LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA. Las Palmas beats Valencia with a 2-0 win with a goal from A. Suárez (89′) and a goal from M. Cardona (90′). Las Palmas was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (73%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Estadio de Gran Canaria stadium in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. In front of 25,633 spectators. The referee was Guillermo Cuadra Fernández with the collaboration of Guadalupe Porras Ayuso and Alejandro Estévez Iglesias. The 4th official was Gonzalo Romero Freixas. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 20.71 degrees Celsius or 69.28 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 79%.
Match Statistics
- ! 73 Ball Possession 27
Shots
- 8 Total 7
- 3 On Target 1
- 3 Off Target 6
- 2 Shots blocked 0
- 139 Attack 60
- 74 Dangerous attack 22
- 88 Ball safe 79
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 0
- 1 Off Sides 4
Fouls
- 10 Total 12
- 2 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Las Palmas was in firm control of the ball 73% while Valencia was struggling with a 27% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Las Palmas was more pushing with 74 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Las Palmas won the match.
Las Palmas shot 8 times, 3 on target, 3 off target. Regarding the opposition, Valencia shot 7 times, 1 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Las Palmas received 2 yellow cards (Marc Cardona and Mika Mármol). Regarding the opposition, Valencia didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Las Palmas has 35 points like Valencia to remain in the 8th place. Regarding the opposition, Valencia will stays with 35 points like Las Palmas to sit in the 9th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the La Liga, Las Palmas will play away against Atlético Madrid on the 18th of February with a 7-2 head to head in favor of Atlético Madrid (1 draw).
Valencia will host Sevilla on the 18th of February with a 22-14 head to head record in favor of Sevilla (8 draws).
Las Palmas – Formation
Las Palmas
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Las Palmas adopted the conservative line-up (4-5-1).
The manager Francisco Javier García Pimienta decided to play with the following team: Álvaro Valles , Alex Suárez , Saúl Coco , Mika Mármol , Sergi Cardona , Marvin Park , Javier Muñoz , Máximo Perrone , Kirian Rodríguez , Munir El Haddadi and Sandro Ramírez .
The home team had on the bench: Cristian Herrera, Sory Kaba, Daley Sinkgraven, Marc Cardona , Pejiño, Fabio González, Julián Araujo, Álvaro Killane Giardini, Juan Herzog, Alex Gonzalez, Enzo Loiodice and Alberto Moleiro .
Substitutions
Las Palmas made 5 changes: Marvin Park for Julián Araujo (90′), Javier Muñoz for Fabio González (90′), Munir El Haddadi for Marc Cardona (83′), Sandro Ramírez for Alberto Moleiro (80′) and Máximo Perrone for Enzo Loiodice (80′).
Player of the match: Marc Cardona
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Las Palmas was Marc Cardona.
His rating is with 1 goal, 3 passes (50% accurate) and 1 key pass. He performed 1 cross.
His performance was sensational also because he commenced the match from the bench before entering in the 83′.
Valencia – Formation
Valencia
Also Valencia adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Rubén Baraja Vegas played with: Giorgi Mamardashvili , Dimitri Foulquier , Cristhian Mosquera , Cenk Özkacar , José Gayà , Fran Pérez , Hugo Guillamón , Pepelu , Javier Guerra , Hugo Duro and Selim Amallah .
They had on the bench: Jaume Doménech, Mouctar Diakhaby, Sergi Canós , Peter González , Cristian Rivero, Jesús Vázquez , Alberto Mari , Pablo Gozálbez, Ruben Iranzo Lendinez, Yarek Gasiorowski and Roman Yaremchuk.
Substitutions
Valencia made 4 changes: Selim Amallah for Peter González (67′), Hugo Duro for Alberto Mari (86′), Fran Pérez for Sergi Canós (74′) and Javier Guerra for Jesús Vázquez (74′).
Player of the match: Pepelu
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Valencia was Pepelu.
His rating is with 36 passes (81% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 9 duels out of 12. He performed 2 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the La Liga.
- Deportivo Alavés – Villarreal – 1-1
- Real Sociedad – Osasuna – 0-1
- Real Madrid – Girona – 4-0
- Las Palmas – Valencia – 2-0
