GIRONA. Girona tops Real Madrid 4-2. Real Madrid was truly better in terms of ball possession (71%).​

The match was played at the Estadi Municipal de Montilivi stadium in Girona on Tuesday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. In front of 13,306 spectators.​ The referee was Javier Iglesias Villanueva with the help of Jorge Bueno Mateo and Antonio Luis Cerezo Parfenof. The 4th official was Antonio Alberola Rojas. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 15.6 degrees Celsius or 60.1 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Real Madrid had a strong ball possession 71% while Girona was struggling with a 29% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Real Madrid was more aggressive with 87 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyhow, Girona succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

Girona shot 13 times, 5 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Real Madrid shot 18 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Girona received 1 yellow card (Arnau Martínez). On the other side, Real Madrid received 2 yellow cards (Vinicius Junior and Éder Militão).

Standings

After this match, Girona will have 41 points to sit in the 9th place. Talking about the opposition, Real Madrid will stay with 65 points to hold in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga, Girona will play away with Sevilla on the 1st of May with a 3-2 head to head statistic in favor of Sevilla (0 draws).

Real Madrid will host Almería on the 29th of April with a 10-1 head to head record in favor of Real Madrid (2 draws).

Girona – Formation

Girona started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

The manager Miguel Ángel Sánchez Muñoz decided to play with the following team: Paulo Gazzaniga (6.1), Arnau Martínez (7.0), Santiago Bueno (6.7), Juanpe (6.8), Miguel Gutiérrez (6.9), Oriol Romeu (7.1), Yan Couto (7.4), Viktor Tsygankov (6.8), Iván Martín (6.2), Rodrigo Riquelme (6.6) and Valentin Castellanos (9.9).

The home team had on the bench: Cristhian Stuani (6.6), Ricard Artero, Reinier, Juan Carlos, Valery Fernández (6.4), Bernardo Espinosa, Javier Hernández, Alexander Callens and Toni Fuidias.

Substitutions

Girona made 6 changes: Taty Castellanos for Aurelien Tchouameni (63′), Viktor Tsygankov for Valery Fernández (72′), Taty Castellanos for Christian Stuani (72′), Rodrigo Riquelme for Reinier (88′), Miguel Gutiérrez for Javi Hernández (88′) and Iván Martín for Ricard Artero Ruiz (90′).

Best player: Valentin Castellanos​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Girona was Valentin Castellanos.

His rating is (9.9) with 4 goals, 4 passes (100% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 4.

Real Madrid – Formation

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

Carlo Ancelotti played with: Andriy Lunin (5.8), Daniel Carvajal (5.9), Éder Militão (6.6), Antonio Rüdiger (6.3), Nacho Fernández (6.5), Federico Valverde (6.9), Toni Kroos (7.6), Luka Modrić (7.0), Marco Asensio (6.9), Rodrygo (6.2) and Vinícius Júnior (7.1).

They had on the bench: Luis López, Sergio Arribas, Jesús Vallejo, Eduardo Camavinga (6.8), Aurélien Tchouaméni (7.0), Mario Martín, Álvaro Odriozola, Lucas Vázquez (8.1), Mariano Díaz and Mario de Luis.

Substitutions

Real Madrid made 3 changes: Nacho Fernández for Eduardo Camavinga (52′), Rodrygo for Mariano Díaz (79′) and Daniel Carvajal for Lucas Vázquez (79′).

Best player: Lucas Vázquez​

The player that probably impressed the most for Real Madrid was Lucas Vázquez.

His rating is (8.1) with 1 goal, 3 passes (100% accurate) and 0 key passes. 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 79′.

Results of the day

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

• Real Betis – Real Sociedad – 0-0
• Cádiz – Osasuna – 0-1
• Girona – Real Madrid – 4-2