Porto 2–0 FC Midtjylland
- Namaso 29'
- Aghehowa 56'
12 December 2024
The match in data
Porto beat FC Midtjylland 2–0 on 12 December 2024, in the 2024-25 Europa League (League Stage 6).
Player of the match: Alan Varela (Porto), rated 66, thanks above all to 9 final-third passes and 63 passes. Varela produced 1.2 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.4 times the cost.
It is their 3rd time as player of the match this season.
For FC Midtjylland, the highest-rated player was Mikel Gogorza, with 62.
Alan Varela
Porto · 83'
Produced 1.18× and cost 0.40× their position's average
- 9 final-third passes 1.9×
- 63 passes 1.6×
- 8 duels won 1.7×
- 6 misplaced passes 1.0×
- 3 duels lost 0.6×
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Varela ★ | Midfielder | 83 | 66 |
| Stephen Eustaquio | Midfielder | 90 | 59 |
| Danny Namaso | Forward | 89 | 59 |
| Samu Aghehowa | Forward | 90 | 56 |
| Otávio | Defender | 90 | 54 |
| Galeno | Forward | 90 | 51 |
| Pepê | Forward | 83 | 51 |
| Nehuén Pérez | Defender | 90 | 48 |
| Fábio Vieira | Midfielder | 70 | 44 |
| Iván Jaime | Midfielder | 20 | 41 |
| Martim Fernandes | Defender | 89 | 38 |
| Diogo Costa | Goalkeeper | 90 | 34 |
| Gonçalo Borges | Forward | 16 | no rating |
| Vasco Sousa | Midfielder | 16 | no rating |
| Rodrigo Mora | Midfielder | 1 | no rating |
| Tiago Djaló | Defender | 1 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mikel Gogorza | Forward | 61 | 62 |
| Mads Bech Sørensen | Defender | 90 | 53 |
| Valdemar Byskov | Midfielder | 29 | 46 |
| Adam Buksa | Forward | 90 | 44 |
| Ousmane Diao | Defender | 90 | 44 |
| Emiliano Martínez | Midfielder | 90 | 42 |
| Victor Bak | Defender | 29 | 36 |
| Adam Gabriel | Defender | 77 | 35 |
| Joel Andersson | Midfielder | 90 | 34 |
| Edward Chilufya | Forward | 61 | 34 |
| Paulinho | Defender | 61 | 31 |
| Oliver Sørensen | Midfielder | 90 | 28 |
| Denil Castillo | Midfielder | 29 | 21 |
| Elías Ólafsson | Goalkeeper | 71 | no rating |
| Jonas Lössl | Goalkeeper | 19 | no rating |
| Pedro Bravo | Midfielder | 13 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Porto player made the most tackles?
Galeno, with 4 tackles. Next: Fábio Vieira 2, Alan Varela 2.
Galeno set the tone for Porto's off-ball work with 4 tackles, twice the tally of Fábio Vieira and Alan Varela. That defensive output contributed directly to protecting the 2–0 win.
Which FC Midtjylland player won the most aerial duels?
Adam Buksa, with 6 aerial duels won. Next: Ousmane Diao 2, Adam Gabriel 2.
Adam Buksa made his mark in the air with 6 duels won, tripling the totals of Ousmane Diao and Adam Gabriel. Even so, that dominance could not alter the 2–0 outcome in Porto.
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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