Match Events
- 15′Sabadell, goal disallowed:Goal cancelled
- 16′Sabadell, yellow card:Foul
- 35′Almeria, yellow card:Persistent fouling
- 38′Sabadell, yellow card:Simulation
- 45+3′Sabadell, yellow card:Argument
- 45+4′Almeria, yellow card:Foul
- Half-time
- 53′Sabadell, goal:1–0assist
- 58′Almeria, substitution:off
- 58′Almeria, substitution:off
- 58′Almeria, substitution:off
- 62′Sabadell, substitution:off
- 62′Sabadell, substitution:off
- 63′Sabadell, yellow card:Foul
- 73′Sabadell, substitution:off
- 73′Sabadell, substitution:off
- 75′Almeria, substitution:off
- 75′Almeria, substitution:off
- 86′Sabadell, substitution:off
- 88′Sabadell, yellow card:Foul
- Full-time1 – 0
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Sabadell
4-4-2
Almeria
4-2-3-1
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Match report
Gioacchini strike gives Sabadell narrow win over Almeria
Sabadell edged Almeria 1-0 in a Segunda División round three fixture at Estadi de la Nova Creu Alta, with the only goal arriving early in the second half to decide a tight contest.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
The first half ended goalless, with neither side able to break the deadlock. The breakthrough came in the 53rd minute when Nicholas Gioacchini converted after being set up by Ton Ripoll, putting the home side 1-0 ahead, a lead they would not relinquish.
Sabadell had less of the ball, with possession split 45-55 in Almeria's favour, yet they were the more direct side, registering 14 shots to Almeria's 10 and forcing four efforts on target compared to two for the visitors. The match was littered with stoppages, as Sabadell picked up five yellow cards and Almeria two, while referee Manuel Angel Perez Hernandez also booked players for 17 fouls committed by the home side against eight from Almeria.
The result lifted Sabadell to fifth in the table with five points from three games, while Almeria remained twelfth on three points after their third match of the campaign.
Andrés Fernández produced the standout display of the afternoon for Almeria, earning an 8.0 rating despite the visitors falling to defeat.
Sabadell's five yellow cards against Almeria's two reflected a physical, foul-strewn encounter, with the hosts committing 17 fouls to the visitors' eight.
Sabadell beat Almeria 1–0 (half-time 0–0).
Sabadell met Almeria in the Segunda División (Regular Season - 3). Kick-off was Saturday, 29 August 2026, 15:00 UTC at Estadi de la Nova Creu Alta. Referee: M. Perez.
Team pages: Sabadell · Almeria · Segunda División
Key moments
- 53' Goal: Nicholas Gioacchini (assist: Ton Ripoll) — 1–0
Starting line-ups
Sabadell (4-4-2)
- 1 Diego Fuoli
- 4 Miki Codina
- 5 Arthur
- 27 José Luis Català
- 14 Óscar Sanz
- 8 Pere Pons
- 23 Joel Priego
- 20 Urri
- 20 A. Orriols Cerarols (c)
- 22 Quadri Liameed
- 7 Ton Ripoll
- 16 Nicholas Gioacchini
Almeria (4-2-3-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Sabadell 26%, the draw 34%, Almeria 40%. It finished Sabadell 1–0 Almeria.
Almeria's rating edge, but the draw is in play — Almeria are the stronger side on our strength rating, and their control of the ball plus the early-season home fade on top give Almeria the lean. The draw at 34% is lifted by a low-scoring environment.
Why Almeria at 40%?
Almeria sit 144 points higher on our strength rating — 1478 to 1621. Sides with a 100–200-point rating edge on the road won 40.1% of 13,107 such games. Almeria hold 5 more possession points (50 to 45 in recent games) across a 144-point rating gap. Control now carries a receipt beyond near-equals too: sides with this control edge at a 75–150-point rating gap won 42.6% of 8,634 such games where the class table expected 41.3%. Both sides are inside their first six league games — home wins land softer this early in the season, so this trims Sabadell's column. Across 10,761 opening-stretch games since 2010, home sides won 42.8% where the rating map expected 44.9%, with draws up 2.0 — negative in every season since 2018. The 300 most similar past games finished 33–29–38.
Why only 40%?
No scored evidence points the other way. 40% is what this rating gap has been worth in games like these; the rest is the draw at 34% and Sabadell at 26%.
Why is the draw second, ahead of the Sabadell win?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 27.2%. These teams' recent games average 2.0 goals — a low-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 28.2% of 18,143. The goals environment adds 3.6 points to the draw. Early-season fixtures add 2.0 points to the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Almeria scored +0.56 goals per game beyond chance-quality lately — hot streaks like that have cooled off. Measured across 2,799 games at this rating gap, hot-finishing sides won 42.1% vs 42.9% class-expected — inside the noise band, so it scores 0 until the receipt clears its evidence bar. Sabadell are newly promoted — game 3 of their first ten at this level, where our rating knows them least. Promoted sides ran below their rating in nine of the last ten seasons — 26.5% wins in their first ten games where the rating expected 30.0% (2,793 games since 2012), fading but still visible through game nineteen.
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About this match
On this page: the Sabadell vs Almeria final score and result, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this Segunda División fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
The full match report above covers the goals, key moments and stats. Explore more on the Sabadell and Almeria team pages or the Segunda División page.