Down To Ten
Santa Clara
Santa Clara played the closing 5 minutes a man down after a 85′ dismissal.
- Sent off
- 85′
- Player
- Sorriso
Primeira Liga · Matchday 6
Arouca
I. Barbero 46'
1 – 2
FT
HT 0–2
Santa Clara
G. Paciencia 22'
J. Tavares 36'
Primeira Liga
Matchday 6Arouca1–2Santa Clara
0.72
Expected goals
1.16
22′36′46′85′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: ARO 0.72, SC 1.16.
Match report
Arouca 1-2 Santa Clara
Santa Clara edged out Arouca 2-1 in Primeira Liga. Paciencia opened the scoring for Santa Clara on 22', Tavares made it 2-0 to Santa Clara on 36' and Barbero pulled one back for Arouca on 46'.
Expected goals finished Arouca 0.72, Santa Clara 1.16. The scoreline is a fair reflection of who created more. Arouca held 64.0% of the ball.
Sorriso was dismissed for Santa Clara in the closing moments, too late to shape the result.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Santa Clara graded out for counter-punch — 36.0% possession and 1.16 expected goals. Arouca graded out for passive possession — 64.0% possession and 0.72 expected goals.
José Tavares came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.0 for Santa Clara from 1 goal, 1 assist and 1 key pass.
It was a niggly afternoon: 26 fouls between them and 8 yellow cards, with Arouca conceding the most free-kicks (14).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
64%Possession36%
10Shots12
0.72xG1.16
What the numbers say
3 readsCounter-Punch
Santa Clara
Santa Clara were happy without the ball and still created more — 1.16 xG from 36.0% possession.
- Possession
- 36.0%
- Expected goals
- 1.16
- Opponent xG
- 0.72
Passive Possession
Arouca
Arouca controlled the ball without ever turning it into danger — territory, not threat.
- Possession
- 64.0%
- Expected goals
- 0.72
- On target
- 4
- xG per 100 passes
- 0.14
Timeline
⚽22'
G. Paciencia — assist: J. Tavares
M. Flores ↑ P. Gozalbez ↓
🔄23'
🟨33'
Emanuel Fernandes
Foul
⚽36'
J. Tavares — assist: P. Pacheco
Half-time
I. Barbero — assist: N. Djouahra
⚽46'
Naïs Djouahra
Foul
🟨54'
🔄62'
Daniel Borges ↑ J. Tavares ↓
Espen Van Ee
Argument
🟨65'
🟨65'
Tiago Ribeiro
Argument
Pedro Santos ↑ E. van Ee ↓
🔄68'
G. Rukavina ↑ N. Djouahra ↓
🔄68'
🟨72'
Pedro Ferreira
Foul
🔄73'
H. Silva ↑ T. Ribeiro ↓
🔄73'
Welinton Torrao ↑ Brenner ↓
🔄73'
Fernando ↑ G. Paciencia ↓
F. Mayulu ↑ O. Lebedenko ↓
🔄81'
B. Mansilla ↑ A. Trezza ↓
🔄81'
🔄82'
Sorriso ↑ Vinicius Lopes ↓
🟨84'
Sorriso
Foul
🟨85'
Sorriso
Foul
🟥85'
Sorriso
Foul
Gabriel Rukavina
Foul
🟨87'
Match info
Kickoff
VenueArouca
CompetitionPrimeira Liga
Season2026
RoundMatchday 6
StatusMatch Finished