VILLARREAL. Villarreal II overcomes Real Valladolid 1-0 after A. Forés scored just 1 goal (22′). Real Valladolid lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the Estadio de la Cerámica stadium in Villarreal on Monday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Raúl Martín González Francés with the help of Christian Arlex Valverde Monsalve and Álvaro Yeray Carreño Cabrera. The 4th official was David López Jiménez. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was cold at 13.86 degrees Celsius or 56.95 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 39%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Real Valladolid was in firm control of the ball 60% while Villarreal II was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Real Valladolid was more pushing with 73 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 5 were on target. Anyhow, Villarreal II managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Villarreal II shot 11 times, 3 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Real Valladolid shot 17 times, 5 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Villarreal II received 1 yellow card (Carlos Romero). On the opposite side, Real Valladolid received 5 yellow cards (Isra Sala, Raúl Moro, Stanko Jurić, Anuar and Anuar).

Standings

After playing this match, Villarreal II has 23 points like FC Andorra to sit in the 18th place. Talking about the opposition, Real Valladolid will stays with 35 points to hold in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga 2, Villarreal II will host Real Oviedo on the 21st of December with a 2-0 head to head stats in favor of Villarreal II (0 draws).

Real Valladolid will host Racing Ferrol on the 21st of December with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Real Valladolid (1 draw).

Villarreal II – Formation

Villarreal II adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Miguel Álvarez Jurado decided to play with the following team: Iker Álvarez (8.4), Lanchi (6.4), Stefan Leković (7.3), Pablo Iñiguez  (7.5), Dani Tasende (7.3), Javi Ontiveros (7.0), Aitor Gelardo (7.0), Carlo García (7.5), Carlos Romero (7.0), Alex Forés (7.0) and Jorge Pascual (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Abraham del Moral, Alberto del Moral (6.7), Miguel Ángel Morro, Marcos Sánchez, Fabio Blanco, Rodri Alonso (7.0), Tiago Geralnik, Andrés Ferrari, Daniel Requena (6.8), Antonio Espigares and Rubén Gómez.

Substitutions

Villarreal II made 5 changes: Aitor Gelardo for Daniel Requena (79′), Carlos Romero for Alberto del Moral (58′), Alex Forés for Rodri Alonso (79′), Lanchi for Antonio Espigares (90′) and Javi Ontiveros for Andrés Ferrari (90′).

Player of the match: Iker Álvarez​

The player that probably impressed the most for Villarreal II was the goalkeeper: Iker Álvarez. His rating is 8.36. He performed 6 saves.

Real Valladolid – Formation

Also Real Valladolid adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Paulo César Pezzolano Suárez played with: Jordi Masip (7.0), Luis Pérez (6.7), Flavien Boyomo (7.1), David Torres (7.0), Lucas Rosa (7.7), Iván Sánchez (7.0), Monchu (7.5), Stanko Jurić (7.1), Raúl Moro (8.5), Kenedy (7.7) and Isra Sala (6.4).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Víctor Meseguer (6.8), Gustavo Henrique , César de la Hoz, Joni Montiel (7.5), Anuar (6.8), John, Alberto Quintana, Babatunde Akinsola and Adrian Arnuncio Baquerin.

Real Valladolid could not rely on the presence of Anuar (injured).

Substitutions

Real Valladolid made 3 changes: Iván Sánchez for Anuar (46′), Stanko Jurić for Víctor Meseguer (61′) and Isra Sala for Joni Montiel (61′).

Player of the match: Raúl Moro​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Real Valladolid was Raúl Moro.

His rating is 8.5 with 29 passes (86% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 11 duels out of 16. He performed 7 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Villarreal II – Real Valladolid – 1-0