Vitória Guimarães 0–1 Arouca
- Barbero 53'
- Monteiro 90+3'
8 August 2026
The match in data
Arouca got the better of Vitória Guimarães, 1–0, on 8 August 2026, on matchday 1 of the 2026-27 Liga Portugal.
Player of the match: Iván Barbero (Arouca), rated 54, thanks above all to 1 goal and 1 shot on target. Barbero produced 1.0 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.7 times the cost.
For Vitória Guimarães, the highest-rated player was Thiago Balieiro, with 58.
Diogo Monteiro was sent off at 90+3'.
Iván Barbero
Arouca · 65'
Produced 1.00× and cost 0.66× their position's average
- 1 goal 4.0×
- 1 shot on target 1.6×
- 0.20 xG 1.0×
- 2 failed dribbles 2.1×
- 5 misplaced passes 1.2×
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thiago Balieiro | Defender | 90 | 58 |
| Samu | Midfielder | 90 | 52 |
| Gustavo Silva | Forward | 90 | 49 |
| Telmo Arcanjo | Forward | 20 | 49 |
| Óscar Rivas | Defender | 90 | 48 |
| Gonçalo Nogueira | Midfielder | 78 | 42 |
| Beni Mukendi | Midfielder | 90 | 39 |
| Oliwier Zych | Goalkeeper | 90 | 36 |
| A. Ndoye | Forward | 78 | 32 |
| Oumar Camara | Forward | 70 | 28 |
| João Mendes | Defender | 90 | 24 |
| Tony Strata | Defender | 21 | 23 |
| Maga | Defender | 69 | 22 |
| Matija Mitrovic | Midfielder | 12 | no rating |
| Miguel Nogueira | Forward | 12 | no rating |
| Lohann Doucet | Midfielder | 1 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iván Barbero ★ | Forward | 65 | 54 |
| Dylan Nandín | Forward | 25 | 54 |
| Javi Sánchez | Defender | 73 | 53 |
| Ignacio de Arruabarrena | Goalkeeper | 90 | 50 |
| Tiago Esgaio | Defender | 90 | 49 |
| José Fontán | Defender | 90 | 47 |
| Naïs Djouahra | Forward | 90 | 46 |
| Orest Lebedenko | Defender | 25 | 38 |
| Taichi Fukui | Midfielder | 90 | 34 |
| Pedro Santos | Midfielder | 20 | 34 |
| Alfonso Trezza | Forward | 90 | 25 |
| Pablo Gozálbez | Midfielder | 20 | 24 |
| Mateo Flores | Defender | 65 | 21 |
| Espen van Ee | Midfielder | 70 | 18 |
| Hyun-ju Lee | Midfielder | 70 | 12 |
| Diogo Monteiro | Defender | 17 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
A 2026-27 Liga Portugal match. With these numbers, how did it end?
Vitória Guimarães 0–1 Arouca. The side that created more danger did not win.
Vitória Guimarães generated 2.27 xG and 24 shots compared to just 0.31 xG and 4 attempts from Arouca. Clinical finishing in key moments overturned the underlying numbers.
Which Arouca player made the most interceptions?
Naïs Djouahra, with 4 interceptions. Next: José Fontán 2, Taichi Fukui 2.
Naïs Djouahra made 4 interceptions for Arouca in their 0–1 win at Vitória Guimarães. Anticipating passing lanes proves essential to defending narrow one-goal leads under pressure.
Which Vitória Guimarães player won the most aerial duels?
A. Ndoye, with 6 aerial duels won. Next: Óscar Rivas 4, Gustavo Silva 2.
A. Ndoye won 6 aerial duels for Vitória Guimarães in the 0–1 defeat against Arouca. Winning the skies provides attacking platforms, yet efficiency on the ground remains decisive.
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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