Rio Ave 0–3 Arouca
- Esgaio 44'
- Barbero 53'
- Lee 66'
31 January 2026
The match in data
Arouca beat Rio Ave 3–0 on 31 January 2026, on matchday 20 of the 2025-26 Liga Portugal.
Player of the match: Tiago Esgaio (Arouca), rated 63, thanks above all to 1 goal and 5 final-third passes. Esgaio produced 1.2 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.5 times the cost.
For Rio Ave, the highest-rated player was Brandon Aguilera, with 59.
Tiago Esgaio
Arouca · 90'
Produced 1.25× and cost 0.47× their position's average
- 1 goal 4.0×
- 5 final-third passes 0.9×
- 46 passes 1.0×
- 8 misplaced passes 1.2×
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Aguilera | Midfielder | 80 | 59 |
| Julien Lomboto | Defender | 73 | 58 |
| Marios Vrousai | Defender | 90 | 53 |
| Francisco Petrasso | Defender | 90 | 48 |
| Kevin Chamorro | Goalkeeper | 90 | 48 |
| Nelson Abbey | Defender | 90 | 46 |
| Diogo Bezerra | Forward | 30 | 41 |
| Antonis Papakanellos | Forward | 73 | 37 |
| Andreas Ntoi | Defender | 73 | 33 |
| Clayton | Forward | 90 | 27 |
| Ole Pohlmann | Midfielder | 90 | 27 |
| Omar Richards | Defender | 60 | 21 |
| Dario Spikic | Forward | 17 | no rating |
| Jonathan Panzo | Defender | 17 | no rating |
| Tamás Nikitscher | Midfielder | 17 | no rating |
| Karem Zoabi | Forward | 10 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tiago Esgaio ★ | Defender | 90 | 63 |
| Javi Sánchez | Defender | 68 | 60 |
| Boris Popović | Defender | 22 | 59 |
| Bas Kuipers | Defender | 90 | 58 |
| Iván Barbero | Forward | 76 | 54 |
| Hyun-ju Lee | Midfielder | 76 | 50 |
| Taichi Fukui | Midfielder | 90 | 49 |
| Ignacio de Arruabarrena | Goalkeeper | 90 | 48 |
| Espen van Ee | Midfielder | 90 | 43 |
| Naïs Djouahra | Forward | 90 | 41 |
| José Fontán | Defender | 90 | 38 |
| Alfonso Trezza | Forward | 90 | 27 |
| Brian Mansilla | Forward | 14 | no rating |
| Pablo Gozálbez | Midfielder | 14 | no rating |
| Diogo Monteiro | Defender | 1 | no rating |
| Yellu Santiago | Midfielder | 1 | 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 12 recoveries. Next: José Fontán 6, Alfonso Trezza 5.
Taichi Fukui anchored Arouca's defense with 12 recoveries, doubling José Fontán's tally of 6. Alfonso Trezza followed with 5.
Which Rio Ave player recovered the most balls?
Marios Vrousai, with 7 recoveries. Next: Nelson Abbey 6, Francisco Petrasso 4.
Marios Vrousai led Rio Ave in recoveries with 7 during the 0–3 defeat. Nelson Abbey followed closely with 6, while Francisco Petrasso recorded 4.
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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