GIRONA. Girona managed to find the solution against Valencia to win 2-1. C. Stuani was the star player for his team after scoring 2 goals. All goals were scored in the second half. It was Valencia to strike first with a goal of Hugo Duro at the 56′. Then it was a goal in the 82′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Cristhian Stuani gave the win to Girona in the 88′ minute scoring a double. Girona was decisively better in terms of ball possession (76%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Estadi Municipal de Montilivi stadium in Girona on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. In front of 13,343 spectators. The referee was Javier Iglesias Villanueva with the collaboration of Jorge Bueno Mateo and Antonio Luis Cerezo Parfenof. The 4th official was Juan Antonio Manrique Antequera. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 12.3 degrees Celsius or 54.14 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 66%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Girona was in firm control of the ball 76% while Valencia was struggling with a 24% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Girona was putting more pressure with 92 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Girona won the match.
Girona shot 9 times, 5 on target, 0 off target. On the other side, Valencia shot 9 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Girona received 3 yellow cards (Sávio, Daley Blind and Yan Couto). Talking about the opposition, Valencia received 3 yellow cards (Gabriel Paulista, Yarek Gasiorowski and Hugo Duro).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Girona will have 38 points like Real Madrid to remain in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, Valencia will stay with 19 points like Getafe and Rayo Vallecano to remain in the 9th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the La Liga, Girona will play away against Deportivo Alavés on the 12th of May with a 5-5 head to head record.
Valencia will play away agasint Celta de Vigo on the 26th of May with a 17-9 head to head stats in favor of Valencia (3 draws).
Girona – Formation
Girona
75'
36'
82', 88'Girona started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Miguel Ángel Sánchez Muñoz decided to play with the following team: Paulo Gazzaniga , Eric García , David López , Daley Blind , Miguel Gutiérrez , Yangel Herrera , Aleix García , Iván Martín , Viktor Tsygankov , Artem Dovbyk and Sávio .
The home team had on the bench: Arnau Martínez, Cristhian Stuani , Juan Carlos, Bernardo Espinosa, Ibrahima Kébé , Valery Fernández, Juanpe, Pablo Torre , Yan Couto , Jhon Solis, Portu and Toni Fuidias.
Girona could not rely on the presence of Pablo Torre (injured).
Substitutions
Girona made 4 changes: Yangel Herrera for Pablo Torre (13′), David López for Cristhian Stuani (75′), Pablo Torre for Yan Couto (81′) and Iván Martín for Portu (82′).
Player of the match: Cristhian Stuani
The player that probably impressed the most for Girona was Cristhian Stuani.
His rating is with 2 goals, 3 passes (67% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 3.
His performance was fantastic also because he commenced the match from the bench before entering in the 75′.
Valencia – Formation
Valencia
Valencia started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Rubén Baraja Vegas played with: Giorgi Mamardashvili , Thierry Correia , Cristhian Mosquera , Gabriel Paulista , Yarek Gasiorowski , Dimitri Foulquier , Pepelu , Javier Guerra , Fran Pérez , Diego Lopez Noguerol and Hugo Duro .
They had on the bench: Mouctar Diakhaby , Sergi Canós , Jaume Doménech, Hugo Guillamón, Cristian Rivero, Cenk Özkacar , Roman Yaremchuk , Selim Amallah , Jesús Vázquez , Pablo Gozálbez and Marco Camus.
Substitutions
Valencia made 5 changes: Diego Lopez Noguerol for Sergi Canós (84′), Dimitri Foulquier for Selim Amallah (84′), Hugo Duro for Roman Yaremchuk (84′), Fran Pérez for Mouctar Diakhaby (67′) and Yarek Gasiorowski for Jesús Vázquez (89′).
Player of the match: Diego Lopez Noguerol
The player that probably impressed the most for Valencia was Diego Lopez Noguerol.
His rating is with 7 passes (57% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 4 duels out of 7. He performed 3 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the La Liga.
- Athletic Club – Rayo Vallecano – 4-0
- Real Madrid – Granada – 2-0
- Osasuna – Real Sociedad – 1-1
- Girona – Valencia – 2-1
