§ Liga Portugal · 2026-27 · Matchday 3

Porto 2–0 Arouca

  • Veiga 67'
  • Sainz 86'

23 August 2026

The match in data

Porto got the better of Arouca, 2–0, on 23 August 2026, on matchday 3 of the 2026-27 Liga Portugal.

Player of the match: Gabri Veiga (Porto), rated 64, thanks above all to 2 big chances created and 7 final-third passes. Veiga produced 2.2 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 1.1 times the cost.

It was also their best match of the season.

For Arouca, the highest-rated player was Javi Sánchez, with 62.

64
Player of the match

Gabri Veiga

Porto · 76'

Produced 2.22× and cost 1.13× their position's average

Added
  • 2 big chances created 4.0×
  • 7 final-third passes 1.9×
  • 7 key passes 4.0×
Took away
  • 2 failed dribbles 3.3×
  • 7 misplaced passes 1.4×

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.

Porto
PlayerPositionMinRating
Gabri Veiga ★ Midfielder 76 64
Zaidu Sanusi Defender 90 62
Alberto Costa Defender 90 56
Jakub Kiwior Defender 90 54
William Gomes Forward 76 51
Diogo Costa Goalkeeper 90 50
Jan Bednarek Defender 88 48
Pablo Rosario Midfielder 90 42
Pepê Forward 90 42
André Silva Forward 72 42
Victor Froholdt Midfielder 90 31
Deniz Gül Forward 18 no rating
Borja Sainz Forward 14 no rating
In-beom Hwang Midfielder 14 no rating
Nehuén Pérez Defender 2 no rating
Arouca
PlayerPositionMinRating
Ignacio de Arruabarrena Goalkeeper 90 62
Javi Sánchez Defender 90 62
Taichi Fukui Midfielder 90 54
Tiago Esgaio Defender 88 46
Iván Barbero Forward 62 46
Alfonso Trezza Forward 72 44
Dylan Nandín Forward 28 39
Espen van Ee Midfielder 72 37
José Fontán Defender 90 35
Hyun-ju Lee Midfielder 62 34
Orest Lebedenko Defender 90 26
Naïs Djouahra Forward 90 24
Pablo Gozálbez Midfielder 28 20
Brian Mansilla Forward 18 no rating
Pedro Santos Midfielder 18 no rating
Mateo Flores Midfielder 2 no rating

Did you know?

La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.

Which Arouca player recovered the most balls?

Taichi Fukui, with 7 recoveries. Next: Espen van Ee 4, Javi Sánchez 3.

Fukui was Arouca's most active player off the ball, registering 7 recoveries. That output surpassed Van Ee (4) and Sánchez (3) away at Porto.

Which Porto player played the most passes leading to a shot?

Gabri Veiga, with 7 key passes. Next: William Gomes 3, Alberto Costa 3.

Gabri Veiga drove Porto's attack with 7 key passes in the 2–0 win. That tally more than doubled the output of William Gomes and Alberto Costa, who registered 3 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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Porto 2–0 Arouca, Liga Portugal 2026-27. Player of the match: Gabri Veiga, 64
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Data: Sportmonks. Metrics, ratings and text: La Lente by Sir Balone, edited by Juan Carlos Vasquez.