ALMERIA. Almería comes back against Valencia with a goal on the D. Lopez 14′ and a goal on the J. Guerra 63′. Almería was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (61%)
The match was played at the Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos stadium in Almeria on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. In front of 14,266 spectators. The referee was Mateo Busquets Ferrer with the assistance of Gonzalo García González and Asier Pérez de Mendiola González de Durana. The 4th official was Álvaro Rodríguez Recio. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was hot at 27.62 degrees Celsius or 81.72 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 35%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Almería had a strong ball possession 61% while Valencia was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Almería was more pushing with 40 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 10 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Almería to win the match.
Almería shot 17 times, 10 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Valencia shot 7 times, 5 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Almería received 5 yellow cards (Léo Baptistão, Largie Ramazani, Gonzalo Melero, Moreno and César Montes). On the other side, Valencia received 2 yellow cards (Mouctar Diakhaby and Fran Pérez).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Almería will have 2 points like Las Palmas to hold in the 20th place. On the other side, Valencia will have 10 points to sit in the 5th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the La Liga, Almería will host Las Palmas on the 29th of October with a 6-4 head to head in favor of Almería (9 draws).
Valencia will play away agasint Athletic Club on the 29th of October with a 14-13 head to head in favor of Valencia (14 draws).
Almería – Formation
![](https://cdn.sportmonks.com/images/soccer/teams/10/618.png)
Almería adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Vicente Moreno Peris decided to play with the following team: Luís Maximiano
, Chumi , César Montes , Edgar González , Sergio Akieme , Dion Lopy , Lucas Robertone , Adrián Embarba , Gonzalo Melero , Sergio Arribas and Luis Javier Suárez .The home team had on the bench: Diego Mariño, Kaiky, Arnau Puigmal, Léo Baptistão
, Fernando Martínez, Lázaro , Álex Centelles, Ibrahima Kone , Houboulang Mendes, Marciano Sanca, Iddrisu Baba and Largie Ramazani .Almería could not rely on the presence of Ibrahima Kone (injured), Largie Ramazani (injured), Iddrisu Baba (injured), Lázaro (injured) and Léo Baptistão (injured).
Substitutions
Almería made 5 changes: Dion Lopy for Ibrahima Kone (62′), Adrián Embarba for Largie Ramazani (46′), Lucas Robertone for Iddrisu Baba (76′), Luis Javier Suárez for Lázaro (75′) and Sergio Arribas for Léo Baptistão (85′).
Best player: Sergio Arribas
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Almería was Sergio Arribas.
His rating is
with 2 goals, 24 passes (75% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 10. He performed 2 crosses.Valencia – Formation
![](https://cdn.sportmonks.com/images/soccer/teams/22/214.png)
Also Valencia adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Rubén Baraja Vegas played with: Giorgi Mamardashvili
, Thierry Correia , Cristhian Mosquera , Mouctar Diakhaby , José Luis Gayà , Pepelu , Javier Guerra , Fran Pérez , André Almeida , Diego Lopez Noguerol and Hugo Duro .They had on the bench: Jaume Doménech, Hugo Guillamón
, Cristian Rivero, Cenk Özkaçar, Selim Amallah , Pablo Gozálbez , César Tárrega, Hugo González, Ruben Iranzo Lendinez and Mario Dominguez.Substitutions
Valencia made 5 changes: Fran Pérez for Selim Amallah (65′), Javier Guerra for Hugo Guillamón (65′), Diego Lopez Noguerol for Hugo González (90′), André Almeida for Pablo Gozálbez (87′) and Hugo Duro for Mario Dominguez (90′).
Best player: Giorgi Mamardashvili
The most impressive player for Valencia was the goalkeeper: Giorgi Mamardashvili. His rating is 8.47. He performed 8 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the La Liga.
- FC Barcelona – Celta de Vigo – 3-2
- Almería – Valencia – 2-2
- Osasuna – Sevilla – 0-0
- Girona – Mallorca – 5-3