AROUCA. Arouca beats Sporting CP 1-0 after J. Basso scored just 1 goal (47′). Sporting CP was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (64%).​

The match was played at the Estádio Municipal de Arouca stadium in Arouca on Saturday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Rui Manuel Gomes Costa assisted by Nuno Manso and José Carlos Silva Martins. The 4th official was João Pedro Costa Teixeira Afonso. The weather was rainy. The temperature was hot at 27.7 degrees Celsius or 81.93 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 90%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Sporting CP had a strong ball possession 64% while Arouca was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sporting CP was putting more pressure with 66 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 7 were on target. Nonetheless, Arouca managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Arouca shot 10 times, 5 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Sporting CP shot 20 times, 7 on target, 13 off target.

Cards

Arouca received 5 yellow cards (D. Simao, J. Opoku, A. Ruiz, I. De Arruabarrena and T. Esgaio). Talking about the opposition, Sporting CP received 3 yellow cards (Goncalo Inacio, N. Santos and S. Coates).

Standings

After playing this match, Arouca will have 16 points like Boavista to remain in the 7th place. Regarding the opposition, Sporting CP will stay with 19 points to sit in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga Portugal, Arouca will play away against Vizela on the 5th of November with a 2-0 head to head stats in favor of Vizela (0 draws).

Sporting CP will host Vitória SC on the 5th of November with a 20-5 head to head in favor of Sporting CP (8 draws).

Arouca – Formation

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: Ignacio de Arruabarrena (8.0), Tiago Esgaio (6.4), João Basso (8.1), Jerome Opoku (7.3), Mateus Quaresma (6.8), Ismaila Soro (6.8), André Bukia (6.4), Alan Ruiz (6.3), David Simão (7.0), Antony Alves (6.8) and Oday Dabbagh (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: João Valido, Bruno Marques, Yaw Moses, Arsénio Nunes (6.2), Rafa Mújica, Oriol Busquets, Bogdan Milovanov, Nino Galović (6.2) and Morlaye Sylla (6.8).

Arouca could not rely on the presence of O. Busquets (injured).

Substitutions

Arouca made 5 changes: A. Bukia for Arsenio (64′), A. Ruiz for M. Sylla (72′), I. Soro for N. Galovic (72′), D. Simao for O. Busquets (89′) and O. Dabbagh for R. Mujica (90′).

Best player: João Basso​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Arouca was João Basso.

His rating is (8.1) with 1 goal, 36 passes (88% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 2.

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 (7.1), Gonçalo Inácio (6.6), Sebastián Coates (7.4), Matheus Reis (6.8), Ricardo Esgaio (6.8), Dário Essugo (6.8), Pedro Gonçalves (8.0), Flávio Nazinho (6.8), Francisco Trincão (6.7), Rochinha (6.2) and Arthur Gomes (7.0).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Sotiris Alexandropoulos, Jovane Cabral, Franco Israel, José Marsà, Jeremiah St. Juste (6.8), Pedro Porro (6.8), Manuel Ugarte (7.1), Marcus Edwards (6.3) and Nuno Santos (6.7).

Substitutions

Sporting CP made 5 changes: D. Essugo for M. Ugarte (53′), R. Esgaio for P. Porro (54′), Goncalo Inacio for J. St. Juste (54′), Rochinha for M. Edwards (58′) and F. Nazinho for N. Santos (59′).

Best player: Pedro Gonçalves​

The player that probably impressed the most for Sporting CP was Pedro Gonçalves.

His rating is (8.0) with 37 passes (83% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 11. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Benfica – Chaves – 5-0
• Santa Clara – Porto – 1-1
• Arouca – Sporting CP – 1-0