ALMERIA. Real Madrid found a way to reverse the scoreline against Almería to win 2-1. It was Almería to strike first with an early goal of L. Ramazani at the 6′. Then it was a goal in the 61′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, D. Alaba gave the win to Real Madrid in the 75′ minute. Real Madrid was vastly better in terms of ball possession (67%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos stadium in Almeria on Sunday and it started at 10:00 pm local time. The referee was Juan Martínez Munuera with the help of Miguel Martínez Munuera and Julián Villaseñor Julián. The 4th official was Sergiu Claudiu Muresan. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 23.1 degrees Celsius or 73.56 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 46%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Real Madrid had a strong ball possession 67% while Almería was struggling with a 33% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Real Madrid was more aggressive with 91 dangerous attacks and 29 shots of which 15 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Real Madrid won the contest.​

Almería shot 10 times, 6 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Real Madrid shot 29 times, 15 on target, 14 off target.

Cards

Almería received 3 yellow cards (U. Sadiq, Curro and A. Puigmal). Regarding the opposition, Real Madrid received 1 yellow card (E. Camavinga).

Standings

After this match, Almería stays with points to occupy the 0th place in the standings. Regarding the opposition, Real Madrid has points (0th).

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga, Almería will host Sevilla on the 27th of August with a 10-3 head to head in favor of Sevilla (0 draws).

Real Madrid will play away agasint Espanyol on the 28th of August with a 27-4 head to head statistic in favor of Real Madrid (3 draws).

Almería – Formation

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

The manager Joan Francesc Ferrer Sicilia decided to play with the following team: Fernando Martínez (8.9), Chumi (7.0), Kaiky (7.1), Rodrigo Ely (7.2), Srđan Babić (6.8), Sergio Akieme Rodríguez (6.6), Lucas Robertone (6.7), Íñigo Eguaras (7.4), Samuel Costa (6.7), Largie Ramazani (6.9) and Umar Sadiq (6.3).

The home team had on the bench: Arnau Puigmal (6.2), Carlos Rojas, Arvin Appiah, Francisco Portillo (6.2), Curro (7.0), José Carlos Lazo (6.4), Dyego Sousa (6.2), Álex Centelles and Diego Fuoli.

Substitutions

Almería made 5 changes: L. Robertone for Curro (57′), U. Sadiq for D. Sousa (71′), L. Ramazani for J. C. Lazo (71′), I. Eguaras for F. Portillo (81′) and Kaiky for A. Puigmal (81′).

Best player: Fernando Martínez​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Almería was the goalkeeper: Fernando Martínez. His rating is 8.90. He performed 13 saves.

Real Madrid – Formation

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

Carlo Ancelotti played with: Thibaut Courtois (7.3), Lucas Vázquez (8.0), Antonio Rüdiger (7.1), Nacho Fernández (6.8), Ferland Mendy (6.8), Eduardo Camavinga (6.8), Aurélien Tchouaméni (7.0), Toni Kroos (8.0), Federico Valverde (7.5), Karim Benzema (6.4) and Vinícius Júnior (7.4).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Casemiro (6.2), Jesús Vallejo, Luis López, David Alaba (7.9), Éder Militão, Dani Ceballos (6.8), Eden Hazard (6.8), Mariano Díaz, Álvaro Odriozola, Marco Asensio, Andriy Lunin and Luka Modrić (7.0).

Substitutions

Real Madrid made 5 changes: E. Camavinga for L. Modric (46′), A. Tchouameni for E. Hazard (58′), F. Mendy for D. Alaba (74′), Vinicius Junior for D. Ceballos (83′) and T. Kroos for Casemiro (83′).

Best player: Lucas Vázquez​

The player that probably impressed the most for Real Madrid was Lucas Vázquez.

His rating is (8.0) with 1 goal, 54 passes (87% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 3. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Valencia – Girona – 1-0
• Almería – Real Madrid – 1-2
• Cádiz – Real Sociedad – 0-1