Primeira Liga: Porto overcomes Famalicão 3-1

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PORTO. Porto beats Famalicão 3-1.

PORTO. Porto conquers Famalicão 3-1. Porto was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with Otavio (25′), L. Diaz (38′) and M. Taremi (76′). Famalicão reduced the distance with a goal (90′ + 2′) by Riccieli, but there was not much to do for them. Porto was vastly superior ball possession (66%) was among the key factors of its victory.​

Porto remained in 10 people after M. Uribe received a red card in the 84′. Anyway, Porto still succeeded in win this match playing only with 10 players​.

The match was played at the Estádio Do Dragão stadium in Porto on Sunday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Rui Manuel Gomes Costa with the assistance of Nuno Manso and João Alexandre Bessa Silva. The 4th official was Cláudio Filipe Ruivo Pereira. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold around 6.2 degrees Celsius or 43.09 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 79%.​

Match Statistics

Porto was in firm control of the ball 66% while Famalicão was struggling with a 34% ball possession.

Famalicão was more aggressive with 59 dangerous attacks and 6 shots of which 1 were on target. Nevertheless, Porto succeeded in find the solution to win this encounter.​

Porto shot 20 times, 11 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, Famalicão shot 6 times, 1 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

No yellow cards were issued to Porto. On the opposite side, Famalicão received 4 yellow cards (Riccieli, Rodrigues Pepe, H. De La Fuente and Amarildo).

(Porto) was sent out after receiving a red card in the (84′).

After playing this encounter, Porto will have 50 points to stay in the 1st place. On the other side, Famalicão will stay with 16 points like Moreirense to stay in the 15th place.

Match Events

  • 25'
    25'

    Otavio

  • 38'
    38'

    L. Diaz

    Otavio

  • 38'
    38'

    Riccieli

  • 68'
    68'

    Rodrigues Pepe

  • 70'
    70'

    M. Taremi

    F. Vieira

  • 76'
    76'

    M. Taremi (Penalty)

  • 79'
    79'

    Pepe

    L. Diaz

  • 79'
    79'

    F. Conceicao

    Evanilson

  • 80'
    80'

    P. Brazao

    Marcos Paulo

  • 81'
    81'

    H. De La Fuente

  • 84'
    84'

    M. Uribe

  • 89'
    89'

    M. Grujic

    Vitinha

  • 90'
    90'

    B. Silva

    C. Pickel

  • 90'
    90'

    Riccieli

  • 90'
    90'

    Amarildo

    Riccieli

  • 90'
    90'

    Amarildo

Next match

In the upcoming Primeira Liga match, Porto will host Marítimo on the 30th of January with a 22-4 head to head statistic in favor of Porto (7 draws).

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

Porto: Formation and Lineups

Porto started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).

The manager Sérgio Paulo Marceneiro Conceição chose to play with the following team: Diogo Costa (6.5), Bruno Costa (7.6), Chancel Mbemba (6.8), Fábio Cardoso (7.3), Wendell (7.2), Otávio (8.9), Mateus Uribe (8.1), Vitinha (7.7), Luis Díaz (7.0), Fábio Vieira (8.9) and Evanilson (7.0).

Substitutes

Porto made 4 changes: F. Vieira for M. Taremi (70′), L. Diaz for Pepe (79′), Evanilson for F. Conceicao (79′) and Vitinha for M. Grujic (89′).

Top player: Otávio

Probably the most impressive player in Porto was Otávio.

His rating is (8.9) with 1 goal, 52 passes (80% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 14.

Famalicão: Formation and Lineups

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

On the opposite side, Rui Pedro Silva Costa played with: Luiz Júnior (7.0), Hernán de la Fuente (6.0), Alex Nascimento (6.3), Riccieli (6.8), Charles Pickel (6.4), Ivo Rodrigues (5.6), Pedro Marques (6.1), Pêpê (6.0), Iván Jaime (6.3), Bruno Rodrigues (5.8) and Marcos Paulo (6.1).

Substitutes

Famalicão made 3 changes: Marcos Paulo for P. Brazao (80′), C. Pickel for B. Silva (90′) and Riccieli for Amarildo (90′).

Best player: Luiz Júnior

The player that probably impressed the most for Famalicão was the goalkeeper: Luiz Júnior. His rating is 7.01. He performed 5 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Primeira Liga

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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