GRANADA. Granada overcome Deportivo Alavés to win 2-1. A goal from S. Arias was decisive in the 86min. It was Granada to strike first with a goal of A. Puertas at the 14′. Then it was an own goal in the 81′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, S. Arias gave the win to Granada in the 86′ minute with a goal. Deportivo Alavés lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes stadium in Granada on Friday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. In front of 13,511 spectators.​ The referee was Javier Alberola Rojas who was helped by Roberto Alonso Fernández and Iván Hernández Ramos. The 4th official was Albert Catalá Ferrán. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 2 degrees Celsius or 35.56 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 61%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Deportivo Alavés had a strong ball possession 56% while Granada was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Granada was was putting more pressure with 44 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 2 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Granada won the match​.

Granada shot 8 times, 2 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Deportivo Alavés shot 15 times, 3 on target, 12 off target.

Cards

Granada received 2 yellow cards (L. Abram and Y. Eteki). Regarding the opposition, Deportivo Alavés received 2 yellow cards (V. Laguardia and J. Lopez).

Standings

After this contest, Granada will have 15 points to remain in the 15th place. Regarding the opposition, Deportivo Alavés will stay with 14 points to remain in the 16th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga, Granada will host Mallorca on the 19th of December with a 5-1 head to head statistic in favor of Granada (3 draws).

Deportivo Alavés will play away agasint Rayo Vallecano on the 18th of December with a 3-1 head to head record in favor of Rayo Vallecano (0 draws).

Granada – Formation

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

The manager Robert Moreno decided to play with the following team: Luis Maximiano (6.8), Quini (6.5), Luis Abram (6.2), Raúl Torrente (6.4), Carlos Neva (7.3), Antonio Puertas (7.1), Luis Milla (7.5), Maxime Gonalons (7.1), Sergio Escudero (6.4), Luis Javier Suárez (6.8) and Jorge Molina (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Santiago Arias (7.2), Alberto Soro (7.0), Sergio Barcia, Pepe Sánchez, Bryan Zaragoza, Aarón Escandell, Adrián Butzke, Carlos Bacca, Monchu (6.4) and Yan Eteki (6.2).

Substitutions

Granada made 4 changes: S. Escudero for Y. Eteki (61′), J. Molina for A. Soro (71′), L. Milla for Monchu (80′) and A. Puertas for S. Arias (80′).

Best player: Luis Milla​

The most impressive player for Granada was Luis Milla even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.5) with 35 passes (88% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 7. He performed 6 crosses.

Deportivo Alavés – Formation

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

Javier Calleja Revilla played with: Fernando Pacheco (6.1), Martín Aguirregabiria (7.1), Víctor Laguardia (6.8), Florian Lejeune (7.1), Javi López (6.5), Pere Pons (6.6), Mamadou Loum (7.0), Toni Moya (6.3), Edgar Méndez (6.2), Joselu (7.1) and Luis Rioja (7.7).

These were the players on the bench: Iván Martín, John Guidetti, Mamadou Sylla (6.7), Matthew Miazga, Miguel De La Fuente, Abdelkabir Abqar, Saúl García, Facundo Pellistri (6.2), Alberto Rodríguez, Tomás Pina (6.5), Antonio Sivera and Manu García (6.9).

Substitutions

Deportivo Alavés made 4 changes: T. Moya for M. Garcia (57′), M. Ndiaye for T. Pina (71′), E. Mendez for F. Pellistri (71′) and P. Pons for M. Sylla (78′).

Best player: Luis Rioja​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Deportivo Alavés was Luis Rioja.

His rating is (7.7) with 24 passes (87% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Granada – Deportivo Alavés – 2-1