§ Liga Portugal · 2025-26 · Matchday 18

Vitória Guimarães 0–1 Porto

  • Arcanjo 90+9'
  • Arcanjo 90+9'
  • Varela 85' (pen.)

18 January 2026

The match in data

Porto beat Vitória Guimarães 1–0 on 18 January 2026, on matchday 18 of the 2025-26 Liga Portugal.

Player of the match: Thiago Silva (Porto), rated 65, thanks above all to 6 aerials won and 8 final-third passes. Silva produced 1.1 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.3 times the cost.

For Vitória Guimarães, the highest-rated player was Rodrigo Abascal, with 56.

Samu Aghehowa missed a penalty at 27'.

Telmo Arcanjo was sent off at 90+9'.

Telmo Arcanjo was sent off at 90+9'.

65
Player of the match

Thiago Silva

Porto · 90'

Produced 1.07× and cost 0.31× their position's average

Added
  • 6 aerials won 3.7×
  • 8 final-third passes 1.4×
  • 82 passes 1.9×
Took away
  • 9 misplaced passes 1.3×

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.

Vitória Guimarães
PlayerPositionMinRating
Rodrigo Abascal Defender 90 56
Juan Castillo Goalkeeper 90 51
A. Ndoye Forward 65 51
Miguel Nóbrega Defender 90 49
Oumar Camara Forward 76 47
Gonçalo Nogueira Midfielder 88 45
Tony Strata Defender 90 44
Beni Mukendi Midfielder 89 44
Noah Jose Saviolo Forward 90 41
Gustavo Silva Forward 25 38
Orest Lebedenko Defender 90 34
Samu Midfielder 76 27
Diogo Sousa Midfielder 14 no rating
Telmo Arcanjo Forward 14 no rating
Matija Mitrovic Midfielder 2 no rating
Fabio Blanco Forward 1 no rating
Porto
PlayerPositionMinRating
Alan Varela Midfielder 90 65
Thiago Silva ★ Defender 90 65
Diogo Costa Goalkeeper 90 56
Jakub Kiwior Defender 90 54
Rodrigo Mora Midfielder 30 46
Borja Sainz Forward 73 42
Martim Fernandes Defender 90 41
Alberto Costa Defender 88 41
Gabri Veiga Midfielder 60 32
Victor Froholdt Midfielder 90 29
Pepê Forward 60 29
Samu Aghehowa Forward 72 25
William Gomes Forward 30 23
Deniz Gül Forward 18 no rating
Oskar Pietuszewski Forward 17 no rating
Jan Bednarek Defender 2 no rating

Did you know?

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

Which Porto player won the most aerial duels?

Thiago Silva, with 6 aerial duels won. Next: Jakub Kiwior 2, Alberto Costa 2.

Thiago Silva controlled the aerial battles for Porto in the 0–1 win, winning 6 aerial duels. That was three times as many as Jakub Kiwior and Alberto Costa, who each won 2.

Which Vitória Guimarães player won the most aerial duels?

A. Ndoye, with 4 aerial duels won. Next: Orest Lebedenko 2, Samu 2.

Despite the 0–1 loss, A. Ndoye led Vitória Guimarães in the air by winning 4 aerial duels. That doubled the tally of Orest Lebedenko and Samu, who recorded 2 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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Vitória Guimarães 0–1 Porto, Liga Portugal 2025-26. Player of the match: Thiago Silva, 65
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Data: Sportmonks. Metrics, ratings and text: La Lente by Sir Balone, edited by Juan Carlos Vasquez.