La Liga: Granada recovers a 0-1 deficit to overcome Atlético Madrid 2-1

GRANADA. Granada managed to turn the table against Atlético Madrid to win 2-1.

GRANADA. Granada found a way to turn the table against Atlético Madrid to win 2-1. It was Atlético Madrid to strike first with an early goal of Joao Felix at the 2′. Then it was a goal in the 17′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, J. Molina gave the win to Granada in the 63′ minute with a goal. Atlético Madrid lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes stadium in Granada on Wednesday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. In the presence of 13,034 spectators.​ The referee was Alejandro José Hernández Hernández who had the assistance of José Enrique Naranjo Pérez and Diego Sánchez Rojo. The 4th official was Sergiu Claudiu Muresan. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold around 6.5 degrees Celsius or 43.72 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 83%.​

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  Granada

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  Atlético Madrid

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  22 Dec 2021 Full time

Match Statistics

Atlético Madrid was in firm control of the ball 58% while Granada was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Atlético Madrid was more aggressive with 69 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 4 were on target. Nevertheless, Granada was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Granada shot 6 times, 4 on target, 2 off target. On the opposite side, Atlético Madrid shot 17 times, 4 on target, 13 off target.

Cards

Granada received 4 yellow cards (L. Maximiano, I. Ruiz, Monchu and R. Torrente). On the other side, Atlético Madrid received 1 yellow card (R. De Paul).

After playing this encounter, Granada will have 19 points to stay in the 15th place. On the other side, Atlético Madrid will stay with 29 points like Real Sociedad to stay in the 5th place.

Match Events

Next match

In the upcoming La Liga match, Granada will play away with Elche on the 2nd of January with a 5-1 head to head record in favor of Granada (1 draw).

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  Elche

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  Granada

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  2 Jan 2022 Full time

Atlético Madrid will host Rayo Vallecano on the 2nd of January with a 11-1 head to head statistic in favor of Atlético Madrid (2 draws).

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  Atlético Madrid

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  Rayo Vallecano

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  2 Jan 2022 Full time

Granada: Formation and Lineups

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

The manager Robert Moreno chose to play with the following team: Luis Maximiano (6.7), Santiago Arias (6.7), Germán Sánchez (6.5), Raul Torrente Navarro (7.0), Carlos Neva (6.7), Antonio Puertas (6.5), Luis Milla (7.3), Isma Ruiz (6.5), Darwin Machís (7.6), Jorge Molina (7.7) and Luis Javier Suárez (7.6).

Substitutes

Granada made 5 changes: S. Arias for V. Diaz (46′), D. Machis for S. Escudero (66′), J. Molina for Y. Eteki (79′), I. Ruiz for Monchu (79′) and L. Suarez for C. Bacca (90′).

Top player: Jorge Molina

Probably the most impressive player in Granada was Jorge Molina.

His rating is (7.7) with 1 goal, 21 passes (61% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 1 duel out of 7.

Atlético Madrid: Formation and Lineups

Atlético Madrid started with a 3-1-4-2 line-up (3-1-4-2).

On the opposite side, Diego Pablo Simeone played with: Jan Oblak (6.1), Felipe (6.4), Geoffrey Kondogbia (6.5), Mario Hermoso (7.1), Koke (7.3), Kieran Trippier (6.9), Thomas Lemar (7.2), Rodrigo de Paul (6.3), Yannick Carrasco (5.9), Luis Suárez (6.8) and João Félix (8.4).

Substitutes

Atlético Madrid made 4 changes: G. Kondogbia for H. Herrera (68′), R. De Paul for A. Correa (68′), L. Suarez for M. Cunha (68′) and Y. Carrasco for Renan Lodi (79′).

Top player: João Félix

The player who no doubt impressed Atlético Madrid the most was João Félix.

His rating is (8.4) with 1 goal, 29 passes (82% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 2 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the La Liga

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  Athletic Club

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  Real Madrid

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