Real Zaragoza 2-1 Almería: result and report

La Liga 2 · Saturday 21 April 2018

Result

Real Zaragoza 2-1 Almería

La Liga 2 · Saturday 21 April 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Real Zaragoza · Almería · La Liga 2 predictions

Real Zaragoza 2-1 Almería: match report

Real Zaragoza beat Almería 2-1 in La Liga 2 on Saturday 21 April 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Giorgi Papunashvili opened the scoring in the 56th minute. Real Zaragoza's goals came from Giorgi Papunashvili (56') and Borja Iglesias (85'). Almería scored through P. Caballero (90+3').

Discipline: Real Zaragoza received 2 yellow cards; Almería received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Real Zaragoza were 7th on 55 points from 35 and Almería 17th on 39 points from 35. Real Zaragoza went on to finish that season 4th with 72 points, and Almería 18th with 48.

Real Zaragoza lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Almería in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Borja Iglesias of Real Zaragoza (8.0), ahead of Raúl Guti (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Real Zaragoza wins, 3 draws and 3 for Almería.

Going into the match Real Zaragoza's last five read L-W-W-L-W and Almería's D-D-L-L-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 56'Goal · Giorgi PapunashviliReal Zaragoza · 1-0
  • 70'Yellow card · Marco MottaAlmería
  • 80'Yellow card · Aleix FebasReal Zaragoza
  • 81'Yellow card · Joaquín FernándezAlmería
  • 84'Yellow card · Alberto ZapaterReal Zaragoza
  • 85'Goal · Borja IglesiasReal Zaragoza · 2-0
  • 90+3'Goal · P. CaballeroAlmería · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Real Zaragoza 4, draws 3, Almería 3.

Team news

Real Zaragoza line-up (4-3-1-2)

Cristian Álvarez, Alberto Benito, Diogo Verdasca, Daniel Lasure, Dejan Stanković, Iñigo Eguaras, Giorgi Papunashvili, Alberto Zapater, Raúl Guti, Jorge Pombo, Borja Iglesias

Almería line-up (4-2-3-1)

Rene Roman, Marco Motta, Jorge Morcillo, Joaquín Fernández, Pervis Estupiñán, Verza, Tino Costa, Javi Álamo, Rubén Alcaraz, Fidel, Hicham Khaloua