Primeira Liga: Arouca recovers a 0-1 deficit to overcome Estoril 2-1

ESTORIL. Arouca was able to turn the table against Estoril to win 2-1.

ESTORIL. Arouca found a way to turn the table against Estoril to win 2-1. It was Estoril to strike first with an early goal of A. Ba at the 6′. Then it was a goal in the 90′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, E. Kouassi gave the win to Arouca in the 90′ minute with a goal. Arouca took advantage of its superior ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Estádio António Coimbra da Mota stadium in Estoril on Thursday and it started at 8:15 pm local time. The referee was Manuel António Rodrigues Oliveira who had the assistance of Carlos Campos and Tiago Oliveira Leandro. The 4th official was José Dinis Lopes Nunes Godinho Gorjão. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold around 13.6 degrees Celsius or 56.48 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 52%.​

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  Estoril

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  Arouca

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  27 Jan 2022 Full time

Match Statistics

Arouca was in firm control of the ball 58% while Estoril was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Arouca was more aggressive with 63 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 5 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Arouca won the match.​

Estoril shot 12 times, 4 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Arouca shot 19 times, 5 on target, 14 off target.

Cards

Estoril received 3 yellow cards (Joaozinho, A. Franco and F. Geraldes). On the opposite side, Arouca received 2 yellow cards (A. Ba and P. Moreira).

After this match, Estoril will stay with 25 points like Portimonense to stay in the 7th place. On the other side, Arouca will have 14 points to stay in the 17th place.

Match Events

Next match

In the upcoming Primeira Liga match, Estoril will host Paços de Ferreira on the 31st of January with a 6-3 head to head record in favor of Estoril (4 draws).

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  Estoril

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  Paços de Ferreira

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  31 Jan 2022 Full time

Arouca will play away against Famalicão on the 31st of January with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Arouca (0 draws).

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  Famalicão

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  Arouca

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  31 Jan 2022 Full time

Estoril: Formation and Lineups

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

The manager Bruno Miguel Nogueira Pinheiro chose to play with the following team: Thiago da Silva (7.1), Carles Soria (7.0), Patrick (7.3), Bernardo Vital (7.1), Joãozinho (7.2), Rosier Loreintz (7.6), Romário Baró (6.8), Bruno Lourenco (6.4), André Franco (6.8), Arthur Gomes (6.9) and Rui Fonte (6.8).

Substitutes

Estoril made 5 changes: R. Fonte for A. Clovis (62′), R. Baro for F. Geraldes (62′), B. Lourenco for A. Xavier (73′), C. Soria for David Bruno (73′) and Arthur for R. Valente (82′).

Top player: Rosier Loreintz

Probably the most impressive player in Estoril was Rosier Loreintz.

His rating is (7.6) with 45 passes (91% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 8.

Arouca: Formation and Lineups

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

On the other side, Armando Evangelista Macedo Freitas played with: Victor Braga (6.8), Thales (7.0), João Basso (7.2), Abdoulaye Ba (7.1), Mateus Quaresma (7.1), André Bukia (7.1), Pedro Moreira (6.5), Kouassi Eboue (6.8), Arsénio Nunes (6.9), André Silva (7.1) and David Simão (6.6).

Substitutes

Arouca made 4 changes: Arsenio for A. Alves Santos (65′), D. Simao for O. Dabbagh (65′), P. Moreira for L. Silva (75′) and Quaresma for T. Araujo (90′).

Top player: João Basso

The player who no doubt impressed Arouca the most was João Basso even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.2) with 62 passes (95% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 8.