ZARAGOZA. Real Zaragoza beats Granada 1-0 after F. Gámez scored just 1 goal (36′). Granada was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (63%).​

The match was played at the Estadio de la Romareda stadium in Zaragoza on Saturday and it started at 4:15 pm local time. In front of 15,504 spectators.​ The referee was Francisco José Hernández Maeso who was helped by Judit Romano García and Álvaro González Narváez. The 4th official was Gonzalo Romero Freixas. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 26.9 degrees Celsius or 80.37 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 17%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Granada was in firm control of the ball 63% while Real Zaragoza was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Granada was more aggressive with 58 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyhow, Real Zaragoza found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Real Zaragoza shot 13 times, 6 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Granada shot 10 times, 2 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Real Zaragoza received 1 yellow card (Giuliano Simeone). On the opposite side, Granada didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After this match, Real Zaragoza will have 44 points like FC Andorra and Sporting Gijón to sit in the 12th place. Talking about the opposition, Granada will stay with 61 points to sit in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga 2, Real Zaragoza will host Racing Santander on the 15th of April with a 5-4 head to head in favor of Real Zaragoza (10 draws).

Granada will host Las Palmas on the 15th of April with a 3-3 head to head stats.

Real Zaragoza – Formation

Real Zaragoza adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Francisco Escriba Segura decided to play with the following team: Cristian Álvarez (7.2), Fran Gámez (7.6), Lluís López (7.1), Jair Amador (7.1), Carlos Nieto (7.3), Sergio Bermejo (7.4), Francho Serrano (6.6), Jaume Grau (6.5), Bebé (6.8), Ivan Azón Monzón (5.8) and Giuliano Simeone (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Gaizka Larrazabal, Makhtar Gueye, Eugeni Valderrama (6.2), Alejandro Francés, Miguel Puche (6.6), Manu Molina, Álvaro Ratón, Jairo Quinteros, Pau Sans, Guillermo Acín Labrador, Gabriel Fuentes and Alberto Zapater (6.4).

Real Zaragoza could not rely on the presence of Miguel Puche (injured) and Alejandro Francés (injured).

Substitutions

Real Zaragoza made 5 changes: Ivan Azón for Miguel Puche (68′), Jaume Grau for Alberto Zapater (68′), Sergio Bermejo for Eugeni Valderrama (86′), Bebé for Alejandro Francés (86′) and Giuliano Simeone for Makhtar Gueye (89′).

Best player: Fran Gámez​

The most impressive player for Real Zaragoza was Fran Gámez.

His rating is (7.6) with 1 goal, 32 passes (90% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 2 crosses.

Granada – Formation

Also Granada adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Francisco José López Fernández played with: Raúl Fernández (6.9), Quini (7.1), Víctor Díaz (7.5), Ignasi Miquel (7.3), Carlos Neva (6.1), Óscar Melendo (7.1), Víctor Meseguer (6.7), Pol Lozano (6.7), Alberto Perea (7.4), Shon Weissman (6.8) and Myrto Uzuni (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Miguel Rubio, Famara Diédhiou, Adria Miquel Bosch Sanchis, José Callejón (6.2), Alberto Soro, Yann Bodiger, Njegoš Petrović, André Ferreira, Sergio Ruiz Alonso, Jonathan Silva and Bryan Zaragoza (6.7).

Substitutions

Granada made 5 changes: Pol Lozano for Bryan Zaragoza Martínez (62′), Shon Weissman for José Callejón (62′), Quini for Yann Bodiger (78′), Óscar Melendo for Famara Diédhiou (78′) and Carlos Neva for Alberto Soro (82′).

Best player: Víctor Díaz​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Granada was Víctor Díaz.

His rating is (7.5) with 73 passes (91% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 6.

Results of the day

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

• UD Ibiza – Sporting Gijón – 1-3
• Racing Santander – Albacete – 4-1
• Real Zaragoza – Granada – 1-0