Arouca 2–2 Santa Clara
- Lee 8'
- Seabra 45'
- Lee 66'
- Esgaio 83'
- Silva 10'
- Petit 45'
- Manoel 90+5'
2 May 2026
The match in data
Arouca and Santa Clara finished level at 2–2 on 2 May 2026, on matchday 32 of the 2025-26 Liga Portugal.
Player of the match: Tiago Esgaio (Arouca), rated 66, thanks above all to 5 aerials won and 7 duels won. Esgaio produced 1.5 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.5 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For Santa Clara, the highest-rated player was Sidney Lima, with 74.
Petit was sent off at 45'.
Vasco Seabra was sent off at 45'.
Hyun-ju Lee was sent off at 66'.
Tiago Esgaio
Arouca · 90'
Produced 1.51× and cost 0.52× their position's average
- 5 aerials won 3.1×
- 7 duels won 1.5×
- 1 goal 4.0×
- 6 misplaced passes 0.9×
- 3 duels lost 0.8×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amadou Dante | Defender | 26 | 71 |
| Taichi Fukui | Midfielder | 85 | 67 |
| Tiago Esgaio ★ | Defender | 90 | 66 |
| Espen van Ee | Midfielder | 90 | 62 |
| Javi Sánchez | Defender | 46 | 58 |
| Iván Barbero | Forward | 75 | 48 |
| Naïs Djouahra | Forward | 76 | 47 |
| José Fontán | Defender | 90 | 44 |
| Hyun-ju Lee | Midfielder | 66 | 44 |
| Ignacio de Arruabarrena | Goalkeeper | 90 | 42 |
| Bas Kuipers | Defender | 64 | 34 |
| Alfonso Trezza | Forward | 90 | 28 |
| Matías Rocha | Defender | 44 | 20 |
| Mateo Flores | Midfielder | 15 | no rating |
| Pablo Gozálbez | Midfielder | 14 | no rating |
| Diogo Monteiro | Defender | 5 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sidney Lima | Defender | 90 | 74 |
| Serginho | Midfielder | 90 | 65 |
| Frederico Venâncio | Defender | 90 | 60 |
| Gabriel Silva | Forward | 90 | 59 |
| Welinton Torrão | Forward | 31 | 51 |
| Gonçalo Paciência | Forward | 76 | 47 |
| Guilherme Romão | Defender | 22 | 47 |
| Djé | Midfielder | 90 | 43 |
| Paulo Victor | Defender | 68 | 36 |
| Gabriel Batista | Goalkeeper | 90 | 34 |
| Diogo Calila | Defender | 76 | 34 |
| Brenner | Forward | 59 | 31 |
| Gustavo Klismahn | Midfielder | 76 | 19 |
| Elias Manoel | Forward | 14 | no rating |
| Lucas Soares | Defender | 14 | no rating |
| Vinícius Lopes | Forward | 14 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Santa Clara player played the most passes leading to a shot?
Serginho, with 3 key passes. Next: Gabriel Silva 2, Frederico Venâncio 1.
Serginho guided Santa Clara's chance creation with 3 key passes in the 2–2 draw. Gabriel Silva generated 2, while Frederico Venâncio chipped in with 1.
Which Arouca player won the most aerial duels?
Tiago Esgaio, with 5 aerial duels won. Next: José Fontán 1, Javi Sánchez 1.
Tiago Esgaio ruled the skies for Arouca, winning 5 aerial duels. The difference across the squad was striking, with José Fontán and Javi Sánchez recording just 1 each.
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.
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