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Burgos — Cordoba, Segunda División

Segunda División
Burgos D8 Aug · Home Cultural Leonesa · 0:0W16 Aug · Home Cordoba · 3:2L23 Aug · Away Sporting Gijón · 0:1D31 Aug · Home Real Sociedad B · 2:2D6 Sep · Away Oviedo · 0:0W11 Sep · Home AD Ceuta FC · 3:1
3:2
Finished

Kick-off was

Cordoba W6 Aug · Away Real Jaén · 2:1L7 Aug · Home Almería · 0:4L16 Aug · Away Burgos · 2:3W21 Aug · Home Girona · 2:1L30 Aug · Home Granada CF · 1:3L7 Sep · Away Sabadell · 2:3
Venue: Municipal El Plantio City: Burgos

Match report

Who won today's match at El Plantío? Burgos edged out Córdoba 3:2 in a game that unfolded in fragments rather than a flowing narrative. The hosts took the lead through Alex Fores at twenty-four minutes, then saw Córdoba respond twice before the break. What followed was a match where momentum shifted more often than the scoreboard suggested. Youssouf Diarra opened the scoring at eleven minutes, a moment that caught Burgos flat-footed. Fores equalised thirteen minutes later, and Javier Llabres restored the lead before the interval. Córdoba then struck twice in the closing stages of the half, Eder Garcia netting both to level things. By then the pattern was clear: Burgos defended deeper, Córdoba pushed forward. The second half saw Córdoba dominate possession and territory, but Burgos held firm. Four substitutions came at seventy-seven minutes, a frantic window where both managers searched for solutions. The visitors pushed harder, and at ninety minutes a VAR-confirmed goal from David González brought the game level again. But Burgos took their chance immediately, Gonzalez Ballesteros slotting home in the same minute to steal victory. The statistics tell a story of imbalance. Córdoba controlled 59 per cent of possession and launched 125 attacks, yet registered only two big chances. Burgos made do with 41 per cent and 78 attacks, but their expected goals figure of 2.21 exceeded Córdoba's 1.96. Shots on target told a similar tale: five for the hosts against eight for the visitors. The draw brought them together early, but the result belongs to whoever converted. This win lifts Burgos to four points from three games, while Córdoba remain on three despite their superior numbers. The hosts sit twelfth, the visitors eighteenth, and the gap between them feels wider than the table suggests. Córdoba's recent form has been uneven, a 4:0 defeat to Almería last time out standing out. Burgos showed resilience here, and that resilience may prove more valuable than possession in this division.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 41 – 59
Shots on target 5 – 8
Shots off target 8 – 8
Expected goals 2.21 – 1.96

Match events

  1. 11' Cordoba Goal Y. Diarra assist: C. Carracedo
  2. 22' Cordoba Yellow card Rubén
  3. 24' Burgos Goal A. Fores assist: Curro
  4. 29' Burgos Yellow card Kevin Appin
  5. 35' Cordoba Yellow card Youssouf Diarra
  6. 37' Burgos Goal J. Llabres
  7. 45' Cordoba Goal E. Garcia assist: E. Munoz
  8. 45+5' Cordoba Goal E. Garcia assist: E. Munoz
  9. 67' Burgos Substitution J. Llabres off: V. Mollejo
  10. 74' Cordoba Substitution V. Sanchez off: Percan
  11. 74' Cordoba Substitution E. Rodriguez off: K. Medina
  12. 76' Cordoba Yellow card Eder Garcia
  13. 77' Burgos Substitution K. Appin off: P. Galdames
  14. 77' Burgos Substitution J. Gragera off: M. Exposito
  15. 77' Cordoba Substitution E. Garcia off: A. Ghailan
  16. 77' Burgos Substitution A. Fores off: S. Lencina
  17. 84' Cordoba Substitution E. Munoz off: C. Albarran
  18. 84' Cordoba Substitution J. Gutierrez off: Alex Martin
  19. 90' Burgos Goal D. Gonzalez Ballesteros assist: V. Mollejo
  20. 90' Burgos var_goal_confirmed David González
  21. 90+4' Burgos Substitution Curro off: M. Mejia

Statistics

41 Possession, % 59
5 Shots on target 8
8 Shots off target 8
2.21 Expected goals 1.96
4 Big chances 2
78 Attacks 125
1 Corners 7
14 Fouls 11
11 Free kicks 12
2 Offsides 1
1 Yellow cards 3
0 Red cards 0
18 Goal kicks 11
28 Throw-ins 22
All statistics
27 Aerial duels 27
36 Backward passes 60
0 Blocked shots 4
41 Clearances 26
11 Crosses 31
16 Dribbles 16
1.83 Expected assists 0.79
79 Failed passes 80
6 Goalkeeper saves 2
12 Interceptions 10
10 Key passes 16
59 Long passes 49
52 Passes into the final third 90
169 Passes in the opposition half 256
139 Passes in own half 186
0.38 Shot accuracy 0.40
4 Shots from outside the box 8
9 Shots inside the box 12
11 Aerial duels won 16
4 Successful crosses 10
6 Successful dribbles 5
24 Successful long passes 25
10 Successful tackles 12
218 Successful passes 331
17 Tackles 20
297 Total passes 411

Line-ups

Burgos

Starting XI
# Player number
13 Ander Cantero Armendariz 13
3 Ignasi Vilarrasa 3
6 Sergio González Martínez 6
8 Grego Sierra 8
23 Alberto Dadie Izagirre 23
10 Kévin Sebastien Appin 10
14 David González Ballesteros 14
20 José Gragera 20
9 Álex Forés Mendoza 9
16 Francisco José Sánchez Rodríguez 16
19 Javier Llabrés Exposito 19
Substitutes
# Player number
35 Diego Gonzalez Presencio 35
22 Brais Martínez Prado 22
36 Iván Martínez 36
4 Pablo Galdames 4
5 Marcelo Expósito 5
17 Mario Cantero 17
18 Saúl del Cerro García 18
24 Santiago Lensina 24
7 Mateo Mejía 7
11 Víctor Mollejo Carpintero 11
21 Fermin Garcia Murillo 21
31 Irian Ribas 31
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Cordoba

Starting XI
# Player number
1 Iker Álvarez de Eulate Molné 1
3 Dani Tasende 3
5 Juan Gutiérrez Martínez 5
16 Rubén González Alves 16
27 Egotz Munoz 27
8 Ismael Ruiz Sánchez 8
22 Youssouf Diarra 22
28 Eder Garcia 28
18 Enol Rodríguez Heres 18
23 Cristian Carracedo García 23
Substitutes
# Player number
13 Guilherme Fernandes 13
4 José Alejandro Martín Valerón 4
11 Diego Bri 11
21 Carlos Albarrán Sanz 21
32 Álex López 32
6 Damián Cáceres 6
7 Theo Zidane Fernández 7
9 Diego Pertejo Canseco 9
10 Kevin Villodres Medina 10
14 Adnane Ghailan 14
19 Ibai Sanz 19
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Recent form

Burgos

D8 Aug · Home Cultural Leonesa · 0:0W16 Aug · Home Cordoba · 3:2L23 Aug · Away Sporting Gijón · 0:1D31 Aug · Home Real Sociedad B · 2:2D6 Sep · Away Oviedo · 0:0W11 Sep · Home AD Ceuta FC · 3:1

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Cordoba

W6 Aug · Away Real Jaén · 2:1L7 Aug · Home Almería · 0:4L16 Aug · Away Burgos · 2:3W21 Aug · Home Girona · 2:1L30 Aug · Home Granada CF · 1:3L7 Sep · Away Sabadell · 2:3

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