CáDIZ. Cádiz conquers Atlético Madrid 2-0 after Juanmi scores 2 goals.

The match was played at the Estadio Nuevo Mirandilla stadium in Cádiz on Saturday and it started at 4:15 pm local time. In front of 15,917 spectators.​ The referee was Pablo González Fuertes with the help of Israel Bárcena Rodríguez and Rubén Porras Rico. The 4th official was Gorka Etayo Herrera. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was cold at 12.41 degrees Celsius or 54.34 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 89%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Atlético Madrid was in firm control of the ball 59% while Cádiz was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Atlético Madrid was more aggressive with 57 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 4 were on target. Still, Cádiz managed to find the solution to win this contest.​

Cádiz shot 7 times, 3 on target, 2 off target. Talking about the opposition, Atlético Madrid shot 8 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Cádiz received 4 yellow cards (Juanmi, Iván Alejo, Rubén Sobrino and Rubén Alcaraz). On the opposite side, Atlético Madrid received 5 yellow cards (Marcos Llorente, Nahuel Molina, Arthur Vermeeren, Álvaro Morata  and Memphis Depay).

Standings

After playing this contest, Cádiz has 22 points to remain in the 18th place. Regarding the opposition, Atlético Madrid will stays with 55 points to remain in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga, Cádiz will play away with Real Sociedad on the 17th of March with a 8-0 head to head in favor of Real Sociedad (5 draws).

Atlético Madrid will host FC Barcelona on the 17th of March with a 26-9 head to head in favor of FC Barcelona (12 draws).

Cádiz – Formation

Cádiz adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Mauricio Pellegrino decided to play with the following team: Jeremías Ledesma (8.1), Iza Carcelén (7.0), Aiham Ousou (7.7), Víctor Chust (7.9), Javier Hernández (7.5), Robert Navarro (6.7), Rubén Alcaraz (7.7), Rominigue Kouamé (7.0), Rubén Sobrino (7.1), Maximiliano Gómez (6.6) and Juanmi (8.5).

The home team had on the bench: Fali, Diadié Samassékou (6.7), Álex Fernández (6.8), Brian Ocampo, Iván Alejo (6.7), David Gil, Chris Ramos (7.3), Gonzalo Escalante, Darwin Machís, Sergi Guardiola, Lucas Pires (6.7) and Jorge Meré.

Cádiz could not rely on the presence of Diadié Samassékou (injured) and Lucas Pires (injured).

Substitutions

Cádiz made 5 changes: Rominigue Kouamé for Diadié Samassékou (68′), Juanmi for Álex Fernández (68′), Maximiliano Gómez for Chris Ramos (68′), Rubén Sobrino for Iván Alejo (87′) and Robert Navarro for Lucas Pires (78′).

Player of the match: Juanmi​

The player that probably impressed the most for Cádiz was Juanmi.

His rating is 8.5 with 2 goals, 19 passes (79% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 18.

Atlético Madrid – Formation

Also Atlético Madrid adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Diego Pablo Simeone played with: Pablo Barrios, Jan Oblak (6.4), Marcos Llorente (7.1), Axel Witsel (7.5), Gabriel Paulista (7.0), Mario Hermoso (7.1), Samuel Lino (7.3), Rodrigo de Paul (6.7), Koke (6.8), Saúl Ñíguez (6.7) and Memphis Depay (6.4), Álvaro Morata  (6.3).

These were the players on the bench: Horaţiu Moldovan, Ángel Correa (7.1), Stefan Savic, Nahuel Molina (6.3), Rodrigo Riquelme (7.0), Arthur Vermeeren (6.4), Reinildo Mandava, Salim El Jebari (6.4) and Antonio Gomis.

Substitutions

Atlético Madrid made 5 changes: Memphis Depay for Ángel Correa (46′), Saúl Ñíguez for Nahuel Molina (46′), Rodrigo de Paul for Rodrigo Riquelme (46′), Koke for Salim El Jebari (78′) and Samuel Lino for Arthur Vermeeren (71′).

Player of the match: Axel Witsel​

The most impressive player for Atlético Madrid was Axel Witsel.

His rating is 7.5 with 77 passes (84% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 15. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Cádiz – Atlético Madrid – 2-0
• Valencia – Getafe – 1-0
• Granada – Real Sociedad – 2-3
• Girona – Osasuna – 2-0