La Liga: Granada draws 0-0 with Espanyol with J. Molina missing a penalty
GRANADA. Granada 0-0 Espanyol could not score a single goal after J. Molina missed a penalty.
GRANADA. Granada 0-0 Espanyol didn’t manage to score any goal on Sunday. Espanyol was far superior when it came to possession ball (62%).
J. Molina missed a decisive penalty (71′). That would have allowed Granada to win the match.
J. Molina missed 1 penalty (71′) for Granada.
The match was played at the Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes stadium in Granada on Sunday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Alejandro José Hernández Hernández who was helped by José Enrique Naranjo Pérez and Diego Sánchez Rojo. The 4th official was Alfonso Vicente Moral. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant around 20.1 degrees Celsius or 68.23 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 59%.
Match Statistics
Espanyol was in firm control of the ball 62% while Granada was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Granada was more aggressive with 58 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 5 were on target. However, this did not suffice for Granada to win the match.
Granada shot 14 times, 5 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, Espanyol shot 10 times, 5 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Granada received 1 yellow card (S. Escudero). On the opposite side, No yellow cards were issued to Espanyol.
After playing this encounter, Granada will have 37 points to stay in the 16th place. On the opposite side, Espanyol will have 41 points to move up in the 14th place.
Match Events
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33'33'
Y. Eteki
L. Milla
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61'61'
M. Uzuni
L. Suarez
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71'71'
J. Molina
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72'72'
Jorge Molina
Jorge Molina
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73'73'
Wu Lei
A. Embarba
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73'73'
Óscar Melendo
Nico Melamed
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85'85'
Carlos Bacca
Njegos Petrovic
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85'85'
M. Gonalons
Y. Eteki
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85'85'
Germán Sánchez
Álex Collado
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88'88'
F. Calero
D. Lopez
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88'88'
Fernando Calero
David López
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88'88'
Dídac Vilà
Tonny Vilhena
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Granada: Formation and Lineups
Granada started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Aitor Karanka de la Hoz chose to play with the following team: Luis Maximiano , Quini , Víctor Díaz , Domingos Duarte , Sergio Escudero , Alex Collado , Njegoš Petrović , Luis Milla , Antonio Puertas , Jorge Molina and Luis Javier Suárez .
Substitutes
Granada made 5 changes: L. Milla for Y. Eteki (33′), L. Suarez for M. Uzuni (61′), N. Petrovic for C. Bacca (85′), A. Collado for G. Sanchez (85′) and Y. Eteki for M. Gonalons (85′).
Best player: Luis Maximiano
The player that probably impressed the most for Granada was the goalkeeper: Luis Maximiano. His rating is 7.81. He performed 5 saves.
Espanyol: Formation and Lineups
Espanyol started with a 4-2-2-2 line-up (4-2-2-2).
On the opposite side, Luis Blanco Garrido played with: Diego López , Aleix Vidal , David López , Sergi Gómez , Leandro Cabrera , Yangel Herrera , Sergi Darder , Nicolás Melamed , Tonny Vilhena , Adrián Embarba and Javi Puado .
Substitutes
Espanyol made 5 changes: N. Melamed for O. Melendo (73′), A. Embarba for Wu Lei (73′), D. Lopez for F. Calero (88′), T. Vilhena for D. Vila (88′) and J. Puado for L. Koleosho (90′).
Top player: Sergi Darder
The player who no doubt impressed Espanyol the most was Sergi Darder.
His rating is with 61 passes (81% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 9. He performed 3 crosses.
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