Spanish LALIGA

FT Saturday, March 9, 2019
Leganés WWLDW 0
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Atlético Madrid LWWWW 1
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Match Report

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Atletico Madrid sneak narrow win over Leganes ahead of Juventus match

Atletico Madrid kept up their pursuit of La Liga leaders Barcelona by beating Leganes 1-0 at home on Saturday.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
9
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
2
55.4
Possession
44.6
3
SHOTS
13
2
ON GOAL
4
0.7
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
427
Accurate Passes
335
516
Passes
433
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
1
29
Crosses
5
0.1
Cross %
0.2
75
Long Balls
56
48
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
0
Blocked Shots
4
6
Effective Tackles
11
9
Tackles
19
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
20
Interceptions
15
14
Effective Clearances
21
14
Clearances
21

Head to Head

ATM leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

ATM · 4-4-2

  1. 13Jan OblakG
  2. 24José María GiménezCD-L
  3. 15Stefan SavicCD-R
  4. 33Andrés SolanoLB
  5. 4Santiago AriasRB
  6. 14RodriCM-L
  7. 5Thomas ParteyCM-R
  8. 23VitoloLM
  9. 10Ángel CorreaRM
  10. 9Nikola KalinicCF-L
  11. 7Antoine GriezmannCF-R

LEG · 3-1-4-2

  1. 29Andriy LuninG
  2. 24Kenneth OmeruoCD
  3. 15Rodrigo TarínCD-L
  4. 4Diego ReyesCD-R
  5. 21Rubén PérezSW
  6. 23Mikel VesgaCM-L
  7. 17Javier ErasoCM-R
  8. 14Vasyl KravetsLM
  9. 12Allan NyomRM
  10. 26Youssef En-NesyriCF-L
  11. 25Martin BraithwaiteCF-R

Timeline

  1. 14' José Giménez (Atlético de Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 15' Martin Braithwaite (Leganés) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 45' Substitution, Atlético de Madrid. Saúl Ñíguez replaces Andrés Solano.
  4. 45' Substitution, Atlético de Madrid. Thomas Lemar replaces Antoine Griezmann.
  5. 50' Penalty saved! Saúl Ñíguez (Atlético de Madrid) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, left footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
  6. 50' Goal! Atlético de Madrid 1, Leganés 0. Saúl Ñíguez (Atlético de Madrid) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner following a set piece situation.
  7. 53' Thomas Lemar (Atlético de Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 65' Rubén Pérez (Leganés) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 71' Substitution, Leganés. Nabil El Zhar replaces Javier Eraso.
  10. 71' Substitution, Leganés. Guido Carrillo replaces Martin Braithwaite.
  11. 73' Substitution, Atlético de Madrid. Juanfran replaces Nikola Kalinic.
  12. 76' Substitution, Leganés. José Arnáiz replaces Allan Nyom.

LALIGA News

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