Levante 1-0 Atlético Madrid: overcomes 1-0 with a goal scored by G. Melero

MADRID. Levante overcomes Atlético Madrid 1-0 after G. Melero scored just 1 goal (54').

MADRID. Levante overcomes Atlético Madrid 1-0 after G. Melero scored just 1 goal (54′).

The match was played at the Estadio Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid on Wednesday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was José Luis Munuera Montero with the help of Iñigo Prieto López de Ceraín and Antonio Ramón Martínez Moreno. The 4th official was Carlos Pérez Fernández. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold around 10.7 degrees Celsius or 51.22 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 71%.​

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  Atlético Madrid

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  Levante

  1

  16 Feb 2022 Full time

Match Statistics

There wasn’t much of a difference in ball possession. Atlético Madrid was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Levante that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Atlético Madrid was more aggressive with 63 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyhow, Levante found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Atlético Madrid shot 12 times, 2 on target, 10 off target. On the other side, Levante shot 8 times, 5 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Atlético Madrid received 3 yellow cards (R. De Paul, S. Savic and A. Correa). On the other side, Levante received 4 yellow cards (Pepelu, D. Gomez, J. Miramon and Son).

After this match, Atlético Madrid will stay with 39 points like FC Barcelona to stay in the 5th place. On the opposite side, Levante will have 11 points to stay in the 20th place.

Match Events

Next match

In the upcoming La Liga match, Atlético Madrid will play away against Osasuna on the 19th of February with a 17-7 head to head stats in favor of Atlético Madrid (3 draws).

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  Osasuna

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  Atlético Madrid

  3

  19 Feb 2022 Full time

Levante will play away against Celta de Vigo on the 21st of February with a 11-5 head to head record in favor of Celta de Vigo (3 draws).

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  Celta de Vigo

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  Levante

  1

  21 Feb 2022 Full time

Atlético Madrid: Formation and Lineups

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

The manager Diego Pablo Simeone chose to play with the following team: Jan Oblak (7.1), Marcos Llorente (6.9), Stefan Savić (6.5), José María Giménez (6.6), Reinildo Isnard Mandava (6.8), Rodrigo de Paul (6.7), Geoffrey Kondogbia (7.1), Koke (6.2), Thomas Lemar (7.1), Ángel Correa (6.7) and Matheus Cunha (6.2).

Substitutes

Atlético Madrid made 5 changes: R. De Paul for Joao Felix (65′), Koke for S. Vrsaljko (65′), M. Cunha for L. Suarez (66′), R. Mandava for Renan Lodi (78′) and T. Lemar for H. Herrera (78′).

Top player: Geoffrey Kondogbia

Probably the most impressive player in Atlético Madrid was Geoffrey Kondogbia.

His rating is (7.1) with 48 passes (89% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 13.

Levante: Formation and Lineups

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

On the opposite side, Alessio Lisci played with: Dani Cárdenas (6.8), Jorge Miramón (6.2), Róber Pier (7.3), Óscar Duarte (7.4), Martín Cáceres (6.7), Son (6.9), Gonzalo Melero (7.4), Pepelu (7.3), Enis Bardhi (6.8), Jorge de Frutos (6.8) and Roger Martí (7.0).

Substitutes

Levante made 5 changes: E. Bardhi for M. Malsa (62′), J. de Frutos for D. Gomez (68′), R. Marti for J. L. Morales (68′), G. Melero for Coke (89′) and Pepelu for N. Vukcevic (89′).

Top player: Gonzalo Melero

The player who no doubt impressed Levante the most was Gonzalo Melero.

His rating is (7.4) with 1 goal, 29 passes (82% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 11.