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Sabadell — Almería: 1:0, Segunda División

Segunda División
Sabadell D17 Aug · Away Sporting Gijón · 0:0D23 Aug · Away Castellón · 0:0W29 Aug · Home Almería · 1:0W7 Sep · Home Cordoba · 3:2L13 Sep · Away Mallorca · 0:2W20 Sep · Home Oviedo · 3:1
1:0
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Almería W17 Aug · Home Eldense · 3:0L23 Aug · Away Tenerife · 0:1L29 Aug · Away Sabadell · 0:1W6 Sep · Home Cadiz · 3:2W12 Sep · Away Cordoba · 2:0W20 Sep · Home Celta de Vigo II · 2:0
Venue: Nova Creu Alta City: Sabadell

In the Segunda División game on 29 August 2026, Sabadell beat Almería 1:0. Match numbers: shots on target 4:2, corners 4:3.

Match report

Sabadell took all three points against Almería in the third round of the Segunda División Regular Season, winning 1-0 at Nova Creu Alta on Saturday afternoon. The result lifted the hosts to eighth place with five points from three matches, while Almería dropped to sixteenth after their third defeat of the campaign with just three points on the board.

And here's the thing about this match — it was decided by a moment that almost never happened. Nicholas Gioacchini had a goal disallowed in the fifteenth minute after a VAR check, but he ended a barren spell in the fifty-third when he finally found the net. The goal came after Sabadell had been pushing for an opening, and it completely shifted the balance of the game.

Almería started brighter on paper, controlling 56 per cent of possession and making more passes into the final third, but they couldn't create anything meaningful. The visitors managed only two shots on target throughout the entire ninety minutes, while Sabadell's keeper had to make two saves to keep his side ahead. By then, Almería's chances had dried up entirely.

The statistics tell a story of efficiency over dominance. Sabadell registered 1.42 expected goals against just 0.52 for the visitors, and while Almería had more successful long passes, they couldn't convert their possession into real danger. The hosts had seven key passes to Almería's seven, but four shots on target compared to two showed who was actually threatening.

To be fair, this wasn't a performance that will win any awards, but it was enough to move Sabadell off the bottom of their section. Almería's away record has been poor, and this result means they now sit three points behind the safety zone with two matches remaining in the early stages of the season.

Prepared from match data

Video

Match video Sabadell — Almería Real Federación Española Fútbol

Key numbers

Possession, % 44 – 56.00
Shots on target 4 – 2
Shots off target 7 – 7
Expected goals 1.42 – 0.52

Match events

  1. 15' 0:0 Sabadell var_goal_cancelled Nicholas Gioacchini
  2. 16' 0:0 Sabadell Yellow card Arthur Bonaldo
  3. 35' 0:0 Almería Yellow card Nicolás Melamed
  4. 38' 0:0 Sabadell Yellow card Nicholas Gioacchini
  5. 45+3' 0:0 Sabadell Yellow card Quadri Liameed
  6. 45+4' 0:0 Almería Yellow card Adrián Embarba
  7. 53' 1:0 Sabadell Goal N. Gioacchini assist: T. Ripoll
  8. 58' 1:0 Almería Substitution J. Morcillo off: Q. Junyent
  9. 58' 1:0 Almería Substitution A. Embarba off: B. Cipenga
  10. 58' 1:0 Almería Substitution N. Melamed off: Leo Baptistao
  11. 62' 1:0 Sabadell Substitution N. Gioacchini off: G. Valles
  12. 63' 1:0 Sabadell Yellow card Albert Orriols
  13. 63' 1:0 Sabadell Substitution J. Catala off: Pipa
  14. 73' 1:0 Sabadell Substitution P. Pons off: Y. Rahmani
  15. 73' 1:0 Sabadell Substitution Bonaldo off: E. Aguilar Elizalde
  16. 76' 1:0 Almería Substitution M. Vesga off: M. Luna
  17. 76' 1:0 Almería Substitution D. Chirino off: A. Sola
  18. 86' 1:0 Sabadell Substitution T. Ripoll off: J. C. Lazaro Cervera
  19. 88' 1:0 Sabadell Yellow card Miki Codina

Statistics

44 Possession, % 56.00
4 Shots on target 2
7 Shots off target 7
1.42 Expected goals 0.52
2 Big chances 0
90 Attacks 88
4 Corners 3
17 Fouls 8
7 Free kicks 16
3 Offsides 0
5 Yellow cards 2
0 Red cards 0
8 Goal kicks 8
28 Throw-ins 32
All statistics
19/5336% Aerial duels 34/5364%
51 Backward passes 54
3 Blocked shots 2
21 Clearances 29
3/1520% Crosses 3/1323%
3/560% Dribbles 6/1346%
0.42 Expected assists 0.46
128 Failed passes 105
2 Goalkeeper saves 3
10 Interceptions 11
7 Key passes 7
23/7929% Long passes 24/7532%
56 Passes into the final third 69
221 Passes in the opposition half 229
131 Passes in own half 213
0.29 Shot accuracy 0.18
11 Shots inside the box 8
8/1553% Tackles 6/967%
337 Total passes 429

The data source provides no per-player statistics for this match: only team totals are available.

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