CORNELLA DE LLOBREGAT. Espanyol manages to recover against SD Eibar with a goal on the J. Bautista 6′ and an own goal from J. Puado 90′.

The match was played at the RCDE Stadium stadium in Cornella de Llobregat on Friday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was José Antonio López Toca who had the assistance of David Ortiz Calderón and José Miguel Bordoy Homar. The 4th official was Francisco José Ortega Herrera. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was pleasant at 17.21 degrees Celsius or 62.98 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 44%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

The ball possession was not so different. Espanyol was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. SD Eibar that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.

Attitude and shots

SD Eibar had a more offensive attitude with 44 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 4 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough SD Eibar to win the encounter​.

Espanyol shot 13 times, 5 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, SD Eibar shot 13 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Espanyol didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, SD Eibar received 1 yellow card (Álvaro Tejero).

Standings

After playing this contest, Espanyol will have 24 points like Sporting Gijón to sit in the 3rd place. Talking about the opposition, SD Eibar will have 26 points to sit in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga 2, Espanyol will host Sporting Gijón on the 5th of May with a 6-6 head to head stats.

SD Eibar will host Real Oviedo on the 2nd of June with a 3-0 head to head in favor of SD Eibar (4 draws).

Espanyol – Formation

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

The manager Luis García Fernández decided to play with the following team: Fernando Pacheco (7.0), Jofre Carreras (7.0), Sergi Gómez (7.0), José Gragera (7.0), Víctor Ruiz (6.8), Brian Oliván (7.3), Javi Puado (7.7), Edu Expósito (7.1), Álvaro Aguado (6.7), Pere Milla (6.4) and Martin Braithwaite (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Joan García, Óscar Gil (6.0), Leandro Cabrera (7.0), Keita Baldé, Ramon (6.6), José Carlos Lazo, Salvi (6.7), Roger Martínez (6.4), Marc Jurado, Angel Fortuno and Omar Sadik.

Espanyol could not rely on the presence of Leandro Cabrera (injured), Salvi (injured) and Roger Martínez (injured).

Substitutions

Espanyol made 5 changes: Víctor Ruiz for Leandro Cabrera (49′), Pere Milla for Salvi (76′), Edu Expósito for Óscar Gil (82′), Jofre Carreras for Ramon (82′) and José Gragera for Roger Martínez (82′).

Best player: Javi Puado​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Espanyol was Javi Puado.

His rating is (7.7) with 2 goals, 32 passes (84% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 10.

SD Eibar – Formation

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

Joseba Andoni Etxeberria Lizardi played with: Luca Zidane (7.0), Álvaro Tejero (6.4), Juan Berrocal (7.0), Anaitz Arbilla (7.0), José Antonio Ríos (6.7), Sergio Álvarez (7.1), Matheus Pereira (7.3), Ager Aketxe (7.1), Mario Soriano (6.4), Stoichkov (6.8) and Jon Bautista (7.5).

They had on the bench: Cristian Gutiérrez (6.8), Frederico Venâncio, Quique, Yanis Rahmani (7.3), Jorge Yriarte, Yoel Rodríguez, Unai Vencedor (7.0), José Corpas (7.0), Stefan Simić, Konrad de la Fuente (6.7) and Angel Troncho.

SD Eibar could not rely on the presence of Unai Vencedor (injured).

Substitutions

SD Eibar made 5 changes: Álvaro Tejero for José Corpas (66′), José Antonio Ríos for Cristian Gutiérrez (77′), Matheus Pereira for Unai Vencedor (77′), Mario Soriano for Konrad de la Fuente (83′) and Jon Bautista for Yanis Rahmani (83′).

Best player: Jon Bautista​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for SD Eibar was Jon Bautista.

His rating is (7.5) with 1 goal, 21 passes (57% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 19.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the La Liga 2.​

• Espanyol – SD Eibar – 2-2