Eibar Win 1-0 at Andorra as Aleix Garrido Punishes Ten-Man Hosts

FC Andorra 0-1 SD Eibar. That is the result. Write it down and look at it. Because the scoreline does not even tell half the story of how one-sided this was.

The Basics Were Not There

Eibar had 78 per cent possession. Seventy-eight. FC Andorra touched the ball so rarely in this match that their goalkeeper was making saves while their outfield players were still working out where they were supposed to be. That is not a tactical problem. That is an accountability problem. You cannot compete in this league if you are not willing to do the basics for ninety minutes.

The thing is, the stats back up what any pair of eyes could tell you. Eibar had 28 total shots to Andorra's four. They had 104 dangerous attacks to Andorra's 19. They had 24 key passes to Andorra's three. Eibar were not lucky. They were dominant, and Andorra had no answer for it.

The Goal: Garrido Does the Damage

The only goal of the match arrived in the 47th minute. Aleix Garrido finished with a right-foot shot, assisted by Iván Gil, and that was enough. One shot on target from Eibar and they scored it. That is efficiency. That is what a team with desire and proper standards looks like when the chance arrives.

Andorra had one shot on target all match. One. And they did not score. So you can sit there and argue about whatever you like, but the numbers do not lie. Eibar did not need to be spectacular. They just needed to be competent and patient. They were both.

Andorra's Red Card Changed Everything, But Not in the Way They Would Hope

Andorra finished the match with ten men after picking up a red card. A team already struggling to compete was reduced further. Listen, I am not going to use a red card as an excuse for what happened here. Eibar were the better side long before that moment. The red card simply confirmed what was already obvious. Andorra were not going to get anything from this game regardless.

Eibar's Diego Alende had picked up a yellow card in the 28th minute for a foul, and Andorra's discipline was not clean either. Twelve fouls from Eibar, five from Andorra. Eibar were physical and direct in the right moments. Andorra were not physical enough when it mattered.

Eibar's Substitutions Told a Story of Confidence

Eibar made five substitutions. Moro Sidibe came on at half-time, Sergio Molina and Hugo Solozábal arrived at the 58th minute, and J. Rijkhoff and Stefan Golubović came on later. The manager was managing a victory, rotating fresh legs in and keeping control. That is the attitude of a team that knows how to win.

Andorra made four changes of their own. Jon Guruzeta, Iván Gil, Álvaro Rodríguez and Javi Martón all came off at various points. But substitutions do not fix a structural problem. When your team is not competing, swapping players around is just rearranging the furniture in a burning house.

The Numbers That Should Embarrass Andorra

Let me give you a few more. Eibar had 640 successful passes. Andorra had 121. Eibar completed 91 per cent of their passes. Andorra completed 62 per cent. Eibar had seven corners to Andorra's two. Eibar landed six accurate crosses. Andorra landed zero.

Zero accurate crosses. At home. In a league match you need to win.

The only area where Andorra looked remotely competitive was in duels won, where they actually edged it 46 to 33. They also won more tackles, 14 to seven. So there was some fight in the legs. But desire without quality in possession is just running around. You have to be able to do something with the ball when you win it. Andorra could not.

A Word on Eibar's Clean Sheet

Eibar's goalkeeper was not tested. Zero saves required. FC Andorra's goalkeeper made five saves and still conceded. That is the picture of this match in two sentences. Eibar's defenders barely broke a sweat. Andorra's goalkeeper worked overtime to keep the scoreline respectable.

Eibar also hit the woodwork once, which tells you there were moments where fortune was not even on Andorra's side when they desperately needed it.

What the Form Says

This result is not a surprise if you have been watching either side. In their last five La Liga 2 matches before this one, FC Andorra had won one and lost four. They conceded ten goals in that run and kept zero clean sheets. Zero. These are not the standards of a team that is going anywhere good.

Eibar's last five were also mixed, two wins and three losses. But this performance showed something different. They came to Andorra with a clear plan, executed it from the first whistle, and never looked threatened. The VAR review in the 90th minute involving Eibar's Efe Akman added a moment of late drama but did not change the outcome.

The Bottom Line

SD Eibar were better in every department that matters. Possession, shots, key passes, clean sheet. They competed for ninety minutes and took their chance when it arrived. FC Andorra showed none of the desire or standards required to be a threat in this division right now.

The head-to-head record between these two sides now shows Eibar winning both meetings, scoring two goals and conceding none across those two matches. There is a pattern forming. When these two sides meet, Eibar compete. Andorra do not. End of.