VALENCIA. Valencia and Atlético Madrid played an incredible match before drawing 3-3.

The match was played at the Estadio de Mestalla stadium in Valencia on Sunday and it started at 3:15 pm local time. The referee was César Soto Grado who had the assistance of Iker De Francisco Grijalba and Carlos Álvarez Fernández. The 4th official was Alexandre Alemán Pérez. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 15.4 degrees Celsius or 59.63 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 39%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Valencia was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Atlético Madrid that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Valencia was was putting more pressure with 59 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 5 were on target. However, that was not enough Valencia to win the match​.

Valencia shot 11 times, 5 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Atlético Madrid shot 13 times, 7 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Valencia received 2 yellow cards (H. Guillamon and Y. Musah). On the opposite side, Atlético Madrid received 2 yellow cards (A. Griezmann and Y. Carrasco).

Standings

After playing this match, Valencia will have 17 points like FC Barcelona and Espanyol to sit in the 10th place. Talking about the opposition, Atlético Madrid will have 23 points to sit in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga, Valencia will play away against Real Sociedad on the 21st of November with a 11-10 head to head statistic in favor of Real Sociedad (5 draws).

Atlético Madrid will host Osasuna on the 20th of November with a 16-7 head to head record in favor of Atlético Madrid (3 draws).

Valencia – Formation

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

The manager José Bordalás Jiménez decided to play with the following team: Jasper Cillessen (6.2), Dimitri Foulquier (6.4), Mouctar Diakhaby (6.2), Omar Alderete (6.5), José Luis Gayà (7.3), Hugo Guillamón (7.1), Carlos Soler (6.4), Daniel Wass (6.5), Uroš Račić (6.6), Hélder Costa (6.8) and Gonçalo Guedes (7.8).

The home team had on the bench: Manu Vallejo (6.4), Marcos de Sousa (6.2), Koba Koindredi (6.8), Hugo Duro (8.7), Cristiano Piccini, Giorgi Mamardashvili, Álex Blanco, César Tárrega, Jaume Doménech, Jesús Vázquez and Yunus Musah (6.6).

Substitutions

Valencia made 5 changes: U. Racic for Y. Musah (65′), D. Wass for Marcos Andre (65′), H. Costa for H. Duro (85′), C. Soler for K. Koindredi (85′) and O. Alderete for M. Vallejo (86′).

Best player: Hugo Duro​

The player that probably impressed the most for Valencia was Hugo Duro.

His rating is (8.7) with 2 goals, 0 passes (0% accurate) and 0 key passes.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 85′.

Atlético Madrid – Formation

Atlético Madrid started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

On the other side, Diego Pablo Simeone played with: Jan Oblak (6.2), Stefan Savić (6.8), José Maria Giménez (6.6), Mario Hermoso (6.1), Kieran Trippier (6.6), Rodrigo de Paul (6.8), Koke (6.2), Yannick Carrasco (6.5), Ángel Correa (7.6), Antoine Griezmann (6.8) and Luis Suárez (7.4).

They had on the bench: Renan Lodi, Matheus Cunha, Geoffrey Kondogbia (6.1), Felipe, Benjamin Lecomte, Šime Vrsaljko (7.2), Héctor Herrera (6.4) and João Félix (6.4).

Atlético Madrid could not rely on the presence of S. Vrsaljko (injured).

Substitutions

Atlético Madrid made 4 changes: K. Trippier for S. Vrsaljko (8′), A. Correa for G. Kondogbia (73′), L. Suarez for H. Herrera (87′) and R. De Paul for Joao Felix (87′).

Best player: Ángel Correa​

The most impressive player for Atlético Madrid was Ángel Correa.

His rating is (7.6) with 33 passes (75% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 8.

Results of the day

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

• Real Betis – Sevilla – 0-2
• Mallorca – Elche – 2-2
• Osasuna – Real Sociedad – 0-2
• Valencia – Atlético Madrid – 3-3
• Villarreal – Getafe – 1-0