CáDIZ. Almería and Cádiz draw 1-1. G. Melero scored the first goal (41′) for Almería. L. Pérez made it even (83′).

The match was played at the Estadio Nuevo Mirandilla stadium in Cádiz on Friday and it started at 7:15 pm local time. The referee was Juan Martínez Munuera with the collaboration of Miguel Martínez Munuera and José Antonio Garrido Romero. The 4th official was Fernando Bueno Prieto. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 11.7 degrees Celsius or 53.13 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 74%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Cádiz was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Almería that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Almería was more aggressive with 57 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 8 were on target. However, that was not enough Almería to win the contest​.

Cádiz shot 13 times, 7 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Almería shot 15 times, 8 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Cádiz received 2 yellow cards (Fali and José Mari). Talking about the opposition, Almería didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After this match, Cádiz will have 12 points like Espanyol and Sevilla to sit in the 19th place. On the other side, Almería will have 17 points like Girona, Getafe and Real Valladolid to hold in the 13th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga, Cádiz will play away against Valencia on the 6th of January with a 4-1 head to head in favor of Valencia (4 draws).

Almería will host Real Sociedad on the 8th of January with a 4-2 head to head stats in favor of Almería (2 draws).

Cádiz – Formation

Cádiz started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Sergio González Soriano decided to play with the following team: Jeremías Ledesma (8.4), Isaac Carcelén (6.3), Luis Hernández (7.1), Fali (7.0), Alfonso Espino (6.9), Theo Bongonda (6.2), Rubén Alcaraz (7.1), Álex Fernández (6.8), Brian Ocampo (7.0), Rubén Sobrino (6.3) and Álvaro Negredo (6.1).

The home team had on the bench: Anthony Lozano (6.9), Carlos García (7.0), Lucas Pérez (7.0), Santiago Arzamendia, José Mari (6.4), Álvaro Giménez, Fede San Emeterio (6.6) and Victor Wehbi Aznar.

Substitutions

Cádiz made 5 changes: Álvaro Negredo for Choco Lozano (56′), Théo Bongonda for Lucas Pérez (57′), Fali for Carlos García-Die (66′), Rubén Alcaraz  for José Mari (69′) and Brian Ocampo for Fede San Emeterio  (69′).

Best player: Jeremías Ledesma​

The player that probably impressed the most for Cádiz was the goalkeeper: Jeremías Ledesma. His rating is 8.35. He performed 7 saves.

Almería – Formation

Almería started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

Joan Francesc Ferrer Sicilia played with: Fernando Martínez (7.3), Alejandro Pozo (6.8), Chumi (7.0), Srđan Babić (6.7), Sergio Akieme (6.3), César de la Hoz (6.9), Léo Baptistão (7.4), Lucas Robertone (7.4), Gonzalo Melero (7.6), Largie Ramazani (7.3) and El Bilal Touré (6.2).

They had on the bench: Samuel Costa (6.5), Dyego Sousa, Diego Fuoli, Kaiky, Houboulang Mendes, Arnau Puigmal, Francisco Portillo, Adrián Embarba (6.8), Lázaro, Marko Milovanović, Álex Centelles and Íñigo Eguaras (6.4).

Substitutions

Almería made 5 changes: Largie Ramazani for Adrián Embarba (68′), Gonzalo Melero for Samú Costa (76′), Lucas Robertone for Iñigo Eguaras (76′), Léo Baptistão for Arnau Puigmal (89′) and El Toure for Dyego Sousa (89′).

Best player: Gonzalo Melero​

The player that probably impressed the most for Almería was Gonzalo Melero.

His rating is (7.6) with 1 goal, 29 passes (93% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 6.

Results of the day

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

• Cádiz – Almería – 1-1
• Real Valladolid – Real Madrid – 0-2
• Getafe – Mallorca – 2-0
• Celta de Vigo – Sevilla – 1-1