GRANADA. Valencia beats Granada 1-0 after A. Almeida scored just 1 goal (77′). Granada lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes stadium in Granada on Thursday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. In front of 15,107 spectators.​ The referee was Alejandro José Hernández Hernández with the support of José Enrique Naranjo Pérez and Diego Sánchez Rojo. The 4th official was Juan Antonio Campos Salinas.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Granada had a strong ball possession 57% while Valencia was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Granada had a more offensive attitude with 54 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyhow, Valencia was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Granada shot 13 times, 3 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Valencia shot 6 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Granada received 3 yellow cards (Kamil Jóźwiak, Gonzalo Villar and Lucas Boyé). On the opposite side, Valencia received 1 yellow card (Peter Federico).

Standings

After playing this match, Granada stays with 14 points to remain in the 19th place. Regarding the opposition, Valencia will has 44 points to remain in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga, Granada will host Deportivo Alavés on the 14th of April with a 7-3 head to head in favor of Granada (1 draw).

Valencia will play away against Osasuna on the 14th of April with a 17-7 head to head record in favor of Valencia (7 draws).

Granada – Formation

Granada started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager José Ramón Sandoval Huertas decided to play with the following team: Augusto Batalla (7.0), Bruno Méndez (7.0), Miguel Rubio (6.7), Ignasi Miquel (7.1), Carlos Neva (6.8), Facundo Pellistri (7.0), Sergio Ruiz (7.3), Gerard Gumbau (7.7), Theo Corbeanu (6.8), Lucas Boyé (7.0) and Myrto Uzuni  (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Kamil Piatkowski, Kamil Jóźwiak (6.8), Gonzalo Villar (6.8), Faitout Maouassa, José Callejón, Antonio Puertas, Marc Martínez, Raúl Torrente, Ricard Sánchez (6.4), Óscar Melendo, Martin Hongla and Matías Arezo (6.7).

Substitutions

Granada made 4 changes: Theo Corbeanu for Kamil Jóźwiak (57′), Myrto Uzuni  for Matías Arezo (79′), Bruno Méndez for Ricard Sánchez (65′) and Sergio Ruiz for Gonzalo Villar (79′).

Player of the match: Gerard Gumbau​

The most impressive player for Granada was Gerard Gumbau.

His rating is 7.7 with 54 passes (81% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 1 duel out of 5. He performed 10 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.

Valencia – Formation

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

Rubén Baraja Vegas played with: Giorgi Mamardashvili (7.7), Thierry Correia (7.0), Cristhian Mosquera (7.5), Mouctar Diakhaby , Cenk Özkacar (7.5), José Gayà , Dimitri Foulquier (6.6), Fran Pérez (6.8), Javi Guerra (7.3), Pepelu (7.1) and Sergi Canós (6.7), Roman Yaremchuk, Diego López (6.6), Hugo Duro (6.7).

These were the players on the bench: Jaume Doménech, André Almeida (7.3), Peter Federico (6.4), Cristian Rivero, Selim Amallah, Jesús Vázquez (6.4), Alberto Marí (6.4), Pablo Gozálbez, Yarek Gąsiorowski and Hugo Guillamón.

Substitutions

Valencia made 4 changes: Fran Pérez for Peter Federico (69′), Sergi Canós for André Almeida (57′), Dimitri Foulquier for Jesús Vázquez (57′) and Hugo Duro for Alberto Marí (86′).

Player of the match: Giorgi Mamardashvili​

The most impressive player for Valencia was the goalkeeper: Giorgi Mamardashvili. His rating is 7.65. He performed 3 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Granada – Valencia – 0-1