Primeira Liga: Santa Clara recovers a 0-1 deficit to best Marítimo 2-1
PONTA DELGADA. Santa Clara succeeded in turn the table against Marítimo to win 2-1.
PONTA DELGADA. Santa Clara was able to turn the table against Marítimo to win 2-1. It was Marítimo to strike first with a goal of Xadas at the 35′. Then it was a penalty in the 50′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Matheus Babi gave the win to Santa Clara in the 60′ minute with a goal.
A. Vidigal received a red card (53′). This red card was one of the reason why Marítimo lost the match.
Joel missed a decisive penalty (38′). That would have allowed Marítimo to draw the match.
The match was played at the Estádio de São Miguel stadium in Ponta Delgada on Sunday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Gustavo Fernandes Correia who was helped by Tiago José Pereira Costa and Inácio Pereira. The 4th official was João Pedro Costa Teixeira Afonso. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant around 24.4 degrees Celsius or 75.92 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 64%.
Match Statistics
There wasn’t much of a difference in ball possession. Santa Clara was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Marítimo that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.
Marítimo was more aggressive with 50 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 6 were on target. Notwithstanding, Santa Clara managed to find the solution to win this encounter.
Santa Clara shot 9 times, 4 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Marítimo shot 17 times, 6 on target, 11 off target.
Cards
Santa Clara received 3 yellow cards (Paulo, K. Boateng and A. Carvalho). On the opposite side, Marítimo received 4 yellow cards (D. Mendes, Joel, M. Mosquera and ).
Also, Marítimo didn’t manage to end the match with 11 players after A. Vidigal (Marítimo) was sent out after receiving a straight red card in the (53′).
After this encounter, Santa Clara will have 1 points to stay in the 16th place. On the opposite side, Marítimo will stay with 0 points like Paços de Ferreira to stay in the 18th place.
Match Events
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7'7'
E. Costa
P. Moreno
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12'12'
M. Mosquera
M. Costa
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14'14'
D. Mendes
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35'35'
Xadas
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39'39'
Paulo
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38'38'
Joel
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46'46'
Ricardinho
Rildo
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46'46'
Allano
Xavi Quintillà
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50'50'
Allano (Penalty)
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53'53'
A. Vidigal
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54'54'
Edgar Costa
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57'57'
M. Mosquera
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60'60'
Matheus Babi
Adriano
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67'67'
L. Vega
J. Soñora
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67'67'
Antonio Zarzana
Bruno Xadas
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67'67'
Rafael Brito
Diogo Mendes
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71'71'
A. Carvalho
Adriano
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71'71'
K. Tagawa
Matheus Babi
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77'77'
K. Boateng
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86'86'
C. Gonzalez
Paulo
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90'90'
A. Carvalho
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90'90'
R. Brito
Next match
In the upcoming Primeira Liga match, Santa Clara will play away with Vitória SC on the 9th of September with a 4-2 head to head stats in favor of Vitória SC (2 draws).
Santa Clara: Formation and Lineups
Santa Clara started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).
The manager Mário Fernando Magalhães da Silva chose to play with the following team: Marco Pereira , Pierre Sagna , Kennedy Boateng , Paulo , Paulo Henrique , Xavier Quintilla , Gabriel Silva , Victor Bobsin , Adriano , Rildo and Matheus Babi .
Substitutes
Santa Clara made 5 changes: X. Quintilla for Allano (46′), Rildo for Ricardinho (46′), Adriano for A. Carvalho (71′), Matheus Babi for K. Tagawa (71′) and Paulo for C. Gonzalez (86′).
Top player: Matheus Babi
The player who no doubt impressed Santa Clara the most was Matheus Babi.
His rating is with 1 goal, 8 passes (87% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 10.
Marítimo: Formation and Lineups
Marítimo started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
On the opposite side, Vasco César Freire De Seabra played with: Miguel Silva , Matheus Costa , Léo , Vitor Costa , Cláudio Winck , Bruno Xadas , Joel Soñora , Diogo Mendes , André Vidigal , Joel Tagueu and Pablo Moreno .
Marítimo could not rely on the presence of M. Mosquera (injured).
Substitutes
Marítimo made 5 changes: P. Moreno for E. Costa (7′), M. Costa for M. Mosquera (12′), Xadas for A. Zarzana (67′), D. Mendes for R. Brito (67′) and J. Sonora for L. Vega (67′).
Top player: Bruno Xadas
Probably the most impressive player in Marítimo was Bruno Xadas.
His rating is with 1 goal, 16 passes (75% accurate) and 1 key pass. He performed 1 cross.
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