Elche 2-3 Almería: result and report
La Liga 2 · Friday 28 April 2017
Result
Elche 2-3 Almería
La Liga 2 · Friday 28 April 2017, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Elche 2-3 Almería: match report
Elche lost to Almería 2-3 in La Liga 2 on Friday 28 April 2017. The half-time score was 0-1.
Borja opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Elche's goals came from Pelayo (53') and Dominique Malonga (90+3'). Almería scored through Borja (27'), Ximo Navarro (64') and Quique González (73').
Discipline: Elche received 4 yellow cards; Almería received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Elche were 17th on 41 points from 35 and Almería 18th on 39 points from 35. Elche went on to finish that season 21st with 42 points, and Almería 15th with 51.
Elche lined up in a 4-4-2 and Almería in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ximo Navarro of Almería (7.7), ahead of Borja Valle (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Elche wins, 3 draws and 2 for Almería.
Going into the match Elche's last five read L-L-W-L-L and Almería's W-L-D-W-W.
Key events
- 16'Yellow card · Armando
- 27'Goal · Borja
- 33'Yellow card · Ximo Navarro
- 43'Yellow card · Fidel
- 45'Yellow card · Rober Correa
- 53'Goal · Pelayo
- 64'Goal · Ximo Navarro
- 73'Goal · Quique González
- 75'Yellow card · Borja Valle
- 80'Yellow card · Fran Vélez
- 84'Yellow card · Antonio Puertas
- 90+2'Yellow card · Marco Motta
- 90+3'Goal · Dominique Malonga
- 90+4'Yellow card · Liberto Beltrán
Head-to-head
Team news
Elche line-up (4-4-2)
Juan Carlos, Rober Correa, Andres Tunez, Armando, Edu Albácar, Pelayo, Álex Fernández, Pedro, Borja Valle, Nino, Guillermo
Almería line-up (4-2-3-1)
Casto, Ximo Navarro, Marco Motta, Nano, Joaquín Fernández, Borja Fernández, Ramon Azeez, Enrique González Casín, José Pozo, Fidel, Kalu Uche