Football betting preview: Escobedo the front runner when Castro comes to visit

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Competition: Spain Tercera - Group 3
Competition: Sat 26.March
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Eusebio Arce (2000 seats)

Escobedo have been superior to Castro so far, but every fixture starts at 0-0. Here's all the intelligence you need ahead of kickoff:

Insights:
  • Escobedo is in the best form (4-2-0) in Tercera - Group 3
  • Castro have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Escobedo's stadium, Estadio Eusebio Arce, has a grass surface. Castro have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Castro when playing on grass; 2 wins, 9 draws and 14 losses from 25 matches. They have scored 24 goals in these games and conceded 43.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Escobedo form and stats

Escobedo are steadily winning Tercera - Group 3 games and points here at Estadio Eusebio Arce. 9 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 12 games. Escobedo haven’t lost a league-game in eleven attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Vimenor, 96 days ago.

Escobedo are confident in defense, having played 414 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Escobedo enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Cultural Guarnizo's place. The match ended 1-0 with Setién scoring.

Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Barreda.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (30 in 12 games), Escobedo's attacking play is working. From these home matches, Escobedo have conceded only 6 goals.

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Castro form and stats

2-7-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Castro in their Tercera - Group 3 matches away.

The manager Barajas was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Estadio Mioño. Castro suffered a 0-2 loss to Naval (placed 4th).

A 2-2 draw at Siete Villas's stadium before that.

Castro find the net regularly in their away games. 15 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. Castro have conceded 17 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these two teams face each other this season, as the statistics show this recent fixture: Castro - Escobedo 0-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Escobedo victories, zero draws and three Castro wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

EscobedoI. Martínez Trueba
I. Martínez Trueba
11 goals
EscobedoL. Setién Lozano
L. Setién Lozano
9 goals
CastroA. Llamosas Castillo
A. Llamosas Castillo
8 goals

Escobedo missing players

Castro missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Escobedo Castro
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 12 4 Played P 3 12 25
15 9 3 Won W 0 2 7
5 2 0 Drew D 1 7 11
5 1 1 Lost L 2 3 7
45 30 8 Scored S 3 15 29
18 6 2 Conceded C 7 17 29
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 83% 80%
72% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 83% 76%
40% 58% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 42% 36%
24% 42% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 42% 24%
16% 25% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 17% 12%
40% 33% 25% BTTS BTTS 67% 67% 44%
52% 67% 75% Clean Sheets C S 33% 25% 36%
12% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 25% 40%
 
4.5 4.8 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 1 2.2 3.5
3.7 3.8 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.6 4.7
2.5 2.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.8 11.4 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8 11 9.9
5.4 6 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 6.8 5.2
36% 38% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 24% 32%
 
9.2 8.5 9.2 Shots against (avg) S A 14 9 8.2
3.5 3.2 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.6 4
Key stats in Tercera - Group 3 this season:
  • Castro have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Castro have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Castro have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Escobedo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Escobedo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Escobedo have the most scored goals in the first half (21) in Tercera - Group 3
  • Escobedo have the the best goal difference (+24) at home in Tercera - Group 3
  • Escobedo is in the best form (4-2-0) in Tercera - Group 3

  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 25 15 7 3 47 17 12 9 1 2 32 10 13 6 6 1 15 7 30 52
2 Escobedo 25 15 5 5 45 18 12 9 2 1 30 6 13 6 3 4 15 12 27 50
3 Vimenor 25 12 8 5 36 23 13 9 2 2 22 9 12 3 6 3 14 14 13 44
4 Naval 25 11 9 5 35 18 13 7 4 2 15 5 12 4 5 3 20 13 17 42
5 Torina 25 10 9 6 27 18 12 4 6 2 12 8 13 6 3 4 15 10 9 39
6 Siete Villas 25 10 7 8 36 30 13 6 4 3 24 20 12 4 3 5 12 10 6 37
7 Cultural Guarnizo 25 7 13 5 29 27 13 2 7 4 13 17 12 5 6 1 16 10 2 34
8 Atlético Albericia 25 8 10 7 30 29 12 4 7 1 15 13 13 4 3 6 15 16 1 34
9 Samano 25 9 7 9 28 31 12 6 3 3 20 11 13 3 4 6 8 20 -3 34
10 Castro 25 7 11 7 29 29 13 5 4 4 14 12 12 2 7 3 15 17 0 32
11 Cartes 25 5 13 7 23 27 13 4 6 3 12 11 12 1 7 4 11 16 -4 28
12 Noja 25 5 8 12 28 47 12 2 3 7 13 23 13 3 5 5 15 24 -19 23
13 Textil Escudo 24 4 10 10 18 34 11 2 7 2 9 10 13 2 3 8 9 24 -16 22
14 Barreda 25 4 8 13 22 39 13 4 4 5 14 17 12 0 4 8 8 22 -17 20
15 Colindres 25 5 5 15 24 49 13 3 3 7 13 23 12 2 2 8 11 26 -25 20
16 Selaya 24 2 10 12 15 36 12 2 7 3 8 11 12 0 3 9 7 25 -21 16

Table
  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 25 15 7 3 47 17 12 9 1 2 32 10 13 6 6 1 15 7 30 52
2 Escobedo 25 15 5 5 45 18 12 9 2 1 30 6 13 6 3 4 15 12 27 50
3 Vimenor 25 12 8 5 36 23 13 9 2 2 22 9 12 3 6 3 14 14 13 44
4 Naval 25 11 9 5 35 18 13 7 4 2 15 5 12 4 5 3 20 13 17 42
5 Torina 25 10 9 6 27 18 12 4 6 2 12 8 13 6 3 4 15 10 9 39
6 Siete Villas 25 10 7 8 36 30 13 6 4 3 24 20 12 4 3 5 12 10 6 37
7 Cultural Guarnizo 25 7 13 5 29 27 13 2 7 4 13 17 12 5 6 1 16 10 2 34
8 Atlético Albericia 25 8 10 7 30 29 12 4 7 1 15 13 13 4 3 6 15 16 1 34
9 Samano 25 9 7 9 28 31 12 6 3 3 20 11 13 3 4 6 8 20 -3 34
10 Castro 25 7 11 7 29 29 13 5 4 4 14 12 12 2 7 3 15 17 0 32
11 Cartes 25 5 13 7 23 27 13 4 6 3 12 11 12 1 7 4 11 16 -4 28
12 Noja 25 5 8 12 28 47 12 2 3 7 13 23 13 3 5 5 15 24 -19 23
13 Textil Escudo 24 4 10 10 18 34 11 2 7 2 9 10 13 2 3 8 9 24 -16 22
14 Barreda 25 4 8 13 22 39 13 4 4 5 14 17 12 0 4 8 8 22 -17 20
15 Colindres 25 5 5 15 24 49 13 3 3 7 13 23 12 2 2 8 11 26 -25 20
16 Selaya 24 2 10 12 15 36 12 2 7 3 8 11 12 0 3 9 7 25 -21 16

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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.