Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Gimnástica Torrelavega & Alfaro face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Copa Federacion. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
This stadium has grass, which is not Alfaro's everyday surface at their own football field. When appearing on grass Alfaro have performed like this: Played 39 matches taking 17 wins, 7 draws and 15 defeats with the goal numbers 65-50 (scored/conceded).
Gimnástica Torrelavega form and stats
Gimnástica Torrelavega has won so many consecutive home games (five in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Estadio El Malecón. We remember; it was Racing Santander II.
Torrelavega's previous game was a Tercera - Group 3 match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Atletico Albericia. The home side are looking to build on that result.
2-2 away at Escobedo before that.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Torrelavega have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found one game) they have won zero times, drawn zero and lost one.
Torrelavega are traveling soon after this match as the Tercera - Group 3 match at Torina awaits in three days.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Gimnástica Torrelavega friendly games in pre-season: Torrelavega played one friendly, won 1, drew 0 and lost 0. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Gimnástica Torrelavega scored 1 goal and conceded 0 in these one game.
Alfaro form and stats
It could be a hat trick of victories away for Alfaro, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Two travels in a row for Alfaro, whose manager I. Villarreal Nestares could celebrate last time after the Tercera - Group 16 win against Cenicero. As mentioned above, Alfaro was the only team on the pitch versus Cenicero in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task.
Preceding that, the 2-4 home loss versus Arnedo.We have checked recent matches where Alfaro have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those one game were zero victories, zero draws and one defeat.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Alfaro manager I. Villarreal Nestares as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Yague.
Just as the home team, Alfaro have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 1 Alfaro win, 0 draws and 0 losses.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Aguado Arriazu 2 goals |  I. Altadill Simón 1 goals | A. Gómez Rodríguez 1 goals |
Gimnástica Torrelavega missing players
Alfaro missing players
| Gimnástica Torrelavega | Alfaro | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 11 | Won | W | 9 | 15 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 41 | 28 | Scored | S | 25 | 45 | ||
| 28 | 12 | Conceded | C | 10 | 26 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 8% | ||
| 5.4 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 6.1 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 3.9 | ||
| 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.6 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.8 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 10.2 | ||
| 4.2 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.8 | ||
| 37% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 50% | ||