ELCHE. Espanyol snatched a late win Elche 1-0 after S. Darder scored just 1 goal (90′).
José Ángel Carmona received a red card (82′). This double yellow card was one of the reason why Elche lost the match.
The match was played at the Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero stadium in Elche on Sunday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. In front of 18,963 spectators. The referee was Carlos del Cerro Grande with the collaboration of Iván Masso Granado and Gonzalo García González. The 4th official was Víctor Pérez Peraza. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 15.9 degrees Celsius or 60.55 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 70%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Elche was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Espanyol that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Espanyol was more aggressive with 51 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Espanyol won the match.
Elche shot 19 times, 5 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Espanyol shot 11 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Elche received 1 yellow card (José Ángel Carmona). On the other side, Espanyol received 3 yellow cards (Óscar Gil, Brian Oliván and Edu Expósito).
José Ángel Carmona (Elche) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (82′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Elche will stay with 9 points to remain in the 20th place. On the opposite side, Espanyol will have 24 points like Celta de Vigo and Real Valladolid to sit in the 13th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the La Liga, Elche will host Real Betis on the 24th of February with a 5-5 head to head record.
Espanyol will host Mallorca on the 25th of February with a 9-9 head to head statistic.
Elche – Formation
Elche started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Pablo Javier Machín Díez decided to play with the following team: Édgar Badía
, Helibelton Palacios , Enzo Roco , Lisandro Magallán , José Ángel Carmona , Omar Mascarell , Gerard Gumbau , Carlos Clerc , Ezequiel Ponce , Lucas Boyé and Fidel .The home team had on the bench: Lautaro Blanco, Josan, Axel Werner, Raúl Guti, Gonzalo Verdú, Randy Nteka
, Nicolás Fernández, Pol Lirola, Tete Morente, Pape Cheikh and Pedro Bigas .Substitutions
Elche made 3 changes: Lisandro Magallán for Pedro Bigas (46′), E. Ponce for Randy Nteka (76′) and Gerard Gumbau for Gonzalo Verdú (90′).
Best player: Gerard Gumbau
The player that probably impressed the most for Elche was Gerard Gumbau.
His rating is
with 33 passes (87% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 10 crosses.Espanyol – Formation
Espanyol started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Diego Martínez Penas played with: Fernando Pacheco
, Sergi Gómez , José Gragera , Brian Oliván , Ruben Sanchez Saez , Sergi Darder , Vinícius Souza , Denis Suárez , Óscar Gil , Martin Braithwaite and Javi Puado .They had on the bench: Nicolás Melamed
, Aleix Vidal , Edu Expósito , José Carlos Lazo, Joan García, Álvaro Fernández, Luca Koleosho, Wassim Keddari and Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel .Substitutions
Espanyol made 6 changes: Javi Puado for Aleix Vidal (65′), Rubén Sánchez for Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel (65′), Brian Oliván for Edu Expósito (78′), Denis Suárez for Wassim Keddari Boulif (78′), Óscar Gil for Nico Melamed (86′) and Fidel for Josan (90′).
Best player: José Gragera
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Espanyol was José Gragera even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is
with 55 passes (90% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 7.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the La Liga.
- FC Barcelona – Cádiz – 2-0
- Elche – Espanyol – 0-1
- Rayo Vallecano – Sevilla – 1-1
- Atlético Madrid – Athletic Club – 1-0