Girona coach Quique Álvarez don talk say im team dey ready for Sunday 18 October clash with Andorra at Estadi Municipal de Montilivi, with kick-off set for 12:30. After the last training session before the match, Álvarez yarn say the players train well and dem dey eager to play at Montilivi to find another victory.
The coach talk say consistency na the main thing wey im team need. ‘It would be important to find the rhythm that allows us to string together victories. We have been inconsistent in some aspects, and we need to correct that,’ na wetin Álvarez talk. He also yan say the team must sabi how to handle different moments for match. ‘We need to know how to take advantage of the good moments and manage the bad ones,’ e add.
Álvarez no underrate Andorra. He warn say the opponent go hard to play. ‘Andorra is a difficult team to play against. Just recently, they beat Castellón, who had never lost before,’ e recall. But e still show confidence say ‘we will step up and compete for sure.’ The coach also look Andorra recent form, talk say dem start league well, get bad streak, but for last few matches dem win two and draw one.
For the match, Girona go use 4-4-2 formation with Paulo Gazzaniga for goal, Mateu Morey, David Lopez, Alejandro Frances, Alex Moreno for defence, Carles Perez, Izan Gonzalez, Fran Beltran, Bryan Gil for midfield, and Vladyslav Vanat, Oleksandr Pyshchur for attack. Andorra confirm 4-3-3 with Jesus Owono for goal, Thomas Carrique, Lautaro Spatz, Diego Alende, Marti Vila for defence, Marc Domenech, Sergio Molina, Efe Akman for midfield, and Diego Diaz, Jordi Cano, Moro Sidibe for attack.
Before this match, Girona draw 1-1 away against Tenerife at Heliodoro Rodriguez Lopez. Girona get 59% possession and four shots on target, with Yaser Asprilla scoring the goal. Andorra win 1-0 against Castellón at Estadi de la FAF, with 43% possession and six shots on goal; Moro Sidibe score the winner for 13th minute.
For the season so far, Girona get 4 wins, 2 losses and 4 draws. Dem dey average 1.6 goals from 5.2 shots on goal and 14.1 attempts. The Catalan side average 51.9% possession and 3.7 corners per match, while opposition dey score 1.0 goals from 3.9 shots on goal, 11.5 attempts and 3.9 corners. Yaser Asprilla na top scorer with 5 goals, Abel Ruiz and Carles Perez both get 2, while Alex Moreno lead assists with 2.
Andorra get 3 wins, 6 losses and 1 draw. Dem average 1.3 goals from 16.4 attempts and 5.0 shots on goal, with 60.6% possession and 4.2 corners in their favour, and 5.0 corners against. Andorra concede 1.6 goals from 10.4 attempts and 3.6 shots on goal. Jordi Cano score 4, Hugo Lopez and Nacho Quintana get 2 each, while Jordi Cano and Moro Sidibe be top assist makers with 2 in the previous 10 games.
One betting preview believe say Girona go too strong for Andorra and pick dem at -128 to win this La Liga 2 encounter, calling am value proposition. The preview also talk say the odds look attractive and dem dey confident of return.
