LUGO. Lugo beat Almería to win 2-1. An own goal from C. Pita was decisive in the 88min. It was Lugo to strike first with an early goal of M. Barreiro at the 4′. Then C. Ramos De la Flor scored again for Lugo in the 23′ minute. Eventually, C. Pita reduced the distance for Almería an own goal (88′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Almería was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (76%).
Lugo remained in players after Juanpe received a red card in the 90′.
The match was played at the Estadio Anxo Carro stadium in Lugo on Wednesday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Gorka Sagues Oscoz with the support of Manuel López López and Asier Pérez de Mendiola González de Durana. The 4th official was Carlos Pérez Fernández. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 2.1 degrees Celsius or 35.78 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 100%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Almería had a superior ball possession 76% while Lugo was struggling with a 24% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Almería was more aggressive with 58 dangerous attacks and 24 shots of which 11 were on target. Nevertheless, Lugo managed to find the solution to win this match.
Lugo shot 5 times, 3 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, Almería shot 24 times, 11 on target, 13 off target.
Cards
Lugo received 4 yellow cards (R. Albes, J. A. Ros, Carrillo and R. Sanchez). Regarding the opposition, Almería received 5 yellow cards (Rubi, J. Nieto, S. Babic, L. Ramazani and Curro).
(Lugo) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (90′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Lugo will have 30 points like Huesca to remain in the 13th place. Regarding the opposition, Almería will stay with 46 points to sit in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the La Liga 2, Lugo will play away against Girona on the 23rd of January with a 8-3 head to head stats in favor of Girona (5 draws).
Almería will host SD Eibar on the 24th of January with a 2-2 head to head record.
Lugo – Formation
Lugo
77'
90'
90'
23'
Lugo started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
The manager Rubén Albés Yáñez decided to play with the following team: Óscar Whalley , Ricard Sánchez , Diego Alende , Juan Antonio Ros , Orest Lebedenko , Xavi Torres , Gerard Valentín , Juanpe , Josep Señé , Chris Ramos and Manu Barreiro .
The home team had on the bench: Fernando Seoane, José Ángel Carrillo , Joselu, Fran Barbosa, Hugo Rama, Sebas Moyano, Jaume Cuellar Mendoza , Carlos Pita , Alberto Rodríguez, Edu Campabadal and Iriome Gonzalez.
Lugo could not rely on the presence of J. Cuellar (injured) and C. Pita (injured).
Substitutions
Lugo made 4 changes: M. Barreiro for Carrillo (62′), C. Ramos De la Flor for J. Cuellar (71′), D. Alende for C. Pita (77′) and G. Valentin for E. Campabadal (77′).
Best player: Óscar Whalley
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Lugo was the goalkeeper: Óscar Whalley. His rating is 7.50. He performed 7 saves.
Almería – Formation
Almería
Almería started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Joan Francesc Ferrer Sicilia played with: Fernando Martínez , Juanjo Nieto , Chumi , Srđan Babić , Álex Centelles , César de la Hoz , Samuel Costa , Alejandro Pozo , Lucas Robertone , Arvin Appiah and Largie Ramazani .
These were the players on the bench: Curro , Javi Robles, Giorgi Makaridze, Arnau Puigmal , Francisco Portillo , Raúl Caballero , Sergio Akieme Rodriguez , Iván Martos, Aitor Buñuel and Carlos Gilbert Herrera.
Substitutions
Almería made 5 changes: C. de la Hoz for Curro (46′), J. Nieto for F. Portillo (46′), A. Centelles for A. Puigmal (71′), L. Robertone for S. Akieme (72′) and A. Appiah for R. Caballero (80′).
Best player: Alejandro Pozo
The most impressive player for Almería was Alejandro Pozo.
His rating is with 58 passes (79% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 14. He performed 6 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the La Liga 2.
