VILLARREAL. Sporting Gijón was in the end too good for Villarreal II with the goal of Juan Otero (4′), Víctor Campuzano (57′) and José Ángel (72′). Villarreal II lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Ciudad Deportiva del Villarreal stadium in Villarreal on Saturday and it started at 4:15 pm local time. The referee was Salvador Lax Franco with the support of Manuel López López and Carlos Grande Rabadán. The 4th official was Pablo Monterrubio Torres. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 20.98 degrees Celsius or 69.76 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 48%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Villarreal II was in firm control of the ball 56% while Sporting Gijón was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Villarreal II was more aggressive with 56 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 6 were on target. Anyway, Sporting Gijón managed to find the solution to win this contest.​

Villarreal II shot 22 times, 6 on target, 11 off target. On the opposite side, Sporting Gijón shot 10 times, 6 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

None of the teams received any yellow card.

Standings

After this match, Villarreal II will stay with 13 points to sit in the 18th place. On the opposite side, Sporting Gijón will have 27 points to remain in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga 2, Villarreal II will play away against Sporting Gijón on the 28th of April with a 2-1 head to head in favor of Sporting Gijón (0 draws).

Sporting Gijón will play away agasint Eldense on the 2nd of June with a 0-0 head to head.

Villarreal II – Formation

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

The manager Miguel Álvarez Jurado decided to play with the following team: Miguel Ángel Morro (6.3), Lanchi (6.3), Stefan Leković (6.4), Abraham del Moral (6.7), Dani Tasende (7.9), Diego Collado (6.7), Carlo García (7.1), Daniel Requena (7.0), Javi Ontiveros (8.5), Andrés Ferrari (7.1) and Alex Forés (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Iker Álvarez, Aitor Gelardo (6.8), Marcos Sánchez (6.7), Rodri Alonso (6.8), Tiago Geralnik (6.8), Víctor Moreno (6.7), Facundo Viveros, Pau Navarro Badenes and Rubén Gómez.

Substitutions

Villarreal II made 5 changes: Andrés Ferrari for Víctor Moreno (70′), Carlo García for Aitor Gelardo (79′), Daniel Requena for Rodri Alonso (78′), Lanchi for Marcos Sánchez (79′) and Diego Collado for Tiago Geralnik (70′).

Best player: Javi Ontiveros​

The player that probably impressed the most for Villarreal II was Javi Ontiveros.

His rating is (8.5) with 50 passes (70% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 26. He performed 16 crosses.

Sporting Gijón – Formation

Sporting Gijón started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Miguel Ángel Ramírez played with: Rubén Yáñez (8.2), Pablo Insua (7.1), Carlos Izquierdoz (7.3), Róber Pier (7.5), Guille Rosas (7.1), Ignacio Méndez (6.8), Cristian Rivera (7.7), Gaspar Campos (7.1), José Ángel (9.4), Juan Otero (7.5) and Víctor Campuzano (7.0).

These were the players on the bench: Pablo García, Ignacio Martín, Francisco Villalba (6.4), Dani Queipo, Jonathan Varane (6.7), Christian Sanchez, Ignacio Jeraldino, Roque Mesa (6.8), Diego Sánchez (6.8), Uroš Đurđević (6.8), Enol Coto and Alejandro Lozano.

Substitutions

Sporting Gijón made 5 changes: Ignacio Méndez for Jonathan Varane (60′), Víctor Campuzano for Uroš Đurđević (60′), Cristian Rivera for Francisco Villalba (74′), Pablo Insua for Diego Sánchez (78′) and Gaspar Campos for Roque Mesa (74′).

Best player: José Ángel​

The most impressive player for Sporting Gijón was José Ángel.

His rating is (9.4) with 1 goal, 36 passes (97% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 4. He performed 5 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Villarreal II – Sporting Gijón – 0-3
• Levante – Mirandés – 2-2
• Real Valladolid – Tenerife – 2-0
• Albacete – Elche – 1-1