GIRONA. Girona estinguishes Sevilla 5-1 with goals of Artem Dovbyk (13′), Artem Dovbyk (15′), Artem Dovbyk (19′), Viktor Tsygankov (56′) and Cristhian Stuani (89′). Talking about the opposition, Sevilla scored with ​Isaac Romero (10′).

The match was played at the Estadi Municipal de Montilivi stadium in Girona on Sunday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. In front of 13,092 spectators.​ The referee was Pablo González Fuertes assisted by Israel Bárcena Rodríguez and Rubén Porras Rico. The 4th official was Carlos Fernández Buergo. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was cold at 11.3 degrees Celsius or 52.34 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 52%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Girona had a superior ball possession 55% while Sevilla was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sevilla was more pushing with 55 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyhow, Girona succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

Girona shot 12 times, 8 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, Sevilla shot 9 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Girona didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Sevilla received 2 yellow cards (Djibril Sow and Hannibal Mejbri).

Standings

After this match, Girona has 52 points to remain in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, Sevilla will stays with 16 points to remain in the 17th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga, Girona will play away against Celta de Vigo on the 28th of January with a 7-5 head to head stats in favor of Celta de Vigo (4 draws).

Sevilla will host Osasuna on the 28th of January with a 16-7 head to head statistic in favor of Sevilla (9 draws).

Girona – Formation

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

The manager Miguel Ángel Sánchez Muñoz decided to play with the following team: Paulo Gazzaniga (7.0), Yan Couto (7.8), Juanpe (6.4), Daley Blind (7.0), Miguel Gutiérrez (7.9), Viktor Tsygankov (7.7), Iván Martín (7.5), Yangel Herrera (7.0), Sávio (8.1), Portu (7.1) and Artem Dovbyk (9.5).

The home team had on the bench: Pablo Torre (6.7), Jhon Solis (6.8), Juan Carlos, Arnau Martínez, Cristhian Stuani (7.5), Borja García, Valery Fernández (6.7), Toni Fuidias, Eric Monjonell, Antal Yaakobishvili (7.3) and Ricard Artero.

Girona could not rely on the presence of Antal Yaakobishvili (injured).

Substitutions

Girona made 4 changes: Yangel Herrera for Jhon Solis (66′), Viktor Tsygankov for Valery Fernández (66′), Artem Dovbyk for Cristhian Stuani (73′) and Sávio for Pablo Torre (73′).

Player of the match: Artem Dovbyk​

The player that probably impressed the most for Girona was Artem Dovbyk.

His rating is 9.5 with 3 goals, 17 passes (76% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 3 duels out of 7.

Sevilla – Formation

Sevilla started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

Enrique Sánchez Flores played with: Alberto Flores, Marko Dmitrović (6.1), Jesús Navas (6.3), Tanguy Nianzou (6.1), Sergio Ramos (6.4), Loïc Badé (6.3), Adrià Pedrosa (6.8), Djibril Sow (6.6), Joan Jordán (6.7), Suso (6.6) and Lucas Ocampos (7.0), Isaac Romero (7.5).

These were the players on the bench: Rafa Mir, Ivan Rakitić, Marcão (6.4), Federico Gattoni, Mariano Díaz (6.3), Ørjan Nyland, Erik Lamela (6.8), Óliver Torres, Juanlu Sánchez, Matías Árbol, Lucien Agoumé (6.8) and Hannibal Mejbri (6.8).

Substitutions

Sevilla made 5 changes: Loïc Badé for Marcão (46′), Lucas Ocampos for Mariano Díaz (77′), Isaac Romero for Erik Lamela (62′), Suso for Hannibal Mejbri (62′) and Djibril Sow for Lucien Agoumé (77′).

Player of the match: Isaac Romero​

The most impressive player for Sevilla was Isaac Romero.

His rating is 7.5 with 1 goal, 14 passes (71% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 9.

Results of the day

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

• Real Betis – FC Barcelona – 2-4
• Real Madrid – Almería – 3-2
• Osasuna – Getafe – 3-2
• Girona – Sevilla – 5-1