Spanish LALIGA

FT Sunday, March 6, 2016
Atlético Madrid WDDWW 3
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Valencia WWWLW 1
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ATM123
VAL101
Mestalla Stadium · 40,857 att.

Match Report

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Inspired subs help Atletico top Valencia, pull within 8 points of Barca

Two inspirational substitutions helped give Atletico Madrid a 3-1 win at Valencia that keeps the Rojiblancos within 8 points of leaders Barcelona.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
13
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
1
2
Offsides
0
7
Corner Kicks
6
2
Saves
2
55.5
Possession
44.5
20
SHOTS
10
5
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
447
Accurate Passes
335
557
Passes
443
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
2
23
Crosses
21
0.3
Cross %
0.1
47
Long Balls
87
20
Accurate Long Balls
51
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
4
20
Effective Tackles
12
25
Tackles
20
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
23
Effective Clearances
12
27
Clearances
15

Head to Head

ATM leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

VAL · 4-3-3

  1. 1Diego AlvesG
  2. 4Aderlan SantosCD-L
  3. 5Shkodran MustafiCD-R
  4. 6Guilherme SiqueiraLB
  5. 2João CanceloRB
  6. 18Javi FuegoCM
  7. 21André GomesLM
  8. 15Enzo PérezRM
  9. 9Paco AlcácerF
  10. 24Denis CheryshevLF
  11. 8Sofiane FeghouliRF

Substitutes

  1. 23Aymen AbdennourSUB
  2. 17RodrigoSUB
  3. 12Danilo BarbosaSUB
  4. 7Álvaro NegredoSUB
  5. 10Dani ParejoSUB
  6. 19Antonio BarragánSUB
  7. 25Mathew RyanSUB

ATM · 4-3-3

  1. 13Jan OblakG
  2. 19Lucas HernándezCD-L
  3. 24José María GiménezCD-R
  4. 3Filipe LuísLB
  5. 20JuanfranRB
  6. 8Matías KranevitterCM
  7. 17Saúl ÑíguezLM
  8. 14GabiRM
  9. 23Luciano ViettoF
  10. 7Antoine GriezmannLF
  11. 6KokeRF

Substitutes

  1. 16Ángel CorreaSUB
  2. 1Miguel Ángel MoyàSUB
  3. 21Yannick CarrascoSUB
  4. 22Thomas ParteySUB
  5. 9Fernando TorresSUB
  6. 18Jesús GámezSUB
  7. 10Óliver TorresSUB

Timeline

  1. 24' Goal! Valencia 0, Atlético de Madrid 1. Antoine Griezmann (Atlético de Madrid) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Koke.
  2. 28' Goal! Valencia 1, Atlético de Madrid 1. Denis Cheryshev (Valencia) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Paco Alcácer with a headed pass.
  3. 45' Substitution, Valencia. Danilo replaces Enzo Pérez.
  4. 57' Aderlan Santos (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 61' Substitution, Valencia. Rodrigo replaces Denis Cheryshev because of an injury.
  6. 63' Substitution, Atlético de Madrid. Fernando Torres replaces Matías Kranevitter.
  7. 64' Luciano Vietto (Atlético de Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 69' Substitution, Atlético de Madrid. Yannick Carrasco replaces Luciano Vietto.
  9. 72' Goal! Valencia 1, Atlético de Madrid 2. Fernando Torres (Atlético de Madrid) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Giménez with a headed pass following a corner.
  10. 78' Sofiane Feghouli (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 80' Second yellow card to Aderlan Santos (Valencia) for a bad foul.
  12. 84' Substitution, Valencia. Álvaro Negredo replaces Javi Fuego.
  13. 85' Goal! Valencia 1, Atlético de Madrid 3. Yannick Carrasco (Atlético de Madrid) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Antoine Griezmann.
  14. 88' Substitution, Atlético de Madrid. Óliver Torres replaces Antoine Griezmann.

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