Spanish Copa del Rey

FT Tuesday, January 8, 2019
Valencia DWDWL 1
–
Sporting Gijón DDWDL 2
1st2ndT
VAL101
RSG112
1st Leg · · 9,870 att.

Match Report

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Nick Blackman's super-sub goal helps Gijon beat Valencia in Copa del Rey

Nick Blackman came off the bench to score the winner as Sporting Gijon beat floundering Valencia 2-1 in the first leg of their Copa del Rey tie.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
19
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
6
Corner Kicks
4
1
Saves
4
53.8
Possession
46.2
17
SHOTS
10
5
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
394
Accurate Passes
322
481
Passes
418
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
7
Accurate Crosses
5
22
Crosses
17
0.3
Cross %
0.3
40
Long Balls
58
20
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
2
8
Effective Tackles
12
16
Tackles
22
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
10
Interceptions
23
12
Effective Clearances
17
12
Clearances
17

Head to Head

VAL leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

RSG · 4-3-3

  1. 1Dani MartínG
  2. 6Jean-Sylvain BabinCD-L
  3. 4Juan RodríguezCD-R
  4. 15Roberto CanellaLB
  5. 2MolineroRB
  6. 5Isaac CofieCM
  7. 16André SousaLM
  8. 8HernánRM
  9. 22Pablo PérezF
  10. 3Javi NoblejasLF
  11. 12Álvaro JiménezRF

Substitutes

  1. 27Pedro DíazSUB
  2. 21Álvaro TraverSUB
  3. 13Diego MariñoSUB
  4. 9Nick BlackmanSUB
  5. 26Carlos CorderoSUB
  6. 14Ignacio MéndezSUB
  7. 29Neftali ManzambiSUB

VAL · 4-4-2

  1. 1Jaume DoménechG
  2. 12Mouctar DiakhabyCD-L
  3. 3Rúben VezoCD-R
  4. 14José GayàLB
  5. 18Daniel WassRB
  6. 10Dani ParejoCM-L
  7. 8Carlos SolerCM-R
  8. 34Lee Kang-InLM
  9. 20Ferran TorresRM
  10. 9Kevin GameiroCF-L
  11. 23Michy BatshuayiCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 24Ezequiel GaraySUB
  2. 26Uros RacicSUB
  3. 11Denis CheryshevSUB
  4. 15Toni LatoSUB
  5. 19RodrigoSUB
  6. 13NetoSUB
  7. 21Cristiano PicciniSUB

Timeline

  1. 32' Álvaro Jiménez (Sporting de Gijón) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 34' Goal! Sporting de Gijón 1, Valencia 0. Javi Noblejas (Sporting de Gijón) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by André Sousa with a cross.
  3. 36' Rúben Vezo (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Goal! Sporting de Gijón 1, Valencia 1. Kevin Gameiro (Valencia) header from very close range to the bottom left corner.
  5. 45'+1' VAR: Goal. Referee decision on field cancelled.
  6. 45' Substitution, Valencia. Rodrigo Moreno replaces Michy Batshuayi.
  7. 67' Substitution, Sporting de Gijón. Álvaro Traver replaces Javi Noblejas.
  8. 67' Substitution, Sporting de Gijón. Pedro Díaz replaces Hernán Santana.
  9. 68' Substitution, Valencia. Cristiano Piccini replaces Daniel Wass.
  10. 78' Substitution, Sporting de Gijón. Nick Blackman replaces Álvaro Jiménez.
  11. 79' Goal! Sporting de Gijón 2, Valencia 1. Nick Blackman (Sporting de Gijón) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Álvaro Traver with a cross following a corner.
  12. 80' Substitution, Valencia. Denis Cheryshev replaces Kevin Gameiro.

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