“Adrián Embarba gave Almería the lead after a sustained period of pressure, with Manuel Fuster, Estanis Pedrola and Leonardo Carrilho Baptistao all going close in the preceding minutes before Embarba finally made the breakthrough.”
Pivotal“Enrique Clemente equalised for Las Palmas at 79', completing a remarkable turnaround of momentum sparked by a wave of substitutions from the visitors' bench that had reshuffled the game entirely.”
Pivotal“Just two minutes after the equaliser, substitute Pejiño struck to put Las Palmas ahead for the first time, capping one of the most dramatic two-minute swings in this second division season.”
Pivotal“Federico Bonini, already on a yellow card from the 59th minute, was dismissed for a second bookable offence in stoppage time, condemning Almería to finishing with ten men and ending any hope of a late equaliser.”
Almería
Las Palmas
Outstanding performance
Las Palmas•DefenderAlmería dominated the statistical picture for large stretches — 54% possession, 18 shots, and 68 dangerous attacks to Las Palmas' 33 — but were undone by their own wastefulness and a lack of defensive discipline in the closing stages. Adrián Embarba gave the hosts a deserved lead at 61', capping a sustained period of second-half pressure that had seen three efforts saved or missed in quick succession. However, Las Palmas' coaching staff responded decisively, making a flurry of substitutions between 69' and 75' that changed the game's momentum entirely. Enrique Clemente levelled at 79' before substitute Pejiño, on the pitch for barely seven minutes, struck the winner at 81' to silence the hosts. Federico Bonini's red card — a second yellow earned deep into stoppage time — summed up an indisciplined night for Almería, who finished the match having committed 20 fouls to Las Palmas' 10, and surrendering a lead they looked comfortable holding just 20 minutes earlier.
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Nicolas Melamed Ribaudo takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Jon Morcillo comes on for Adrian Embarba.
Shot! Pejino scores with a left-footed shot.
Nicolas Melamed Ribaudo comes on for Adrian Embarba.
Shot! Pejino scores with a left-footed shot.
Enrique ClementeEnrique Clemente scores with a left-footed shot.
Lorenzo Amatucci takes a right-footed shot, but it is saved.
Lorenzo Amatucci's right-footed shot is blocked.
Thalys Gomes De Araujo is on, and Miguel De la Fuente is off.
Pejino comes on for Estanis Pedrola.
Valentin Pezzolesi replaces Alex Suarez.
Iddrisu Baba comes on for Leonardo Carrilho Baptistao.
Arnau Puigmal comes on for André Filipe Horta.
Jonathan Viera Ramos is on, and Taisei Miyashiro is off.
Juanma Herzog is substituted off for Marvin Olawale Akinlabi at Park.
Stefan Džodić takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Adrian Embarba scores with a right-footed shot.
Sergio Arribas Calvo takes a right-footed shot, but it's saved.
Goal! Adrian Embarba scores to make it 1-0.
Leonardo Carrilho Baptistao takes a right-footed shot, but it's saved.
Estanis Pedrola's right-footed shot is saved.
Manuel Fuster takes a left-footed shot but misses.
Adrian Embarba takes a header, but it goes wide.
Estanis Pedrola's right-footed shot is blocked.
Manuel Fuster takes a right-footed shot, but it's saved.
Stefan Džodić takes a right-footed shot, but it's saved.
Federico Bonini attempts a header but misses the shot.
Miguel De la Fuente takes a left-footed shot, but it is blocked.
The first half ends with a score of 0-0.
Sergio Arribas Calvo takes a left-footed shot but misses.
Estanis Pedrola's right-footed shot is blocked.
Jese Rodriguez Ruiz takes a right-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Adrian Embarba's header is saved.
Adrian Embarba takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Leonardo Carrilho Baptistao takes a right-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Alex Munoz takes a left-footed shot that hits the post.
André Filipe Horta misses with a right-footed shot.
Estanis Pedrola takes a right-footed shot, but it's saved.
Leonardo Carrilho Baptistao takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Taisei Miyashiro takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Sergio Arribas Calvo takes a left-footed shot but misses.
Two of La Liga 2's top five sides meet in Almería this Saturday in a match that could prove decisive in the promotion race. Third-placed Almería host fifth-placed Las Palmas in a fixture where every point counts with the season reaching its climax.
