La Liga: Girona recovers a 0-1 deficit to conquer Sevilla 2-1
GIRONA. Girona managed to turn the table against Sevilla to win 2-1.
GIRONA. Girona was capable to turn the table against Sevilla to win 2-1. It was Sevilla to strike first with a goal of T. Nianzou at the 13′. Then it was a goal in the 46′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Y. Herrera gave the win to Girona in the 88′ minute with a goal.
The match was played at the Estadi Municipal de Montilivi stadium in Girona on Saturday and it started at 4:15 pm local time. In the presence of 12,035 spectators. The referee was Valentín Pizarro Gómez with the assistance of Fernando Tresaco Escabosa and Alejandro Estévez Iglesias. The 4th official was Antonio Monter Soláns. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold around 13.7 degrees Celsius or 56.7 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 54%.
Match Statistics
There wasn’t much of a difference in ball possession. Girona was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Sevilla that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.
Sevilla was more aggressive with 43 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 1 were on target. Nonetheless, Girona was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Girona shot 13 times, 6 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Sevilla shot 9 times, 1 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Girona received 3 yellow cards (David López, Toni Villa and Arnau Martínez). Regarding the opposition, Sevilla received 1 yellow card (Marcos Acuña).
After playing this match, Girona will have 18 points to stay in the 12th place. On the other side, Sevilla will stay with 15 points like Cádiz to stay in the 17th place.
Match Events
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13'13'
T. Nianzou
Ivan Rakitic
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37'37'
David López
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45'45'
Toni Villa
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45'45'
Marcos Acuña
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46'46'
Cristhian Stuani
Toni Villa
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61'61'
Yan Couto
Arnau Martínez
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62'62'
Y. Herrera
Iván Martín
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63'63'
Bernardo Espinosa
David López
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67'67'
Erik Lamela
Fernando
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67'67'
Gonzalo Montiel
Loïc Badé
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68'68'
Arnau Martínez
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79'79'
Suso
Jesús Navas
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82'82'
Valery Fernández
Rodrigo Riquelme
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88'88'
Y. Herrera
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90'90'
Youssef En-Nesyri
Óliver Torres
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90'90'
Ramón Terrats
Cristhian Stuani
Next match
In the upcoming La Liga match, Girona will host FC Barcelona on the 28th of January with a 3-0 head to head stats in favor of FC Barcelona (1 draw).
Sevilla will host Elche on the 28th of January with a 5-1 head to head record in favor of Sevilla (2 draws).
Girona: Formation and Lineups
Girona started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Miguel Ángel Sánchez Muñoz chose to play with the following team: Paulo Gazzaniga , Arnau Martínez , Santiago Bueno , David López , Miguel Gutiérrez , Toni Villa , Oriol Romeu , Aleix García , Rodrigo Riquelme , Iván Martín and Cristhian Stuani .
Substitutes
Girona made 5 changes: Arnau Martínez for Yan Couto (61′), Iván Martín for Y. Herrera (62′), David López for Bernardo Espinosa (63′), Rodrigo Riquelme for Valery Fernández (82′) and Cristhian Stuani for Ramón Terrats (90′).
Top player: Aleix García
The player who no doubt impressed Girona the most was Aleix García even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is
with 67 passes (97% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 3. He performed 6 crosses.Sevilla: Formation and Lineups
Sevilla started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
Regarding the opposition, Jorge Luis Sampaoli Moya played with: Bono , Jesús Navas , Tanguy Nianzou , Fernando , Loïc Badé , Marcos Acuña , Joan Jordán , Nemanja Gudelj , Ivan Rakitić , Óliver Torres and Rafa Mir .
Substitutes
Sevilla made 4 changes: Fernando for Erik Lamela (67′), Loïc Badé for Gonzalo Montiel (67′), Jesús Navas for Suso (79′) and Óliver Torres for Youssef En-Nesyri (90′).
Top player: Ivan Rakitić
Probably the most impressive player in Sevilla was Ivan Rakitić.
His rating is
with 45 passes (84% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 7. He performed 5 crosses.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the La Liga
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