CáDIZ. Cádiz comes back against Espanyol with a goal on the M. Morlanes 10′ and a goal on the R. de 90′.

The match was played at the Estadio Nuevo Mirandilla stadium in Cádiz on Tuesday and it started at 9:30 pm local time. The referee was Alejandro Muñíz Ruiz assisted by Alfredo Rodríguez Moreno and Israel Bárcena Rodríguez. The 4th official was Antonio Alberola Rojas. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 7.3 degrees Celsius or 45.07 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 94%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

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

Attitude and shots

Espanyol was more aggressive with 41 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 7 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Espanyol to win the match​.

Cádiz shot 10 times, 7 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Espanyol shot 14 times, 7 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Cádiz received 4 yellow cards (Fali, A. Espino, I. Alejo and J. Ledesma). Regarding the opposition, Espanyol received 1 yellow card (L. Cabrera).

Standings

After playing this match, Cádiz will have 15 points to remain in the 19th place. Regarding the opposition, Espanyol will have 27 points to hold in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga, Cádiz will play away with Levante on the 22nd of January with a 2-0 head to head stats in favor of Levante (7 draws).

Espanyol will host Real Betis on the 21st of January with a 8-7 head to head in favor of Espanyol (12 draws).

Cádiz – Formation

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

The manager Sergio González Soriano decided to play with the following team: Jeremías Ledesma (7.4), Isaac Carcelén (6.2), Fali (6.3), Juan Cala (6.4), Alfonso Espino (6.7), Salvi (6.2), Álex Fernandez (6.6), Fede San Emeterio (6.8), Alberto Perea (6.8), Anthony Lozano (6.3) and Álvaro Negredo (8.2).

The home team had on the bench: Varazdat Haroyan, Raúl Parra (6.1), Ivan Chapela, Álvaro Bastida, Santiago Arzamendia (6.4), Iván Alejo (7.2), Víctor Chust (6.4), Milutin Osmajić, Álvaro Jiménez, Rubén Sobrino (6.8), Florin Andone and David Gil.

Cádiz could not rely on the presence of R. Parra (injured) and I. Alejo (injured).

Substitutions

Cádiz made 4 changes: J. Cala for V. Chust (46′), A. Perea for S. Arzamendia (68′), C. Lozano for R. Sobrino (73′) and I. Carcelen for R. Parra (78′).

Best player: Álvaro Negredo​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Cádiz was Álvaro Negredo.

His rating is (8.2) with 1 goal, 20 passes (55% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross.

Espanyol – Formation

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

Vicente Moreno Peris played with: Diego López (6.4), Óscar Gil (7.0), Sergi Gómez (6.6), Fernando Calero (7.1), Leandro Cabrera (6.3), Sergi Darder (8.5), Manuel Morlanes (7.8), Adrián Embarba (7.1), Óscar Melendo (7.5), Javi Puado (6.7) and Raúl de Tomás (7.3).

They had on the bench: Landry Dimata, Wu Lei, Miguelón, Fran Mérida, Roger Martínez, Aleix Vidal (6.4), David López, Loren Morón (6.4), Ruben Sanchez Saez, Jofre, Nicolás Melamed (6.7) and Joan Garcia.

Espanyol could not rely on the presence of L. Cabrera (injured) and D. Lopez (injured).

Substitutions

Espanyol made 5 changes: O. Gil for A. Vidal (64′), O. Gil for A. Vidal (64′), A. Embarba for N. Melamed (65′), O. Melendo for L. Moron (83′) and F. Calero for D. Lopez (90′).

Best player: Sergi Darder​

The most impressive player for Espanyol was Sergi Darder.

His rating is (8.5) with 53 passes (73% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 9. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Real Betis – Deportivo Alavés – 4-0
• Cádiz – Espanyol – 2-2