Sporting CP snatches a 2-1 win against Santa Clara. HIGHLIGHTS

PONTA DELGADA. Sporting CP beat Santa Clara to win 2-1. A goal from K. Tagawa was decisive in the 90min.

October 9, 2022

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PONTA DELGADA. Sporting CP conquered Santa Clara to win 2-1. A goal from K. Tagawa was decisive in the 90min. It was Sporting CP to strike first with a goal of H. Morita at the 29′. Then N. Santos scored again for Sporting CP in the 90′ minute. Eventually, K. Tagawa reduced the distance for Santa Clara (90′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Sporting CP was decisively better in terms of ball possession (67%) and that was among the factors of its victory.

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 Artur Manuel Ribeiro Soares Dias with the support of Rui Licínio Barbosa Tavares and Paulo Alexandre Santos Soares. The 4th official was Iancu Ioan Vasilica. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 22.4 degrees Celsius or 72.32 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 88%.

Match Statistics

Santa Clara

1 - 2

Sporting CP

! 33 Ball Possession 67

Shots

11 Total 11
7 On Target 2
4 Off Target 9
1 Shots blocked 3

79 Attack 126
22 Dangerous attack 45
88 Ball safe 108

0 Penalties 0
3 Corners 5
2 Off Sides 3

Fouls

10 Total 16
4 Yellow Cards 3
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

6 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Sporting CP was in firm control of the ball 67% while Santa Clara was struggling with a 33% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sporting CP was more pushing with 45 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 2 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sporting CP won the match.

Santa Clara shot 11 times, 7 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Sporting CP shot 11 times, 2 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Santa Clara received 4 yellow cards (Victor Bobsin, Ricardinho, Paulo and Allano). On the opposite side, Sporting CP received 3 yellow cards (N. Santos, A. Adan and M. Reis).

Match Timeline

18'

29'

Nuno Santos- Yellow

29'

Hidemasa Morita(goal)

47'

52'

Gonçalo Inácio- sub ->J. St. Juste

66'

Andrézinho- sub ->Victor Bobsin

64'

66'

Trincão- sub ->Paulinho

Ricardinho- Yellow

68'

72'

73'

76'

79'

Antonio Adán - Yellow

Bruno Almeida- sub ->Pedro Bicalho

82'

90'

Nuno Santos(goal)

90'

Matheus Reis- Yellow

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this match, Santa Clara will stay with 5 points to remain in the 16th place. On the opposite side, Sporting CP will have 16 points to sit in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga Portugal, Santa Clara will host Porto on the 29th of October with a 10-0 head to head in favor of Porto (0 draws).

Sporting CP will play away agasint Arouca on the 29th of October with a 10-0 head to head in favor of Sporting CP (0 draws).

Santa Clara – Formation

Santa Clara

Gabriel Batista 12.Brazil

6.4

Pierre Sagna 95.Senegal

6.6

76'

Paulo 43.Brazil

6.9

72'

Adriano Firmino 20.Brazil

6.6

Ricardinho 10.Portugal

6.6

68'

MT 32.Brazil

6.3

66'

Anderson Carvalho 8.Brazil

7.1

Victor Bobsin 80.Brazil

6.1

64'

18'

Pedro Bicalho 35.Brazil

7.1

82'

Gabriel Silva 49.Brazil

6.4

João Marcos 89.Brazil

6.4

47'

Substitutes

Ricardo Fernandes 1.Portugal

Rodrigo Valente 15.Portugal

Bruno Almeida 19.Portugal

7.4

82'

Filip Stevanovic 22.Serbia

6.6

76'

Kyosuke Tagawa 9.Japan

7.6

47'

90'

Matheus Babi 39.Brazil

Allano 7.Brazil

6.4

66'

90'

Rildo 37.Brazil

Andrézinho 21.Portugal

6.4

64'

Santa Clara started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).

The manager Mário Fernando Magalhães da Silva decided to play with the following team: Gabriel Batista (6.4), Pierre Sagna (6.6), Adriano Firmino (6.6), Paulo (6.9), MT (6.3), Ricardinho (6.6), Gabriel Silva (6.4), Pedro Bicalho (7.1), Anderson Carvalho (7.1), Victor Bobsin (6.1) and João Marcos (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Rodrigo Valente, Filip Stevanović (6.6), Kyosuke Tagawa (7.6), Bruno Almeida (7.4), Matheus Babi, Allano (6.4), Rildo, Ricardo Fernandes and Andrézinho (6.4).

Substitutions

Santa Clara made 5 changes: J. Marcos for K. Tagawa (47′), M. Nunes for Allano (66′), Victor Bobsin for Andrezinho (64′), P. Sagna for F. Stevanovic (76′) and Pedro Bicalho for B. Almeida (82′).

Best player: Kyosuke Tagawa

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Santa Clara was Kyosuke Tagawa.

His rating is (7.6) with 1 goal, 7 passes (42% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 47′.

Sporting CP – Formation

Sporting CP

Antonio Adán 1.Spain

7.8

79'

Sebastián Coates 4.Uruguay

7.1

Matheus Reis 2.Brazil

7.0

90'

Jerry St. Juste 3.Netherlands

7.2

52'

Ricardo Esgaio 47.Portugal

6.7

Nuno Santos 11.Portugal

6.3

29'

90'

Manuel Ugarte 15.Uruguay

7.3

Hidemasa Morita 5.Japan

7.6

73'

29'

Pedro Gonçalves 28.Portugal

6.5

Paulinho 20.Portugal

6.8

66'

Marcus Edwards 10.England

7.1

73'

Substitutes

Franco Israel 12.Uruguay

José Marsà 63.Spain

Nazinho 71.Portugal

Gonçalo Inácio 25.Portugal

7.1

52'

Sotiris Alexandropoulos 6.Greece

6.2

73'

Arthur Gomes 33.Brazil

A. Fatawu 18.Ghana

Rochinha 16.Portugal

6.6

73'

Trincão 17.Portugal

6.5

66'

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

Ruben Filipe Marques Amorim played with: Antonio Adán (7.8), Jeremiah St. Juste (7.2), Sebastián Coates (7.1), Matheus Reis (7.0), Ricardo Esgaio (6.7), Hidemasa Morita (7.6), Manuel Ugarte (7.3), Nuno Santos (6.3), Marcus Edwards (7.1), Pedro Gonçalves (6.5) and Paulinho (6.8).

They had on the bench: Sotiris Alexandropoulos (6.2), José Marsà, Flávio Nazinho, Gonçalo Inácio (7.1), Arthur Gomes, Abdul Fatawu Issahaku, Rochinha (6.6), Francisco Trincão (6.5) and Franco Israel.

Substitutions

Sporting CP made 4 changes: J. St. Juste for Goncalo Inacio (52′), Paulinho for Trincao (66′), H. Morita for S. Alexandropoulos (73′) and M. Edwards for Rochinha (73′).