MIRANDA DE EBRO. Mirandés overcame Villarreal II to win 2-1. It was Mirandés to strike first with a penalty of Raúl García at the 45′. Then Álex Martín scored again for Mirandés in the 65′ minute. Eventually, Alex Forés reduced the distance for Villarreal II (83′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.
Sergio Lozano didn’t convert a decisive penalty (57′). That would have allowed Villarreal II to draw the match.
The match was played at the Estadio Municipal de Anduva stadium in Miranda de Ebro on Saturday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Iosu Galech Apezteguía assisted by Marcos Barroso Galán and David Fernández Blanco. The 4th official was Carlos Muñiz Muñoz. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 3.3 degrees Celsius or 37.85 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 65%.
Match Statistics
- 47 Ball Possession 53
Shots
- 23 Total 11
- 11 On Target 2
- 11 Off Target 7
- 3 Shots blocked 2
- 114 Attack 111
- 49 Dangerous attack 30
- 92 Ball safe 94
- 1 Penalties 1
- 9 Corners 1
Fouls
- 6 Total 6
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Mirandés was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Villarreal II that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Mirandés was more aggressive with 49 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 11 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Mirandés won the match.
Mirandés shot 23 times, 11 on target, 11 off target. Talking about the opposition, Villarreal II shot 11 times, 2 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Mirandés received 1 yellow card (Oriol Rey). On the opposite side, Villarreal II received 2 yellow cards (Adrián de la Fuente and Mamadou Mbacke).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Mirandés will have 33 points like Sporting Gijón and Real Zaragoza to sit in the 15th place. Regarding the opposition, Villarreal II will stay with 34 points like Tenerife and Real Oviedo to remain in the 13th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the La Liga 2, Mirandés will play away against Tenerife on the 18th of February with a 6-5 head to head record in favor of Mirandés (4 draws).
Villarreal II will host Racing Santander on the 19th of February with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Villarreal II (0 draws).
Mirandés – Formation

Mirandés started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Joseba Andoni Etxeberria Lizardi decided to play with the following team: Alfonso Herrero
, Álex Martín , Raúl Navas , Alejandro Barbudo Barbu , Juanlu Sánchez , César Gelabert , Oriol Rey , Jose Salinas , Roberto López , Óscar Pinchi and Raúl García .The home team had on the bench: Álvaro Sanz Catalán
, David Vicente , Manu García, Juan Durán, Simón Moreno, Beñat Prados , Jofre, Nikolaos Michelis, Žiga Frelih and Javi Llabrés.Substitutions
Mirandés made 5 changes: Oriol Rey for Beñat Prados (60′), Juanlu for Álvaro Sanz (71′), Roberto López for David Vicente Robles (71′), César Gelabert for Manu García (87′) and Raúl García for Jofre Carreras (87′).
Best player: César Gelabert
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Mirandés was César Gelabert even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is
with 56 passes (87% accurate) and 6 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 9. He performed 7 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.Villarreal II – Formation

Villarreal II started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Miguel Álvarez Jurado played with: Gianni Cassaro
, Sergio Carreira , Mamadou Fall , Adrián de la Fuente , Dani Tasende , Alberto del Moral , Carlo Adriano García , Diego Collado , Sergio Lozano , Carlos Romero and Álex Millán .The following players were sitting on the bench: Pablo Íñiguez, Liberman Torres, Javier Ontiveros, Tiago Geralnik, Miguel Angel Leal, Rubén Gómez Peris, Nikita Iosifov, Álex Forés
, Haissem Hassan and Antonio Pacheco.Substitutions
Villarreal II made 4 changes: Sergio Lozano for Álex Forés Mendoza (73′), Carlos Romero for Haissem Hassan (73′), Carlo García for Antonio Ruiz (85′) and Álex Millán for Javi Ontiveros (85′).
Best player: Gianni Cassaro
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Villarreal II was the goalkeeper: Gianni Cassaro. His rating is 8.14. He performed 10 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the La Liga 2.
- Levante – FC Andorra – 1-0
- Mirandés – Villarreal II – 2-1
- Real Zaragoza – Deportivo Alavés – 1-4
- Las Palmas – Lugo – 3-0