ALMERIA. Almería tops Leganés 1-0 after F. Portillo scored just 1 goal (30′).

S. Gonzalez received a red card (90′)​. This red card was one of the reason why Leganés lost the match.

The match was played at the Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos stadium in Almeria on Friday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Iosu Galech Apezteguía with the assistance of Álvaro Granel Peiró and Ion Rodríguez Portela. The 4th official was Alfonso Vicente Moral. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 15.1 degrees Celsius or 59.22 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 55%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

The ball possession was similar. Almería was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Leganés that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Leganés was more aggressive with 59 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 5 were on target. Anyhow, Almería was able to find the solution to win this contest.​

Almería shot 8 times, 1 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Leganés shot 19 times, 5 on target, 14 off target.

Cards

Almería received 1 yellow card (S. Akieme). Talking about the opposition, Leganés received 1 yellow card (L. Randjelovic).

Also, Leganés didn’t manage to end the match with 11 players after S. Gonzalez (Leganés) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (90′).

Standings

After playing this match, Almería will have 28 points to stay in the 1st place. On the opposite side, Leganés will stay with 10 points to stay in the 20th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga 2, Almería will play away against Sporting Gijón on the 2nd of November with a 11-8 head to head in favor of Sporting Gijón (1 draw).

Leganés will host FC Cartagena on the 2nd of November with a 2-1 head to head stats in favor of Leganés (0 draws).

Almería – Formation

Almería adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Joan Francesc Ferrer Sicilia decided to play with the following team: Fernando Martínez (7.9), Juanjo Nieto (7.7), Chumi (7.6), Srđan Babić (7.4), Sergio Akieme Rodriguez (7.3), César de la Hoz (6.8), Samuel Costa (7.5), Francisco Portillo (7.1), Arnau Puigmal (6.9), José Carlos Lazo (7.2) and Umar Sadiq (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Arvin Appiah (6.7), Javi Robles, Aitor Punal Rodriguez, Álex Centelles, Raúl Caballero, Alejandro Pozo (6.4), Iván Martos, Daniel Carriço, Giorgi Makaridze, Diego Fuoli, Curro (6.4) and Dyego Sousa (6.6).

Substitutions

Almería made 4 changes: J. Lazo for A. Pozo (56′), A. Puigmal for Curro (67′), U. Sadiq for D. Sousa (78′) and F. Portillo for A. Appiah (78′).

Best player: Fernando Martínez​

The most impressive player for Almería was the goalkeeper: Fernando Martínez. His rating is 7.92. He performed 5 saves.

Leganés – Formation

Also Leganés adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Regarding the opposition, Asier Garitano Aguirrezábal played with: Iván Villar (6.5), Sergi Palencia (7.4), Bruno González (6.5), Sergio González (6.7), Javier Hernandez (6.4), Luis Perea (6.8), Gaku Shibasaki (7.2), Lazar Ranđelović (6.8), Javier Eraso (7.0), José Manuel Arnáiz (6.6) and Fede Vico (6.5).

They had on the bench: Mario Rivas (6.2), Asier Riesgo, Javi Garrido, Seydouba Cisse (7.1), Javi Rubio, Naim García (6.8), Recio, Joserra, Juan Muñoz (6.8), David Alba, Unai Bustinza and Rodrigo Tarín.

Substitutions

Leganés made 4 changes: Fede for N. Garcia (64′), L. Perea for S. Cisse (74′), J. Eraso for M. Rivas (87′) and A. Jose for J. Munoz (87′).

Best player: Sergi Palencia​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Leganés was Sergi Palencia.

His rating is (7.4) with 45 passes (64% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 13. He performed 11 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Real Sociedad II – Las Palmas – 0-1
• Almería – Leganés – 1-0