Granada conquers Racing Santander 2-0 on Saturday. HIGHLIGHTS

GRANADA. Granada defeats Racing Santander with a 2-0 win with a goal from J. Callejon (67') and a goal from M. Uzuni (90').

Mark Hall

August 22, 2022

GRANADA. Granada defeats Racing Santander with a 2-0 win with a goal from J. Callejon (67′) and a goal from M. Uzuni (90′). Granada made the most of its better ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes stadium in Granada on Saturday and it started at 10:00 pm local time. The referee was Dámaso Arcediano Monescillo with the help of Marcos Cerdán Aguilar and Adrián Díaz González. The 4th official was Fulgencio Madrid Martínez. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 22.9 degrees Celsius or 73.24 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 30%.

Match Statistics

Granada

2 - 0

Racing Santander

57 Ball Possession 43

Shots

11 Total 6
4 On Target 2
7 Off Target 4
0 Shots blocked 0

93 Attack 87
34 Dangerous attack 30
59 Ball safe 66

0 Penalties 0
5 Corners 6
2 Off Sides 5

Fouls

17 Total 16
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Granada had a superior ball possession 57% while Racing Santander was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Granada was more aggressive with 34 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Granada won the match.

Granada shot 11 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Racing Santander shot 6 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Granada received 2 yellow cards (M. Arezo and Quini). Talking about the opposition, Racing Santander received 1 yellow card (J. Elitim).

Match Timeline

Matías Arezo- Yellow

46'

62'

Saúl García- sub ->D. Fernandez

62'

Óscar Melendo- sub ->N. Petrovic

62'

64'

José Callejón(goal)O. Melendo

67'

71'

Iñigo Vicente- sub ->G. Sanchez

71'

Peque Fernández- sub ->J. Elitim

79'

81'

Aritz Aldasoro- sub ->A. Fausto

90'

Myrto Uzuni (goal)

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this contest, Granada has 6 points to occupy the 1st place in the table. On the other side, Racing Santander stays with 0 points (22nd).

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga 2, Granada will play away with FC Andorra on the 4th of September with a 0-0 head to head statistic.

Granada – Formation

Granada

André Ferreira 13.Portugal

7.1

Ignasi Miquel 14.Spain

7.4

Quini 17.Spain

7.0

90'

79'

Miguel Rubio 4.Spain

7.3

Ricard Sánchez 30.Spain

7.7

Antonio Puertas 10.Spain

7.1

90'

Njegoš Petrović 18.Serbia

6.8

62'

Sergio Ruiz 20.Spain

7.1

José Callejón 9.Spain

7.4

81'

67'

Myrto Uzuni 11.Albania

6.9

90'

Matías Arezo 8.Uruguay

6.4

62'

46'

Substitutes

Raúl Fernández 1.Spain

Víctor Díaz 16.Spain

Erick Cabaco 24.Uruguay

6.7

90'

Pepe Sánchez 29.Spain

Jonathan Silva 5.Argentina

6.8

90'

Alberto Soro 7.Spain

Bryan Zaragoza 26.Spain

Óscar Melendo 21.Spain

7.1

62'

Rochina 23.Spain

Víctor Meseguer 12.Spain

6.6

62'

Adrián Butzke 22.Spain

Jorge Molina 19.Spain

6.8

81'

Granada adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Ruben Torrecilla Gonzalez decided to play with the following team: André Ferreira (7.1), Ricard Sánchez (7.7), Miguel Rubio (7.3), Ignasi Miquel (7.4), Quini (7.0), Njegoš Petrović (6.8), Sergio Ruiz Alonso (7.1), Antonio Puertas (7.1), José Callejón (7.4), Myrto Uzuni (6.9) and Matías Arezo (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Jorge Molina (6.8), Alberto Soro, Pepe Sánchez, Bryan Zaragoza, Óscar Melendo (7.1), Rubén Rochina, Jonathan Silva (6.8), Víctor Meseguer (6.6), Víctor Díaz, Adrián Butzke, Raúl Fernández and Erick Cabaco (6.7).

Substitutions

Granada made 5 changes: N. Petrovic for O. Melendo (62′), M. Arezo for V. A. Meseguer Cavas (62′), J. Callejon for J. Molina (81′), A. Puertas for E. Cabaco (90′) and Quini for J. Silva (90′).

Best player: Ricard Sánchez

The most impressive player for Granada was Ricard Sánchez even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.7) with 32 passes (75% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 9. He performed 7 crosses.

Racing Santander – Formation

Racing Santander

Miquel Parera 1.Spain

6.2

Unai Medina 17.Spain

6.7

Eneko Satrústegui 3.Spain

6.6

Germán Sánchez 16.Spain

6.4

71'

Pol Moreno 4.Spain

6.3

Dani Fernández 23.Spain

6.3

62'

Íñigo Sainz-Maza 6.Spain

6.3

Fausto Tienza 8.Spain

6.2

81'

Juergen Elitim 20.Colombia

6.2

71'

64'

Marco Camus 11.Spain

6.7

62'

Matheus Aiás 19.Brazil

6.5

Substitutes

Germán Fernández 31.Spain

Jokin Ezkieta 13.Spain

Rubén Alves 15.Brazil

Álvaro Mantilla 2.Spain

Pablo Bobadilla 5.Spain

Saúl García 18.Spain

6.5

62'

Dani González 27.Spain

Aritz Aldasoro 21.Spain

6.2

81'

Peque Fernández 29.Spain

6.1

71'

Cedric Omoigui 9.Nigeria

Alfonso Gonzalez 7.Spain

6.5

62'

Iñigo Vicente 10.Spain

6.2

71'

Also Racing Santander adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Guillermo Fernández Romo played with: Miquel Parera (6.2), Unai Medina (6.7), Germán Sánchez (6.4), Pol Moreno (6.3), Eneko Satrustegui (6.6), Íñigo Sáinz-Maza (6.3), Fausto Tienza (6.2), Dani Fernández (6.3), Juergen Elitim (6.2), Marco Camús (6.7) and Matheus Aiás (6.5).

These were the players on the bench: Peque (6.1), Dani González, Germán Fernández, Rubén, Alvaro Mantilla, Aritz Aldasoro (6.2), Pablo Bobadilla, Cedric Omoigui, Jokin Ezkieta, Alfonso Gonzales (6.5), Iñigo Vicente (6.2) and Saúl García (6.5).

Racing Santander could not rely on the presence of I. Vicente (injured).

Substitutions

Racing Santander made 5 changes: D. Fernandez for S. Garcia (62′), M. Camus for A. Gonzalez (62′), G. Sanchez for I. Vicente (71′), J. Elitim for Peque (71′) and A. Fausto for A. Aldasoro (81′).

Best player: Unai Medina

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Racing Santander was Unai Medina.

His rating is (6.7) with 29 passes (72% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5. He performed 1 cross. He hit the woodwork once times.