VALENCIA. Valencia tops Cádiz with a 2-0 win with a goal from J. Luis (4′) and a goal from H. Duro (25′). Valencia was truly better in terms of ball possession (62%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Estadio de Mestalla stadium in Valencia on Monday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. In front of 41,647 spectators.​ The referee was Pablo González Fuertes with the collaboration of Israel Bárcena Rodríguez and Ignacio Alonso López. The 4th official was David López Jiménez. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 22.13 degrees Celsius or 71.83 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 62%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Valencia was in firm control of the ball 62% while Cádiz was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Valencia was more aggressive with 52 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Valencia won the match​.

Valencia shot 12 times, 4 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Cádiz shot 5 times, 4 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Valencia didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Cádiz received 3 yellow cards (Rubén Sobrino, Fali and Lucas Pires).

Also, Cádiz didn’t end the match with 11 players after Robert Navarro (Cádiz) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (22′).

Standings

After playing this match, Valencia will have 14 points like Real Betis to sit in the 8th place. On the other side, Cádiz will stay with 9 points like Sevilla, Villarreal and Deportivo Alavés to remain in the 16th 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).

Cádiz will host Sevilla on the 28th of October with a 9-2 head to head in favor of Sevilla (4 draws).

Valencia – Formation

Valencia started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Rubén Baraja Vegas decided to play with the following team: Giorgi Mamardashvili (7.8), Thierry Correia (7.7), Cristhian Mosquera (6.7), Gabriel Paulista (7.3), José Luis Gayà (7.5), Pepelu (7.9), Javier Guerra (6.8), Fran Pérez (7.1), Diego Lopez Noguerol (7.3), Selim Amallah (7.3) and Hugo Duro (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Cenk Özkaçar, Jaume Doménech, Hugo Guillamón (6.6), Cristian Rivero, Roman Yaremchuk (6.8), Dimitri Foulquier (7.0), Pablo Gozálbez (6.6), Hugo González (6.6) and Yarek Gasiorowski.

Substitutions

Valencia made 5 changes: Selim Amallah for Hugo Guillamón (65′), Thierry Correia for Dimitri Foulquier (75′), Hugo Duro for Roman Yaremchuk (75′), Diego Lopez Noguerol for Pablo Gozálbez (84′) and Fran Pérez for Hugo González (84′).

Best player: Pepelu​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Valencia was Pepelu even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.9) with 86 passes (90% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 11. He performed 2 crosses.

Cádiz – Formation

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

Sergio González Soriano played with: Jeremías Ledesma (7.3), Iza Carcelén (6.6), Jorge Meré (6.4), Fali (7.0), Javier Hernández (6.6), Iván Alejo (6.4), Gonzalo Escalante (6.6), Rominigue Kouamé (7.5), Robert Navarro (3.8), Chris Ramos (7.0) and Maximiliano Gómez (6.7).

They had on the bench: Joseba Zaldúa, José Mari, Álex Fernández (7.0), Álvaro Negredo, David Gil, Sergi Guardiola (6.8), Roger Martí (7.0), Lucas Pires (6.4), Alejandro García Morata and Rubén Sobrino (6.7).

Substitutions

Cádiz made 5 changes: Iván Alejo for Álex Fernández (46′), Jorge Meré for Lucas Pires (46′), Maximiliano Gómez for Sergi Guardiola (65′), Gonzalo Escalante for Rubén Sobrino (78′) and Chris Ramos for Roger Martí (65′).

Best player: Rominigue Kouamé​

The most impressive player for Cádiz was Rominigue Kouamé.

His rating is (7.5) with 33 passes (97% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 8.

Results of the day

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

• Valencia – Cádiz – 2-0