VILLARREAL. Villarreal was capable to reverse the score against Almería to win 2-1. It was Almería to strike first with a goal of Sergio Akieme at the 44′. Then it was a goal in the 45′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Alexander Sørloth gave the win to Villarreal in the 90′ minute. Villarreal was truly better in terms of ball possession (63%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Estadio de la Cerámica stadium in Villarreal on Sunday and it started at 4:15 pm local time. In front of 18,467 spectators. The referee was Francisco José Hernández Maeso with the help of Iván Masso Granado and Abraham Pérez Dapía. The 4th official was Roberto Gonzalo Sánchez. The weather was light rain. The temperature was hot at 27.68 degrees Celsius or 81.82 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 58%.
Match Statistics
- ! 63 Ball Possession 37
Shots
- 10 Total 17
- 4 On Target 7
- 2 Off Target 8
- 4 Shots blocked 2
- 127 Attack 73
- 64 Dangerous attack 32
- 54 Ball safe 62
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 6
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 9 Total 4
- 2 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Villarreal was in firm control of the ball 63% while Almería was struggling with a 37% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Villarreal was putting more pressure with 64 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Villarreal won the match.
Villarreal shot 10 times, 4 on target, 2 off target. On the opposite side, Almería shot 17 times, 7 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Villarreal received 2 yellow cards (Étienne Capoue and Yéremy Pino). Talking about the opposition, Almería received 3 yellow cards (Arnau Puigmal, Chumi and Adrián Embarba).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Villarreal will have 6 points like Real Sociedad, Osasuna and Deportivo Alavés to hold in the 13th place. Regarding the opposition, Almería will stay with 1 points to hold in the 20th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the La Liga, Villarreal will host Deportivo Alavés on the 22nd of October with a 7-6 head to head stats in favor of Deportivo Alavés (1 draw).
Almería will host Las Palmas on the 29th of October with a 6-4 head to head record in favor of Almería (9 draws).
Villarreal – Formation
Villarreal started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Enrique Setién Solar decided to play with the following team: Ramón Terrats, Filip Jörgensen , Juan Foyth , Raúl Albiol , Matteo Gabbia , Carlos Romero , Dani Parejo , Étienne Capoue , Yéremy Pino , Gerard Moreno , Alejandro Baena and Alexander Sørloth .
The home team had on the bench: Jorge Cuenca , José Luis Morales, Kiko Femenía, Denis Suárez, Pepe Reina, Santi Comesaña , Ben Brereton Díaz , Manu Trigueros, Alberto Moreno , Aïssa Mandi and Ilias Akhomach .
Substitutions
Villarreal made 5 changes: Matteo Gabbia for Jorge Cuenca (84′), Gerard Moreno for Ben Brereton Díaz (85′), Étienne Capoue for Alberto Moreno (63′), Alejandro Baena for Ilias Akhomach (73′) and Carlos Romero for Santi Comesaña (62′).
Best player: Filip Jörgensen
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Villarreal was the goalkeeper: Filip Jörgensen. His rating is 8.36. He performed 6 saves.
Almería – Formation
Almería started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).
Vicente Moreno Peris played with: Marc Pubill, Luís Maximiano , Chumi , César Montes , Edgar González , Sergio Akieme , Dion Lopy , Lucas Robertone , Adrián Embarba , Gonzalo Melero , Sergio Arribas and Luis Javier Suárez .
These were the players on the bench: Kaiky, Iddrisu Baba , Largie Ramazani , Diego Mariño, Arnau Puigmal , Léo Baptistão , Fernando Martínez, Lázaro, Álex Centelles, Ibrahima Kone , Houboulang Mendes and Marko Milovanović.
Substitutions
Almería made 5 changes: Gonzalo Melero for Iddrisu Baba (75′), Adrián Embarba for Largie Ramazani (66′), Lucas Robertone for Arnau Puigmal (75′), Luis Javier Suárez for Ibrahima Kone (88′) and Sergio Arribas for Léo Baptistão (88′).
Best player: Lucas Robertone
The player that probably impressed the most for Almería was Lucas Robertone.
His rating is with 37 passes (73% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 8. He performed 3 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the La Liga.
- Villarreal – Almería – 2-1
- Sevilla – Las Palmas – 1-0
- Real Madrid – Real Sociedad – 2-1
- Getafe – Osasuna – 3-2