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Match Report

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Upstarts Girona ease past Alaves to reclaim LaLiga top spot

Ukraine forward Artem Dovbyk scored twice as Girona wrote another chapter of their Cinderella story on Monday with a dominant 3-0 win over Alaves to leapfrog Real Madrid and reclaim top spot in the LaLiga standings.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
9
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
2
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
2
33.3
Possession
66.7
12
SHOTS
9
2
ON GOAL
4
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
288
Accurate Passes
633
341
Passes
701
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
2
17
Crosses
13
0.2
Cross %
0.2
45
Long Balls
42
23
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
2
11
Effective Tackles
7
18
Tackles
10
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
9
Interceptions
3
19
Effective Clearances
12
19
Clearances
12

Highlights

01:34 Artem Dovbyk Goal 23' Girona - Alavés Watch on ESPN 00:58 Portu Goal 42' Girona - Alavés Watch on ESPN 00:49 Artem Dovbyk slots home Penalty Goals vs. Alavés Watch on ESPN 00:38 Rubén Duarte hits the frame Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

GIR leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

GIR · 3-4-2-1

  1. 13Paulo GazzanigaG
  2. 5David LópezCD
  3. 17Daley BlindCD-L
  4. 25Eric GarcíaCD-R
  5. 14Aleix GarcíaCM-L
  6. 23Iván MartínCM-R
  7. 3Miguel GutiérrezLM
  8. 20Yan CoutoRM
  9. 9Artem DovbykF
  10. 16SávioCF-L
  11. 24PortuCF-R

ALA · 3-4-3

  1. 1Antonio SiveraG
  2. 16Rafa MarínCD
  3. 3Rubén DuarteCD-L
  4. 14Nahuel TenagliaCD-R
  5. 6Ander GuevaraCM-L
  6. 8Antonio BlancoCM-R
  7. 27Javi LópezLM
  8. 2Andoni GorosabelRM
  9. 32Samu AghehowaF
  10. 11Luis RiojaCF-L
  11. 18Jon GuridiCF-R

Timeline

  1. 23' Goal! Girona 1, Alaves 0. Artem Dovbyk (Girona) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  2. 39' Nahuel Tenaglia (Alaves) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 42' Goal! Girona 2, Alaves 0. Portu (Girona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Yan Couto.
  4. 59' Goal! Girona 3, Alaves 0. Artem Dovbyk (Girona) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  5. 61' Substitution, Alaves. Abde Rebbach replaces Luis Rioja.
  6. 61' Substitution, Alaves. Ianis Hagi replaces Jon Guridi.
  7. 64' Substitution, Girona. Pablo Torre replaces Portu.
  8. 64' Substitution, Girona. Valery Fernández replaces Sávio.
  9. 73' Substitution, Alaves. Kike García replaces Samu Omorodion.
  10. 73' Substitution, Alaves. Álex Sola replaces Andoni Gorosabel.
  11. 73' Substitution, Girona. Jhon Solís replaces Iván Martín.
  12. 78' Substitution, Alaves. Carlos Benavídez replaces Antonio Blanco.
  13. 79' Substitution, Girona. Juanpe replaces David López.
  14. 79' Substitution, Girona. Arnau Martínez replaces Yan Couto because of an injury.

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