GRANADA. Granada tops Deportivo Alavés with a 2-0 win with a penalty scored by M. Uzuni  (9′) and a goal from L. Boyé (38′). Deportivo Alavés was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (62%).​

The match was played at the Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes stadium in Granada on Sunday and it started at 4:15 pm local time. In front of 13,398 spectators.​ The referee was Víctor García Verdura assisted by Joan Méndez Mateo and Julián Villaseñor Julián. The 4th official was Carlos Muñiz Muñoz.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Deportivo Alavés had a strong ball possession 62% while Granada was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Deportivo Alavés was more pushing with 53 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyway, Granada was able to find the solution to win this contest.​

Granada shot 9 times, 3 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Deportivo Alavés shot 8 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Granada received 3 yellow cards (Miguel Rubio, Myrto Uzuni  and Gerard Gumbau). On the other side, Deportivo Alavés received 2 yellow cards (Nahuel Tenaglia and Andoni Gorosabel).

Standings

After this contest, Granada has 17 points to hold in the 19th place. Talking about the opposition, Deportivo Alavés will stays with 32 points to sit in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga, Granada will play away with Athletic Club on the 21st of April with a 8-8 head to head stats.

Deportivo Alavés will host Atlético Madrid on the 21st of April with a 10-1 head to head stats in favor of Atlético Madrid (4 draws).

Granada – Formation

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

The manager José Ramón Sandoval Huertas decided to play with the following team: Augusto Batalla (8.1), Bruno Méndez (7.5), Miguel Rubio (7.3), Ignasi Miquel (6.6), Carlos Neva (7.0), Facundo Pellistri (7.1), Gerard Gumbau (6.6), Sergio Ruiz (8.2), Kamil Jóźwiak (7.5), Lucas Boyé (8.1) and Myrto Uzuni  (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Raúl Fernández, Faitout Maouassa, Martin Hongla (6.6), Matías Arezo (6.4), José Callejón (6.8), Antonio Puertas, Ricard Sánchez, Marc Martínez, Theo Corbeanu, Kamil Piatkowski, Gonzalo Villar (6.4) and Raúl Torrente.

Substitutions

Granada made 4 changes: Kamil Jóźwiak for Gonzalo Villar (64′), Myrto Uzuni  for José Callejón (75′), Lucas Boyé for Matías Arezo (83′) and Gerard Gumbau for Martin Hongla (83′).

Player of the match: Sergio Ruiz​

The player that probably impressed the most for Granada was Sergio Ruiz even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is 8.2 with 35 passes (82% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 12. He performed 2 crosses.

Deportivo Alavés – Formation

Deportivo Alavés started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Luis García Plaza played with: Antonio Sivera (6.8), Andoni Gorosabel (6.1), Nahuel Tenaglia (6.7), Rafa Marín (6.4), Rubén Duarte (7.0), Ander Guevara (6.7), Antonio Blanco (7.0), Carlos Vicente (6.4), J. Panichelli (7.3), Luis Rioja (6.3) and Samu Omorodion (6.6).

They had on the bench: Álex Sola (7.0), Ianis Hagi, Kike García (6.8), Xeber Alkain, Giuliano Simeone (6.7), Abde Rebbach (7.0), Carlos Benavidez (6.7), Jesús Owono, Abdel Abqar, Javi López and Jon Guridi.

Deportivo Alavés could not rely on the presence of Giuliano Simeone (injured).

Substitutions

Deportivo Alavés made 5 changes: Carlos Vicente for Abde Rebbach (46′), Luis Rioja for Álex Sola (46′), Samu Omorodion for Kike García (64′), Antonio Blanco for Carlos Benavidez (64′) and J. Panichelli for Giuliano Simeone (71′).

Player of the match: J. Panichelli​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Deportivo Alavés was J. Panichelli.

His rating is 7.3 with 17 passes (71% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 11 duels out of 12.

Results of the day

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

• Granada – Deportivo Alavés – 2-0
• Real Sociedad – Almería – 2-2
• Athletic Club – Villarreal – 1-1
• Las Palmas – Sevilla – 0-2