Almería and Granada draws a exciting match 3-3 on Sunday. HIGHLIGHTS

ALMERIA. Almería and Granada played an incredible match before drawing 3-3.

October 2, 2023

ALMERIA. Almería and Granada played an incredible match before drawing 3-3.

Antonio Puertas missed a decisive penalty (57′). That would have allowed Granada to win the match.

Antonio Puertas didn’t convert 1 penalty (57′) for Granada.

The match was played at the Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos stadium in Almeria on Sunday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. In front of 14,264 spectators. The referee was Pablo González Fuertes who had the assistance of Israel Bárcena Rodríguez and Rubén Porras Rico. The 4th official was Fernando Bueno Prieto. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was hot at 28.03 degrees Celsius or 82.45 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 46%.

Match Statistics

Almería

3 - 3

Granada

49 Ball Possession 51

Shots

17 Total 19
6 On Target 4
9 Off Target 11
3 Shots blocked 5

97 Attack 87
43 Dangerous attack 42
59 Ball safe 72

0 Penalties 2
1 Corners 5

Fouls

18 Total 14
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Almería was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Granada that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Almería was more aggressive with 43 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 6 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Almería to win the match.

Almería shot 17 times, 6 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, Granada shot 19 times, 4 on target, 11 off target.

Cards

Almería received 2 yellow cards (Arnau Puigmal and Sergio Akieme). Talking about the opposition, Granada received 2 yellow cards (Gonzalo Villar and Francisco López Fernández).

Match Timeline

Iddrisu Baba- sub ->Edgar González

34'

Luis Javier Suárez(goal)Largie Ramazani

41'

Luis Javier Suárez(goal)Largie Ramazani

44'

Luis Javier Suárez(goal)Largie Ramazani

45'

46'

Miguel Rubio- sub ->Ignasi Miquel

46'

Gonzalo Villar- sub ->Sergio Ruiz Alonso

Sergio Arribas- sub ->Léo Baptistão

49'

Adrián Embarba- sub ->Largie Ramazani

49'

57'

Antonio Puertas- missed penaltyAntonio Puertas

65'

66'

70'

Ricard Sánchez(goal)Antonio Puertas

73'

Myrto Uzuni - sub ->Antonio Puertas

82'

Ibrahima Koné- sub ->Luis Javier Suárez

83'

Alejandro Pozo- sub ->Arnau Puigmal

84'

86'

Myrto Uzuni (goal)Lucas Boyé

88'

Gonzalo Villar- Yellow

89'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this match, Almería will have 3 points to sit in the 20th place. On the other side, Granada will have 5 points like Celta de Vigo and Las Palmas to remain in the 19th 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 stats in favor of Almería (9 draws).

Granada will host FC Barcelona on the 8th of October with a 14-3 head to head stats in favor of FC Barcelona (2 draws).

Almería – Formation

Almería

Luís Maximiano 25.Portugal

6.8

Kaiky 2.Brazil

6.3

Arnau Puigmal 8.Spain

6.3

84'

65'

Sergio Akieme 15.Spain

6.4

82'

Chumi 21.Spain

6.4

César Montes 22.Mexico

Gonzalo Melero 11.Spain

6.8

Edgar González 3.Spain

7.1

34'

Dion Lopy 6.Senegal

6.8

Léo Baptistão 12.Brazil

7.3

49'

Largie Ramazani 7.Belgium

8.4

49'

Luis Javier Suárez 9.Colombia

10.2

83'

41', 44', 45'

Substitutes

Diego Mariño 1.Spain

Fernando Martínez 13.Spain

Alejandro Pozo 17.Spain

6.6

84'

Álex Centelles 20.Spain

Iddrisu Baba 4.Ghana

6.3

34'

Sergio Arribas 19.Spain

7.0

49'

Lázaro 14.Brazil

Ibrahima Koné 23.Mali

6.8

83'

Marezi 29.Serbia

Marciano Sanca 34.Guinea-Bissau

Adrián Embarba 10.Spain

6.4

49'

Almería started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Vicente Moreno Peris decided to play with the following team: César Montes, Luís Maximiano (6.8), Arnau Puigmal (6.3), Kaiky (6.3), Chumi (6.4), Sergio Akieme (6.4), Gonzalo Melero (6.8), Edgar González (7.1), Dion Lopy (6.8), Léo Baptistão (7.3), Luis Javier Suárez (10.2) and Largie Ramazani (8.4).

The home team had on the bench: Iddrisu Baba (6.3), Adrián Embarba (6.4), Sergio Arribas (7.0), Diego Mariño, Fernando Martínez, Lázaro, Alejandro Pozo (6.6), Álex Centelles, Ibrahima Kone (6.8), Paco Sanz Mora, Marko Milovanović and Marciano Sanca.

Almería could not rely on the presence of Sergio Arribas (injured) and Ibrahima Kone (injured).

Substitutions

Almería made 5 changes: Léo Baptistão for Sergio Arribas (49′), Largie Ramazani for Adrián Embarba (49′), Arnau Puigmal for Alejandro Pozo (84′), Luis Javier Suárez for Ibrahima Kone (83′) and Edgar González for Iddrisu Baba (34′).

Best player: Largie Ramazani

The most impressive player for Almería was Largie Ramazani.

His rating is (8.4) with 12 passes (58% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 11. He performed 2 crosses.

Granada – Formation

Granada

André Ferreira 13.Portugal

7.0

Raúl Torrente 28.Spain

6.3

Ricard Sánchez 12.Spain

7.5

70'

Ignasi Miquel 14.Spain

6.1

46'

Carlos Neva 15.Spain

6.6

Sergio Ruiz 20.Spain

6.4

46'

José Callejón 9.Spain

6.4

46'

Antonio Puertas 10.Spain

6.7

73'

Gerard Gumbau 23.Spain

6.3

Bryan Zaragoza 26.Spain

8.2

66'

Lucas Boyé 7.Argentina

7.5

89'

Substitutes

Adri López 31.Spain

Miguel Rubio 4.Spain

7.3

46'

Álvaro Fernández 33.Spain

7.1

46'

Víctor Díaz 16.Spain

Njegoš Petrović 18.Serbia

Gonzalo Villar 24.Spain

7.5

46'

88'

Óscar Melendo 21.Spain

Myrto Uzuni 11.Albania

7.5

73'

86'

Shon Weissman 17.Israel

6.4

89'

F. Diédhiou 19.Senegal

Alberto Perea 22.Spain

Granada started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Francisco José López Fernández played with: André Ferreira (7.0), Ricard Sánchez (7.5), Ignasi Miquel (6.1), Raúl Torrente (6.3), Carlos Neva (6.6), José Callejón (6.4), Sergio Ruiz Alonso (6.4), Gerard Gumbau (6.3), Bryan Zaragoza (8.2), Antonio Puertas (6.7), Lucas Boyé (7.5).

These were the players on the bench: Víctor Díaz, Óscar Melendo, Miguel Rubio (7.3), Myrto Uzuni (7.5), Shon Weissman (6.4), Njegoš Petrović, Famara Diédhiou, Alberto Perea, Gonzalo Villar (7.5), Adri López and Álvaro Fernández (7.1).

Granada could not rely on the presence of Álvaro Fernández (injured) and Gonzalo Villar (injured).

Substitutions

Granada made 5 changes: Antonio Puertas for Myrto Uzuni (73′), Lucas Boyé for Shon Weissman (89′), José Callejón for Álvaro Fernández (46′), Ignasi Miquel for Miguel Rubio (46′) and Sergio Ruiz Alonso for Gonzalo Villar (46′).