La Liga: Real Madrid recovers a 0-1 deficit to best Almería 2-1

ALMERíA. Real Madrid managed to turn the table against Almería to win 2-1.

ALMERíA. Real Madrid managed to turn the table against Almería to win 2-1. It was Almería to strike first with an early goal of L. Ramazani at the 7′. Then it was a goal in the 61′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, D. Alaba gave the win to Real Madrid in the 75′ minute with a goal. Real Madrid was vastly superior ball possession (68%) was among the key factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Anexo Estadio de los Juegos del Mediterráneo stadium in Almería on Sunday and it started at 10:00 pm local time. The referee was Juan Martínez Munuera with the assistance of Miguel Martínez Munuera and Julián Villaseñor Julián. The 4th official was Sergiu Claudiu Muresan. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant around 22.9 degrees Celsius or 73.18 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 46%.​

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  Almería

  1

  

  Real Madrid

  2

  

  14 Aug 2022 Full time

Match Statistics

Real Madrid was in firm control of the ball 68% while Almería was struggling with a 32% ball possession.

Real Madrid was more aggressive with 91 dangerous attacks and 29 shots of which 15 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Real Madrid won the match.​

Almería shot 10 times, 6 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Real Madrid shot 29 times, 15 on target, 14 off target.

Cards

Almería received 3 yellow cards (U. Sadiq, Curro and A. Sola). On the opposite side, Real Madrid received 1 yellow card (E. Camavinga).

After this encounter, Almería stays with 0 points to occupy the 9th place in the standings. while Real Madrid has 0 points (16th).

Match Events

Next match

In the upcoming La Liga match, Almería will play away with Elche on the 22nd of August with a 3-1 head to head in favor of Elche (3 draws).

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  Elche

  1

  

  Almería

  1

  22 Aug 2022 Full time

Real Madrid will play away against Celta de Vigo on the 20th of August with a 20-5 head to head record in favor of Real Madrid (3 draws).

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  Celta de Vigo

  1

  

  Real Madrid

  4

  

  20 Aug 2022 Full time

Almería: Formation and Lineups

Almería started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

The manager Joan Francesc Ferrer Sicilia chose to play with the following team: Fernando Martínez (8.9), Chumi (6.8), Kaiky (6.9), Rodrigo Ely (7.3), Srđan Babić (6.9), Sergio Akieme Rodríguez (6.1), Lucas Robertone (6.7), Íñigo Eguaras (7.2), Samuel Costa (6.8), Largie Ramazani (7.1) and Umar Sadiq (6.2).

Substitutes

Almería made 5 changes: L. Robertone for Curro (57′), U. Sadiq for D. Sousa (71′), L. Ramazani for J. C. Lazo (71′), I. Eguaras for F. Portillo (81′) and Kaiky for A. Puigmal (81′).

Best player: Fernando Martínez

The player that probably impressed the most for Almería was the goalkeeper: Fernando Martínez. His rating is 8.90. He performed 13 saves.

Real Madrid: Formation and Lineups

Real Madrid started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

On the opposite side, Carlo Ancelotti played with: Thibaut Courtois (7.5), Lucas Vázquez (7.5), Antonio Rüdiger (6.8), Nacho Fernández (7.0), Ferland Mendy (6.6), Eduardo Camavinga (7.0), Aurélien Tchouaméni (6.8), Toni Kroos (7.8), Federico Valverde (7.7), Karim Benzema (6.4) and Vinícius Júnior (7.4).

Substitutes

Real Madrid made 5 changes: E. Camavinga for L. Modric (46′), A. Tchouameni for E. Hazard (58′), F. Mendy for D. Alaba (74′), Vinicius Junior for D. Ceballos (83′) and T. Kroos for Casemiro (83′).

Top player: David Alaba

The player who no doubt impressed Real Madrid the most was David Alaba.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 11 passes (81% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 1 duel out of 1. He performed 2 crosses.

His performance was notable also because he began the game from the bench before entering the field in the 74′.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the La Liga

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  Cádiz

  0

  

  Real Sociedad

  1

  

  14 Aug 2022 Full time
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  Valencia

  1

  

  Girona

  0

  

  14 Aug 2022 Full time