Spanish LALIGA

FT Sunday, December 10, 2017
Atlético Madrid WWWWD 1
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Real Betis DLDLL 0
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ATM101
BET000
Estadio Benito Villamarín · 45,517 att.

Match Report

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Saul Niguez nets winner as Atletico Madrid edge Real Betis

Saul Niguez scored the only goal as Atletico Madrid beat Real Betis 1-0 to keep Diego Simeone's team in the chase for the La Liga title.

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Team Stats

19
Fouls
15
3
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
2
Corner Kicks
3
4
Saves
1
26.4
Possession
73.6
4
SHOTS
9
2
ON GOAL
4
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
168
Accurate Passes
613
255
Passes
706
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
3
7
Crosses
20
0.1
Cross %
0.2
48
Long Balls
74
14
Accurate Long Balls
46
0.3
Long Balls %
0.6
0
Blocked Shots
4
21
Effective Tackles
10
27
Tackles
14
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
31
Effective Clearances
15
31
Clearances
15

Head to Head

ATM leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

BET · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13Antonio AdánG
  2. 4Zouhair FeddalCD-L
  3. 23Aïssa MandiCD-R
  4. 14Riza DurmisiLB
  5. 19Antonio BarragánRB
  6. 10Ryad BoudebouzAM
  7. 18Andrés GuardadoLM
  8. 6Fabián RuizRM
  9. 7Sergio LeónF
  10. 20Cristian TelloAM-L
  11. 17JoaquínAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 34Aitor RuibalSUB
  2. 35Julio GraciaSUB
  3. 1Dani GiménezSUB
  4. 21Alin ToscaSUB
  5. 11NahuelSUB
  6. 8Víctor CamarasaSUB
  7. 2Rafael Enrique NavarroSUB

ATM · 4-4-2

  1. 13Jan OblakG
  2. 2Diego GodínCD-L
  3. 15Stefan SavicCD-R
  4. 3Filipe LuísLB
  5. 16Sime VrsaljkoRB
  6. 5Thomas ParteyCM-L
  7. 14GabiCM-R
  8. 6KokeLM
  9. 8Saúl ÑíguezRM
  10. 11Ángel CorreaCF-L
  11. 21Kevin GameiroCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 17Luciano ViettoSUB
  2. 9Fernando TorresSUB
  3. 10Yannick CarrascoSUB
  4. 12Augusto FernándezSUB
  5. 24José María GiménezSUB
  6. 1Miguel Ángel MoyàSUB
  7. 19Lucas HernándezSUB

Timeline

  1. 1' Ryad Boudebouz (Real Betis) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 14' Ángel Correa (Atlético de Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 29' Goal! Real Betis 0, Atlético de Madrid 1. Saúl Ñíguez (Atlético de Madrid) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sime Vrsaljko with a cross.
  4. 43' Andrés Guardado (Real Betis) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 51' Diego Godín (Atlético de Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 59' Filipe Luis (Atlético de Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 61' Substitution, Atlético de Madrid. José Giménez replaces Ángel Correa.
  8. 66' Substitution, Real Betis. Víctor Camarasa replaces Andrés Guardado because of an injury.
  9. 75' Substitution, Real Betis. Julio Gracia replaces Antonio Barragán.
  10. 76' Substitution, Atlético de Madrid. Fernando Torres replaces Kevin Gameiro.
  11. 79' Aissa Mandi (Real Betis) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 88' Substitution, Real Betis. Aitor Ruibal replaces Fabián Ruiz.
  13. 90'+3' Substitution, Atlético de Madrid. Lucas Hernández replaces Thomas Partey.
  14. 90'+6' Sergio León (Real Betis) is shown the yellow card.

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