Kickoff: 21:00 CET / 20:00 GMT / 4:00 PM EDT / 1:00 PM PDT
Venue: Estadio Nuevo Los Carmenes
Referee: Javier Iglesias Villanueva
Lineups:
Granada: Andre Ferreira - Carlos Neva, Raul Torrente, Ignasi Miquel, Ricard Sanchez - Alvaro Fernandez, Gonzalo Villar, Sergio Ruiz, Bryan Zaragoza - Myrto Uzuni, Antonio Puertas
Subs: Adrian Lopez, Wilson Manafa, Victor Diaz, Adria Miquel Bosch, Njegos Petrovic, Oscar Melendo, Jose Callejon, Shon Weissman, Famara Diedhiou, Alberto Perea
Villarreal: Filip Jorgensen - Alberto Moreno, Matteo Gabbia, Raul Albiol, Adria Altimira - Alex Baena, Dani Parejo, Etienne Capoue, Ilias Akomach - Alexander Sorloth, Gerard Moreno
Subs: Pepe Reina, Kiko Femenia, Aissa Mandi, Carlos Romero, Santi Comesana, Jorge Cuenca, Manu Trigueros, Ramon Terrats, Ben Brereton Diaz, Jose Luis Morales
Match Events:
18’ - Sorloth beats Ricard Sanchez on the left wing and centers to Gerard Moreno, who shoots into the bottom left corner. Granada 0, Villarreal 1 – link
21’ - Alex Baena hits Sorloth in stride and the Norwegian gets the ball past Ferreira, who can only trip him up and thereby Granada concede a penalty. Gerard Moreno steps up to take the penalty, and shoots into the bottom left corner again. Granada 0, Villarreal 2 – link
28’ - Nobody picks closes in on Sorloth and the Norwegian shoots into the right side of the net from the edge of the box. Granada 0, Villarreal 3 – link
29’ - Villar finds Ricard Sanchez on the right wing who shoots into the left side of the net as Granada get one back quickly. Granada 1, Villarreal 3 – link
34’ - Ricard Sanchez centers the ball to Uzuni, who beats Gabbia with some nice moves and shoots near the far-post to bring Granada within one. Granada 2, Villarreal 3 – link
40’ - Bryan Zaragoza crosses to Puertas at the edge of the 6-yard box, but the header goes right into Jorgensen’s hands
45’ - Gerard Moreno with a good effort, but Ferreira can make the save
45+7’ - End of half
45’ - Substitution for Villarreal: Romero on for Sorloth
50’ - Yellow card for Baena
Match Stats - via Livescore.com, as of 45’
| Granada | Villarreal :–:|:–:|:–: xG | 1.03 | 1.24 xA | 0.88 | 0.57 Possession | 43% | 57% Shots on target | 6 | 4 Shots off target | 2 | 0 Blocked shots | 0 | 1 Corner kicks | 2 | 1 Offsides | 0 | 1 Fouls | 7 | 2 Yellow Cards | 0 | 0 Red Cards | 0 | 0
Live Standings:
| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real Madrid | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 8 | +15 | 28 |
| Girona | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 13 | +12 | 28 |
| Atletico Madrid | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 9 | +16 | 25 |
| Barcelona | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 12 | +11 | 24 |
| Real Sociedad | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 14 | +6 | 19 |
| Athletic Club | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | +6 | 18 |
| Real Betis | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 15 | -1 | 17 |
| Rayo Vallecano | 11 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 15 | -1 | 17 |
| Valencia | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 15 |
| Las Palmas | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 14 |
| Osasuna | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 16 | -4 | 13 |
| Villarreal | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 18 | -3 | 12 |
| Getafe | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 16 | -3 | 12 |
| Sevilla | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | +1 | 10 |
| Cadiz | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 10 |
| Mallorca | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 16 | -4 | 9 |
| Alaves | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 16 | -7 | 9 |
| Celta Vigo | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 19 | -9 | 6 |
| Granada | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 28 | -11 | 6 |
| Almeria | 11 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 31 | -17 | 3 |
Upcoming Fixtures:
Granada: at Valencia, 11.05, 16:15 CEST
Villarreal: vs Athletic, 11.05, 18:30 CEST
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Peak Pacheta with that sub
Crazy we have this great top flight match happening right now and the thread has 16 comments and isn’t on the front page of the sub. Who cares about the bloated Ballon d’Or ceremony