GIJóN. Sporting Gijón topped Albacete to win 2-1. It was Sporting Gijón to strike first with a goal of José Ángel at the 14′. Then it was a goal in the 34′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Juan Otero gave the win to Sporting Gijón in the 62′ minute with a goal. Sporting Gijón was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (64%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
Agus Medina received a red card (41′). This red card was one of the reason why Albacete lost the match.
The match was played at the Estadio Municipal El Molinón stadium in Gijón on Friday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. In front of 16,790 spectators. The referee was Iván Caparrós Hernández with the help of Javier García Lorenzo and Christian García Andreu. The 4th official was Álvaro López Parra. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 12.03 degrees Celsius or 53.65 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 82%.
Match Statistics
- ! 64 Ball Possession 36
Shots
- 20 Total 6
- 6 On Target 3
- 8 Off Target 2
- 6 Shots blocked 1
- 132 Attack 97
- 60 Dangerous attack 34
- 100 Ball safe 72
- 0 Penalties 0
- 10 Corners 1
- 1 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 8 Total 12
- 3 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 1
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Sporting Gijón was in firm control of the ball 64% while Albacete was struggling with a 36% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Sporting Gijón was putting more pressure with 60 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sporting Gijón won the match.
Sporting Gijón shot 20 times, 6 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Albacete shot 6 times, 3 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Sporting Gijón received 3 yellow cards (Gaspar Campos, José Ángel and Ignacio Méndez). Talking about the opposition, Albacete received 1 yellow card (Rai Marchán).
Also, Albacete didn’t end the match with 11 players after Agus Medina (Albacete) was sent off after receiving a straight red card (41′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Sporting Gijón has 46 points like SD Eibar to hold in the 4th place. Talking about the opposition, Albacete will stays with 31 points like FC Cartagena to remain in the 17th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the La Liga 2, Sporting Gijón will play away with Levante on the 10th of March with a 3-1 head to head in favor of Levante (7 draws).
Albacete will host Real Oviedo on the 10th of March with a 5-3 head to head statistic in favor of Real Oviedo (5 draws).
Sporting Gijón – Formation
Sporting Gijón
77'
53'
14'
Sporting Gijón started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Miguel Ángel Ramírez decided to play with the following team: Christian Sanchez , Alexandru Paşcanu , Pablo Insua , Diego Sánchez , Haissem Hassan , Ignacio Méndez , Ignacio Martín , José Ángel , Francisco Villalba , Juan Otero and Gaspar Campos .
The home team had on the bench: Guille Rosas, Pablo García , Dani Queipo, Jonathan Varane , Axel Bamba, Roque Mesa , Mario González , Róber Pier, Uros Djurdjevic , Florantin Bloch and Alejandro Lozano.
Substitutions
Sporting Gijón made 5 changes: José Ángel for Pablo García (77′), Ignacio Martín for Jonathan Varane (77′), Haissem Hassan for Uros Djurdjevic (77′), Gaspar Campos for Roque Mesa (70′) and Ignacio Méndez for Mario González (57′).
Player of the match: José Ángel
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sporting Gijón was José Ángel.
His rating is with 1 goal, 43 passes (91% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 1 duel out of 3. He performed 11 crosses.
Albacete – Formation
Albacete
41'
Albacete started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
Rubén Albés Yáñez played with: Tomáš Vaclík , Carlos Isaac , Kaiky , Mohamed Djetei , Cristian Glauder , Jonathan Silva , Agus Medina , Riki Rodríguez , Juanma García , Higinio Marín and Manu Fuster .
These were the players on the bench: Bernabé Barragán, Juan Antonio Ros, Rai Marchán , Fidel, Diego Altube, Pedro Benito, Dani Escriche , Antonio Pacheco , Samuel Shashoua and Alberto Quiles .
Albacete could not rely on the presence of Dani Escriche (injured).
Substitutions
Albacete made 5 changes: Higinio Marín for Dani Escriche (40′), Dani Escriche for Samuel Shashoua (84′), Manu Fuster for Antonio Pacheco (84′), Juanma García for Rai Marchán (68′) and Riki Rodríguez for Alberto Quiles (68′).
Player of the match: Higinio Marín
The player that probably impressed the most for Albacete was Higinio Marín.
His rating is with 14 passes (79% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 3 duels out of 8.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the La Liga 2.
