Valladolid beat Andorra 1-0 in the fourth round of the Segunda División at their home ground on Saturday. The result came from a single moment: Diego Alende's own goal in the twelfth minute, which handed the hosts all three points. Andorra finished the match with ten men after Mathis Lachuer was sent off in the eighty-eighth minute.
The hosts went ahead early and held on for the rest of the game. Alende bundled the ball into his own net from close range, and Valladolid refused to go away even when Andorra threw everything at them. The visitors dominated possession and created more chances, but they could not find the equaliser. By then, Valladolid had already set a defensive tone that held firm.
The statistics tell a different story. Andorra had 65 per cent of the ball, registered ten shots with four on target, and produced an expected goals figure of 1.13. They also created three big chances. Valladolid managed only three shots on target and 0.41 expected goals, yet they took the win. Many shots with one goal means chances went begging.
The result leaves Valladolid on four points in sixteenth place and Andorra on three points in seventeenth. It is a narrow gap, and both sides remain in the lower half of the table. Valladolid ended a run of two defeats, while Andorra's poor form continues with three losses from four matches.
