GRANADA. Almería and Granada draw 1-1. M. Pubill scored the first goal (9′) for Almería. M. Uzuni settled the score (75′). Granada was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (59%)
The match was played at the Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes stadium in Granada on Sunday and it started at 4:15 pm local time. In front of 18,756 spectators. The referee was Jesús Gil Manzano with the support of Ángel Nevado Rodríguez and Javier Martínez Nicolás. The 4th official was David Cambronero González.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Granada had a strong ball possession 59% while Almería was struggling with a 41% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Almería had a more offensive attitude with 46 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 3 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Almería to win the match.
Granada shot 19 times, 7 on target, 8 off target. Talking about the opposition, Almería shot 13 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Granada received 2 yellow cards (Gerard Gumbau and Gonzalo Villar). On the other side, Almería received 3 yellow cards (Lucas Robertone, Alejandro Pozo and A. Radovanović).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Granada has 14 points to hold in the 19th place. Regarding the opposition, Almería will has 8 points to sit in the 20th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the La Liga, Granada will host Valencia on the 25th of February with a 15-2 head to head in favor of Valencia (5 draws).
Almería will host Atlético Madrid on the 25th of February with a 6-2 head to head statistic in favor of Atlético Madrid (7 draws).
Granada – Formation
Granada
65'
4'
75'
Granada started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Alexander Jesús Medina Reobasco decided to play with the following team: Augusto Batalla , Ricard Sánchez , Kamil Piatkowski , Miguel Rubio , Carlos Neva , Sergio Ruiz Alonso , Martin Hongla , Gonzalo Villar , Facundo Pellistri , Myrto Uzuni and Óscar Melendo .
The home team had on the bench: Lucas Boyé , Matías Arezo, José Callejón, Antonio Puertas , Marc Martínez, Theo Corbeanu, Kamil Jóźwiak , Raúl Torrente, Adri López, Adria Miquel Bosch Sanchis, Faitout Maouassa and Gerard Gumbau .
Substitutions
Granada made 5 changes: Facundo Pellistri for Kamil Jóźwiak (90′), Faitout Maouassa for Antonio Puertas (90′), Gonzalo Villar for Faitout Maouassa (33′), Óscar Melendo for Lucas Boyé (46′) and Martin Hongla for Gerard Gumbau (65′).
Player of the match: Gerard Gumbau
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Granada was Gerard Gumbau.
His rating is with 20 passes (75% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 5. He performed 1 cross.
His performance was extraordinary also because he started the match from the bench before entering in the 65′.
Almería – Formation
Almería
Almería started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Gaizka Garitano Aguirre played with: Luís Maximiano , Marc Pubill , Edgar González , A. Radovanović , Bruno Langa , Iddrisu Baba , Lucas Robertone , Sergio Arribas , Jonathan Viera , Adrián Embarba and Choco Lozano .
They had on the bench: Diego Mariño, Fernando Martínez, Alejandro Pozo , Álex Centelles, Marko Milovanović , Luka Romero, Chumi, Dion Lopy and Gonzalo Melero .
Substitutions
Almería made 4 changes: Iddrisu Baba for Dion Lopy (84′), Jonathan Viera for Gonzalo Melero (65′), Sergio Arribas for Alejandro Pozo (65′) and Choco Lozano for Marko Milovanović (74′).
Player of the match: Luís Maximiano
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Almería was the goalkeeper: Luís Maximiano. His rating is 7.75. He performed 6 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the La Liga.
- Real Betis – Deportivo Alavés – 0-0
- Granada – Almería – 1-1
- Rayo Vallecano – Real Madrid – 1-1
- Mallorca – Real Sociedad – 1-2
