ALMERIA. Athletic Club didn’t concede much to Almería to lock the result on a 0-0 scoreline on Monday. Athletic Club was surely better in terms of ball possession (61%)​.

The match was played at the Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos stadium in Almeria on Monday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. In front of 12,863 spectators.​ The referee was Víctor García Verdura with the collaboration of Joan Méndez Mateo and Julián Villaseñor Julián. The 4th official was Jorge Tárraga Lájara. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was pleasant at 19.99 degrees Celsius or 67.98 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 90%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Athletic Club had a strong ball possession 61% while Almería was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Athletic Club was more aggressive with 66 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Athletic Club to win the match​.

Almería shot 10 times, 4 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, Athletic Club shot 12 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Almería received 3 yellow cards (Marc Pubill, Largie Ramazani and Gonzalo Melero). On the other side, Athletic Club received 1 yellow card (Oihan Sancet).

Standings

After playing this match, Almería has 7 points to hold in the 20th place. On the opposite side, Athletic Club will has 46 points to remain in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga, Almería will play away against Granada on the 18th of February with a 5-3 head to head stats in favor of Almería (3 draws).

Athletic Club will host Girona on the 18th of February with a 3-3 head to head stats.

Almería – Formation

Almería adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Gaizka Garitano Aguirre decided to play with the following team: Chumi, Luís Maximiano (8.2), Marc Pubill (7.7), Edgar González (7.0), A. Radovanović (7.5), Álex Centelles (6.8), Iddrisu Baba (7.5), Dion Lopy (6.4), Sergio Arribas (6.7), Lucas Robertone (7.3), Largie Ramazani (6.4) and Choco Lozano  (6.3).

The home team had on the bench: Diego Mariño, Jonathan Viera, Adrián Embarba (6.4), Fernando Martínez, Alejandro Pozo, Bruno Langa  (7.0), Paco Sanz Mora, Luka Romero, Gonzalo Melero (6.7) and Marko Milovanović (6.1).

Almería could not rely on the presence of Gonzalo Melero (injured).

Substitutions

Almería made 4 changes: Dion Lopy for Gonzalo Melero (48′), Sergio Arribas for Adrián Embarba (66′), Álex Centelles for Bruno Langa  (66′) and Choco Lozano  for Marko Milovanović (66′).

Player of the match: Luís Maximiano​

The player that probably impressed the most for Almería was the goalkeeper: Luís Maximiano. His rating is 8.16. He performed 4 saves.

Athletic Club – Formation

Also Athletic Club adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Ernesto Valverde Tejedor played with: Daniel Vivian, Unai Simón (7.9), Óscar de Marcos (7.8), Yeray Álvarez (7.5), Aitor Paredes (7.8), Yuri Berchiche (7.3), Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta (6.8), Mikel Vesga (7.1), Iñaki Williams  (7.5), Unai Gómez (6.7), Álex Berenguer (6.6) and Asier Villalibre (7.0).

These were the players on the bench: Iker Muniain (7.3), Julen Agirrezabala, Dani García, Íñigo Lekue, Imanol García de Albéniz, Ander Herrera (7.3), Raúl García (7.1), Malcom Ares (6.7), Beñat Prados, Mikel Jauregizar and Oihan Sancet (6.6).

Substitutions

Athletic Club made 5 changes: Unai Gómez for Iker Muniain (46′), Asier Villalibre for Raúl García (46′), Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta for Oihan Sancet (66′), Mikel Vesga for Ander Herrera (66′) and Álex Berenguer for Malcom Ares (74′).

Player of the match: Unai Simón​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Athletic Club was the goalkeeper: Unai Simón. His rating is 7.85. He performed 4 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Almería – Athletic Club – 0-0