Granada overcomes FC Cartagena 1-0 with a goal scored by M. Uzuni. HIGHLIGHTS

GRANADA. Granada beats FC Cartagena 1-0 after M. Uzuni scored a penalty (70').

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Luke Meyer
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Granada overcomes FC Cartagena 1-0 with a goal scored by M. Uzuni. HIGHLIGHTS

GRANADA. Granada defeats FC Cartagena 1-0 after M. Uzuni scored a penalty (70′).

Granada remained in players after Yann Bodiger received a double yellow card in the 81′. Nevertheless, Granada still succeeded in win this encounter competing only in players​. On the other side, also Gard Holme received a red card (88′)​. This red card was one of the reason why FC Cartagena lost the match.

The match was played at the Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes stadium in Granada on Sunday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Mateo Busquets Ferrer with the help of José Miguel Bordoy Homar and Víctor Jiménez Yustos. The 4th official was Alfonso Vicente Moral. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10.2 degrees Celsius or 50.36 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 92%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Granada

1 - 0

Team 1

FC Cartagena

  • 50 Ball Possession 50
Shots
  • 16 Total 7
  • 6 On Target 3
  • 10 Off Target 4
  • 2 Shots blocked 0
  • 103 Attack 83
  • 57 Dangerous attack 43
  • 101 Ball safe 94
  • 1 Penalties 0
  • 9 Corners 5
Fouls
  • 21 Total 14
  • 2 Yellow Cards 3
  • 1 Double Yellow 0
  • 1 Red Card 1
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 5

The overall ball possession was the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Granada was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. FC Cartagena that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Granada was more pushing with 57 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Granada won the match​.

Granada shot 16 times, 6 on target, 10 off target. On the opposite side, FC Cartagena shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Granada received 1 yellow card (Yann Bodiger). Talking about the opposition, FC Cartagena received 3 yellow cards (Mikel Rico, Pablo De Blasis and Iván Calero).

Yann Bodiger (Granada) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (81′).

Also, FC Cartagena didn’t finish the match with 11 players after Gard Holme (FC Cartagena) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (88′).

Match Timeline

9'
22'
46'
David Ferreiro- sub ->Franchu
48'
Mikel Rico- Yellow
52'
61'
Alfredo Ortuño- sub ->Armando Sadiku
68'
Iván Calero- Yellow
Myrto Uzuni (penalty)
70'
72'
Antonio Puertas- sub ->Alberto Soro
72'
80'
80'
81'
86'
Sergio Ruiz- sub ->Óscar Melendo
86'
88'
Pedro Alcalá- Red

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Granada
75
42
Las Palmas
72
42
Levante
72
42
Deportivo Alavés
71
42
SD Eibar
71
42
Albacete
67
42
FC Andorra
59
42
Real Oviedo
59
42
FC Cartagena
58
42
Tenerife
57
42
Racing Santander
54
42
Burgos
54
42
Real Zaragoza
53
42
Leganés
53
42
Huesca
52
42
Mirandés
52
42
Sporting Gijón
50
42
Villarreal II
50
42
Málaga
44
42
Ponferradina
44
42
UD Ibiza
34
42
Lugo
31
42

After this match, Granada will have 35 points like Burgos to sit in the 5th place. On the other side, FC Cartagena will stay with 32 points like FC Andorra and Albacete to hold in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga 2, Granada will play away with Levante on the 14th of January with a 7-5 head to head statistic in favor of Levante (5 draws).

FC Cartagena will host Huesca on the 14th of January with a 6-3 head to head stats in favor of FC Cartagena (1 draw).

Granada – Formation

Granada
G
Raúl Fernández 1.Spain
7.3
D
Ignasi Miquel 14.Spain
7.0
D
Erick Cabaco  24.Uruguay
7.1
D
Carlos Neva 15.Spain
7.1
D
Ricard Sánchez 30.Spain
7.2
M
Rochina 23.Spain
9'
M
Njegoš Petrović 18.Serbia
6.7
M
Óscar Melendo 21.Spain
7.3
86'
M
José Callejón 9.Spain
7.3
86'
F
Alberto Soro 7.Spain
7.3
72'
F
Myrto Uzuni  11.Albania
6.8
Goals70'
Substitutes
G
Adri López 33.Spain
D
Pepe Sánchez 29.Spain
D
Raúl Torrente 28.Spain
D
Jonathan Silva 5.Argentina
D
Quini 17.Spain
86'
M
Bryan Zaragoza 26.Spain
M
Sergio Ruiz 20.Spain
6.6
86'
M
Antonio Puertas 10.Spain
6.2
72'
M
Y. Bodiger 6.France
6.8
9' 72'
F
Alberto Perea 22.Spain
F
Jorge Molina 19.Spain
F
Matías Arezo 8.Uruguay

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

The manager Francisco José López Fernández decided to play with the following team: Raúl Fernández (7.3), Ricard Sánchez (7.2), Erick Cabaco (7.1), Ignasi Miquel (7.0), Carlos Neva (7.1), Óscar Melendo (7.3), Njegoš Petrović (6.7), Rubén Rochina, José Callejón (7.3), Alberto Soro (7.3) and Myrto Uzuni (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Pepe Sánchez, Bryan Zaragoza, Raúl Torrente, Alberto Perea, Jonathan Silva, Adri López, Quini, Jorge Molina, Sergio Ruiz Alonso (6.6), Antonio Puertas (6.2), Matías Arezo and Yann Bodiger (6.8).

Substitutions

Granada made 4 changes: Rubén Rochina for Yann Bodiger (9′), Alberto Soro for Antonio Puertas (72′), José Callejón for Quini (86′) and Óscar Melendo for Sergio Ruiz (86′).

Best player: José Callejón​

The most impressive player for Granada was José Callejón even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.3) with 29 passes (79% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 7. He performed 5 crosses.

FC Cartagena – Formation

FC Cartagena
G
Aarón Escandell 13.Spain
7.4
D
Pedro Alcalá 4.Spain
6.9
88'
D
Iván Calero 16.Spain
6.2
68'
D
Toni Datkovic 6.Croatia
6.8
80'
D
Pablo Vázquez 5.Spain
7.2
M
Damián Musto 18.Argentina
6.8
22'
M
Mikel Rico 17.Spain
7.2
80' 48'
M
Pablo de Blasis 8.Argentina
6.7
52'
M
Jairo Izquierdo 20.Spain
6.1
M
Franchu 14.Argentina
6.8
46'
F
Armando Sadiku 19.Albania
6.6
61'
Substitutes
G
Marc Martínez 1.Spain
D
Carlos Sánchez 33.Spain
D
Kiko Olivas 21.Spain
D
Farru 26.Spain
M
Luca Sangalli 15.Spain
6.7
80'
M
Djakaria Barro 36.Spain
M
Borja Valle 10.Spain
6.6
22'
M
David Ferreiro 7.Spain
6.5
46'
M
Neskes 28.Spain
M
Lee Sang-Hyeok 12.Korea Republic
F
Isak Jansson 24.Sweden
7.0
80'
F
Alfredo Ortuño 9.Spain
7.0
61'

FC Cartagena started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Luis Miguel Carrión Delgado played with: Aarón Escandell (7.4), Ivan Calero (6.2), Pedro Alcalá (6.9), Pablo Vázquez (7.2), Toni Datković (6.8), Mikel Rico (7.2), Damián Musto (6.8), Franchu (6.8), Pablo De Blasis (6.7), Jairo Izquierdo González (6.1) and Armando Sadiku (6.6).

They had on the bench: Luca Sangalli (6.7), Djakaria Barro, Isak Jansson (7.0), Borja Valle (6.6), Carlos Sánchez, David Ferreiro (6.5), Alejandro Domingo, Sanghyeok Lee, Kiko Olivas, Alfredo Ortuño (7.0), Farru and Marc Martínez.

Substitutions

FC Cartagena made 5 changes: Damian Musto for Borja Valle (22′), Franchu for David Ferreiro (46′), Armando Sadiku for Alfredo Ortuño (61′), Toni Datkovic for Isak Jansson (80′) and Mikel Rico for Luca Sangalli (80′).

Best player: Aarón Escandell​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for FC Cartagena was the goalkeeper: Aarón Escandell. His rating is 7.40. He performed 4 saves.

Results of the day

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