4 draws).

Arouca – Formation

Arouca
G
E. Zubas 1.Lithuania
6.4
D
Quaresma 6.Brazil
6.1
D
João Basso 13.Brazil
7.1
D
Jerome Opoku 3.Ghana
6.4
84'
D
Tiago Esgaio 28.Portugal
7.1
M
David Simão  5.Portugal
7.1
89'
M
Alan Ruiz 10.Argentina
7.1
78' 73'
M
I. Soro 23.Ivory Coast
2.9
10'
M
Arsénio Nunes 8.Portugal
6.5
65'
M
A. Bukia 7.DR Congo
6.4
78'
F
Rafa Mujica  19.Spain
7.1
78' Goals27'
Substitutes
G
Ignacio de Arruabarrena 12.Uruguay
D
Nino Galovic 44.Croatia
D
Bogdan Milovanov 21.Ukraine
M
Uri Busquets 14.Spain
6.4
89'
M
Morlaye Sylla 2.Guinea
6.2
78'
M
Vitinho 43.Brazil
6.8
78'
M
Yaw Moses 17.Ghana
F
Bruno Marques 9.Brazil
6.6
78'
F
Antony 11.Brazil
6.6
65'

Arouca started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

The manager Armando Evangelista Macedo Freitas decided to play with the following team: Emilijus Zubas (6.4), Tiago Esgaio (7.1), João Basso (7.1), Jerome Opoku (6.4), Mateus Quaresma (6.1), Ismaila Soro (2.9), André Bukia (6.4), Alan Ruiz (7.1), David Simão (7.1), Arsénio Nunes (6.5) and Rafa Mújica (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Bruno Marques (6.6), Oriol Busquets (6.4), Ignacio de Arruabarrena, Nino Galović, Morlaye Sylla (6.2), Vitinho (6.8), Antony Alves (6.6), Yaw Moses and Bogdan Milovanov.

Substitutions

Arouca made 6 changes: Arsenio for A. Alves Santos (65′), R. Mujica for B. Maques (78′), A. Ruiz for M. Sylla (78′), A. Bukia for Vitinho (78′), David Simão for Oriol Busquets (89′) and D. Simao for O. Busquets (89′).

Best player: Alan Ruiz​

The player that probably impressed the most for Arouca was Alan Ruiz.

His rating is (7.1) with 32 passes (81% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 16. He performed 2 crosses.

Boavista – Formation

Boavista
G
César  12.Brazil
6.1
D
Vincent Sasso 23.France
7.7
Goals31'
D
Rodrigo Abascal 26.Uruguay
7.7
D
Reggie Cannon 2.United States
6.6
46' 45'
M
Seba Pérez  24.Colombia
7.0
89'
M
Gaius Makouta 42.France
7.0
M
Bruno Onyemaechi 70.Nigeria
7.3
M
Pedro Malheiro 79.Portugal
6.9
F
Bruno Lourenço 8.Portugal
6.8
69'
F
K. Gorré 7.Curaçao
6.2
46' 27'
F
Róbert Bozeník 9.Slovakia
6.8
80'
Substitutes
G
Rafael Bracalli 1.Brazil
D
Filipe Ferreira 20.Portugal
D
Ricardo Mangas 19.Portugal
6.2
89'
D
Robson Reis 4.Brazil
M
Masa 13.Japan
6.4
69'
M
Ibrahima 6.Guinea
6.2
80'
F
Luís dos Santos 77.Portugal
F
Salvador Agra 21.Portugal
6.7
46'
F
Martim Tavares 59.Portugal
7.4
46' Goals71'

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

Armando Gonçalves Teixeira played with: César Dutra (6.1), Reggie Cannon (6.6), Vincent Sasso (7.7), Rodrigo Abascal (7.7), Pedro Malheiro (6.9), Sebastián Pérez (7.0), Gaius Makouta (7.0), Bruno (7.3), Bruno Lourenço (6.8), Kenji Gorré (6.2) and Róbert Boženík (6.8).

They had on the bench: Filipe Ferreira, Luís Santos, Masaki Watai (6.4), Salvador Agra (6.7), Martim Tavares (7.4), Rafael Bracali, Ricardo Mangas (6.2), Ibrahima Camará (6.2) and Robson.

Substitutions

Boavista made 5 changes: R. Cannon for Salvador Agra (46′), K. Gorre for M. Tavares (46′), B. Lourenco for M. Watai (69′), R. Bozenik for I. Camara (80′) and S. Perez for R. Mangas (89′).

Best player: Rodrigo Abascal​

The player that probably impressed the most for Boavista was Rodrigo Abascal even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.7) with 101 passes (87% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 6. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

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