ZARAGOZA. Real Zaragoza was in the end too much to handle for Sporting Gijón with the goal of Carlos Izquierdoz (39′ own), Maikel Mesa (66′) and Francho Serrano (70′). Sporting Gijón lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (58%).
The match was played at the Estadio de la Romareda stadium in Zaragoza on Monday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. In front of 21,147 spectators. The referee was Saúl Ais Reig who was helped by Marcos Daniel Saenén Álvarez and Rubén Campo Hernández. The 4th official was Daniel Pastoriza Iglesias.
Match Statistics
- 42 Ball Possession 58
Shots
- 13 Total 8
- 5 On Target 2
- 4 Off Target 5
- 4 Shots blocked 1
- 75 Attack 103
- 36 Dangerous attack 53
- 52 Ball safe 79
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 4
Fouls
- 10 Total 3
- 1 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Sporting Gijón had a superior ball possession 58% while Real Zaragoza was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Sporting Gijón was more aggressive with 53 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 2 were on target. Still, Real Zaragoza succeeded in find the solution to win this match.
Real Zaragoza shot 13 times, 5 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Sporting Gijón shot 8 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Real Zaragoza received 1 yellow card (Víctor Mollejo). Regarding the opposition, Sporting Gijón received 3 yellow cards (Gaspar Campos, Cristian Rivera and José Ángel).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Real Zaragoza has 36 points like Racing Santander and Burgos to sit in the 10th place. On the opposite side, Sporting Gijón will stays with 39 points to sit in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the La Liga 2, Real Zaragoza will play away against SD Eibar on the 11th of February with a 4-4 head to head stats.
Sporting Gijón will host Real Oviedo on the 11th of February with a 7-1 head to head record in favor of Real Oviedo (5 draws).
Real Zaragoza – Formation
Real Zaragoza
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70'
Real Zaragoza adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Julio Velázquez Santiago decided to play with the following team: Édgar Badía , Akim Zedadka , Santiago Mouriño , Lluís López , Alejandro Francés , Víctor Mollejo , Francho Serrano , Toni Moya , Raúl Guti , Maikel Mesa and Ivan Azón Monzón .
The home team had on the bench: Jair Amador, Jaume Grau , Germán Valera , Sinan Bakış, Gaetan Poussin, Manu Vallejo , Quentin Lecoeuche , Sergi Enrich , Alberto Vaquero, Carlos Calavia, Aitor Mañas and Hugo Barrachina Diloy.
Real Zaragoza could not rely on the presence of Jaume Grau (injured).
Substitutions
Real Zaragoza made 5 changes: Akim Zedadka for Quentin Lecoeuche (82′), Raúl Guti for Jaume Grau (56′), Víctor Mollejo for Manu Vallejo (82′), Maikel Mesa for Germán Valera (72′) and Ivan Azón Monzón for Sergi Enrich (72′).
Player of the match: Germán Valera
The most impressive player for Real Zaragoza was Germán Valera even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 4 passes (100% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 6. He performed 1 cross.
His performance was extraordinary also because he started the contest from the bench before entering in the 72′.
Sporting Gijón – Formation
Sporting Gijón
Also Sporting Gijón adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Miguel Ángel Ramírez played with: Rubén Yáñez , Alexandru Paşcanu , Carlos Izquierdoz , Róber Pier , José Ángel , Haissem Hassan , Ignacio Méndez , Cristian Rivera , Gaspar Campos , Juan Otero and Uros Djurdjevic .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Pablo García, Ignacio Martín, Francisco Villalba , Dani Queipo, Jonathan Varane , Christian Sanchez , Roque Mesa , Diego Sánchez, Mario González and Alejandro Lozano.
Sporting Gijón could not rely on the presence of Christian Sanchez (injured).
Substitutions
Sporting Gijón made 5 changes: Uros Djurdjevic for Mario González (72′), Haissem Hassan for Francisco Villalba (72′), Rubén Yáñez for Christian Sanchez (79′), Cristian Rivera for Jonathan Varane (82′) and Ignacio Méndez for Roque Mesa (72′).
Player of the match: Christian Sanchez
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Sporting Gijón was the goalkeeper: Christian Sanchez. His rating is 7.45. He performed 2 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the La Liga 2.
