LUGO. Villarreal II beat Lugo to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the second half. It was Villarreal II to strike first with a penalty of Álex Millán at the 54′. Then it was a goal in the 66′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Óscar Whalley gave the win to Villarreal II in the 67′ minute with an own goal. Villarreal II was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (63%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
Alberto Rodríguez received a red card (52′). This double yellow card was one of the reason why Lugo lost the match.
Sergio Lozano missed a penalty (50′) for Villarreal II.
The match was played at the Estadio Anxo Carro stadium in Lugo on Sunday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Álvaro Moreno Aragón assisted by Rodrigo Blázquez Sánchez and Miguel Ortuño Sierra. The 4th official was Manuel García Gómez. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was freezing at -0.9 degrees Celsius or 30.47 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 100%.
Match Statistics
- ! 37 Ball Possession 63
Shots
- 9 Total 20
- 5 On Target 9
- 4 Off Target 11
- 0 Shots blocked 3
- 104 Attack 98
- 29 Dangerous attack 43
- 81 Ball safe 85
- 0 Penalties 2
- 1 Corners 9
Fouls
- 19 Total 7
- 5 Yellow Cards 2
- 1 Double Yellow 0
- 1 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Villarreal II had a superior ball possession 63% while Lugo was struggling with a 37% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Villarreal II was more aggressive with 43 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Villarreal II won the contest.
Lugo shot 9 times, 5 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Villarreal II shot 20 times, 9 on target, 11 off target.
Cards
Lugo received 4 yellow cards (Ángel Baena, Alberto Rodríguez, Josep Señé and Pablo Clavería). On the opposite side, Villarreal II received 2 yellow cards (Álex Millán and Hugo Pérez).
Alberto Rodríguez (Lugo) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (52′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Lugo will stay with 21 points like Málaga to remain in the 21st place. Talking about the opposition, Villarreal II will have 31 points like Sporting Gijón, Huesca and Real Oviedo to sit in the 13th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the La Liga 2, Lugo will play away against Albacete on the 29th of January with a 6-5 head to head stats in favor of Lugo (3 draws).
Villarreal II will host Granada on the 5th of February with a 2-1 head to head in favor of Granada (0 draws).
Lugo – Formation
Lugo
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Lugo started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Francisco Rodríguez Justo decided to play with the following team: Óscar Whalley , Miguel Loureiro , Álex Pérez , Alberto Rodríguez , Jose Ricardo , Marc Carbo , Pablo Clavería , Josep Señé , Ángel Baena , Chris Ramos and Sebas Moyano .
The home team had on the bench: Neyder Lozano, Dani Vidal, Castrín , Manu Barreiro , Bruno Pirri, Jaume Cuéllar , Patrick Sequeira, Jordi Calavera, Idrissa Thiam and El Hacen.
Substitutions
Lugo made 5 changes: Marc Carbó for Andrés Castrín (55′), Sebas Moyano for Manu Barreiro (65′), Ángel Baena for J. Cuéllar (65′), Pablo Clavería for I. Thiam (83′) and Pablo Clavería for Moctar El Hacen (84′).
Best player: Óscar Whalley
The player that probably impressed the most for Lugo was the goalkeeper: Óscar Whalley. His rating is 7.20. He performed 4 saves.
Villarreal II – Formation
Villarreal II
Villarreal II started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Miguel Álvarez Jurado played with: Iker Álvarez , Sergio Carreira , Hugo Pérez , Pablo Íñiguez , Carlos Romero , Haissem Hassan , Ramón Terrats , Carlo Adriano García , Sergio Lozano , Antonio Pacheco and Álex Millán .
These were the players on the bench: Liberman Torres, Abraham Rando, Álex Forés , Nikita Iosifov , Tiago Geralnik, Miguel Angel Leal, Dani Tasende and Gianni Cassaro.
Villarreal II could not rely on the presence of T. Geralnik (injured).
Substitutions
Villarreal II made 5 changes: Álex Millán for Alex Forés (64′), Antonio Pacheco for Dani Tasende (64′), Haissem Hassan for N. Iosifov (84′), Carlos Romero for Abraham del Moral (90′) and Sergio Lozano for T. Geralnik (90′).
Best player: Álex Millán
The most impressive player for Villarreal II was Álex Millán.
His rating is with 1 goal, 15 passes (80% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 7.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the La Liga 2.
- Sporting Gijón – Real Zaragoza – 1-0
- Lugo – Villarreal II – 1-2
- Leganés – Levante – 2-2
- Huesca – Real Oviedo – 1-1
- FC Cartagena – Tenerife – 0-1
