Valladolid vs Albacete 5-0

Valladolid beat Albacete 5-0 at Estadio José Zorrilla, with four first-half goals and a second for Adrian Arnu after the break.

Julien Ponceau opened the scoring in the 14th minute from Thiago Ezequiel Ojeda’s assist, David Torres made it 2-0 on 22 minutes after being set up by Víctor Fernández, Arnu struck in the 31st minute from Ponceau’s pass, and Juan Miguel Latasa made it 4-0 on 36 minutes with Iván Garriel the provider. Valladolid went in 4-0 up at half-time.

Arnu got his second of the match in the 54th minute when Víctor Fernández created it, and after that Valladolid managed the game with a series of changes. Albacete made two substitutions on 59 minutes, Valladolid made two on 68 minutes, and Albacete made two more on 78 minutes, but the visitors never threatened a reply and finished without a shot in the closing stages that changed the score.

The numbers backed up the result. Valladolid had 56% of the ball, 463 passes to Albacete’s 362, and 19 shots to 10, with 7 on target to 2. They also finished ahead on expected goals, 2.96 to 0.73, and on corners, 7 to 5, while Albacete committed 16 fouls to Valladolid’s 11.

Albacete were booked four times: Antonio Pacheco Ruiz on 30 minutes, Agustin Albarracin Basil on 40 minutes, José Corpas on 43 minutes and Sergio Ortuno Diaz on 63 minutes. Valladolid had two yellow cards, for Iván Alejo on 77 minutes and Kaj de Rooij on 83 minutes.