ZARAGOZA. Real Zaragoza beat Villarreal II to win 2-1. A goal from A. Zapater was decisive in the 90min. It was Real Zaragoza to strike first with a goal of J. Grau at the 45′. Then it was a goal in the 74′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, A. Zapater gave the win to Real Zaragoza in the 90′ minute with a goal.
The match was played at the Estadio de la Romareda stadium in Zaragoza on Saturday and it started at 4:15 pm local time. The referee was Adrián Cordero Vega with the collaboration of Asier Pérez de Mendiola González de Durana and Gonzalo López De La Llave. The 4th official was Eder Mallo Fernández. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 28.8 degrees Celsius or 83.8 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 30%.
Match Statistics
- 51 Ball Possession 49
Shots
- 17 Total 8
- 4 On Target 4
- 13 Off Target 4
- 1 Shots blocked 0
- 116 Attack 63
- 59 Dangerous attack 29
- 105 Ball safe 135
- 0 Penalties 0
- 8 Corners 7
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 11 Total 6
- 4 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Real Zaragoza was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Villarreal II that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Real Zaragoza was more aggressive with 59 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Real Zaragoza won the match.
Real Zaragoza shot 17 times, 4 on target, 13 off target. Talking about the opposition, Villarreal II shot 8 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Real Zaragoza received 4 yellow cards (L. Marmol, V. Vada, Puche and A. Zapater). Regarding the opposition, Villarreal II received 2 yellow cards (M. Mbacke and F. Jorgensen).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Real Zaragoza will have 13 points like Levante and Villarreal II to sit in the 13th place. Regarding the opposition, Villarreal II will stay with 13 points like Levante and Real Zaragoza to remain in the 12th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the La Liga 2, Real Zaragoza will play away with Granada on the 21st of October with a 5-4 head to head in favor of Granada (2 draws).
Villarreal II will host FC Andorra on the 22nd of October with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of FC Andorra (0 draws).
Real Zaragoza – Formation
Real Zaragoza
22'
86'
45'
Real Zaragoza started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Juan Carlos Carcedo Mardones decided to play with the following team: Cristian Álvarez , Fran Gámez , Alejandro Francés , Lluís López , Gabriel Fuentes , Manu Molina , Jaume Grau , Sergio Bermejo Lillo , Valentín Vada , Miguel Puche and Makhtar Gueye .
The home team had on the bench: Jair Amador, Gaizka Larrazabal , Radosav Petrović, Carlos Vigaray, Álvaro Ratón, Daniel Lasure, Ivan Azón Monzón , Víctor Mollejo , Alberto Zapater, Marcos Luna Marcos Ruiz and Francho Serrano.
Substitutions
Real Zaragoza made 5 changes: M. Gueye for G. Larrazabal (62′), V. Vada for I. Azon (62′), Puche for V. Mollejo (75′), J. Grau for A. Zapater (85′) and F. Gamez for M. Luna (86′).
Best player: Valentín Vada
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Real Zaragoza was Valentín Vada even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 24 passes (83% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 4. He performed 3 crosses.
Villarreal II – Formation
Villarreal II
Villarreal II started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Miguel Álvarez Jurado played with: Filip Jörgensen , Miguel Angel Leal , Adrián de la Fuente , Mamadou Fall , Carlos Romero , Diego Collado , Alberto del Moral , Rodrigo Alonso , Thiago Ojeda , Carlo Adriano García and Fernando Niño .
These were the players on the bench: Tiago Geralnik, Gianni Cassaro, Haissem Hassan , Javier Ontiveros, Dani Tasende , Iker Álvarez, Antonio Pacheco , Liberman Torres, Nikita Iosifov, Sergio Carreira, Abraham del Moral and Álex Forés .
Substitutions
Villarreal II made 5 changes: C. Garcia for H. Hassan (46′), D. Collado for D. Tasende (46′), Rodri for A. Pacheco (46′), T. Ojeda for A. Fores (72′) and F. Nino for J. Ontiveros (83′).
Best player: Dani Tasende
The most impressive player for Villarreal II was Dani Tasende.
His rating is with 1 goal, 20 passes (90% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 4. He performed 3 crosses.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 46′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the La Liga 2.
- Real Zaragoza – Villarreal II – 2-1
- FC Andorra – Deportivo Alavés – 0-1
- Albacete – Real Oviedo – 1-0
- Huesca – Racing Santander – 0-0
- Ponferradina – Las Palmas – 0-1
