Casa Pia vs Porto: FC Porto Win 1-0 Away in Lisbon
Ended 1-0 for FC Porto in Liga Portugal after a first-half penalty from Henrique Araújo and a late goal from Santiago Gimenez sealed the points. The visitors…
LISBON — Casa Pia vs Porto ended 1-0 for FC Porto in Liga Portugal, with the visitors taking control at the right moments and leaving Lisbon with all three points. Henrique Araújo scored from the penalty spot in the 43rd minute, and Santiago Gimenez added the clincher in stoppage time.
The result keeps FC Porto perfect at 6-0-0 with 18 points. Casa Pia, meanwhile, stayed on 0-1-5 and 1 point. Clean sheet, away win, perfect record. Simple.
Penalty broke the deadlock
Henrique Araújo opened the scoring in the 43rd minute from the penalty spot, giving FC Porto the edge after a half in which they had already looked the more dangerous side. The goal changed the shape of the match before the break and forced Casa Pia to chase.
Casa Pia tried to respond through João Rêgo, El Boukammiri, Ofori, and David Sousa, but the hosts could not turn their spells into a goal. Their only scoreline reward never came.
FC Porto, by contrast, kept pressing. André Silva struck in first-half stoppage time, and the visitors kept the pressure on after the interval. Jakub Kiwior scored in the 60th minute, Borja Sainz found the net in the 66th, and Santiago Gimenez added a penalty in the 90th minute plus one.
Numbers told the story
The statistics matched the scoreline. FC Porto held 64% possession, compared with Casa Pia’s 36%. They also produced more shots on goal, 4 to 1, and won 10 corners to Casa Pia’s 5.
Pass completion leaned heavily toward the away side as well. FC Porto finished with 334 accurate passes at 82%, while Casa Pia managed 163 at 68%. That gap helped explain why the hosts spent long stretches defending rather than building attacks of their own.
In duels, FC Porto also had the upper hand with 45 won against 41. Casa Pia committed 10 fouls, while FC Porto committed 4. The margin was not huge in every category, but the visitors were cleaner and more efficient where it mattered.
For Casa Pia, the lack of control in the final third was costly. They finished with just one shot on goal and never found the stretch of play needed to unsettle FC Porto’s back line for long. The visitors, led by a back four that included Jan Bednarek and Jakub Kiwior, managed the game without panic.
FC Porto’s lineup also showed the depth behind the result. Pepê, Rodrigo Mora, J. Veiga and V. Costa all featured in a side that kept its rhythm after the break. When Gimenez scored late, the outcome was already leaning heavily in Porto’s favor, but the goal removed any doubt.
The numbers will matter beyond this match. A perfect six-match start keeps FC Porto in strong position early in the league race, while Casa Pia’s struggle to turn possession into threat leaves them still searching for a first win. The next points they chase will not come easy after a night where the gap in quality was written straight into the final line: 1-0.
Source: abola.pt
