VALENCIA. Valencia conquers Granada 1-0 after Pepelu scored a penalty (45′).
The match was played at the Estadio de Mestalla stadium in Valencia on Sunday and it started at 10:15 am local time. The referee was Víctor García Verdura who had the assistance of Joan Méndez Mateo and Julián Villaseñor Julián. The 4th official was David López Jiménez. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was pleasant at 23.48 degrees Celsius or 74.26 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 61%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Valencia was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Granada that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Granada was more pushing with 79 dangerous attacks and 6 shots of which 1 were on target. Anyhow, Valencia was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Valencia shot 11 times, 2 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Granada shot 6 times, 1 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Valencia received 3 yellow cards (Javier Guerra, Gabriel Paulista and Diego Lopez Noguerol). Regarding the opposition, Granada received 5 yellow cards (Raúl Torrente, Ricard Sánchez, Bryan Zaragoza, Gonzalo Villar and Gerard Gumbau).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Valencia will have 18 points like Rayo Vallecano to remain in the 8th place. Regarding the opposition, Granada will stay with 6 points to sit in the 19th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the La Liga, Valencia will play away against Celta de Vigo on the 26th of May with a 17-9 head to head record in favor of Valencia (2 draws).
Granada will host Celta de Vigo on the 19th of May with a 10-2 head to head stats in favor of Celta de Vigo (8 draws).
Valencia – Formation
Valencia started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Rubén Baraja Vegas decided to play with the following team: Giorgi Mamardashvili , Thierry Correia , Cristhian Mosquera , Gabriel Paulista , José Luis Gayà , Fran Pérez , Pepelu , Javier Guerra , Selim Amallah , Diego Lopez Noguerol and Hugo Duro .
The home team had on the bench: Roman Yaremchuk, Jaume Doménech, Hugo Guillamón , Sergi Canós , Cristian Rivero, Dimitri Foulquier , Pablo Gozálbez, César Tárrega, Hugo González and Yarek Gasiorowski.
Valencia could not rely on the presence of Sergi Canós (injured).
Substitutions
Valencia made 5 changes: Selim Amallah for Sergi Canós (24′), Hugo Duro for Hugo Guillamón (73′), Pepelu for Roman Yaremchuk (89′), Cristhian Mosquera for Yarek Gasiorowski (90′) and Sergi Canós for Dimitri Foulquier (73′).
Best player: Cristhian Mosquera
The most impressive player for Valencia was Cristhian Mosquera even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 63 passes (92% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 7.
Granada – Formation
Granada started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Francisco José López Fernández played with: André Ferreira , Ricard Sánchez , Ignasi Miquel , Raúl Torrente , Carlos Neva , Gonzalo Villar , Gerard Gumbau , Bryan Zaragoza , Óscar Melendo , Lucas Boyé and Myrto Uzuni .
They had on the bench: Antonio Puertas , Sergio Ruiz Alonso , Álvaro Fernández , Wilson Manafá , José Callejón , Víctor Díaz, Shon Weissman, Njegoš Petrović, Famara Diédhiou, Alberto Perea, Adri López and Adria Miquel Bosch Sanchis.
Granada could not rely on the presence of Antonio Puertas (injured).
Substitutions
Granada made 5 changes: Gerard Gumbau for Sergio Ruiz Alonso (73′), Óscar Melendo for Antonio Puertas (73′), Carlos Neva for Álvaro Fernández (73′), Ricard Sánchez for Wilson Manafá (82′) and Myrto Uzuni for José Callejón (82′).
Best player: Gerard Gumbau
The player that probably impressed the most for Granada was Gerard Gumbau.
His rating is with 32 passes (84% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 4. He performed 2 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the La Liga.
- Villarreal – Athletic Club – 2-3
- Deportivo Alavés – Almería – 1-0
- Valencia – Granada – 1-0
- Real Madrid – Rayo Vallecano – 0-0