CáDIZ. Cádiz overcame Valencia to win 2-1. It was Cádiz to strike first with a goal of Gonzalo Escalante at the 39′. Then Sergi Guardiola scored again for Cádiz in the 46′ minute. Eventually, Samuel Lino reduced the distance for Valencia (51′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Valencia lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (60%).
The match was played at the Estadio Nuevo Mirandilla stadium in Cádiz on Sunday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea with the help of Roberto Díaz Pérez Del Palomar and Jon Núñez Fernández. The 4th official was Antonio Sánchez Sánchez. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 26.7 degrees Celsius or 80.02 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 21%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Valencia was in firm control of the ball 60% while Cádiz was struggling with a 40% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Valencia was more aggressive with 82 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyhow, Cádiz was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Cádiz shot 8 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Valencia shot 16 times, 4 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Cádiz received 6 yellow cards (Fede San Emeterio, Rubén Sobrino, Choco Lozano, J. Ledesma, Luis Hernández and Alfonso Espino). On the opposite side, Valencia received 2 yellow cards (Samu Castillejo and Ilaix Moriba).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Cádiz will have 35 points like Real Valladolid to sit in the 14th place. Regarding the opposition, Valencia will stay with 33 points like Almería to hold in the 17th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the La Liga, Cádiz will play away with Atlético Madrid on the 3rd of May with a 6-1 head to head stats in favor of Atlético Madrid (3 draws).
Valencia will host Villarreal on the 3rd of May with a 19-17 head to head record in favor of Valencia (7 draws).
Cádiz – Formation
Cádiz
90'
58'
39'
Cádiz started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Sergio González Soriano decided to play with the following team: Jeremías Ledesma , Raúl Parra , Luis Hernández , Fali , Alfonso Espino , Iván Alejo , Gonzalo Escalante , Fede San Emeterio , Rubén Sobrino , Sergi Guardiola and Chris Ramos .
The home team had on the bench: José Mari, David Gil, Álex Fernández, Santiago Arzamendia, Álvaro Negredo, Theo Bongonda , Anthony Lozano , Rubén Alcaraz , Jorge Meré , Youba Diarra and Mamadou Mbaye .
Substitutions
Cádiz made 5 changes: Iván Alejo for Jorge Meré (58′), Fali for Theo Bongonda (58′), Chris Ramos for Rubén Alcaraz (67′), Raúl Parra for Mamadou Mbaye (67′) and Sergi Guardiola for Anthony Lozano (73′).
Best player: Alfonso Espino
The player that probably impressed the most for Cádiz was Alfonso Espino even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 32 passes (59% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 11 duels out of 15. He performed 3 crosses.
Valencia – Formation
Valencia
Valencia started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).
Rubén Baraja Vegas played with: Giorgi Mamardashvili , Dimitri Foulquier , Eray Cömert , Mouctar Diakhaby , Cenk Özkaçar , Toni Lato , Yunus Musah , Ilaix Moriba , Nicolás González , Samuel Lino and Hugo Duro .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Diego Lopez Noguerol , José Luis Gayà, Alberto Mari, Cristhian Mosquera, Jesús Vázquez, Javier Guerra , Gabriel Paulista, Thierry Correia , Iago Herrerín, Edinson Cavani , Samu Castillejo and André Almeida.
Substitutions
Valencia made 5 changes: Eray Cömert for Samu Castillejo (56′), Yunus Musah for Diego López Noguerol (56′), Nico González for Javier Guerra Moreno (71′), Dimitri Foulquier for Thierry Correia (71′) and Toni Lato for Edinson Cavani (82′).
Best player: Samuel Lino
The player that probably impressed the most for Valencia was Samuel Lino.
His rating is with 1 goal, 38 passes (73% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 12. He performed 4 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the La Liga.
- Cádiz – Valencia – 2-1
- Espanyol – Getafe – 1-0
- Real Valladolid – Atlético Madrid – 2-5
- Villarreal – Celta de Vigo – 3-1
