VALENCIA. Valencia was finally too good for Atlético Madrid with the goal of H. Duro was the star player of the match after he scored in the 34th and 5th minute. Hugo Duro (5′), Hugo Duro (34′) and Javier Guerra (54′). Atlético Madrid was truly superior in terms of ball possession (64%).
The match was played at the Estadio de Mestalla stadium in Valencia on Saturday and it started at 9:15 am local time. In front of 45,636 spectators. The referee was Jesús Gil Manzano who was helped by Ángel Nevado Rodríguez and Javier Martínez Nicolás. The 4th official was Jorge Díaz Escudero. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was pleasant at 23.75 degrees Celsius or 74.75 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 57%.
Match Statistics
- ! 36 Ball Possession 64
Shots
- 12 Total 11
- 8 On Target 3
- 1 Off Target 4
- 3 Shots blocked 4
- 94 Attack 125
- 32 Dangerous attack 69
- 84 Ball safe 88
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 8
Fouls
- 15 Total 17
- 1 Yellow Cards 5
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Atlético Madrid had a superior ball possession 64% while Valencia was struggling with a 36% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Atlético Madrid was more aggressive with 69 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, Valencia succeeded in find the solution to win this match.
Valencia shot 12 times, 8 on target, 1 off target. On the opposite side, Atlético Madrid shot 11 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Valencia received 1 yellow card (Giorgi Mamardashvili). On the other side, Atlético Madrid received 5 yellow cards (Pablo Barrios, Antoine Griezmann, Saúl Ñíguez, Mario Hermoso and Marcos Llorente).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Valencia will have 9 points like Rayo Vallecano to hold in the 5th place. On the opposite side, Atlético Madrid will stay with 7 points like Cádiz and Real Betis to hold in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the La Liga, Valencia will play away against Athletic Club on the 29th of October with a 14-13 head to head record in favor of Valencia (14 draws).
Atlético Madrid will host Deportivo Alavés on the 29th of October with a 9-1 head to head statistic in favor of Atlético Madrid (4 draws).
Valencia – Formation
Valencia started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Rubén Baraja Vegas decided to play with the following team: Giorgi Mamardashvili , Thierry Correia , Cristhian Mosquera , Mouctar Diakhaby , José Luis Gayà , Pepelu , Javier Guerra , Fran Pérez , André Almeida , Sergi Canós and Hugo Duro .
The home team had on the bench: Cenk Özkaçar , Diego Lopez Noguerol , Selim Amallah , Cristian Rivero, Jesús Vázquez, Jaume Doménech, Pablo Gozálbez, Hugo Guillamón, Roman Yaremchuk, Ruben Iranzo Lendinez, César Tárrega and Mario Dominguez.
Valencia could not rely on the presence of Diego Lopez Noguerol (injured) and César Tárrega (injured).
Substitutions
Valencia made 5 changes: Sergi Canós for Diego Lopez Noguerol (59′), André Almeida for Selim Amallah (70′), José Luis Gayà for Cenk Özkaçar (70′), Hugo Duro for Hugo Guillamón (83′) and Thierry Correia for César Tárrega (83′).
Best player: Hugo Duro
The most impressive player for Valencia was Hugo Duro.
His rating is with 2 goals, 13 passes (46% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 17.
Atlético Madrid – Formation
Atlético Madrid started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
Diego Pablo Simeone played with: Rodrigo de Paul, Jan Oblak , César Azpilicueta , Stefan Savić , Axel Witsel , Mario Hermoso , Rodrigo Riquelme , Marcos Llorente , Pablo Barrios , Thomas Lemar and Antoine Griezmann , Álvaro Morata .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Saúl Ñíguez , Nahuel Molina , Samuel Lino, Ivo Grbić, Javi Galán , Antonio Gomis, José María Giménez and Ángel Correa .
Atlético Madrid could not rely on the presence of Javi Galán (injured) and José María Giménez (injured).
Substitutions
Atlético Madrid made 5 changes: Thomas Lemar for Javi Galán (44′), Stefan Savić for Ángel Correa (46′), Rodrigo Riquelme for Nahuel Molina (46′), Antoine Griezmann for José María Giménez (62′) and Mario Hermoso for Saúl Ñíguez (62′).
Best player: Pablo Barrios
The most impressive player for Atlético Madrid was Pablo Barrios.
His rating is with 66 passes (88% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 12. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the La Liga.
- Valencia – Atlético Madrid – 3-0
- Celta de Vigo – Mallorca – 0-1
- FC Barcelona – Real Betis – 5-0
- Athletic Club – Cádiz – 3-0