Leganés prevails over Amorebieta 1-0 with a goal scored by J. Cruz. HIGHLIGHTS

LEZAMA. Leganés conquers Amorebieta 1-0 after J. Cruz scored just 1 goal (77').

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Mark Hall
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Leganés prevails over Amorebieta 1-0 with a goal scored by J. Cruz. HIGHLIGHTS

LEZAMA. Leganés overcomes Amorebieta 1-0 after J. Cruz scored just 1 goal (77′). Amorebieta was decisively better in terms of ball possession (64%).​

Leganés remained in players after Y. Neyou received a red card in the 35′. Even so, Leganés still managed to win this match competing only in players​.

The match was played at the Instalaciones de Lezama Campo 1 stadium in Lezama on Monday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. In front of 927 spectators.​ The referee was Salvador Lax Franco with the help of Manuel López López and Carlos Grande Rabadán. The 4th official was Sergio Usón Rosel. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 11.3 degrees Celsius or 52.34 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Amorebieta

0 - 1

Team 1

Leganés

  • ! 64 Ball Possession 36
Shots
  • 13 Total 4
  • 1 On Target 2
  • 9 Off Target 2
  • 3 Shots blocked 0
  • 120 Attack 89
  • 92 Dangerous attack 24
  • 83 Ball safe 86
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 8 Corners 1
  • 4 Off Sides 3
Fouls
  • 10 Total 10
  • 2 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 1
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Amorebieta had a strong ball possession 64% while Leganés was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Amorebieta was more pushing with 92 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 1 were on target. Nonetheless, Leganés managed to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Amorebieta shot 13 times, 1 on target, 9 off target. Regarding the opposition, Leganés shot 4 times, 2 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Amorebieta received 2 yellow cards (Erik Morán and Kwasi Sibo). On the other side, Leganés received 2 yellow cards (Borja Jiménez Sáez and Iker Undabarrena).

Also, Leganés didn’t finish the match with 11 players after Y. Neyou (Leganés) was sent off after receiving a straight red card (35′).

Match Timeline

20'
Juan Cruz- sub ->Jorge Miramón
Erik Morán(VAR)
24'
35'
Y. Neyou- Red
34'
Y. Neyou(VAR_CARD)
46'
Luis Perea- sub ->Francisco Portillo
46'
Darko Brasanac- sub ->Dani Raba
52'
Iker Undabarrena- Yellow
Rayco Rodríguez- sub ->Daniel Lasure
63'
Kwasi Sibo- Yellow
63'
70'
Diego García- sub ->Miguel de la Fuente
Jürgen Locadia- sub ->Jon Morcillo
73'
Jorge Yriarte- sub ->Kwasi Sibo
73'
77'
Juan Cruz(goal)Allan Nyom
82'
Aritz Arambarri- sub ->Juan Cruz
Javi Eraso- sub ->Álvaro Núñez
82'
Erik Morán- Yellow
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Leganés
64
37
Real Valladolid
64
37
SD Eibar
61
37
Espanyol
60
37
Elche
58
37
Real Oviedo
55
37
Racing Santander
55
37
Sporting Gijón
55
37
Racing Ferrol
54
37
Burgos
54
37
Levante
52
37
Tenerife
49
37
Real Zaragoza
46
37
FC Cartagena
45
37
Mirandés
44
37
Eldense
43
37
Huesca
42
37
Albacete
42
37
Alcorcón
41
37
Villarreal II
39
37
Amorebieta
38
37
FC Andorra
37
37

After this match, Amorebieta stays with 24 points to hold in the 22nd place. Talking about the opposition, Leganés will has 53 points to remain in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga 2, Amorebieta will play away with FC Andorra on the 17th of March with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Amorebieta (0 draws).

Leganés will host Mirandés on the 17th of March with a 6-1 head to head in favor of Leganés (4 draws).

Amorebieta – Formation

Amorebieta
G
Pablo Cuñat 30.Spain
6.4
D
Xabi Etxeita 3.Spain
7.0
D
Unai Bustinza 5.Spain
7.1
D
Álvaro Núñez 15.Spain
7.7
82'
D
Daniel Lasure 16.Spain
6.7
63'
D
Félix Garreta 28.Spain
7.8
M
Josué Dorrio 7.Spain
7.0
M
Erik Morán 8.Spain
6.7
90'
M
Kwasi Sibo 20.Ghana
7.3
73' 63'
M
Jon Morcillo 22.Spain
6.7
73'
F
Iker Unzueta 23.Spain
6.4
Substitutes
G
Unai Marino 1.Spain
G
Jonmi Magunagoitia 13.Spain
D
Jorge Mier 2.Spain
D
Josep Gayá 24.Spain
M
Jorge Yriarte 6.Venezuela
6.4
73'
M
Ryan Edwards 10.Australia
M
Iker Seguín  11.Spain
M
Javi Eraso 14.Spain
6.4
82'
M
Rayco Rodríguez 17.Spain
6.6
63'
M
Àlex Carbonell 21.Spain
F
Eneko Jauregi 9.Spain
F
Jürgen Locadia 19.Curaçao
7.0
73'

Amorebieta started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Alejandro Castro Fernández decided to play with the following team: Pablo Campos (6.4), Álvaro Núñez (7.7), Unai Bustinza (7.1), Xabi Etxeita (7.0), Félix Garreta (7.8), Daniel Lasure (6.7), Josué Dorrio (7.0), Erik Morán (6.7), Kwasi Sibo (7.3), Jon Morcillo (6.7) and Iker Unzueta (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Unai Marino, Jorge Mier, Jorge Yriarte (6.4), Eneko Jauregi, Ryan Edwards, Iker Seguín, Jonmi Magunagoitia, Javi Eraso (6.4), Rayco Rodríguez (6.6), Jürgen Locadia (7.0), Àlex Carbonell and Josep Gayá.

Substitutions

Amorebieta made 4 changes: Daniel Lasure for Rayco Rodríguez (63′), Álvaro Núñez for Javi Eraso (82′), Jon Morcillo for Jürgen Locadia (73′) and Kwasi Sibo for Jorge Yriarte (73′).

Player of the match: Félix Garreta​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Amorebieta was Félix Garreta.

His rating is 7.8 with 69 passes (93% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 7.

Leganés – Formation

Leganés
G
Diego Conde 13.Spain
7.0
D
Allan Nyom 2.Cameroon
7.3
D
Jorge Sáenz 3.Spain
7.3
D
Sergio González  6.Spain
7.3
D
Enric Franquesa 15.Spain
7.0
D
Jorge Miramón 21.Spain
6.6
20'
M
Francisco Portillo 7.Spain
7.0
46'
M
Dani Raba 10.Spain
7.0
46'
M
Y. Neyou 17.Cameroon
5.7
35'
M
Iker Undabarrena 20.Spain
7.5
52'
F
Miguel de la Fuente 9.Spain
6.4
70'
Substitutes
G
Dani Jiménez 1.Spain
D
D. Abzi 4.Canada
D
Borja López 5.Spain
D
Aritz Arambarri 22.Spain
6.4
82'
M
Luis Perea 8.Spain
7.0
46'
M
Juan Cruz 11.Spain
7.5
20' Goals77'
M
Darko Brasanac 14.Serbia
6.7
46'
M
Julián Chicco 24.Argentina
M
Seydouba Cissé 32.Guinea
F
Diego García 19.Spain
6.8
70'
F
Näis Djouahra 23.France
F
Óscar Ureña 28.Spain

Leganés started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).

Borja Jiménez Sáez played with: Diego Conde (7.0), Jorge Miramón (6.6), Allan Nyom (7.3), Jorge Sáenz (7.3), Sergio González (7.3), Enric Franquesa (7.0), Dani Raba (7.0), Iker Undabarrena (7.5), Y. Neyou (5.7), Francisco Portillo (7.0) and Miguel de la Fuente (6.4).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Dani Jiménez, Diyaeddine Abzi, Borja López, Luis Perea (7.0), Juan Cruz (7.5), Darko Brašanac (6.7), Diego Garcia (6.8), Aritz Arambarri (6.4), Näis Djouahra, Julián Chicco, Oscar Ureña and Seydouba Cissé.

Leganés could not rely on the presence of Juan Cruz (injured).

Substitutions

Leganés made 5 changes: Jorge Miramón for Juan Cruz (20′), Francisco Portillo for Luis Perea (46′), Dani Raba for Darko Brašanac (46′), Juan Cruz for Aritz Arambarri (82′) and Miguel de la Fuente for Diego Garcia (70′).

Player of the match: Juan Cruz​

The most impressive player for Leganés was Juan Cruz.

His rating is 7.5 with 1 goal, 16 passes (56% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 11.

His performance was extraordinary also because he began the contest from the bench before entering in the 20′.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the La Liga 2.​