La Liga: Atlético Madrid overcomes Cádiz 2-1

MADRID. Atlético Madrid bested Cádiz to win 2-1.

MADRID. Atlético Madrid overcome Cádiz to win 2-1. It was Atlético Madrid to strike first with an early goal of Joao Felix at the 3′. Then it was a goal in the 45′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, R. De Paul gave the win to Atlético Madrid in the 68′ minute with a goal.

Atlético Madrid remained in 10 people after J. Serrano received a red card in the 88′.

The match was played at the Estadio Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid on Friday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Pablo González Fuertes who had the assistance of Alfredo Rodríguez Moreno and Israel Bárcena Rodríguez. The 4th official was Daniel Pastoriza Iglesias. The weather was drizzle. The temperature was cold around 7.9 degrees Celsius or 46.22 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 90%.​

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  Atlético Madrid

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  Cádiz

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  11 Mar 2022 Full time

Match Statistics

There wasn’t much of a difference in ball possession. Atlético Madrid was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Cádiz that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.

Cádiz was more aggressive with 46 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 2 were on target. Still, Atlético Madrid was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Atlético Madrid shot 6 times, 4 on target, 2 off target. On the other side, Cádiz shot 14 times, 2 on target, 12 off target.

Cards

Atlético Madrid received 5 yellow cards (R. De Paul, Y. Carrasco, R. Mandava, D. Simeone and S. Savic). On the opposite side, Cádiz received 1 yellow card (R. Sobrino).

(Atlético Madrid) was sent out after receiving a red card in the (88′).

After playing this match, Atlético Madrid will have 48 points like FC Barcelona to stay in the 4th place. On the other side, Cádiz will stay with 24 points to stay in the 18th place.

Match Events

Next match

In the upcoming La Liga match, Atlético Madrid will play away against Rayo Vallecano on the 19th of March with a 12-1 head to head statistic in favor of Atlético Madrid (2 draws).

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  Rayo Vallecano

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  Atlético Madrid

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  19 Mar 2022 Full time

Cádiz will host Villarreal on the 20th of March with a 3-0 head to head in favor of Villarreal (4 draws).

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  Cádiz

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  Villarreal

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  20 Mar 2022 Full time

Atlético Madrid: Formation and Lineups

Atlético Madrid started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

The manager Diego Pablo Simeone chose to play with the following team: Jan Oblak (6.1), Marcos Llorente (6.1), Stefan Savić (7.2), José María Giménez (7.4), Reinildo Isnard Mandava (6.7), Yannick Carrasco (6.1), Koke (6.2), Héctor Herrera (6.8), Rodrigo de Paul (8.1), Antoine Griezmann (6.8) and João Félix (7.2).

Substitutes

Atlético Madrid made 5 changes: Koke for Renan Lodi (46′), Y. Carrasco for A. Correa (60′), A. Griezmann for L. Suarez (60′), J. Gimenez for Felipe (83′) and Joao Felix for J. Serrano (83′).

Top player: Rodrigo de Paul

The player who no doubt impressed Atlético Madrid the most was Rodrigo de Paul.

His rating is (8.1) with 1 goal, 51 passes (84% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 19.

Cádiz: Formation and Lineups

Cádiz started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

On the other side, Sergio González Soriano played with: Jeremías Ledesma (5.8), Carlos Akapo (6.2), Luis Hernández (6.8), Víctor Chust (6.5), Alfonso Espino (7.4), Rubén Sobrino (6.2), Fede San Emeterio (6.6), Rubén Alcaraz (7.2), Oussama Idrissi (6.8), Anthony Lozano (6.6) and Álvaro Negredo (7.6).

Substitutes

Cádiz made 4 changes: Fede for L. Perez (73′), R. Sobrino for A. Fernandez (73′), C. Akapo for I. Carcelen (87′) and A. Espino for A. Perea (90′).

Top player: Álvaro Negredo

Probably the most impressive player in Cádiz was Álvaro Negredo.

His rating is (7.6) with 1 goal, 23 passes (65% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 13.