SAN FERNANDO. Mallorca defeats Girona 1-0 after J. Copete scored just 1 goal (33′). Girona lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (59%).
The match was played at the Estadio Iberoamericano 2010 stadium in San Fernando on Sunday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. In front of 17,769 spectators. The referee was Francisco José Hernández Maeso with the assistance of Abraham Pérez Dapía and José Francisco García Lozano. The 4th official was Alexandre Alemán Pérez. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 14.25 degrees Celsius or 57.65 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 58%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Girona had a strong ball possession 59% while Mallorca was struggling with a 41% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Girona was putting more pressure with 46 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 4 were on target. Notwithstanding, Mallorca managed to find the solution to win this contest.
Mallorca shot 16 times, 2 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Girona shot 15 times, 4 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Mallorca received 5 yellow cards (Giovanni González, Sergi Darder, Omar Mascarell, Toni Lato and Martin Valjent). Regarding the opposition, Girona received 1 yellow card (Míchel).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Mallorca has 27 points like Sevilla to remain in the 15th place. Talking about the opposition, Girona will stays with 59 points to sit in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the La Liga, Mallorca will play away with FC Barcelona on the 10th of March with a 20-2 head to head statistic in favor of FC Barcelona (3 draws).
Girona will host Osasuna on the 10th of March with a 4-3 head to head record in favor of Girona (4 draws).
Mallorca – Formation
Mallorca
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33'
55'
Mallorca started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
The manager Javier Aguirre Onaindía decided to play with the following team: Predrag Rajkovic , Giovanni González , Martin Valjent , Antonio Raíllo , José Copete , Toni Lato , Antonio Sánchez , Omar Mascarell , Dani Rodríguez , Cyle Larin and Vedat Muriqi .
The home team had on the bench: Manu Morlanes , Abdón Prats , Sergi Darder , Dominik Greif, Javi Llabrés, Nacho Vidal , Nemanja Radonjić, Iván Cuéllar, Yuzún Francisco Ley Pizá, Matija Nastasić, Jaume Costa and Samuel Costa .
Substitutions
Mallorca made 5 changes: Omar Mascarell for Samuel Costa (78′), Cyle Larin for Abdón Prats (68′), Martin Valjent for Nacho Vidal (55′), Antonio Sánchez for Manu Morlanes (55′) and Dani Rodríguez for Sergi Darder (68′).
Player of the match: Predrag Rajkovic
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Mallorca was the goalkeeper: Predrag Rajkovic . His rating is 7.75. He performed 4 saves.
Girona – Formation
Girona
Girona started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Miguel Ángel Sánchez Muñoz played with: David López, Yangel Herrera, Paulo Gazzaniga , Yan Couto , Eric García , Juanpe , Miguel Gutiérrez , Jhon Solis , Aleix García , Viktor Tsygankov and Iván Martín , Sávio , Artem Dovbyk .
They had on the bench: Juan Carlos, Arnau Martínez, Cristhian Stuani , Borja García, Valery Fernández, Daley Blind, Pablo Torre, Portu , Toni Fuidias and Antonino.
Substitutions
Girona made 2 changes: Iván Martín for Portu (55′) and Jhon Solis for Cristhian Stuani (78′).
Player of the match: Eric García
The player that probably impressed the most for Girona was Eric García.
His rating is with 74 passes (88% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 5 duels out of 11.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the La Liga.
- Atlético Madrid – Real Betis – 2-1
- Athletic Club – FC Barcelona – 0-0
- Villarreal – Granada – 5-1
- Mallorca – Girona – 1-0
