AROUCA. Santa Clara topped Arouca to win 2-1. It was Santa Clara to strike first with a goal of Gonçalo Paciência at the 22′. Then Djé scored again for Santa Clara in the 36′ minute. Eventually, Iván Barbero reduced the distance for Arouca (46′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Arouca was truly superior in terms of ball possession (64%).​

The match was played at the Estádio Municipal de Arouca stadium in Arouca on Sunday and it started at 1:00 pm local time. The referee was Vitor Jorge Fernandes Ferreira with the support of Tiago José Pereira Costa and João Pedro Correia Gonçalves Morte. The 4th official was Cristina Filipa Amaral. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was quite cold at degrees Celsius or 32 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 38%.​

Match Statistics​

Arouca

1 - 2

Santa Clara

• ! 64 Ball Possession 36

Shots

• 10 Total 12
• 4 On Target 5
• 3 Off Target 4
• 3 Shots blocked 3

• 101 Attack 63
• 35 Dangerous attack 26
• 83 Ball safe 65

• 12 Free Kicks 14
• 0 Penalties 0
• 5 Corners 2
• 2 Off Sides 2

Fouls

• 14 Total 12
• 3 Yellow Cards 5
• 0 Double Yellow 1
• 0 Red Card 1

Other

• 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Arouca had a superior ball possession 64% while Santa Clara was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Arouca was more pushing with 35 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyway, Santa Clara was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Arouca shot 10 times, 4 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, Santa Clara shot 12 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Arouca received 4 yellow cards (Vasco Seabra, Gabriel Rukavina, Espen van Ee and Naïs Djouahra). On the opposite side, Santa Clara received 4 yellow cards (Sorriso, Pedro Ferreira, Emanuel Moreira and Tiago Ribeiro).

Standings

After this contest, Arouca stays with 10 points to occupy the 5th place in the standings. On the opposite side, Santa Clara has 14 points (4th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga Portugal, Arouca will play away with Sporting CP on the 19th of September with a 0-0 head to head stats.

Santa Clara will host Sporting Braga on the 20th of September with a 0-0 head to head statistic.

Arouca – Formation

Arouca

G

Ignacio de Arruabarrena 12.Uruguay

6.3

D

José Fontán 3.Spain

6.9

D

Javi Sánchez 15.Spain

7.0

D

Orest Lebedenko 18.Ukraine

6.4

81'

D

Tiago Esgaio 28.Portugal

7.1

M

Espen van Ee 6.Netherlands

6.7

68' 65'

M

Naïs Djouahra 7.France

7.0

68' 54'

M

Taichi Fukui 8.Japan

6.9

M

Pablo Gozálbez 10.Spain

6.4

23'

M

Alfonso Trezza 19.Uruguay

6.5

81'

F

Iván Barbero 17.Spain

6.8

46'

Substitutes

G

Jakub Vinarcik 1.Slovakia

G

Martim Duarte 71.Portugal

D

Diogo Monteiro 4.Portugal

D

Boris Popović 5.Serbia

D

Mario Climent 37.Spain

M

Mateo Flores 21.Spain

6.4

23'

M

Pedro Santos 89.Portugal

6.7

68'

F

Fally Mayulu 9.France

6.4

81'

F

Gabriel Rukavina 20.Croatia

6.5

68' 87'

F

Dylan Nandín 23.Uruguay

F

Brian Mansilla 24.Uruguay

6.5

81'

F

Si-hoo Park 77.Korea DPR

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

The manager Vasco César Freire De Seabra decided to play with the following team: Ignacio de Arruabarrena (6.3), Tiago Esgaio (7.1), Javi Sánchez (7.0), José Fontán (6.9), Orest Lebedenko (6.4), Espen van Ee (6.7), Taichi Fukui (6.9), Alfonso Trezza (6.5), Pablo Gozálbez (6.4), Naïs Djouahra (7.0) and Iván Barbero (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Jakub Vinarcik, Diogo Monteiro, Boris Popović, Fally Mayulu (6.4), Gabriel Rukavina (6.5), Mateo Flores (6.4), Dylan Nandín, Brian Mansilla (6.5), Mario Climent, Martim Duarte, Si-hoo Park and Pedro Santos (6.7).

Arouca could not rely on the presence of Mateo Flores (injured).

Substitutions

Arouca made 5 changes: Pablo Gozálbez for Mateo Flores (23′), Naïs Djouahra for Gabriel Rukavina (68′), Espen van Ee for Pedro Santos (68′), Alfonso Trezza for Brian Mansilla (81′) and Orest Lebedenko for Fally Mayulu (81′).

Player of the match: Tiago Esgaio​

The player that probably impressed the most for Arouca was Tiago Esgaio.

His rating is 7.1 with 46 passes (50% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 9 crosses.

Santa Clara – Formation

Santa Clara

G

Lucas França 1.Brazil

7.2

D

Pedro Pacheco 4.Portugal

7.2

D

Guilherme Romão 5.Brazil

6.6

D

Emanuel Moreira 21.Portugal

6.9

33'

D

Lucas Soares 42.Brazil

6.7

M

Pedro Ferreira 6.Portugal

6.6

72'

M

Djé 8.Cape Verde

8.1

62' 36'

M

Tiago Ribeiro 20.Portugal

6.6

73' 65'

F

Gonçalo Paciência 9.Portugal

7.6

73' 22'

F

Brenner 10.Brazil

6.7

73'

F

Vinícius Lopes 70.Brazil

7.2

82'

Substitutes

G

Neneca 12.Brazil

D

Henrique Silva 3.

6.7

73'

D

Ythallo 19.Brazil

M

Vasconcelos 17.Portugal

M

Vitinho 22.

M

Dani Borges 41.Brazil

6.7

62'

F

Fernando 7.Brazil

6.6

73'

F

Welinton Torrão 11.Brazil

6.7

73'

F

Afonso Duarte 18.Portugal

F

Fredy 25.Portugal

F

Léo Jacó 73.Brazil

F

Sorriso 99.

5.8

82' 84'

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

Armando Gonçalves Teixeira played with: Lucas França (7.2), Lucas Soares (6.7), Pedro Pacheco (7.2), Emanuel Moreira (6.9), Guilherme Romão (6.6), Djé (8.1), Pedro Ferreira (6.6), Tiago Ribeiro (6.6), Vinícius Lopes (7.2), Gonçalo Paciência (7.6) and Brenner (6.7).

They had on the bench: Henrique Silva (6.7), Fernando (6.6), Welinton Torrão (6.7), Neneca, Vasconcelos, Afonso Duarte, Ythallo, Vitinho, Fredy, Dani Borges (6.7), Léo Jacó and Sorriso (5.8).

Substitutions

Santa Clara made 5 changes: Djé for Dani Borges (62′), Gonçalo Paciência for Fernando (73′), Tiago Ribeiro for Henrique Silva (73′), Brenner for Welinton Torrão (73′) and Vinícius Lopes for Sorriso (82′).

Player of the match: Djé​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Santa Clara was Djé.

His rating is 8.1 with 1 goal, 23 passes (100% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 3 duels out of 4.

Results of the day

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

• Benfica – Gil Vicente – 3-1
• Famalicão – Sporting CP – 1-1
• Arouca – Santa Clara – 1-2