Tercera - Group 3 game guide and facts: Castro fight Samano

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Competition: Spain Tercera - Group 3
Competition: Sat 15.January
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Mioño (1000 seats)

This is where the action is, this is Tercera - Group 3 and this is Castro - Samano. Read our complete match preview!

Insights:
  • Castro have the most points from losing position (11) in Tercera - Group 3
  • Samano have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

This pitch has artifical turf, unlike Samano's home arena. The last 14 games by the guests on artifical turf have given 4 wins, 2 draws and 8 losses.

This should be an appealing match with lots of fun and bustle as both squads are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Castro form and stats

Castro have collected 14 points from their Tercera - Group 3 home games so far after 4-2-2.

Castro's previous game was a Tercera - Group 3 match also played at home, ending 3-0 versus Selaya (placed 15th). The home side are looking to build on that result.

Prior to that, an away loss at Gimnastica Torrelavega.

Castro are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 8 games. From these home matches, Castro have conceded only 6 goals.

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Samano form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Samano so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-4 (win-draw-lose).

202 minutes! That's how long the Samano goalkeeper Jon Andoni Azpillaga Fraile and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Cultural Guarnizo (placed 6th) in their previous outing. The Tercera - Group 3 match ended in a draw 0-0.

That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Barreda.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Samano's away games in the league this season with only 4 goals from 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Samano rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 13 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these two teams meet on the pitch this season, as the fixture list show this recent fixture: Samano - Castro 1-1. Statistics for the former five meetings involving these two contenders are: zero wins for Castro, two draws and three wins for Samano. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

CastroA. Llamosas Castillo
A. Llamosas Castillo
6 goals
SamanoJ. Delgado Fidalgo
J. Delgado Fidalgo
5 goals
SamanoF. González Argal
F. González Argal
4 goals

Castro missing players

Samano missing players

Castro Samano
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 8 1 Played P 3 8 15
5 4 1 Won W 1 1 5
6 2 0 Drew D 1 3 6
4 2 0 Lost L 1 4 4
17 9 2 Scored S 1 4 19
15 6 1 Conceded C 1 13 18
73% 75% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 75% 80%
73% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 67%
40% 38% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 40%
20% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 27%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 20%
40% 25% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 40%
40% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 38% 40%
47% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 62% 40%
 
4 5.2 3 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 3.8 4.5
5 3.5 8 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5 3.7
1.9 1.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.8 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.3 8.5 8 Shots (avg) S ( 5.5 7.8 7.5
4 3.8 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 2.8 3.3
43% 47% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 18% 40%
 
7.3 5.8 10 Shots against (avg) S A 9 8.5 9
3.4 2.2 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4 4.3
Key stats in Tercera - Group 3 this season:
  • Castro have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Samano have scored away.
  • Castro have the most points from losing position (11) in Tercera - Group 3
  • Castro have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Samano have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Samano have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Gimnastica Torrelavega 15 9 6 0 30 9 7 7 0 0 22 4 8 2 6 0 8 5 21 33
2 Vimenor 15 7 5 3 19 13 8 6 1 1 12 4 7 1 4 2 7 9 6 26
3 Escobedo 15 7 3 5 21 14 7 4 2 1 12 4 8 3 1 4 9 10 7 24
4 Torina 14 5 7 2 14 7 7 2 5 0 5 2 7 3 2 2 9 5 7 22
5 Naval 14 5 6 3 16 11 7 3 3 1 5 2 7 2 3 2 11 9 5 21
6 Cultural Guarnizo 15 4 9 2 21 17 8 1 6 1 8 8 7 3 3 1 13 9 4 21
7 Siete Villas 15 6 3 6 23 21 8 4 1 3 16 14 7 2 2 3 7 7 2 21
8 Castro 15 5 6 4 17 15 8 4 2 2 9 6 7 1 4 2 8 9 2 21
9 Samano 15 5 6 4 19 18 7 4 3 0 15 5 8 1 3 4 4 13 1 21
10 Cartes 15 3 9 3 14 15 8 3 4 1 9 7 7 0 5 2 5 8 -1 18
11 Noja 15 4 6 5 22 25 7 2 2 3 10 12 8 2 4 2 12 13 -3 18
12 Textil Escudo 15 4 6 5 12 17 7 2 4 1 8 8 8 2 2 4 4 9 -5 18
13 Atlético Albericia 15 3 6 6 17 21 7 3 4 0 10 7 8 0 2 6 7 14 -4 15
14 Barreda 15 3 6 6 14 19 8 3 3 2 11 9 7 0 3 4 3 10 -5 15
15 Selaya 15 1 7 7 10 24 7 1 5 1 5 6 8 0 2 6 5 18 -14 10
16 Colindres 15 1 3 11 11 34 8 1 2 5 7 18 7 0 1 6 4 16 -23 6

Read more about Tercera - Group 3

Tercera División is the fourth level of football in Spain. It is divided into 18 regional groups. Most of these groups feature 20 teams who play each other home and away for a total of 380 fixtures. At the end of the season the top four teams in each group league table go into a promotion playoff.