ALMERIA. Almería conquers Real Sociedad II 3-1.

The match was played at the Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos stadium in Almeria on Thursday and it started at 4:45 pm local time. The referee was Javier Iglesias Villanueva who was helped by Enrique José Ramos Ferreiros and Ricardo Landrove Lago. The 4th official was Sergio Escriche Guzmán. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 16.8 degrees Celsius or 62.2 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 61%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was dominant in terms of ball possession. Almería was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Real Sociedad II that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Almería was more aggressive with 45 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Almería won the match​.

Almería shot 14 times, 5 on target, 9 off target. Regarding the opposition, Real Sociedad II shot 10 times, 2 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Almería didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Real Sociedad II didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After playing this encounter, Almería will have 22 points to stay in the 1st place. On the other side, Real Sociedad II will stay with 11 points like Real Zaragoza and Girona to stay in the 17th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga 2, Almería will play away with Mirandés on the 24th of October with a 4-2 head to head in favor of Almería (4 draws).

Real Sociedad II will play away agasint Amorebieta on the 24th of October with a 0-0 head to head stats.

Almería – Formation

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

The manager Joan Francesc Ferrer Sicilia decided to play with the following team: Fernando Martínez (6.6), Juanjo Nieto (7.5), Daniel Carriço (7.2), Srđan Babić (6.8), Sergio Akieme Rodriguez (6.8), Samuel Costa (7.3), César de la Hoz (6.8), Francisco Portillo (6.9), Curro (7.1), José Carlos Lazo (6.9) and Umar Sadiq (8.2).

The home team had on the bench: Chumi, Arnau Puigmal (6.9), Juan Villar (6.7), Javi Robles, Alejandro Pozo (7.2), Diego Fuoli, Iván Martos (6.8), Giorgi Makaridze, Álex Centelles, Aitor Punal Rodriguez, Arvin Appiah (7.1) and Dyego Sousa.

Almería could not rely on the presence of I. Martos (injured).

Substitutions

Almería made 5 changes: Curro for J. Villar (60′), J. Lazo for A. Pozo (67′), S. Babic for I. Martos (73′), S. Costa for A. Appiah (73′) and F. Portillo for A. Puigmal (73′).

Best player: Umar Sadiq​

The player that probably impressed the most for Almería was Umar Sadiq.

His rating is (8.2) with 1 goal, 13 passes (76% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 14. He performed 1 cross.

Real Sociedad II – Formation

Real Sociedad II started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

On the opposite side, Xabier Alonso Olano played with: Gaizka Ayesa (6.2), Jérémy Blasco (6.2), Urko González (7.1), Aritz Arambarri (6.8), Cristo Romero (6.2), Roberto López (6.7), Peter Pokorný (6.8), Jon Ander Olasagasti (7.1), Näis Djouahra (6.6), Jon Magunacelaya (6.2) and Ander Martín (6.4).

They had on the bench: Aritz Aldasoro (6.6), Xeber Alkain (6.8), Imanol Ezkurdia, Iker Kortajarena, Daniel Garrido, Jokin Gabilondo, Javier Martón Ansó (6.7), Jon Karrikaburu (6.2), Luca Sangalli (6.7) and José Ortega.

Substitutions

Real Sociedad II made 5 changes: R. Lopez for A. Aldasoro (66′), N. Djouahra for X. Alkain (78′), A. Martin for J. Karrikaburu (78′), J. Magunazelaia Argoitia for Javier Marton (85′) and P. Pokorny for L. Sangalli (85′).

Best player: Jon Ander Olasagasti​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Real Sociedad II was Jon Ander Olasagasti.

His rating is (7.1) with 53 passes (75% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 11 duels out of 14. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the La Liga 2.​

• Almería – Real Sociedad II – 3-1
• Real Zaragoza – Ponferradina – 1-1
• Mirandés – Girona – 1-2
• Real Oviedo – Burgos – 1-3