Down To Ten
Almeria
Almeria played the closing 0 minutes a man down after a 95′ dismissal.
- Sent off
- 95′
- Player
- Quim Junyent
Segunda División · Matchday 5
Cordoba
0 – 2
FT
HT 0–0
Almeria
B. Cipenga 52'
Thalys 70'
Segunda División
Matchday 5Cordoba0–2Almeria
1.38
Expected goals
0.52
52′70′95′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: COR 1.38, ALM 0.52.
Match report
Cordoba 0-2 Almeria
Almeria saw off Cordoba 2-0 at Estadio Nuevo Arcángel in Segunda División. Cipenga opened the scoring for Almeria on 52' and Thalys made it 2-0 to Almeria on 70'.
Expected goals finished Cordoba 1.38, Almeria 0.52. On the balance of chances Cordoba had enough to take something from it, which makes this a result Almeria will take more happily than the performance deserved. Cordoba held 59.0% of the ball.
Junyent was dismissed for Almeria in the closing moments, too late to shape the result.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Almeria graded out for clinical edge — 2 goals and 0.52 expected goals. Cordoba graded out for box occupation — 15 of 20 shots in the box and 0.07 xg per shot.
Andrés Fernández came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.3 for Almeria across 90 minutes.
It was a niggly afternoon: 30 fouls between them and 10 yellow cards, with Almeria conceding the most free-kicks (17).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
59%Possession41%
20Shots4
1.38xG0.52
What the numbers say
5 readsClinical Edge
Almeria
Almeria finished well above what their chances were worth — 2 goals from 0.52 xG.
- Goals
- 2
- Expected goals
- 0.52
- Overperformance
- +1.48
Box Occupation
Cordoba
Cordoba kept getting bodies into the area — 75% of their shots came from inside the box.
- Shots in the box
- 15 of 20
- Share
- 75%
- xG per shot
- 0.07
Cynical Press
Almeria
Almeria broke the game up whenever it got away from them — 17 fouls and 6 bookings.
- Fouls
- 17
- Yellow cards
- 6
- Red cards
- 1
Timeline
🟨37'
Marcos Luna
Foul
Diego Percan
Foul
🟨45'
Half-time
K. Medina ↑ D. Tasende ↓
🔄46'
Egoitz Muñoz
Foul
🟨49'
⚽52'
B. Cipenga — assist: Leo Baptistao
🔄59'
D. Chirino ↑ M. Luna ↓
🔄59'
S. Arribas ↑ Leo Baptistao ↓
Youssouf Diarra
Foul
🟨60'
D. Budesca ↑ E. Munoz ↓
🔄60'
E. Rodriguez ↑ Percan ↓
🔄60'
🟨61'
Rodrigo Ely
Foul
🔄68'
Thalys ↑ M. de la Fuente ↓
A. Ghailan ↑ E. Garcia ↓
🔄69'
🔄69'
A. Munoz ↑ L. Lelo ↓
⚽70'
Thalys — assist: Javier Munoz
V. Sanchez ↑ Y. Diarra ↓
🔄75'
Victor Sanchez
Argument
🟨83'
🟨83'
Federico Bonini
Argument
🟨83'
Álex Muñoz
Argument
🔄89'
M. Vesga ↑ B. Cipenga ↓
🟨90'
Quim Junyent
Foul
🟨90+5'
Quim Junyent
Foul
🟥90+5'
Quim Junyent
Foul
Match info
Kickoff
VenueEstadio Nuevo Arcángel, Cordoba
RefereeA. Fuentes
CompetitionSegunda División
Season2026
RoundMatchday 5
StatusMatch Finished