VALENCIA. Levante overcome Real Zaragoza to win 2-1. A goal from A. de was decisive in the 86min. It was Levante to strike first with an early goal of Roger Brugué at the 3′. Then it was a goal in the 19′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Adrián de la Fuente gave the win to Levante in the 86′ minute with a goal. Levante took advantage of its better ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the Estadio Ciudad de Valencia stadium in Valencia on Saturday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. In front of 16,360 spectators.​ The referee was José Luis Guzmán Mansilla with the support of Ángel Valverde Martínez and Ángel Munuera Montero. The 4th official was Víctor Pérez Peraza.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Levante had a strong ball possession 60% while Real Zaragoza was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Levante was more aggressive with 33 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Levante won the match​.

Levante shot 17 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Real Zaragoza shot 13 times, 6 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Levante received 2 yellow cards (Sergio Lozano and Fabrício). Regarding the opposition, Real Zaragoza received 3 yellow cards (Maikel Mesa, Marc Aguado and Santiago Mouriño).

Standings

After this match, Levante has 51 points like Racing Ferrol to remain in the 8th place. On the other side, Real Zaragoza will stays with 41 points like Huesca to remain in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga 2, Levante will host Amorebieta on the 14th of April with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Amorebieta (1 draw).

Real Zaragoza will host Elche on the 14th of April with a 6-6 head to head.

Levante – Formation

Levante started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Felipe Miñambres Fernández decided to play with the following team: Andrés Fernández (7.7), Andrés García (6.4), Adrián de la Fuente (8.1), Nikola Maras (6.7), Álex Muñoz (7.0), Pablo Martínez (7.1), Ángel Algobia  (7.1), Sergio Lozano (7.0), Roger Brugué (7.3), Fabrício (6.6) and Rober Ibáñez (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Joan Femenías, Ander Capa, Álex Valle, Giorgi Kochorashvili (6.4), Dani Gómez (7.0), Alejandro Cantero, Iván Romero (6.6), Oriol Rey, Mohamed Bouldini, Carlos Álvarez (6.6), Buba Sangaré and Jorge Cabello.

Substitutions

Levante made 4 changes: Fabrício for Dani Gómez (59′), Pablo Martínez for Carlos Álvarez (76′), Sergio Lozano for Carlos Álvarez (76′) and Rober Ibáñez for Iván Romero (68′).

Player of the match: Adrián de la Fuente​

The most impressive player for Levante was Adrián de la Fuente.

His rating is 8.1 with 1 goal, 62 passes (85% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 7.

Real Zaragoza – Formation

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

Victor Fernández Braulio played with: Edgar Badia (6.0), Santiago Mouriño (6.8), Alejandro Francés (7.1), Jair Amador (7.3), Quentin Lecoeuche (6.3), Marc Aguado (7.0), Toni Moya (8.2), Germán Valera (7.7), Maikel Mesa (6.7), Iván Azón (6.4) and S. Bakış (7.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Akim Zedadka, Jaume Grau (6.4), Gaëtan Poussin, Fran Gámez, Manu Vallejo, Sergi Enrich, Lluís López, Pau Sans, Adrian Liso (6.3) and Dani Rebollo.

Substitutions

Real Zaragoza made 4 changes: Iván Azón for Giorgi Kochorashvili (76′), Marc Aguado for Manu Vallejo (90′), Santiago Mouriño for Fran Gámez (90′) and Maikel Mesa for Jaume Grau (84′).

Player of the match: Toni Moya​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Real Zaragoza was Toni Moya.

His rating is 8.2 with 1 goal, 34 passes (85% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 7 duels out of 8. He performed 5 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Eldense – FC Andorra – 0-2
• Levante – Real Zaragoza – 2-1