Spanish LALIGA

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Atlético Madrid LDWWL 1
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Elche DLLDW 0
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Martínez Valero

Match Report

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Atletico Madrid ride luck to win after late Elche penalty miss

Atletico Madrid stayed in charge of La Liga's four-way title race by grinding out a 1-0 win at struggling Elche.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
20
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
0
2
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
3
49.4
Possession
50.6
11
SHOTS
6
4
ON GOAL
1
0.4
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
340
Accurate Passes
345
417
Passes
414
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
2
5
Crosses
16
0.4
Cross %
0.1
51
Long Balls
61
25
Accurate Long Balls
36
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
4
Blocked Shots
1
13
Effective Tackles
14
21
Tackles
21
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
6
Interceptions
12
9
Effective Clearances
12
9
Clearances
12

Head to Head

ATM leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

ELC · 4-4-2

  1. 1Paulo GazzanigaG
  2. 2Diego GonzálezCD-L
  3. 12Dani CalvoCD-R
  4. 24JosemaLB
  5. 18Helibelton PalaciosRB
  6. 4Iván MarconeCM-L
  7. 14Raúl GutiCM-R
  8. 16FidelLM
  9. 11José Antonio MorenteRM
  10. 9Lucas BoyéCF-L
  11. 10Pere MillaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 19Antonio BarragánSUB
  2. 5Gonzalo VerdúSUB
  3. 17JosanSUB
  4. 6Nuke MfuluSUB
  5. 15LuismiSUB
  6. 13Edgar BadíaSUB
  7. 45Lluis AndreuSUB
  8. 8Víctor RodríguezSUB
  9. 20Pablo PiattiSUB
  10. 22Emiliano RigoniSUB
  11. 23CifuentesSUB
  12. 7NinoSUB

ATM · 3-4-2-1

  1. 13Jan OblakG
  2. 2José María GiménezCD
  3. 22Mario HermosoCD-L
  4. 15Stefan SavicCD-R
  5. 4Geoffrey KondogbiaCM-L
  6. 14Marcos LlorenteCM-R
  7. 21Yannick CarrascoLM
  8. 23Kieran TrippierRM
  9. 9Luis SuárezF
  10. 11Thomas LemarCF-L
  11. 10Ángel CorreaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 6KokeSUB
  2. 1Ivo GrbicSUB
  3. 18FelipeSUB
  4. 5Lucas TorreiraSUB
  5. 8Saúl ÑíguezSUB
  6. 20VitoloSUB
  7. 24Sime VrsaljkoSUB
  8. 16Héctor HerreraSUB
  9. 7João FélixSUB
  10. 19Moussa DembéléSUB

Timeline

  1. 23' Goal! Elche 0, Atletico Madrid 1. Marcos Llorente (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Yannick Carrasco.
  2. 36' Thomas Lemar (Atletico Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 41' Yannick Carrasco (Atletico Madrid) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 45' Substitution, Elche. Pablo Piatti replaces Tete Morente.
  5. 45' Substitution, Elche. Antonio Barragán replaces Helibelton Palacios.
  6. 57' Substitution, Atletico Madrid. João Félix replaces Thomas Lemar.
  7. 65' Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Koke replaces Ángel Correa.
  8. 69' Pere Milla (Elche) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 71' Substitution, Elche. Nino replaces Pere Milla.
  10. 75' Lucas Boyé (Elche) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 76' Antonio Barragán (Elche) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 80' Substitution, Elche. Víctor Rodríguez replaces Josema.
  13. 80' Substitution, Elche. Josan replaces Iván Marcone.
  14. 82' Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Felipe replaces José Giménez.
  15. 82' Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Saúl Ñíguez replaces Luis Suárez.
  16. 90'+1' Penalty missed! Still Elche 0, Atletico Madrid 1. Fidel (Elche) hits the left post with a left footed shot.
  17. 90'+4' Stefan Savic (Atletico Madrid) is shown the yellow card.

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