GIRONA. Girona succeeded in clinch a draw against Real Zaragoza with a late goal from C. Stuani scored in the (87′) after Real Zaragoza got a lead with a goal from V. Vada (71′).

The match was played at the Estadi Municipal de Montilivi stadium in Girona on Monday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Raúl Martín González Francés who had the assistance of José Carlos Escuela Melo and Christian Arlex Valverde Monsalve. The 4th official was David Recio Moreno. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 13.9 degrees Celsius or 57 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 90%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was dominant in terms of ball possession. Girona was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Real Zaragoza that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Girona was more aggressive with 44 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 4 were on target. However, that was not enough Girona to win the match​.

Girona shot 17 times, 4 on target, 13 off target. Talking about the opposition, Real Zaragoza shot 12 times, 4 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Girona received 3 yellow cards (C. Stuani, S. Saiz and A. Baena). Regarding the opposition, Real Zaragoza received 2 yellow cards (L. Marmol and F. Gamez).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Girona will have 12 points like Real Zaragoza to stay in the 19th place. Talking about the opposition, Real Zaragoza will have 12 points like Girona to stay in the 18th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga 2, Girona will play away with Fuenlabrada on the 31st of October with a 2-1 head to head record in favor of Girona (1 draw).

Real Zaragoza will host Mirandés on the 31st of October with a 5-4 head to head in favor of Mirandés (4 draws).

Girona – Formation

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

The manager Miguel Ángel Sánchez Muñoz decided to play with the following team: Juan Carlos (6.3), Arnau Martinez (6.9), Santiago Bueno (6.5), Bernardo Espinosa (6.6), Juanpe (6.8), Jairo Izquierdo González (6.9), Alejandro Baena (6.4), Aleix García (7.5), Borja García (6.5), Samu Sáiz (7.4) and Nahuel Bustos (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Pablo Moreno (6.4), Cristhian Stuani (8.0), Adrián Ortolá, Ibrahima Kébé, Darío Sarmiento (7.7), Valery Fernández, Ricard Artero, Jordi Calavera and Oscar Ureña (6.3).

Substitutions

Girona made 4 changes: N. Bustos for C. Stuani (65′), B. Garcia for D. Sarmiento (73′), Bernardo for O. Urena (73′) and J. Izquierdo for P. Moreno (84′).

Best player: Cristhian Stuani​

The player that probably impressed the most for Girona was Cristhian Stuani.

His rating is (8.0) with 1 goal, 5 passes (40% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 4.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 65′.

Real Zaragoza – Formation

Real Zaragoza started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Talking about the opposition, Juan Ignacio Martínez Jiménez played with: Cristian Álvarez (6.6), Fran Gámez (6.8), Lluís López (6.9), Jair Amador (6.8), Josep Chavarría (7.6), Francho Serrano (7.1), Radosav Petrović (6.8), Adrián González (7.1), Sergio Bermejo Lillo (7.3), Ivan Azón Monzón (6.3) and Nano Mesa (7.0).

They had on the bench: Íñigo Eguaras, Enrique Clemente, Valentín Vada (7.1), Carlos Nieto, Alejandro Francés, Javi Ros, James Igbekeme (6.6), Alberto Zapater (6.2), Borja Sainz (6.5), Álvaro Giménez (6.4), Álvaro Ratón and César Yanis.

Substitutions

Real Zaragoza made 5 changes: I. Azon for A. Gimenez (67′), Adrian for V. Vada (68′), N. Mesa for J. Igbekeme (79′), Sergio for A. Zapater (88′) and V. Vada for B. Sainz (88′).

Best player: Josep Chavarría​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Real Zaragoza was Josep Chavarría.

His rating is (7.6) with 41 passes (78% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Girona – Real Zaragoza – 1-1