GIRONA. Girona tops Valencia 1-0 after B. García scored just 1 goal (64′).
The match was played at the Estadi Municipal de Montilivi stadium in Girona on Sunday and it started at 4:15 pm local time. The referee was Javier Iglesias Villanueva who was helped by Jorge Bueno Mateo and Antonio Luis Cerezo Parfenof. The 4th official was Jorge Díaz Escudero. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 13.2 degrees Celsius or 55.69 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 59%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. Girona was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Valencia that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Girona was putting more pressure with 58 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Girona won the match.
Girona shot 21 times, 6 on target, 15 off target. Regarding the opposition, Valencia shot 9 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Girona received 1 yellow card (Cristhian Stuani). Talking about the opposition, Valencia received 4 yellow cards (Hugo Guillamón, Edinson Cavani, José Gayà and Cenk Özkacar).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Girona will have 24 points to hold in the 11th place. Talking about the opposition, Valencia will stay with 20 points to sit in the 17th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the La Liga, Girona will play away with Cádiz on the 10th of February with a 3-3 head to head stats.
Valencia will host Athletic Club on the 11th of February with a 14-12 head to head stats in favor of Valencia (14 draws).
Girona – Formation
Girona
62'
64'
79'
Girona started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Miguel Ángel Sánchez Muñoz decided to play with the following team: Paulo Gazzaniga , Valery Fernández , Santiago Bueno , Bernardo Espinosa , Miguel Gutiérrez , Iván Martín , Aleix García , Oriol Romeu , Toni Villa , Borja García and Valentin Castellanos .
The home team had on the bench: Juanpe, Juan Carlos, Cristhian Stuani , Casals Joel Roca, Ricard Artero, Toni Fuidias, Rodrigo Riquelme , Alexander Callens, Viktor Tsygankov , Javier Hernández and Yangel Herrera .
Substitutions
Girona made 4 changes: Taty Castellanos for Christian Stuani (62′), Toni Villa for Rodrigo Riquelme (62′), Borja García for Yangel Herrera (78′) and Iván Martín for Viktor Tsygankov (78′).
Best player: Aleix García
The player that probably impressed the most for Girona was Aleix García even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 63 passes (80% accurate) and 7 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 4. He performed 12 crosses.
Valencia – Formation
Valencia
Valencia started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
Ivan Gennaro Gattuso played with: Giorgi Mamardashvili , Dimitri Foulquier , Eray Cömert , Cenk Özkaçar , José Luis Gayà , Hugo Guillamón , Samuel Lino , Yunus Musah , André Almeida , Toni Lato and Edinson Cavani .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Javier Guerra, Cristhian Mosquera, Jesús Vázquez, Cristian Rivero, Samu Castillejo, Iago Herrerín, Ruben Iranzo Lendinez, Ilaix Moriba , Mouctar Diakhaby, Hugo Duro , Marcos André and Francisco Perez.
Substitutions
Valencia made 4 changes: Samuel Lino for Marcos de Sousa (78′), Y. Musah for Hugo Duro (78′), Hugo Guillamón for Ilaix Kourouma (78′) and Toni Lato for Vazquez Alcalde (83′).
Best player: Giorgi Mamardashvili
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Valencia was the goalkeeper: Giorgi Mamardashvili. His rating is 7.52. He performed 6 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the La Liga.
- FC Barcelona – Sevilla – 3-0
- Mallorca – Real Madrid – 1-0
- Real Sociedad – Real Valladolid – 0-1
- Girona – Valencia – 1-0
