Sporting Gijón conquers Granada 1-0 with a goal scored by D. Sánchez. HIGHLIGHTS

GIJóN. Sporting Gijón conquers Granada 1-0 after D. Sánchez scored just 1 goal (23').

April 3, 2023

GIJóN. Sporting Gijón beats Granada 1-0 after D. Sánchez scored just 1 goal (23′). Granada was much superior in terms of ball possession (65%).

The match was played at the Estadio Municipal El Molinón stadium in Gijón on Sunday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was José Antonio López Toca with the help of Abraham Pérez Dapía and David Ortiz Calderón. The 4th official was Gorka Etayo Herrera. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12.4 degrees Celsius or 54.34 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 71%.

Match Statistics

Sporting Gijón

1 - 0

Granada

! 34 Ball Possession 66

Shots

8 Total 13
3 On Target 2
4 Off Target 8
1 Shots blocked 3

76 Attack 114
24 Dangerous attack 46
82 Ball safe 81

0 Penalties 0
9 Corners 3
3 Off Sides 2

Fouls

10 Total 8
4 Yellow Cards 1
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Granada was in firm control of the ball 65% while Sporting Gijón was struggling with a 35% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Granada was more pushing with 46 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 2 were on target. Notwithstanding, Sporting Gijón was able to find the solution to win this match.

Sporting Gijón shot 8 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Granada shot 13 times, 2 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Sporting Gijón received 4 yellow cards (J. Varane, Diego Sánchez, Cote and Víctor Campuzano). Talking about the opposition, Granada received 1 yellow card (Víctor Díaz).

Match Timeline

Jonathan Varane- Yellow

15'

Diego Sánchez(goal)

23'

46'

Diego Sánchez- Yellow

55'

63'

Alberto Perea- sub ->Shon Weissman

63'

Antonio Puertas- sub ->Pol Lozano

66'

Víctor Campuzano - sub ->J. Carrillo

66'

Cote- Yellow

69'

Christian Rivera- sub ->J. Varane

78'

80'

86'

Víctor Campuzano - Yellow

89'

Víctor Díaz - Yellow

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this contest, Sporting Gijón will have 41 points like Real Zaragoza to remain in the 14th place. On the other side, Granada will stay with 61 points to sit in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga 2, Sporting Gijón will play away against UD Ibiza on the 8th of April with a 2-1 head to head statistic in favor of Sporting Gijón (0 draws).

Granada will play away agasint Real Zaragoza on the 8th of April with a 6-4 head to head statistic in favor of Granada (2 draws).

Sporting Gijón – Formation

Sporting Gijón

Iván Cuéllar 1.Spain

7.1

Bruno 5.Spain

6.3

Jordi Pola 29.Spain

7.1

Diego Sánchez 32.Spain

7.1

55'

23'

Cote 3.Spain

6.6

69'

Guille Rosas 2.Spain

6.4

46'

Pedro Díaz 8.Spain

7.7

J. Carrillo 20.Mexico

6.8

66'

Jonathan Varane 37.France

7.4

78'

15'

Ignacio Jeraldino 14.Chile

7.0

66'

Juan Otero 19.Colombia

7.0

86'

Substitutes

G. de Amores 13.Uruguay

Pol Valentín 22.Spain

6.4

46'

H. Donate 42.Spain

Nacho Martín 33.Spain

Christian Rivera 17.Spain

6.2

78'

Alejandro Lozano 41.Spain

Cristo 12.Spain

86'

Uroš Milovanović 21.Serbia

Aitor García 7.Spain

6.4

66'

Víctor Campuzano 11.Spain

6.4

66'

89'

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

The manager Miguel Ángel Ramírez decided to play with the following team: Iván Cuéllar (7.1), Jordi Pola (7.1), Bruno González (6.3), Diego Sanchez (7.1), Guille Rosas (6.4), Pedro Díaz (7.7), Jonathan Varane (7.4), Jordan Carrillo Rodriguez (6.8), José Ángel (6.6), Juan Otero (7.0) and Ignacio Jeraldino (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Ignacio Martín, Pol Valentín (6.4), Cristian Rivera (6.2), Cristo González, Uroš Milovanović, Guillermo De Amores, Alejandro Lozano, Aitor García (6.4), Víctor Campuzano (6.4) and Hugo Donate.

Substitutions

Sporting Gijón made 5 changes: Guille Rosas for Pol Valentín (46′), I. Jeraldino for Aitor García (66′), J. Carrillo for Víctor Campuzano (66′), J. Varane for Christian Rivera (78′) and Juan Otero for Cristo González (86′).

Best player: Pedro Díaz

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sporting Gijón was Pedro Díaz even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.7) with 43 passes (83% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5. He performed 6 crosses.

Granada – Formation

Granada

Raúl Fernández 1.Spain

7.0

Víctor Díaz 16.Spain

6.6

89'

Ignasi Miquel 14.Spain

6.4

Carlos Neva 15.Spain

7.3

86'

Ricard Sánchez 30.Spain

7.1

80'

Y. Bodiger 6.France

6.8

Pol Lozano 3.Spain

6.8

63'

Óscar Melendo 21.Spain

6.8

José Callejón 9.Spain

7.1

63'

Shon Weissman 25.Israel

6.1

63'

Myrto Uzuni 11.Albania

6.6

Substitutes

André Ferreira 13.Portugal

Jonathan Silva 5.Argentina

86'

Miguel Rubio 4.Spain

Quini 17.Spain

Antonio Puertas 10.Spain

6.4

63'

Bryan Zaragoza 26.Spain

7.0

63'

Alberto Soro 7.Spain

Sergio Ruiz 20.Spain

Víctor Meseguer 12.Spain

Njegoš Petrović 18.Serbia

Alberto Perea 22.Spain

7.0

63'

F. Diédhiou 8.Senegal

5.8

80'

Granada started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Francisco José López Fernández played with: Raúl Fernández (7.0), Ricard Sánchez (7.1), Víctor Díaz (6.6), Ignasi Miquel (6.4), Carlos Neva (7.3), Óscar Melendo (6.8), Pol Lozano (6.8), Yann Bodiger (6.8), Myrto Uzuni (6.6), Shon Weissman (6.1) and José Callejón (7.1).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Sergio Ruiz Alonso, Víctor Meseguer, Njegoš Petrović, Quini, Famara Diédhiou (5.8), Antonio Puertas (6.4), Alberto Perea (7.0), André Ferreira, Jonathan Silva, Bryan Zaragoza (7.0), Alberto Soro and Miguel Rubio.

Substitutions

Granada made 5 changes: Shon Weissman for Alberto Perea (63′), José Callejón for Bryan Zaragoza Martínez (63′), Pol Lozano for Antonio Puertas (63′), Ricard Sánchez for Famara Diédhiou (80′) and Carlos Neva for Jonathan Silva (86′).