Levante and Atlético Madrid draw 2-2 on Thursday. HIGHLIGHTS

VALENCIA. Levante manages to recover against Atlético Madrid with a goal on the A. Griezmann 12' and a goal on the M. Cunha 76'.

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October 29, 2021

VALENCIA. Levante manages to recover against Atlético Madrid with a goal on the A. Griezmann 12′ and a goal on the M. Cunha 76′. Atlético Madrid was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (65%)

The match was played at the Estadio Ciudad de Valencia stadium in Valencia on Thursday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Pablo González Fuertes who was helped by Alfredo Rodríguez Moreno and Israel Bárcena Rodríguez. The 4th official was Juan Antonio Campos Salinas. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 13.8 degrees Celsius or 56.91 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 89%.

Match Statistics

Levante

2 - 2

Atlético Madrid

! 35 Ball Possession 65

Shots

11 Total 7
3 On Target 3
8 Off Target 4
1 Shots blocked 0

71 Attack 108
35 Dangerous attack 40
68 Ball safe 86

2 Penalties 0
5 Corners 2
4 Off Sides 4

Fouls

14 Total 12
3 Yellow Cards 5
0 Double Yellow 0
1 Red Card 0

Other

4 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Atlético Madrid was in firm control of the ball 65% while Levante was struggling with a 35% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Atlético Madrid was more aggressive with 40 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 3 were on target. However, that was not enough Atlético Madrid to win the match.

Levante shot 11 times, 3 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Atlético Madrid shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Levante received 3 yellow cards (Pepelu, Rober Pier and Rober Pier). On the opposite side, Atlético Madrid received 7 yellow cards (D. Simeone, Felipe, M. Hermoso, A. Correa, J. Gimenez, D. Simeone and Koke).

Match Timeline

12'

Antoine Griezmann(goal)Felipe

18'

Mario Hermoso - Yellow

25'

37'

40'

59'

Rodrigo de Paul- sub ->H. Herrera

59'

Ángel Correa- sub ->L. Suarez

65'

Koke - Yellow

67'

Alejandro Cantero- sub ->D. Gomez

70'

73'

Pablo Martínez- sub ->M. Malsa

76'

81'

85'

José María Giménez - Yellow

87'

Ángel Correa- Yellow

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this match, Levante will have 6 points to stay in the 19th place. On the other side, Atlético Madrid will have 19 points like Rayo Vallecano and Osasuna to stay in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga, Levante will host Granada on the 1st of November with a 6-4 head to head record in favor of Levante (4 draws).

Atlético Madrid will host Real Betis on the 31st of October with a 17-4 head to head in favor of Atlético Madrid (7 draws).

Levante – Formation

Levante

Aitor Fernández 1.Spain

6.4

Ó. Duarte 6.Costa Rica

6.9

Rúben Vezo 14.Portugal

7.1

Son 2.Spain

6.6

70'

Enric Franquesa 3.Spain

6.1

Róber Pier 4.Spain

6.2

90'

Mickaël Malsa 12.Martinique

6.6

76'

Enis Bardhi 10.Macedonia

8.1

37', 90'

Pepelu 8.Spain

6.3

81'

40'

José Luis Morales 11.Spain

6.5

Dani Gómez 21.Spain

6.4

70'

Substitutes

Dani Cárdenas 34.Spain

Carlos Clerc 19.Spain

Jorge Miramón 20.Spain

6.1

70'

Coke 23.Spain

Álex Blesa 7.Spain

Jorge de Frutos 18.Spain

6.1

81'

Nikola Vukčević 17.Montenegro

Alejandro Cantero 29.Spain

6.6

70'

Pablo Martínez 25.Spain

6.4

76'

Soldado 16.Spain

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

The manager Francisco Javier Pereira Mejía decided to play with the following team: Aitor Fernández (6.4), Son (6.6), Róber Pier (6.2), Óscar Duarte (6.9), Rúben Vezo (7.1), Enric Franquesa (6.1), Pepelu (6.3), Mickaël Malsa (6.6), Enis Bardhi (8.1), Dani Gómez (6.4) and José Luis Morales (6.5).

The home team had on the bench: Nikola Vukčević, Álejandro Cantero (6.6), Pablo Martínez (6.4), Jorge Miramón (6.1), Coke, Roberto Soldado, Dani Cárdenas, Alex Blesa, Carlos Clerc and Jorge de Frutos (6.1).

Levante could not rely on the presence of P. Martinez (injured).

Substitutions

Levante made 4 changes: D. Gomez for A. Cantero (70′), Son for J. Miramon (70′), M. Malsa for P. Martinez (76′) and Pepelu for J. de Frutos (81′).

Best player: Enis Bardhi

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Levante was Enis Bardhi.

His rating is (8.1) with 2 goals, 28 passes (71% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 7. He performed 5 crosses.

Atlético Madrid – Formation

Atlético Madrid

Jan Oblak 13.Slovenia

6.2

Felipe 18.Brazil

7.2

25'

José María Giménez 2.Uruguay

6.6

85'

Mario Hermoso 22.Spain

6.8

67'

18'

Kieran Trippier 23.England

6.7

H. Herrera 16.Mexico

7.2

59'

Koke 6.Spain

6.9

65'

Y. Carrasco 21.Belgium

6.8

Luis Suárez 9.Uruguay

6.2

59'

Antoine Griezmann 8.France

7.2

73'

12'

João Félix 7.Portugal

7.1

Substitutes

Benjamin Lecomte 1.France

Renan Lodi 12.Brazil

6.3

67'

Stefan Savic 15.Montenegro

Š. Vrsaljko 24.Croatia

Rodrigo de Paul 5.Argentina

7.0

59'

Ángel Correa 10.Argentina

6.2

59'

87'

Ivan Saponjic 17.Serbia

Matheus Cunha 19.Brazil

7.4

73'

76'

Atlético Madrid started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Regarding the opposition, Diego Pablo Simeone played with: Jan Oblak (6.2), José Maria Giménez (6.6), Felipe (7.2), Mario Hermoso (6.8), Kieran Trippier (6.7), Héctor Herrera (7.2), Koke (6.9), Yannick Carrasco (6.8), Antoine Griezmann (7.2), João Félix (7.1) and Luis Suárez (6.2).

These were the players on the bench: Benjamin Lecomte, Rodrigo de Paul (7.0), Ángel Correa (6.2), Renan Lodi (6.3), Stefan Savić, Ivan Šaponjić, Šime Vrsaljko and Matheus Cunha (7.4).

Substitutions

Atlético Madrid made 4 changes: H. Herrera for R. De Paul (59′), L. Suarez for A. Correa (59′), M. Hermoso for Renan Lodi (67′) and A. Griezmann for M. Cunha (73′).