EIBAR. SD Eibar beats Castellón 1-0 after J. Bautista scored just 1 goal (2′). Castellón was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (64%).​

The match was played at the Estadio Municipal de Ipurúa stadium in Eibar on Saturday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. In front of 3,538 spectators.​ The referee was Eder Mallo Fernández who was helped by Samuel García Aguilera and Silvia Fernández Pérez. The 4th official was Guillermo Cueto Amigo. The weather was light rain. The temperature was hot at 26.67 degrees Celsius or 80.01 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 51%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Castellón was in firm control of the ball 64% while SD Eibar was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Castellón was more aggressive with 54 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 4 were on target. Still, SD Eibar was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

SD Eibar shot 8 times, 3 on target, 2 off target. On the other side, Castellón shot 11 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

SD Eibar received 4 yellow cards (Martín Merquelanz, Peru Nolaskoain, Anaitz Arbilla and Jon Guruzeta). On the other side, Castellón received 1 yellow card (Alberto Jiménez).

Standings

After this contest, SD Eibar has 3 points to occupy the 4th place in the table. Regarding the opposition, Castellón stays with 0 points (19th).

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga 2, SD Eibar will play away with Racing Santander on the 23rd of August with a 2-2 head to head stats.

Castellón will host Real Oviedo on the 25th of August with a 2-1 head to head stats in favor of Castellón (0 draws).

SD Eibar – Formation

SD Eibar started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Joseba Andoni Etxeberria Lizardi decided to play with the following team: Jonmi Magunagoitia (8.6), José Corpas (7.5), Álvaro Carrillo (6.7), Anaitz Arbilla (7.0), Hodei Arrillaga (7.6), Peru Nolaskoain (7.1), Matheus Pereira (6.6), Jon Guruzeta (6.8), Jorge Pascual (6.5), Martín Merquelanz (6.5) and Jon Bautista (8.0).

The home team had on the bench: Daniel Fuzato, Sergio Cubero (6.8), Cristian Gutiérrez, Chema Rodríguez, Sergio Álvarez (7.0), Yanis Rahmani, Antonio Puertas (7.3), Slavy (6.5), Ander Madariaga (6.8) and Oscar Carrasco.

Substitutions

SD Eibar made 5 changes: Jon Guruzeta for Ander Madariaga (46′), Álvaro Carrillo for Sergio Álvarez (50′), Jorge Pascual for Slavy (77′), José Corpas for Sergio Cubero (64′) and Martín Merquelanz for Antonio Puertas (64′).

Player of the match: Jonmi Magunagoitia​

The most impressive player for SD Eibar was the goalkeeper: Jonmi Magunagoitia. His rating is 8.57. He performed 4 saves.

Castellón – Formation

Castellón started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Dick Schreuder played with: Gonzalo Alejandro Crettaz (7.3), D. Chirino (6.9), Alberto Jiménez (7.2), Jozhua Vertrouwd (7.1), Kenneth Mamah (6.9), Sergio Moyita (6.2), Óscar Gil (6.9), Mats Seuntjens (7.2), Raúl Sánchez (8.1), Douglas Aurélio (7.3) and De Miguel (6.7).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Israel Suero (6.7), Thomas van den Belt (6.8), Jetro Willems, Brian Cipenga, Albert Nicolas Lottin, Dani Villahermosa, Álex Calatrava (7.0), Josep Calavera, Íker Punzano, José Albert, Brian Schwake and Peré (6.7).

Substitutions

Castellón made 3 changes: Sergio Moyita for Thomas van den Belt (61′), Óscar Gil for Josep Calavera (61′) and Raúl Sánchez for Israel Suero (79′).

Player of the match: Raúl Sánchez​

The player that probably impressed the most for Castellón was Raúl Sánchez.

His rating is 8.1 with 24 passes (63% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 12. He performed 5 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the La Liga 2.​

• Racing Ferrol – Málaga – 2-2
• SD Eibar – Castellón – 1-0
• Deportivo La Coruña – Real Oviedo – 0-1