Primeira Liga: Sporting CP demolishes Portimonense 3-2 with 3 goals from Paulinho

LISBOA. Sporting CP prevailed over Portimonense 3-2 thanks to Paulinho who scored in the 65th, 76th and 83rd minute.

LISBOA. Sporting CP prevailed over Portimonense 3-2 thanks to Paulinho who scored in the 65th, 76th and 83rd minute. Sporting CP was vastly superior ball possession (70%) was among the key factors of its victory.​

P. Sa received a red card (58′)​. This double yellow card was one of the reason why Portimonense lost the match.

The match was played at the Estádio José Alvalade stadium in Lisboa on Wednesday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. In the presence of 21,038 spectators.​ The referee was António Emanuel Carvalho Nobre who was helped by Pedro Ribeiro and Nélson Filipe Vila Pereira. The 4th official was Ricardo Baixinho. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold around 13.8 degrees Celsius or 56.86 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 89%.​

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  Sporting CP

  3

  

  Portimonense

  2

  

  29 Dec 2021 Full time

Match Statistics

Sporting CP was in firm control of the ball 70% while Portimonense was struggling with a 30% ball possession.

Sporting CP was more aggressive with 64 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 11 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Sporting CP won the contest.

Sporting CP shot 23 times, 11 on target, 12 off target. On the opposite side, Portimonense shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Sporting CP received 4 yellow cards (G. Esteves, Pedro Goncalves, Paulinho and Matheus). On the opposite side, Portimonense received 2 yellow cards (Willyan and P. Sa).

Also, Portimonense didn’t manage to end the match with 11 players after P. Sa (Portimonense) was sent out after receiving a second yellow card (58′).

After this contest, Sporting CP will have 41 points like Porto to stay in the 2nd place. On the other side, Portimonense will stay with 24 points to stay in the 6th place.

Match Events

Next match

In the upcoming Primeira Liga match, Sporting CP will play away with Santa Clara on the 7th of January with a 6-0 head to head statistic in favor of Sporting CP (0 draws).

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  Santa Clara

  3

  

  Sporting CP

  2

  7 Jan 2022 Full time

Portimonense will host Marítimo on the 9th of January with a 5-2 head to head stats in favor of Portimonense (3 draws).

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  Portimonense

  1

  

  Marítimo

  2

  9 Jan 2022 Full time

Sporting CP: Formation and Lineups

Sporting CP adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Ruben Filipe Marques Amorim chose to play with the following team: Antonio Adán (6.4), Gonçalo Inácio (6.9), Sebastián Coates (6.8), Matheus Reis (6.5), Ricardo Esgaio (6.4), João Palhinha (7.1), Matheus Nunes (7.7), Nuno Santos (7.4), Pedro Gonçalves (7.8), Pablo Sarabia (7.6) and Paulinho (9.6).

Substitutes

Sporting CP made 3 changes: J. Palhinha for D. Braganca (55′), R. Esgaio for G. Catamo (60′) and Paulinho for T. Tomas (90′).

Top player: Paulinho

Probably the most impressive player in Sporting CP was Paulinho.

His rating is (9.6) with 3 goals, 23 passes (82% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 6.

Portimonense: Formation and Lineups

Also Portimonense adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

On the other side, Paulo Sérgio Bento Brito played with: Samuel (7.8), Lucas Possignolo (6.4), William Rocha (6.5), Pedrão (6.4), Iván Angulo (6.4), Pedro Sá (5.9), Filipe Relvas (7.0), Fali Candé (7.1), Ewerton (6.2), Shoya Nakajima (7.0) and Fabrício (6.9).

Substitutes

Portimonense made 5 changes: Fabricio for H. Jocu (68′), S. Nakajima for A. Renato Junior (84′), F. Cande for Anderson (85′), Ewerton for Luquinha (87′) and I. Angulo for D. G. Sana (90′).

Best player: Samuel

The player that probably impressed the most for Portimonense was the goalkeeper: Samuel. His rating is 7.84. He performed 9 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Primeira Liga

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  Vitória SC

  1

  

  Boavista

  1

  

  29 Dec 2021 Full time