Almería and Lugo draws a frantic match 3-3 on Saturday. HIGHLIGHTS

ALMERIA. Almería and Lugo went through a rollercoaster before drawing 3-3.

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Almería and Lugo draws a frantic match 3-3 on Saturday. HIGHLIGHTS

ALMERIA. Almería and Lugo went through a rollercoaster before drawing 3-3. Almería was truly better in terms of ball possession (62%)​

The match was played at the Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos stadium in Almeria on Saturday and it started at 6:15 pm local time. The referee was Juan Luis Pulido Santana who was helped by Francisco José Arencibia Medina and José Miguel Bordoy Homar. The 4th official was Manuel Jesús Orellana Cid. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 11.3 degrees Celsius or 52.36 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 58%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Almería

3 - 3

Team 1

Lugo

  • ! 62 Ball Possession 38
Shots
  • 22 Total 6
  • 6 On Target 5
  • 16 Off Target 1
  • 3 Shots blocked 0
  • 146 Attack 87
  • 72 Dangerous attack 28
  • 114 Ball safe 93
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 7 Corners 3
  • 4 Off Sides 3
Fouls
  • 5 Total 9
  • 0 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Almería had a superior ball possession 62% while Lugo was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Almería was more pushing with 72 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 6 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Almería to win the match​.

Almería shot 22 times, 6 on target, 16 off target. Talking about the opposition, Lugo shot 6 times, 5 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Almería didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Lugo received 1 yellow card (P. Claveria).

Match Timeline

13'
37'
45'
Alberto Rodriguez Martin- sub ->J. A. Ros
49'
66'
Íñigo Eguaras- sub ->R. Ely
68'
69'
69'
69'
72'
76'
80'
85'
85'
85'
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Almería
81
42
Real Valladolid
81
42
SD Eibar
80
42
Las Palmas
70
42
Tenerife
69
42
Girona
68
42
Real Oviedo
68
42
Ponferradina
63
42
FC Cartagena
60
42
Real Zaragoza
56
42
Burgos
55
42
Leganés
54
42
Huesca
54
42
Mirandés
52
42
UD Ibiza
52
42
Lugo
50
42
Sporting Gijón
46
42
Málaga
45
42
Amorebieta
43
42
Real Sociedad II
40
42
Fuenlabrada
33
42
Alcorcón
29
42

After playing this match, Almería will have 59 points to hold in the 2nd place. Regarding the opposition, Lugo will have 41 points like Leganés and Las Palmas to remain in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga 2, Almería will play away against Tenerife on the 21st of March with a 7-7 head to head statistic.

Lugo will host Real Oviedo on the 19th of March with a 5-3 head to head stats in favor of Real Oviedo (8 draws).

Almería – Formation

Almería
G
Fernando Martínez 13.Spain
6.1
D
Rodrigo Ely 19.Brazil
7.1
68'
D
Srdjan Babic 22.Serbia
6.3
D
Sergio Akieme 15.Spain
7.3
D
Alejandro Pozo 17.Spain
6.2
M
Francisco Portillo 8.Spain
7.8
85'
M
César de la Hoz 6.Spain
5.9
M
Arnau Puigmal 26.Spain
6.4
76'
M
Samú Costa 30.Portugal
7.1
M
Largie Ramazani 32.Belgium
7.4
69'
F
Umar Sadiq 9.Nigeria
8.6
Goals13', 49'
Substitutes
G
Giorgi Makaridze 1.Georgia
D
Aitor Puñal 35.Spain
D
Aitor Buñuel 2.Spain
D
Álex Centelles 20.Spain
M
Javi Robles 14.Spain
M
Curro Sánchez 10.Spain
M
José Carlos Lazo 16.Spain
7.0
69'
M
Íñigo Eguaras 4.Spain
6.3
68'
F
Dyego Sousa 11.Portugal
6.6
76'
F
Arvin Appiah 31.England
6.9
85'

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

The manager Joan Francesc Ferrer Sicilia decided to play with the following team: Fernando Martínez (6.1), Alejandro Pozo (6.2), Rodrigo Ely (7.1), Srđan Babić (6.3), Sergio Akieme Rodriguez (7.3), César de la Hoz (5.9), Samuel Costa (7.1), Largie Ramazani (7.4), Arnau Puigmal (6.4), Francisco Portillo (7.8) and Umar Sadiq (8.6).

The home team had on the bench: Aitor Punal Rodriguez, Dyego Sousa (6.6), Aitor Buñuel, Giorgi Makaridze, Javi Robles, Curro, Álex Centelles, Arvin Appiah (6.9), José Carlos Lazo (7.0) and Íñigo Eguaras (6.3).

Substitutions

Almería made 4 changes: R. Ely for I. Eguaras (68′), L. Ramazani for J. Lazo (69′), A. Puigmal for D. Sousa (76′) and F. Portillo for A. Appiah (85′).

Best player: Umar Sadiq​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Almería was Umar Sadiq.

His rating is (8.6) with 2 goals, 28 passes (82% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 9.

Lugo – Formation

Lugo
G
Óscar Whalley 13.Spain
6.4
D
Diego Alende 3.Spain
6.4
D
Orest Lebedenko 19.Ukraine
6.8
D
Ricard Sánchez 30.Spain
7.8
Goals37'
D
C. Pita González 5.Spain
6.5
D
Juan Antonio Ros 4.Spain
6.4
45'
M
Sebas Moyano 17.Spain
6.7
69'
M
Pablo Clavería 20.Spain
6.9
90' Goals66'
M
Juanpe 6.Spain
6.4
69'
F
José Ángel Carrillo 11.Spain
7.1
85' Goals80'
F
Chris Ramos 16.Spain
7.1
85'
Substitutes
G
Francisco Vieites 34.Spain
D
A. Rodriguez 21.Spain
6.4
45'
D
Edu Campabadal 22.Spain
D
Roberto Canella 15.Spain
M
F. Seoane 8.Spain
6.3
69'
M
Jaume Cuéllar 29.Bolivia
6.7
69'
M
I. González 24.Spain
7.0
85'
F
Manu Barreiro 9.Spain
6.5
85'

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

Rubén Albés Yáñez played with: Óscar Whalley (6.4), Ricard Sánchez (7.8), Diego Alende (6.4), Carlos Pita (6.5), Juan Antonio Ros (6.4), Orest Lebedenko (6.8), Juanpe (6.4), Pablo Clavería (6.9), Sebas Moyano (6.7), Chris Ramos (7.1) and José Ángel Carrillo (7.1).

They had on the bench: Alberto Rodríguez (6.4), Fernando Seoane (6.3), Edu Campabadal, Roberto Canella, Jaume Cuellar Mendoza (6.7), Iriome Gonzalez (7.0), Francisco Vieites and Manu Barreiro (6.5).

Lugo could not rely on the presence of A. Rodriguez (injured) and I. Gonzalez (injured).

Substitutions

Lugo made 5 changes: J. A. Ros for A. Rodriguez (45′), S. Moyano for J. Cuellar (69′), Juanpe for F. Seoane (69′), C. Ramos De la Flor for M. Barreiro (85′) and Carrillo for I. Gonzalez (85′).

Best player: Ricard Sánchez​

The most impressive player for Lugo was Ricard Sánchez.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 26 passes (80% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 3. He performed 6 crosses.

Results of the day

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