Alaves vs Granada

16 May 2021 · La Liga · 2020/21 · Referee José María Sánchez Martínez

Full time 4 – 2

Half-time: 2–1

  • Pere Pons 8’
  • Rubén Duarte 21’
  • Joselu 66’
  • Luis Rioja 72’
  • Jorge Molina 31’
  • Antonio Puertas 63’

Match summary

Alaves beat Granada 4-2. Alaves led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Pere Pons put Alaves ahead in the 8th minute, Rubén Duarte made it 2-0 in the 21st minute, set up by Florian Lejeune, and Jorge Molina pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 31st minute, set up by Luis Suárez. In the second half, Antonio Puertas equalised in the 63rd minute, set up by Darwin Machís, Joselu put Alaves back in front in the 66th minute, set up by Víctor Laguardia, and Luis Rioja made it 4-2 in the 72nd minute, set up by Lucas Pérez.

The chances backed that up: Alaves created 2.84 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Granada's 0.84 from 5.

Match stats

Alaves Granada
14 Shots 5
9 Shots on Target 2
6 Corners 1
2 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
2.84 xG 0.84
2.84 Non-penalty xG 0.84
6 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Alaves Granada
Kick-off
Pere Pons1-0 (Alaves)
8’
Rubén Duarte
Assist: Florian Lejeune2-0 (Alaves)
21’
31’
Jorge Molina
Assist: Luis Suárez2-1 (Granada)
Half-time2-1
63’
Antonio Puertas
Assist: Darwin Machís2-2 (Granada)
Joselu
Assist: Víctor Laguardia3-2 (Alaves)
66’
Luis Rioja
Assist: Lucas Pérez4-2 (Alaves)
72’
Full-time4-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Alaves
  • Manu García
  • John Guidetti
Granada
  • Nehuén Pérez
  • Domingos Duarte
  • Quini
  • Yan Eteki

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.84 0.84 8’ Pere Pons (Alaves), 1-0 8’ 21’ Rubén Duarte (Alaves), 2-0 21’ 31’ Jorge Molina (Granada), 2-1 31’ 63’ Antonio Puertas (Granada), 2-2 63’ 66’ Joselu (Alaves), 3-2 66’ 72’ Luis Rioja (Alaves), 4-2 72’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.84 0.84 8’ Pere Pons (Alaves), 1-0 Pons 8’ 21’ Rubén Duarte (Alaves), 2-0 Duarte 21’ 31’ Jorge Molina (Granada), 2-1 Molina 31’ 63’ Antonio Puertas (Granada), 2-2 Puertas 63’ 66’ Joselu (Alaves), 3-2 Joselu 66’ 72’ Luis Rioja (Alaves), 4-2 Rioja 72’
Alaves 2.84 xGGranada 0.84 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Granada attacking Alaves attacking 
21’ Rubén Duarte (Alaves), set piece, 0.70 xG, goal 63’ Antonio Puertas (Granada), open play, 0.49 xG, goal 66’ Joselu (Alaves), open play, 0.48 xG, goal 48’ Rodrigo Battaglia (Alaves), set piece, 0.47 xG, hit the woodwork 40’ Lucas Pérez (Alaves), open play, 0.40 xG, saved 31’ Jorge Molina (Granada), open play, 0.25 xG, goal 19’ Joselu (Alaves), from a corner, 0.12 xG, off target 8’ Pere Pons (Alaves), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 21’ Florian Lejeune (Alaves), set piece, 0.10 xG, off target 41’ Lucas Pérez (Alaves), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 48’ Lucas Pérez (Alaves), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 49’ Rubén Duarte (Alaves), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 54’ Luis Rioja (Alaves), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 72’ Luis Rioja (Alaves), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 28’ Víctor Laguardia (Alaves), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 75’ Yan Eteki (Granada), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 85’ Darwin Machís (Granada), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 18’ Pere Pons (Alaves), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 71’ Luis Suárez (Granada), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 21’ Rubén Duarte (Alaves), set piece, 0.70 xG, goal 63’ Antonio Puertas (Granada), open play, 0.49 xG, goal 66’ Joselu (Alaves), open play, 0.48 xG, goal 48’ Rodrigo Battaglia (Alaves), set piece, 0.47 xG, hit the woodwork 40’ Lucas Pérez (Alaves), open play, 0.40 xG, saved 31’ Jorge Molina (Granada), open play, 0.25 xG, goal 19’ Joselu (Alaves), from a corner, 0.12 xG, off target 8’ Pere Pons (Alaves), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 21’ Florian Lejeune (Alaves), set piece, 0.10 xG, off target 41’ Lucas Pérez (Alaves), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 48’ Lucas Pérez (Alaves), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 49’ Rubén Duarte (Alaves), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 54’ Luis Rioja (Alaves), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 72’ Luis Rioja (Alaves), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 75’ Yan Eteki (Granada), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 28’ Víctor Laguardia (Alaves), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 85’ Darwin Machís (Granada), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 71’ Luis Suárez (Granada), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 18’ Pere Pons (Alaves), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Fernando Pacheco GK900 0.000.000
Martín Aguirregabiria DEF900 0.000.000
Florian Lejeune DEF9011 0.100.701
Víctor Laguardia DEF9011 0.050.481
Rubén Duarte DEF9012 0.780.142
Pere Pons MID9012 0.110.401
Rodrigo Battaglia MID901 0.470.000
Tomás Pina MID900 0.000.011
Luis Rioja MID7412 0.140.000
Joselu FWD9012 0.600.091
Lucas Pérez FWD8613 0.580.916
Facundo Pellistri Sub160 0.000.000
Manu García Sub40 0.000.000
Ximo Navarro Sub10 0.000.000
Borja Sainz Sub10 0.000.000
John Guidetti Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Alaves win 52% Avg odds 1.82
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.46
Granada win 20% Avg odds 4.81

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Alaves WDLDW
Granada LWLLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Granada 2-1 Alaves, 20 Sep 20 Next meeting: Granada 2-1 Alaves, 03 Dec 21  All Alaves vs Granada meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.