La Liga: Levante defeats Elche 3-0

VALENCIA. Levante was eventually too much to handle for Elche.

VALENCIA. Levante was finally too much to handle for Elche with the goal of J. L. Morales (38′), J. de Frutos (67′) and G. Melero (90′). Elche was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (62%).​

The match was played at the Estadio Ciudad de Valencia stadium in Valencia on Friday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. In the presence of 14,237 spectators.​ The referee was Pablo González Fuertes who was helped by Alfredo Rodríguez Moreno and Israel Bárcena Rodríguez. The 4th official was Gonzalo Romero Freixas. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold around 9.6 degrees Celsius or 49.32 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 95%.​

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  Levante

  3

  

  Elche

  0

  25 Feb 2022 Full time

Match Statistics

Elche was in firm control of the ball 62% while Levante was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Elche was more aggressive with 56 dangerous attacks and 6 shots of which 1 were on target. Anyhow, Levante was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Levante shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Elche shot 6 times, 1 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Levante received 1 yellow card (J. de Frutos). On the opposite side, Elche received 3 yellow cards (F. Rodriguez, A. Barragan and E. Roco).

Also, Elche didn’t manage to end the match with 11 players after G. Gumbau (Elche) was sent out after receiving a straight red card in the (74′).

After this match, Levante will have 15 points to stay in the 20th place. On the opposite side, Elche will stay with 29 points like Espanyol to stay in the 14th place.

Match Events

Next match

In the upcoming La Liga match, Levante will play away with Athletic Club on the 7th of March with a 16-5 head to head record in favor of Athletic Club (6 draws).

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  Athletic Club

  3

  

  Levante

  1

  7 Mar 2022 Full time

Elche will host FC Barcelona on the 6th of March with a 8-0 head to head statistic in favor of FC Barcelona (1 draw).

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  Elche

  1

  

  FC Barcelona

  2

  

  6 Mar 2022 Full time

Levante: Formation and Lineups

Levante started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).

The manager Alessio Lisci chose to play with the following team: Dani Cárdenas (7.3), Jorge Miramón (7.1), Róber Pier (7.0), Óscar Duarte (6.8), Martín Cáceres (6.9), Son (7.1), Jorge de Frutos (8.1), Pepelu (6.9), Mickaël Malsa (6.8), José Luis Morales (7.8) and Roger Martí (6.5).

Substitutes

Levante made 5 changes: J. L. Morales for G. Melero (64′), J. de Frutos for E. Bardhi (76′), M. Caceres for Coke (86′), M. Malsa for D. Gomez (86′) and R. Marti for N. Vukcevic (86′).

Top player: Jorge de Frutos

The player who no doubt impressed Levante the most was Jorge de Frutos.

His rating is (8.1) with 1 goal, 17 passes (70% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 6. He performed 2 crosses.

Elche: Formation and Lineups

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

On the opposite side, Francisco Javier Rodríguez Vílchez played with: Edgar Badia (5.8), Antonio Barragán (6.7), Enzo Roco (6.1), Pedro Bigas (6.8), Johan Mojica (6.7), Tete Morente (6.5), Omar Mascarell (6.8), Gerard Gumbau (6.1), Pere Milla (6.2), Lucas Boyé (7.3) and Guido Carrillo (6.8).

Substitutes

Elche made 5 changes: L. Boye for E. Ponce (60′), A. Barragan for Josan (60′), O. Mascarell for R. Guti (75′), P. Milla for Fidel (75′) and Tete Morente for I. Marcone (75′).

Top player: Lucas Boyé

The player who no doubt impressed Elche the most was Lucas Boyé.

His rating is (7.3) with 17 passes (82% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 10.