PONFERRADA. FC Andorra had a easy win over Ponferradina. FC Andorra got an early 4-0 lead with 4 goals from Sergio Molina (5′), Rubén Bover (28′) and Sinan Bakis (78′). Ponferradina tried to recover with a goal from Edu Espiau (79′). Nevertheless, the encounter was closed by a penalty (88′) scored by Carlos Martínez for FC Andorra. FC Andorra was decisively better in terms of ball possession (73%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Estadio El Toralín stadium in Ponferrada on Saturday and it started at 4:15 pm local time. In front of 5,826 spectators. The referee was Francisco José Hernández Maeso with the collaboration of Judit Romano García and Álvaro González Narváez. The 4th official was Jaime Ruiz Álvarez. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 16.7 degrees Celsius or 61.97 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 55%.
Match Statistics
- ! 27 Ball Possession 73
Shots
- 7 Total 15
- 2 On Target 7
- 4 Off Target 4
- 1 Shots blocked 4
- 72 Attack 107
- 37 Dangerous attack 47
- 33 Ball safe 56
- 0 Penalties 1
- 1 Corners 3
Fouls
- 24 Total 10
- 7 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 1 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 6
Ball possession
FC Andorra had a strong ball possession 73% while Ponferradina was struggling with a 27% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
FC Andorra was more pushing with 47 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why FC Andorra won the match.
Ponferradina shot 7 times, 2 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, FC Andorra shot 15 times, 7 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Ponferradina received 7 yellow cards (Paris Adot, Edu Espiau, Dani Ojeda, José Amo, Agus Medina, José Naranjo and Amir Abedzadeh). On the opposite side, FC Andorra didn’t receive any yellow card.
(Ponferradina) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (69′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Ponferradina will stay with 36 points like Málaga to sit in the 20th place. On the other side, FC Andorra will have 51 points to remain in the 8th place.
Next matches
Ponferradina – Formation

Ponferradina started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Juan Francisco García García decided to play with the following team: Amir Abedzadeh
, Paris Barandiaran , Soufiane Chakla , José Amo , Adrián Castellano , Daniel Ojeda , Agus Medina , Erik Morán , Derik Lacerda , Eduardo Espiau and Hugo Vallejo .The home team had on the bench: Kelechi Nwakali
, José Naranjo , Alejandro Díez Salomón, Sabit Abdulai , Alexandru Ștefan Pașcanu, Nikita Fedotov, Miguel San Román Ferrándiz, Yuri de Souza Fonseca, Moises Delgado , Naim García and Adrián Diéguez Grande.Substitutions
Ponferradina made 5 changes: Hugo Vallejo for José Naranjo (37′), Erik Morán for Kelechi Nwakali (37′), Agus Medina for Sabit Abdulai (67′), Adrián Castellano for Moi Delgado (67′) and Dani Ojeda for Naim García García (82′).
Best player: Naim García
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Ponferradina was Naim García.
His rating is
with 3 passes (33% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 4.His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 82′.
FC Andorra – Formation

FC Andorra started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Eder Sarabia Armesto played with: Marc Vidal
, Adrià Altimira , Adrià Vilanova , Mika Mármol , Alex Valle , Ruben Bover Izquierdo , Marc Aguado , Sergio Molina , Mustapha Bundu , Sinan Bakış and Christos Albanis .The following players were sitting on the bench: Jacobo González Rodrigañez, Germán Valera
, Carlos Martinez Rodriguez , Alejandro Orellana Gómez, Diego Alende López, Kevin Nicolás Ratti Fredes, Alex Pastor Carayol, Dani Morer, Hector Hevel , Iván Gil, Raúl Lizoáin Cruz and Diego Varela Pampín.Substitutions
FC Andorra made 5 changes: Mustapha Bundu for Germán Valera (69′), Rubén Bover for Hector Hevel (70′), Sergio Molina for Iván Gil (83′), Álex Valle for Dani Morer (83′) and Sinan Bakis for Carlos Martínez (83′).
Best player: Carlos Martinez Rodriguez
The most impressive player for FC Andorra was Carlos Martinez Rodriguez.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 4 passes (100% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 1 duel out of 2.His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 83′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the La Liga 2.
- Villarreal II – Albacete – 1-2
- UD Ibiza – Real Oviedo – 1-2
- Ponferradina – FC Andorra – 1-4
- Las Palmas – Levante – 0-0
- FC Cartagena – Sporting Gijón – 2-1