Spanish LALIGA

FT Friday, April 28, 2017
Sporting Gijón LLLDD 1
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Villarreal WWLWW 3
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RSG011
VIL123
Estadio de la Cerámica · 14,903 att.

Match Report

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Cedric Bakambu bags brace as Villarreal maintain European push

Cedric Bakambu scored twice as Villarreal maintained their push for a European place next season with a comfortable 3-1 win over Sporting Gijon.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
9
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
7
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
6
45.4
Possession
54.6
14
SHOTS
19
7
ON GOAL
6
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
347
Accurate Passes
457
441
Passes
541
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
7
Accurate Crosses
5
24
Crosses
15
0.3
Cross %
0.3
49
Long Balls
72
25
Accurate Long Balls
43
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
7
5
Effective Tackles
15
12
Tackles
21
0.4
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
15
Effective Clearances
22
15
Clearances
22

Head to Head

VIL leads series 3-2

Lineups

VIL · 4-4-2

  1. 13Andrés FernándezG
  2. 12Álvaro GonzálezCD-L
  3. 23Daniele BoneraCD-R
  4. 3José ÁngelLB
  5. 2MarioRB
  6. 21BrunoCM-L
  7. 16RodriCM-R
  8. 20Roberto SorianoLM
  9. 8Jonathan dos SantosRM
  10. 17Cédric BakambuCF-L
  11. 9Roberto SoldadoCF-R

RSG · 5-4-1

  1. 1Iván CuéllarG
  2. 5Fernando AmorebietaCD
  3. 4Jorge MeréCD-L
  4. 3Jean-Sylvain BabinCD-R
  5. 18Isma LópezLB
  6. 2DouglasRB
  7. 22Mikel VesgaCM-L
  8. 21Xavi TorresCM-R
  9. 23Moi GómezLM
  10. 19Carlos CarmonaRM
  11. 24Duje CopF

Timeline

  1. 33' Goal! Villarreal 1, Sporting de Gijón 0. Roberto Soldado (Villarreal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Rodri with a headed pass.
  2. 35' Fernando Amorebieta (Sporting de Gijón) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45' Substitution, Sporting de Gijón. Burgui replaces Mikel Vesga.
  4. 47' Goal! Villarreal 2, Sporting de Gijón 0. Cédric Bakambu (Villarreal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jonathan dos Santos with a through ball.
  5. 52' Substitution, Sporting de Gijón. Víctor Rodríguez replaces Fernando Amorebieta.
  6. 59' Goal! Villarreal 3, Sporting de Gijón 0. Cédric Bakambu (Villarreal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Roberto Soldado.
  7. 64' Jonathan dos Santos (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 67' Substitution, Sporting de Gijón. Sergio Álvarez replaces Carlos Carmona.
  9. 69' Substitution, Villarreal. Nicola Sansone replaces Cédric Bakambu.
  10. 73' Goal! Villarreal 3, Sporting de Gijón 1. Douglas (Sporting de Gijón) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Víctor Rodríguez.
  11. 76' Substitution, Villarreal. Adrián López replaces Roberto Soldado.
  12. 84' Daniele Bonera (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 88' Substitution, Villarreal. Manu Trigueros replaces Roberto Soriano.

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