La Liga: Valencia demolishes Levante 4-3 with 2 goals from G. Guedes
VALENCIA. Valencia had a narrow win over Levante. The hero of the match was G. Guedes who scored in the 44th and 85th minute.
VALENCIA. Valencia had a narrow win over Levante. The hero of the match was G. Guedes who scored in the 44th and 85th minute.
J. Campana missed a decisive penalty (21′). That would have allowed Levante to draw the match.
The match was played at the Estadio Ciudad de Valencia stadium in Valencia on Monday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Pablo González Fuertes with the help of Alfredo Rodríguez Moreno and Israel Bárcena Rodríguez. The 4th official was Alonso De Ena Wolf. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold around 9.4 degrees Celsius or 48.85 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 65%.
Match Statistics
There wasn’t much of a difference in ball possession. Levante was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Valencia that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.
Valencia was more aggressive with 35 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 7 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Valencia won the encounter.
Levante shot 16 times, 8 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, Valencia shot 14 times, 7 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Levante received 3 yellow cards (Pepelu, J. L. Morales and R. Soldado). On the opposite side, Valencia received 4 yellow cards (M. Diakhaby, U. Racic, R. Iranzo and H. Costa).
After this match, Levante will stay with 8 points to stay in the 20th place. On the other side, Valencia will have 25 points to stay in the 8th place.
Match Events
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20'20'
M. Diakhaby
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21'21'
J. Campana
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21'21'
J. Campana
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23'23'
Pepelu
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24'24'
R. Marti
J. L. Morales
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44'44'
G. Guedes
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49'49'
C. Soler (Penalty)
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56'56'
G. Melero
Pepelu
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58'58'
J. L. Morales
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60'60'
Marcos Andre
D. Cheryshev
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61'61'
U. Racic
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71'71'
R. Iranzo
C. Piccini
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72'72'
C. Soler
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77'77'
E. Bardhi
D. Gomez
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77'77'
R. Soldado
J. L. Morales
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80'80'
R. Iranzo
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85'85'
G. Guedes
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87'87'
A. Cantero
J. de Frutos
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88'88'
H. Costa
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89'89'
Y. Musah
U. Racic
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90'90'
R. Soldado
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90'90'
E. Bardhi
Next match
In the upcoming La Liga match, Levante will play away against Villarreal on the 3rd of January with a 14-6 head to head statistic in favor of Villarreal (3 draws).
Valencia will host Espanyol on the 31st of December with a 19-8 head to head record in favor of Valencia (5 draws).
Levante: Formation and Lineups
Levante adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Alessio Lisci chose to play with the following team: Dani Cárdenas , Pubill , Rúben Vezo , Óscar Duarte , Carlos Clerc , Jorge de Frutos , José Campaña , Pepelu , José Luis Morales , Roger Martí and Dani Gómez .
Substitutes
Levante made 4 changes: Pepelu for G. Melero (56′), D. Gomez for E. Bardhi (77′), J. L. Morales for R. Soldado (77′) and J. de Frutos for A. Cantero (87′).
Top player: Roger Martí
Probably the most impressive player in Levante was Roger Martí.
His rating is with 1 goal, 21 passes (80% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 12. He performed 1 cross.
Valencia: Formation and Lineups
Also Valencia adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).
On the opposite side, José Bordalás Jiménez played with: Jasper Cillessen , Cristiano Piccini , Mouctar Diakhaby , Hugo Guillamón , José Luis Gayà , Hélder Costa , Carlos Soler , Uroš Račić , Denis Cheryshev , Gonçalo Guedes and Hugo Duro .
Substitutes
Valencia made 3 changes: D. Cheryshev for Marcos Andre (60′), C. Piccini for R. Iranzo (71′) and U. Racic for Y. Musah (89′).
Top player: Gonçalo Guedes
The player who no doubt impressed Valencia the most was Gonçalo Guedes.
His rating is with 2 goals, 17 passes (64% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 13.
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