La Liga 2: Ponferradina recovers a 0-1 deficit to best Villarreal II 2-1
PONFERRADA. Ponferradina found a way to turn the table against Villarreal II to win 2-1.
PONFERRADA. Ponferradina succeeded in turn the table against Villarreal II to win 2-1. It was Villarreal II to strike first with a goal of Sergio Lozano at the 45′. Then it was a goal in the 58′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, José Amo gave the win to Ponferradina in the 81′ minute with a goal.
Antonio Pacheco received a red card (80′). This double yellow card was one of the reason why Villarreal II lost the match.
The match was played at the Estadio El Toralín stadium in Ponferrada on Friday and it started at 4:15 pm local time. The referee was Rafael Sánchez López with the collaboration of Manuel López López and Jesús Manuel Mira García. The 4th official was Daniel Pastoriza Iglesias. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold around 5.9 degrees Celsius or 42.62 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 78%.
Match Statistics
There wasn’t much of a difference in ball possession. Ponferradina was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Villarreal II that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.
Villarreal II was more aggressive with 46 dangerous attacks and 6 shots of which 3 were on target. Nevertheless, Ponferradina found a way to find the solution to win this contest.
Ponferradina shot 16 times, 6 on target, 10 off target. On the opposite side, Villarreal II shot 6 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Ponferradina received 3 yellow cards (Erik Morán, Hugo Vallejo and Dani Ojeda). On the other side, Villarreal II received 1 yellow card (Antonio Pacheco).
Also, Villarreal II didn’t manage to end the match with 11 players after Antonio Pacheco (Villarreal II) was sent out after receiving a second yellow card (80′).
After playing this match, Ponferradina will have 21 points like Racing Santander and Lugo to stay in the 20th place. On the other side, Villarreal II will stay with 28 points like Huesca to stay in the 12th place.
Match Events
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18'18'
Antonio Pacheco
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45'45'
Sergio Lozano
Diego Collado
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53'53'
Erik Morán
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58'58'
Hugo Vallejo
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59'59'
K. Nwakali
Erik Morán
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62'62'
Hugo Vallejo
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69'69'
Fer Niño
Alex Forés
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70'70'
Dani Ojeda
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71'71'
Edu Espiau
Derik Lacerda
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80'80'
Antonio Pacheco
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81'81'
José Amo
A. Pașcanu
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84'84'
Liberman Torres
Haissem Hassan
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86'86'
José Naranjo
Yuri
Next match
In the upcoming La Liga 2 match, Ponferradina will play away against Tenerife on the 14th of January with a 7-6 head to head in favor of Tenerife (4 draws).
Villarreal II will host Real Zaragoza on the 14th of January with a 1-1 head to head stats.
Ponferradina: Formation and Lineups
Ponferradina adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager David Gallego Rodríguez chose to play with the following team: Amir Abedzadeh , Paris Barandiaran , Alexandru Paşcanu , José Amo , Moises Delgado , Daniel Ojeda , Erik Morán , Adrián Diéguez , Hugo Vallejo , Derik Lacerda and Yuri .
Substitutes
Ponferradina made 4 changes: Erik Morán for K. Nwakali (59′), Alex Forés for Fer Niño (69′), Derik Lacerda for Edu Espiau (71′) and Yuri for José Naranjo (86′).
Top player: José Amo
The player who no doubt impressed Ponferradina the most was José Amo.
His rating is with 1 goal, 45 passes (91% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 1.
Villarreal II: Formation and Lineups
Also Villarreal II adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Regarding the opposition, Miguel Álvarez Jurado played with: Iker Álvarez , Miguel Angel Leal , Adrián de la Fuente , Pablo Íñiguez , Dani Tasende , Haissem Hassan , Alberto del Moral , Antonio Pacheco , Sergio Lozano , Diego Collado and Álex Forés .
Substitutes
Villarreal II made only 1 change substituting Haissem Hassan for Liberman Torres (84′).
Top player: Adrián de la Fuente
The player who no doubt impressed Villarreal II the most was Adrián de la Fuente.
His rating is with 70 passes (84% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 6.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the La Liga 2
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