ELCHE. Elche tops Burgos with a 2-0 win with a goal from P. Bigas (59′) and a penalty scored by M. El (90′). Elche was much better in terms of ball possession (64%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero stadium in Elche on Friday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. In front of 14,942 spectators.​ The referee was Rafael Sánchez López assisted by Jesús Manuel Mira García and José Hernández García. The 4th official was . The weather was clear sky. The temperature was pleasant at 16.43 degrees Celsius or 61.57 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Elche had a strong ball possession 64% while Burgos was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Elche was putting more pressure with 58 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Elche won the match​.

Elche shot 16 times, 8 on target, 3 off target. Regarding the opposition, Burgos shot 6 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Elche received 2 yellow cards (Aleix Febas and Nicolás Fernández). Talking about the opposition, Burgos didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After this match, Elche has 40 points to sit in the 4th place. On the opposite side, Burgos will stays with 36 points to remain in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga 2, Elche will play away with Amorebieta on the 11th of February with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Elche (0 draws).

Burgos will host Racing Ferrol on the 11th of February with a 0-0 head to head statistic.

Elche – Formation

Elche started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Sebastián Beccacece decided to play with the following team: Matías Dituro (7.5), Mario Gaspar (7.7), Pedro Bigas (8.1), Carlos Clerc (7.0), Sergio Carreira (7.1), John Nwankwo (7.0), Aleix Febas (7.5), Tete Morente (7.7), Nicolás Fernández (6.7), Nicolás Castro (8.1) and Manuel Nieto (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Miguel San Román, Diego González, Sergio Bermejo, Jose Salinas, Josan, Borja Garcés, Mourad El Ghezouani (7.1), Cristian Salvador, Rodrigo Mendoza (7.5), Adam Boayar Benaisa and David López.

Substitutions

Elche made 2 changes: Nicolás Fernández for Rodrigo Mendoza (68′) and Manuel Nieto for Mourad El Ghezouani (68′).

Player of the match: Pedro Bigas​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Elche was Pedro Bigas.

His rating is 8.1 with 1 goal, 94 passes (88% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 7.

Burgos – Formation

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

Jon Andoni Pérez Alonso played with: José Antonio Caro (8.5), Borja González (7.0), Aitor Córdoba (7.0), Unai Elgezabal (6.4), Grego Sierra (6.3), José Matos (7.0), Álex Sancris (7.0), Miguel Atienza (6.7), Kévin Appin (6.3), Joni Montiel (7.5) and Edu Espiau (7.5).

These were the players on the bench: Loïc Badiashile, Anderson Arroyo (6.4), Dani Ojeda (6.7), Fer Niño (7.1), Álex Bermejo (6.3) and Miki Muñoz (6.6).

Substitutions

Burgos made 5 changes: Joni Montiel for Miki Muñoz (79′), Álex Sancris for Álex Bermejo (64′), Miguel Atienza for Dani Ojeda (64′), Borja González for Anderson Arroyo (72′) and Kévin Appin for Fer Niño (72′).

Player of the match: José Antonio Caro​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Burgos was the goalkeeper: José Antonio Caro. His rating is 8.47. He performed 6 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Elche – Burgos – 2-0