IRUñEA. Osasuna prevails over Almería 1-0 after A. Budimir scored just 1 goal (27′).
The match was played at the Estadio El Sadar (Pamplona (Iruñea)) stadium in Iruñea on Thursday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. In front of 20,391 spectators. The referee was César Soto Grado who had the assistance of Iván Masso Granado and Abraham Pérez Dapía. The 4th official was Néstor Holgueras Castellanos. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 10.84 degrees Celsius or 51.51 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 72%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Osasuna was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Almería that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Osasuna was more pushing with 40 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 2 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Osasuna won the match.
Osasuna shot 14 times, 2 on target, 10 off target. Regarding the opposition, Almería shot 4 times, 1 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Osasuna received 1 yellow card (Alejandro Catena). Regarding the opposition, Almería received 2 yellow cards (Lucas Robertone and Chumi).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Osasuna has 22 points to hold in the 12th place. Talking about the opposition, Almería will stays with 5 points to hold in the 20th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the La Liga, Osasuna will play away against FC Barcelona on the 14th of January with a 21-4 head to head in favor of FC Barcelona (6 draws).
Almería will host Girona on the 14th of January with a 10-7 head to head statistic in favor of Almería (6 draws).
Osasuna – Formation
Osasuna
82'
89'
27'
Osasuna started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Jagoba Arrasate Elustondo decided to play with the following team: Sergio Herrera , Jesús Areso , Alejandro Catena , David García , Rubén Peña , Jon Moncayola , Iker Munoz , Aimar Oroz , Chimy Ávila , Ante Budimir and Moi Gómez .
The home team had on the bench: Juan Cruz , Lucas Torró, Pablo Ibáñez Lumbreras , Nacho Vidal , Unai García, Darko Brašanac, Kike Barja, Aitor Fernández, Rubén García, José Manuel Arnáiz , Raúl García and Jorge Herrando.
Osasuna could not rely on the presence of José Manuel Arnáiz (injured).
Substitutions
Osasuna made 5 changes: Chimy Ávila for José Manuel Arnáiz (14′), Ante Budimir for Raúl García (74′), Jon Moncayola for Pablo Ibáñez Lumbreras (74′), Jesús Areso for Nacho Vidal (82′) and Rubén Peña for Juan Cruz (82′).
Player of the match: Ante Budimir
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Osasuna was Ante Budimir.
His rating is with 1 goal, 14 passes (79% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 5 duels out of 11.
Almería – Formation
Almería
Almería started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Gaizka Garitano Aguirre played with: Luís Maximiano , Marc Pubill , César Montes , Edgar González , Sergio Akieme , Dion Lopy , Lucas Robertone , Léo Baptistão , Sergio Arribas , Adrián Embarba and Largie Ramazani .
They had on the bench: Alejandro Pozo , Chumi , Diego Mariño, Kaiky, Arnau Puigmal , Fernando Martínez, Lázaro , Álex Centelles, Marcos Pena, Rachad Fettal Dhimi, Marko Milovanović and Martin Svidersky.
Substitutions
Almería made 5 changes: Largie Ramazani for Marko Milovanović (46′), Sergio Arribas for Alejandro Pozo (46′), Marc Pubill for Chumi (60′), Adrián Embarba for Lázaro (70′) and Edgar González for Arnau Puigmal (82′).
Player of the match: Dion Lopy
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Almería was Dion Lopy.
His rating is with 45 passes (91% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 7.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the La Liga.
- Las Palmas – FC Barcelona – 1-2
- Sevilla – Athletic Club – 0-2
- Osasuna – Almería – 1-0
