SAN FERNANDO. Mallorca conquers Almería 1-0 after P. Maffeo scored just 1 goal (25′).

The match was played at the Estadio Iberoamericano 2010 stadium in San Fernando on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. In front of 12,687 spectators.​ The referee was Juan Martínez Munuera with the collaboration of Miguel Martínez Munuera and Iván Masso Granado. The 4th official was Gerard Brull Acerete. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 26.9 degrees Celsius or 80.33 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 82%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

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

Attitude and shots

Almería was putting more pressure with 48 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 2 were on target. Still, Mallorca succeeded in find the solution to win this encounter.​

Mallorca shot 5 times, 2 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, Almería shot 10 times, 2 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Mallorca received 3 yellow cards (I. Ruiz de Galarreta, J. Costa and Lee Kang-In). On the opposite side, Almería received 5 yellow cards (L. Robertone, Chumi, L. Ramazani, A. Puigmal and R. Ely).

Standings

After this contest, Mallorca will have 8 points to hold in the 9th place. Talking about the opposition, Almería will stay with 4 points like Espanyol, Sevilla, Getafe and Real Valladolid to hold in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga, Mallorca will host FC Barcelona on the 1st of October with a 18-2 head to head stats in favor of FC Barcelona (2 draws).

Almería will host Rayo Vallecano on the 8th of October with a 9-5 head to head in favor of Rayo Vallecano (1 draw).

Mallorca – Formation

Mallorca adopted the 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

The manager Javier Aguirre Onaindía decided to play with the following team: Predrag Rajković (6.5), Pablo Maffeo (7.6), Martin Valjent (7.0), Antonio Raíllo (6.7), Matija Nastasić, Copete (7.4), Jaume Costa (6.2), Antonio Sánchez (6.4), Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta (7.0), Clément Grenier (6.9), Kang-in Lee (6.7) and Vedat Muriqi (6.3).

The home team had on the bench: Ángel Rodríguez (6.4), Leo Román, Iddrisu Baba (6.3), Giovanni González, Pere García, Brian Cufré, Lago Júnior, Dani Rodríguez (6.8), Franco Russo, Abdón Prats (6.4) and Javi Llabrés.

Substitutions

Mallorca made 4 changes: A. Sanchez for D. Rodriguez (59′), C. Grenier for I. Baba (67′), I. Ruiz de Galarreta for A. Prats (83′) and V. Muriqi for A. Rodriguez (83′).

Best player: Pablo Maffeo​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Mallorca was Pablo Maffeo.

His rating is (7.6) with 1 goal, 27 passes (66% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 8. He performed 3 crosses.

Almería – Formation

Also Almería adopted the 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

Joan Francesc Ferrer Sicilia played with: Fernando Martínez (6.3), Alejandro Pozo (6.5), Chumi (6.2), Rodrigo Ely (7.0), Srđan Babić (7.1), Sergio Akieme (7.2), Samuel Costa (7.1), Lucas Robertone (6.8), Lázaro (6.8), El Bilal Touré (6.6), Largie Ramazani (6.8).

These were the players on the bench: Gonzalo Melero (6.8), Kaiky, Martin Svidersky, Gui, Houboulang Mendes, Adrián Embarba (6.7), Íñigo Eguaras, Marko Milovanović, Fernando Pacheco, Dyego Sousa (6.4), Francisco Portillo (6.8) and Arnau Puigmal (6.7).

Substitutions

Almería made 5 changes: A. Pozo for A. Puigmal (46′), Lazaro for G. Melero (62′), E. B. Toure for D. Sousa (72′), L. Robertone for F. Portillo (72′) and Chumi for A. Embarba (85′).

Best player: Sergio Akieme​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Almería was Sergio Akieme.

His rating is (7.2) with 38 passes (84% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 10. He performed 5 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Mallorca – Almería – 1-0
• Athletic Club – Rayo Vallecano – 3-2
• Valencia – Celta de Vigo – 3-0
• FC Barcelona – Elche – 3-0