PONFERRADA. SD Eibar beats Ponferradina 1-0 after Stoichkov scored just 1 goal (56′).

The match was played at the Estadio El Toralín stadium in Ponferrada on Saturday and it started at 4:15 pm local time. In front of 5,701 spectators.​ The referee was Luis Mario Milla Alvéndiz assisted by Roberto Tejero García and Iván Ríos Vargas. The 4th official was Álvaro López Parra. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10.6 degrees Celsius or 51.08 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 58%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Ponferradina was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. SD Eibar that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Ponferradina had a more offensive attitude with 39 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 4 were on target. Nonetheless, SD Eibar was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Ponferradina shot 13 times, 4 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, SD Eibar shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Ponferradina received 5 yellow cards (Derik Lacerda, José Amo, Paris Adot, Edu Espiau and Amir Abedzadeh). Regarding the opposition, SD Eibar received 3 yellow cards (Sergio Álvarez, Juan Berrocal and Stoichkov).

Standings

After playing this match, Ponferradina will stay with 25 points like Racing Santander to sit in the 19th place. On the other side, SD Eibar will have 46 points to sit in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga 2, Ponferradina will play away with Real Zaragoza on the 30th of January with a 6-2 head to head statistic in favor of Real Zaragoza (5 draws).

SD Eibar will host Leganés on the 28th of January with a 8-3 head to head record in favor of SD Eibar (4 draws).

Ponferradina – Formation

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

The manager David Gallego Rodríguez decided to play with the following team: Amir Abedzadeh (6.8), Paris Barandiaran (7.0), Alexandru Paşcanu (6.7), José Amo (6.4), Moises Delgado (6.9), Daniel Ojeda (7.1), Kelechi Nwakali (6.7), Adrián Diéguez (6.6), Hugo Vallejo (6.8), Derik Lacerda (6.8) and Yuri (6.5).

The home team had on the bench: Eduardo Espiau (6.8), Alejandro Díez Salomón, Adrián Castellano, Agus Medina (6.5), Miguel San Román, José Naranjo (6.8), Heriberto Tavares, Nikita Fedotov and Erik Morán.

Substitutions

Ponferradina made 5 changes: Yuri for Edu Espiau (66′), K. Nwakali for Agus Medina (66′), Derik Lacerda for José Naranjo (66′), A. Pașcanu for Heriberto Tavares (86′) and Dani Ojeda for Erik Morán (86′).

Best player: Daniel Ojeda​

The player that probably impressed the most for Ponferradina was Daniel Ojeda.

His rating is (7.1) with 34 passes (73% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 3. He performed 7 crosses.

SD Eibar – Formation

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

Gaizka Garitano Aguirre played with: Luca Zidane (7.6), Álvaro Tejero (7.1), Juan Berrocal (6.7), Anaitz Arbilla (7.4), Imanol García de Albéniz (6.7), Sergio Álvarez (6.3), Matheus Pereira (7.1), José Corpas (6.6), Javier Muñoz (6.6), Yanis Rahmani (6.8) and Stoichkov (7.0).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Jon Bautista (6.8), Peru Nolaskoain Esnal (6.2), Angel Troncho, Ander Cantero, Chema, Quique (6.6), José Antonio Ríos, Juan Carlos Arana, Álvaro Vadillo, Frederico Venâncio and Yoel Rodríguez.

Substitutions

SD Eibar made 4 changes: Sergio Álvarez for Peru Nolaskoain (33′), Stoichkov for Jon Bautista (75′), Yanis Rahmani for Quique González (75′) and José Corpas for Álvaro Vadillo (87′).

Best player: Luca Zidane​

The player that probably impressed the most for SD Eibar was the goalkeeper: Luca Zidane. His rating is 7.60. He performed 4 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Ponferradina – SD Eibar – 0-1
• Málaga – Burgos – 1-1
• Granada – UD Ibiza – 2-0
• Deportivo Alavés – Racing Santander – 3-0