La Liga: Elche beats Cádiz 3-1
ELCHE. Elche prevails over Cádiz 3-1.
ELCHE. Elche beats Cádiz 3-1. Elche got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from Fidel (12′) and Tete Morente (75′). Elche took advantage of its superior ball possession (57%).
A. Fernandez missed a decisive penalty (25′). That would have allowed Cádiz to draw the match.
The match was played at the Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero stadium in Elche on Sunday and it started at 4:15 pm local time. The referee was Alejandro Muñíz Ruiz who was helped by Marcos Cerdán Aguilar and Ignacio Alonso López. The 4th official was David Recio Moreno. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant around 15.9 degrees Celsius or 60.62 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 38%.
Match Statistics
Elche was in firm control of the ball 57% while Cádiz was struggling with a 43% ball possession.
Elche was more aggressive with 43 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 3 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Elche won the encounter.
Elche shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Cádiz shot 15 times, 4 on target, 11 off target.
Cards
Elche received 7 yellow cards (H. Palacios, E. Roco, Fidel, I. Marcone, D. Gonzalez, G. Gumbau and Tete Morente). On the other side, Cádiz received 3 yellow cards (V. Haroyan, C. Lozano and C. Akapo).
After this encounter, Elche will have 12 points like Cádiz to stay in the 17th place. On the other side, Cádiz will stay with 12 points like Elche to stay in the 18th place.
Match Events
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2'2'
H. Palacios
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12'12'
Fidel (Penalty)
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23'23'
E. Roco
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25'25'
A. Fernandez
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26'26'
Fidel
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28'28'
I. Marcone
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58'58'
V. Haroyan
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65'65'
G. Gumbau
Fidel
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65'65'
P. Milla
I. Marcone
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68'68'
A. Negredo
I. Carcelen
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69'69'
C. Lozano
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70'70'
D. Gonzalez
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75'75'
Tete Morente
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76'76'
Álvaro Jiménez
Rubén Sobrino
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76'76'
Josan
Lucas Pérez
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78'78'
C. Akapo
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80'80'
G. Gumbau
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81'81'
M. Calderon
J. Jonsson
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83'83'
Tete Morente
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86'86'
D. Benedetto
L. Boye
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86'86'
G. Carrillo
Tete Morente
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90'90'
A. Fernandez
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90'90'
Álex Fernández
Alberto Perea
Next match
In the upcoming La Liga match, Elche will play away with Valencia on the 11th of December with a 4-2 head to head record in favor of Valencia (0 draws).
Cádiz will host Granada on the 13th of December with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Cádiz (1 draw).
Elche: Formation and Lineups
Elche adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Francisco Javier Rodríguez Vílchez chose to play with the following team: Edgar Badia , Helibelton Palacios , Enzo Roco , Diego Gonzalez , Johan Mojica , Jose Morente , Iván Marcone , Omar Mascarell , Fidel , Lucas Pérez and Lucas Boyé .
Substitutes
Elche made 5 changes: Fidel for G. Gumbau (65′), I. Marcone for P. Milla (65′), L. Perez for Josan (75′), L. Boye for D. Benedetto (86′) and Tete Morente for G. Carrillo (86′).
Best player: Edgar Badia
The player that probably impressed the most for Elche was the goalkeeper: Edgar Badia. His rating is 8.00. He saved 1 penalty. He performed 5 saves.
Cádiz: Formation and Lineups
Also Cádiz adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).
On the other side, Álvaro Cervera Díaz played with: Jeremías Ledesma , Carlos Akapo , Varazdat Haroyan , Víctor Chust , Alfonso Espino , Isaac Carcelén , Álex Fernandez , Jens Jønsson , Alberto Perea , Rubén Sobrino and Anthony Lozano .
Substitutes
Cádiz made 3 changes: I. Carcelen for A. Negredo (68′), R. Sobrino for A. Jimenez (76′) and J. Jonsson for M. Calderon (81′).
Top player: Isaac Carcelén
The player who no doubt impressed Cádiz the most was Isaac Carcelén.
His rating is with 19 passes (84% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 10. He performed 6 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the La Liga
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