On 26 April, one of the matches of the 31st round of the Spanish football championship took place. They faced Getafe Spain and Almeria Spain.
Spanish Premier League, round 31.
Getafe (Spain) - Almeria (Spain) - 1:2 (0:1)
Goals: Majoral (71) - Luis Javier Suarez (7), Luis Javier Suarez (58)
Warnings: Omar Alderete (11), Melero (26), Juan Iglesias (76), Fernando Martinez (88)
Getafe hosted Almeria in a thrilling La Liga match at the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez stadium and the game did not disappoint. In the first half, Almeria led 1-0 thanks to a Luis Suárez goal in the 7th minute. In the 11th minute, Getafe received a yellow card from O. Alderete, while Almeria got a yellow card in the 26th minute. 42 minutes into the match, Getafe made a substitution: G. Villar was replaced by L. Miguel. Villar was replaced by L Miglia. However, the situation took a turn for the worse for the home side when in the 45th minute, Jané got a red card. At the beginning of the second half, Getafe made the second substitution, replacing J. Iglesias with D. Suarez. However, Almeria scored again, this time L. Suarez scored in the 58th minute. On 65 minutes Getafe made two more substitutions: N. Maksimovic and Munir El Haddadi came on instead of J. Latas and K. Alain. In the 71st minute Getafe got back into the game and a goal was scored by B. Mayoral.
However, Almeria quickly responded by making two substitutions in the 73rd minute: G. Melero and A. Embarba were replaced by I. Eguaraz and F. Portillo respectively. In the 76th minute, Getafe received a yellow card and J. Iglesias was cautioned. Almeria then made two more substitutions in the 81st minute, replacing Leo Baptistao and A. Pozo with Kaiki and L. Ramazani. In the last few minutes of the game, Almeria made one last substitution: L. Robertone came on instead of S. Costa in the 86th minute. In the 88th minute, Almeria received a late yellow card - F. Martinez was cautioned. Getafe made one last substitution in the 90th minute: Porto replaced J. Mata. Despite Getafe's valiant efforts, Almeria held on to take a 2-1 win over the hosts. It was an entertaining match, with the supporters having a lot of fun. Both teams played heartily, but it was Almeria who clinched the win.
The next fixtures are Espanyol v Getafe and Real Madrid v Almeria.
| Getafe | Almeria | |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Shots on goal | 10 |
| 21 | Shots | 20 |
| 3 | Blocked kicks | 3 |
| 15 | Kicks from the penalty area | 10 |
| 6 | Kicks from behind the penalty box | 10 |
| 15 | Offences | 9 |
| 4 | Corner | 6 |
| 5 | Offsides | 1 |
| 46% | Possession of the ball | 54% |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 2 |
| 1 | Red cards | 0 |
| 8 | Safeties by goalkeeper | 8 |
| 367 | Total assists | 453 |
| 250 | Accurate passes | 352 |
| 68% | Accuracy of transmissions | 78% |