LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA. Real Zaragoza prevailed over Las Palmas. Las Palmas was much superior in terms of ball possession (62%).​

The match was played at the Estadio de Gran Canaria stadium in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria on Saturday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Álvaro Moreno Aragón who had the assistance of Rodrigo Blázquez Sánchez and Miguel Ortuño Sierra. The 4th official was José David Martínez Montalbán. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 19.4 degrees Celsius or 66.99 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 74%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Las Palmas was in firm control of the ball 62% while Real Zaragoza was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Las Palmas was was more aggressive with 57 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 12 were on target. Still, Real Zaragoza found a way to find the solution to win this contest.​

Las Palmas shot 19 times, 12 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, Real Zaragoza shot 11 times, 7 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Las Palmas received 2 yellow cards (J. Viera and Alex Suarez). On the other side, Real Zaragoza received 2 yellow cards (F. Gamez and A. Zapater).

Standings

After playing this contest, Las Palmas will stay with 27 points like Tenerife to sit in the 5th place. On the other side, Real Zaragoza will have 22 points like UD Ibiza, FC Cartagena and Sporting Gijón to sit in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga 2, Las Palmas will play away against Málaga on the 20th of November with a 6-5 head to head statistic in favor of Las Palmas (6 draws).

Real Zaragoza will host Leganés on the 22nd of November with a 3-2 head to head stats in favor of Leganés (3 draws).

Las Palmas – Formation

Las Palmas started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).

The manager José Mel Pérez decided to play with the following team: Raúl Fernández (6.4), Alejandro Díez Salomón (6.6), Alex Suárez (6.7), Raúl Navas (6.4), Sergi Cardona (6.8), Oscar Clemente (6.5), Fabio González (6.5), Enzo Loiodice (6.1), Kirian Rodríguez (6.4), Jonathan Viera (8.0) and Jesé Rodríguez (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Ale García, Armando Sadiku (7.1), Rafa Mujica, Maikel Mesa (6.8), Claudio Mendes (6.4), Erick Ferigra, David Vicente, Álvaro Vallés, Pol Salvador and Benito Ramírez (7.3).

Substitutions

Las Palmas made 4 changes: F. Gonzalez for B. Ramirez (46′), O. Clemente for A. Sadiku (65′), Kirian for Maikel (76′) and A. Diez for C. Mendes (81′).

Best player: Jonathan Viera​

The player that probably impressed the most for Las Palmas was Jonathan Viera.

His rating is (8.0) with 1 goal, 65 passes (81% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 13. He performed 4 crosses.

Real Zaragoza – Formation

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

Juan Ignacio Martínez Jiménez played with: Cristian Álvarez (8.1), Fran Gámez (7.1), Lluís López (6.5), Jair Amador (6.5), Josep Chavarría (6.7), Íñigo Eguaras (7.6), Sergio Bermejo Lillo (8.2), Alberto Zapater (6.6), James Igbekeme (6.8), Borja Sainz (7.4) and Álvaro Giménez (8.4).

They had on the bench: Adrián González, Javi Ros, Ivan Azón Monzón (6.2), Carlos Nieto (6.6), Álvaro Ratón, Enrique Clemente (6.6), Juan Narváez (6.8), Ángel López, Valentín Vada (6.7) and Carlos Calavia.

Real Zaragoza could not rely on the presence of C. Nieto (injured).

Substitutions

Real Zaragoza made 5 changes: P. Chavarria for C. Nieto (44′), J. Igbekeme for J. Narvaez (46′), B. Sainz for V. Vada (46′), A. Gimenez for I. Azon (80′) and Sergio for E. Clemente (80′).

Best player: Álvaro Giménez​

The player that probably impressed the most for Real Zaragoza was Álvaro Giménez.

His rating is (8.4) with 2 goals, 12 passes (66% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 4.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the La Liga 2.​

• Las Palmas – Real Zaragoza – 2-3
• Mirandés – Huesca – 0-1
• Real Valladolid – Fuenlabrada – 3-0
• SD Eibar – Alcorcón – 2-1