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 71, 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 68.
Alan Varela
Porto · 83'
Produced 1.20× and cost 0.43× 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: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Varela ★ | Midfielder | 83 | 71 |
| Danny Namaso | Forward | 89 | 70 |
| Stephen Eustaquio | Midfielder | 90 | 63 |
| Samu Aghehowa | Forward | 90 | 62 |
| Otávio | Defender | 90 | 58 |
| Pepê | Forward | 83 | 54 |
| Galeno | Forward | 90 | 52 |
| Nehuén Pérez | Defender | 90 | 51 |
| Fábio Vieira | Midfielder | 70 | 51 |
| Iván Jaime | Midfielder | 20 | 44 |
| Martim Fernandes | Defender | 89 | 41 |
| Diogo Costa | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| 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 | 68 |
| Mads Bech Sørensen | Defender | 90 | 58 |
| Adam Buksa | Forward | 90 | 51 |
| Valdemar Byskov | Midfielder | 29 | 49 |
| Emiliano Martínez | Midfielder | 90 | 48 |
| Edward Chilufya | Forward | 61 | 46 |
| Ousmane Diao | Defender | 90 | 45 |
| Joel Andersson | Midfielder | 90 | 38 |
| Adam Gabriel | Defender | 77 | 38 |
| Victor Bak | Defender | 29 | 38 |
| Paulinho | Defender | 61 | 35 |
| Oliver Sørensen | Midfielder | 90 | 31 |
| Denil Castillo | Midfielder | 29 | 24 |
| Elías Ólafsson | Goalkeeper | 71 | no rating |
| Jonas Lössl | Goalkeeper | 19 | no rating |
| Pedro Bravo | Midfielder | 13 | no rating |
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.