VALENCIA. Valencia and Sevilla didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday..
The match was played at the Estadio de Mestalla stadium in Valencia on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. In front of 44,506 spectators. The referee was César Soto Grado with the collaboration of Carlos Álvarez Fernández and Asier Pérez de Mendiola González de Durana. The 4th official was Gerard Brull Acerete. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was hot at 25.13 degrees Celsius or 77.23 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 59%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Valencia was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Sevilla that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Valencia was putting more pressure with 54 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 4 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Valencia to win the match.
Valencia shot 14 times, 4 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, Sevilla shot 1 times, 1 on target, 0 off target.
Cards
Valencia didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Sevilla received 1 yellow card (Loïc Badé).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Valencia has 36 points to sit in the 8th place. Talking about the opposition, Sevilla will has 24 points like Rayo Vallecano to remain in the 14th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the La Liga, Valencia will play away with Granada on the 25th of February with a 15-2 head to head stats in favor of Valencia (5 draws).
Sevilla will play away against Real Madrid on the 25th of February with a 25-12 head to head record in favor of Real Madrid (4 draws).
Valencia – Formation
Valencia
64'
Valencia started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Rubén Baraja Vegas decided to play with the following team: Giorgi Mamardashvili , Dimitri Foulquier , Mouctar Diakhaby , Cristhian Mosquera , José Gayà , Fran Pérez , Pepelu , Hugo Guillamón , Sergi Canós , Roman Yaremchuk and Hugo Duro .
The home team had on the bench: Cenk Özkacar , Selim Amallah, Jaume Doménech, Peter González , Cristian Rivero, Jesús Vázquez , Alberto Mari , Pablo Gozálbez, Hugo González, Ruben Iranzo Lendinez, Yarek Gasiorowski and Javier Guerra .
Substitutions
Valencia made 4 changes: Roman Yaremchuk for Jesús Vázquez (73′), Fran Pérez for Javier Guerra (73′), Sergi Canós for Peter González (64′) and Hugo Guillamón for Alberto Mari (86′).
Player of the match: José Gayà
The player that probably impressed the most for Valencia was José Gayà.
His rating is with 68 passes (84% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 5. He performed 10 crosses.
Sevilla – Formation
Sevilla
78'
Sevilla started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Enrique Sánchez Flores played with: Lucas Ocampos, Ørjan Nyland , Loïc Badé , Sergio Ramos , Kike Salas , Jesús Navas , Djibril Sow , Boubakary Soumaré , Óliver Torres , Marcos Acuña and Youssef En-Nesyri , Isaac Romero .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Marko Dmitrović, Suso , Joan Jordán, Alejo Véliz , Adnan Januzaj, Juanlu Sánchez, Darío Benavides, Alberto Flores, Xavi Sintes, Stanis Idumbo Muzambo, Hannibal Mejbri and Adrià Pedrosa .
Substitutions
Sevilla made 5 changes: Marcos Acuña for Adrià Pedrosa (46′), Djibril Sow for Suso (70′), Isaac Romero for Alejo Véliz (86′), Jesús Navas for Juanlu Sánchez (90′) and Óliver Torres for Hannibal Mejbri (90′).
Player of the match: Ørjan Nyland
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sevilla was the goalkeeper: Ørjan Nyland. His rating is 8.36. He performed 4 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the La Liga.
- Osasuna – Cádiz – 2-0
- Celta de Vigo – FC Barcelona – 1-2
- Atlético Madrid – Las Palmas – 5-0
- Valencia – Sevilla – 0-0
