Spanish LALIGA

FT Sunday, March 3, 2019
Atlético Madrid LLWWW 2
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Real Sociedad DWDWD 0
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ATM202
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Estadio Municipal de Anoeta · 25,955 att.

Match Report

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Morata double keeps up 10-man Atletico close to leaders Barcelona

Atletico Madrid kept up their pursuit of La Liga leaders Barcelona with an Alvaro Morata double in a 2-0 win at Real Sociedad on Sunday.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
7
3
Saves
1
38.6
Possession
61.4
8
SHOTS
19
3
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
275
Accurate Passes
480
355
Passes
548
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
10
10
Crosses
35
0.3
Cross %
0.3
60
Long Balls
42
24
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
5
9
Effective Tackles
9
22
Tackles
18
0.4
Tackle %
0.5
9
Interceptions
8
35
Effective Clearances
8
35
Clearances
8

Head to Head

ATM leads series 3-2

Lineups

RSO · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Gerónimo RulliG
  2. 22Raúl NavasCD-L
  3. 3Diego LlorenteCD-R
  4. 5Igor ZubeldiaDM
  5. 19Theo HernándezLB
  6. 2Joseba ZaldúaRB
  7. 17David ZurutuzaCM-L
  8. 8Mikel MerinoCM-R
  9. 24SandroLM
  10. 10Mikel OyarzabalRM
  11. 12Willian JoséF

ATM · 4-4-2

  1. 13Jan OblakG
  2. 2Diego GodínCD-L
  3. 24José María GiménezCD-R
  4. 3Filipe LuísLB
  5. 20JuanfranRB
  6. 8Saúl ÑíguezCM-L
  7. 14RodriCM-R
  8. 11Thomas LemarLM
  9. 6KokeRM
  10. 7Antoine GriezmannCF-L
  11. 22Álvaro MorataCF-R

Timeline

  1. 3' Joseba Zaldua (Real Sociedad) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 27' Substitution, Real Sociedad. Jon Bautista replaces Willian José because of an injury.
  3. 30' Goal! Real Sociedad 0, Atlético de Madrid 1. Álvaro Morata (Atlético de Madrid) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Diego Godín following a corner.
  4. 33' Goal! Real Sociedad 0, Atlético de Madrid 2. Álvaro Morata (Atlético de Madrid) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Koke with a cross following a set piece situation.
  5. 41' Koke (Atlético de Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 45' Substitution, Atlético de Madrid. Santiago Arias replaces Filipe Luís because of an injury.
  7. 58' Substitution, Atlético de Madrid. Thomas Partey replaces Thomas Lemar.
  8. 59' Rodrigo (Atlético de Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 62' Second yellow card to Koke (Atlético de Madrid) for a bad foul.
  10. 63' Diego Godín (Atlético de Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 68' Substitution, Real Sociedad. Juanmi replaces David Zurutuza.
  12. 71' Substitution, Atlético de Madrid. Ángel Correa replaces Álvaro Morata.
  13. 75' Substitution, Real Sociedad. Rubén Pardo replaces Igor Zubeldia.

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