Spanish LALIGA

FT Saturday, December 19, 2020
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Atlético Madrid DWWLW 3
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Match Report

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Suarez nets double as Atletico go clear at the top

Atletico Madrid forward Luis Suarez was back among the goals to help his side to a 3-1 win at home to Elche on Saturday, taking them three points cl

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
13
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
2
3
Saves
2
51.7
Possession
48.3
8
SHOTS
12
3
ON GOAL
6
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
486
Accurate Passes
444
531
Passes
503
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
3
18
Crosses
12
0.2
Cross %
0.3
41
Long Balls
30
25
Accurate Long Balls
18
0.6
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
0
7
Effective Tackles
5
11
Tackles
17
0.6
Tackle %
0.3
10
Interceptions
5
12
Effective Clearances
15
12
Clearances
15

Head to Head

ATM leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

ATM · 4-4-2

  1. 13Jan OblakG
  2. 22Mario HermosoCD-L
  3. 15Stefan SavicCD-R
  4. 12Renan LodiLB
  5. 23Kieran TrippierRB
  6. 14Marcos LlorenteCM-L
  7. 6KokeCM-R
  8. 21Yannick CarrascoLM
  9. 11Thomas LemarRM
  10. 9Luis SuárezCF-L
  11. 7João FélixCF-R

ELC · 4-1-4-1

  1. 13Edgar BadíaG
  2. 26John DonaldCD-L
  3. 5Gonzalo VerdúCD-R
  4. 4Iván MarconeDM
  5. 24JosemaLB
  6. 19Antonio BarragánRB
  7. 16FidelCM-L
  8. 14Raúl GutiCM-R
  9. 11José Antonio MorenteLM
  10. 17JosanRM
  11. 9Lucas BoyéF

Timeline

  1. 5' VAR Decision: No Penalty Atlético de Madrid.
  2. 14' Gonzalo Verdú (Elche) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 40' Mario Hermoso (Atlético de Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 41' Goal! Atlético de Madrid 1, Elche 0. Luis Suárez (Atlético de Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kieran Trippier with a through ball.
  5. 45' Substitution, Elche. Juan Sánchez Miño replaces John Donald.
  6. 45' Substitution, Elche. Emiliano Rigoni replaces Josan.
  7. 58' Goal! Atlético de Madrid 2, Elche 0. Luis Suárez (Atlético de Madrid) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Yannick Carrasco with a cross.
  8. 64' Goal! Atlético de Madrid 2, Elche 1. Lucas Boyé (Elche) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Tete Morente with a headed pass following a corner.
  9. 66' Substitution, Atlético de Madrid. Saúl Ñíguez replaces Yannick Carrasco.
  10. 66' Substitution, Atlético de Madrid. Ángel Correa replaces Thomas Lemar.
  11. 73' Substitution, Atlético de Madrid. Diego Costa replaces João Félix because of an injury.
  12. 74' Substitution, Atlético de Madrid. Geoffrey Kondogbia replaces Luis Suárez.
  13. 79' Iván Marcone (Elche) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 80' Goal! Atlético de Madrid 3, Elche 1. Diego Costa (Atlético de Madrid) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  15. 81' Substitution, Elche. Nino replaces Raúl Guti.
  16. 87' Substitution, Atlético de Madrid. Felipe replaces Koke.

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