ELCHE. Almería and Elche draw 1-1. U. Sadiq scored the first goal (23′) for Almería. A. Collado equalized (30′).

The match was played at the Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero stadium in Elche on Monday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Isidro Díaz de Mera Escuderos with the support of Rubén Becerril Gómez and Diego Santaursula Aguado. The 4th official was Salvador Lax Franco. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 26.7 degrees Celsius or 79.99 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 78%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Elche was in firm control of the ball 55% while Almería was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Elche was more pushing with 59 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 1 were on target. However, that was not enough Elche to win the match​.

Elche shot 14 times, 1 on target, 13 off target. Talking about the opposition, Almería shot 12 times, 7 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Elche received 1 yellow card (G. Gumbau). On the other side, Almería received 4 yellow cards (I. Eguaras, S. Akieme, Leo Baptistao and Kaiky).

Also, Almería didn’t finish the match with 11 players after (Almería) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (0′).

Standings

After this match, Elche has 0 points to occupy the 19th place in the table. Talking about the opposition, Almería has 0 points (16th).

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga, Elche will host Real Sociedad on the 27th of August with a 8-2 head to head in favor of Real Sociedad (3 draws).

Almería will host Sevilla on the 27th of August with a 10-3 head to head record in favor of Sevilla (0 draws).

Elche – Formation

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

The manager Francisco Javier Rodríguez Vílchez decided to play with the following team: Édgar Badía (7.4), Pol Lirola (7.6), Enzo Roco (7.1), Pedro Bigas (7.4), Johan Mojica (7.7), Alex Collado (6.8), Omar Mascarell (6.6), Gerard Gumbau (7.1), Tete Morente (6.5), Roger Martí (6.8) and Ezequiel Ponce (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Josan (6.1), Jesus Lopez, Axel Werner, Javier Pastore (6.4), Helibelton Palacios, Diego González, Pere Milla (6.9), Carlos Clerc, Domingos Quina (7.3), Raúl Guti and Lucas Boyé (7.0).

Substitutions

Elche made 5 changes: E. Ponce for L. Boye (68′), G. Gumbau for D. Quina (78′), R. Marti for P. Milla (79′), Tete Morente for J. Pastore (86′) and A. Collado for Josan (87′).

Best player: Johan Mojica​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Elche was Johan Mojica.

His rating is (7.7) with 51 passes (84% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 10. He performed 8 crosses.

Almería – Formation

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

Joan Francesc Ferrer Sicilia played with: Fernando Martínez (6.9), Kaiky (7.0), Rodrigo Ely (6.5), Srđan Babić (6.8), Arnau Puigmal (6.3), Samuel Costa (6.9), Íñigo Eguaras (7.2), Sergio Akieme Rodríguez (7.1), Lucas Robertone (7.7), Umar Sadiq (6.2) and Largie Ramazani (7.6).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Chumi (7.0), Léo Baptistão (6.5), Diego Fuoli, Álex Centelles, Francisco Portillo (6.9), José Carlos Lazo, Dyego Sousa (6.5), Arvin Appiah, Curro and Carlos Rojas.

Substitutions

Almería made 4 changes: L. Robertone for Leo Baptistao (74′), U. Sadiq for D. Sousa (81′), A. Puigmal for Chumi (81′) and L. Ramazani for F. Portillo (87′).

Best player: Lucas Robertone​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Almería was Lucas Robertone.

His rating is (7.7) with 13 passes (84% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 8 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Elche – Almería – 1-1
• Girona – Getafe – 3-1