VALENCIA. Levante tops Tenerife with a 2-0 win with a goal from A. Cantero (34′) and a goal from S. Mustafi (82′).
The match was played at the Estadio Ciudad de Valencia stadium in Valencia on Saturday and it started at 10:00 pm local time. The referee was Víctor García Verdura with the help of José Unai García Urbaneja and Sergi López Freixa. The 4th official was Gerard Brull Acerete. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 23.2 degrees Celsius or 73.67 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 80%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Levante was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Tenerife that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Levante had a more offensive attitude with 41 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Levante won the match.
Levante shot 8 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Tenerife shot 8 times, 1 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Levante received 2 yellow cards (R. Vezo and J. Campana). Regarding the opposition, Tenerife received 6 yellow cards (M. Dauda, Nacho, S. Shashoua, W. Rubio, A. Sanz and J. Leon).
Also, Tenerife didn’t finish the match with 11 players after A. Sanz (Tenerife) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (90′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Levante has 5 points to occupy the 7th place in the standings. Regarding the opposition, Tenerife stays with 1 points (19th).
Next matches
In the next match in the La Liga 2, Levante will play away against Real Oviedo on the 4th of September with a 1-1 head to head statistic.
Levante – Formation
Levante adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Mehdi Nafti decided to play with the following team: Dani Cárdenas , Son , Sergio Postigo , Rúben Vezo , Enric Franquesa , Pepelu , Vicente Iborra , Álejandro Cantero , José Campaña , Joni Montiel and Wesley Moraes .
The home team had on the bench: Pablo Martínez , Shkodran Mustafi , Hugo Redón, Joan Femenías, Robert Ibáñez , Álex Muñoz, Jorge de Frutos , Marc Pubill, José Cambra, Róber Pier and Roberto Soldado.
Substitutions
Levante made 5 changes: S. Postigo for Rober Pier (66′), A. Cantero for J. de Frutos (66′), J. Montiel for R. Ibanez (74′), R. Vezo for S. Mustafi (74′) and J. Campana for P. Martinez (83′).
Best player: Shkodran Mustafi
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Levante was Shkodran Mustafi.
His rating is with 1 goal, 16 passes (87% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 4.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 74′.
Tenerife – Formation
Also Tenerife adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Luis Miguel Ramis Monfort played with: Juan Soriano , Jeremy Mellot , Carlos Ruiz , José León , Nacho Martínez , José Ángel Jurado de la Torre , Aitor Sanz , Waldo Rubio Marín , Samuel Shashoua , Dauda Mohammed and Enric Gallego .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Ibra, Ethyan González, David Rodríguez Ramos, Sergio González , Thierno Barry , Aitor Buñuel, Teto, Nikola Šipčić , Borja Garcés and Javier Díaz.
Tenerife could not rely on the presence of S. Gonzalez (injured).
Substitutions
Tenerife made 5 changes: Jose Angel for S. Gonzalez (53′), W. Rubio for J. Diaz (72′), S. Shashoua for B. Garces (72′), J. Leon for T. Barry (88′) and M. Dauda for N. Sipcic (88′).
Best player: Carlos Ruiz
The most impressive player for Tenerife was Carlos Ruiz.
His rating is with 64 passes (87% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the La Liga 2.