Football preview: Almería odds-on when Alcorcón arrive

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sat 21.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos (15000 seats)

We should have a notable gulf in quality between these sides based on table positions so far, with Almería in front of Alcorcón by 54 points.

Insights:
  • Almería have the fewest conceded goals (32) in La Liga 2
  • Alcorcón have the most conceded goals (70) in La Liga 2

Almería are battling for top spots and have everything to play for. Alcorcón are nearing the end of this stay in this division as relegation is now unavoidable.

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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Almería form and stats

45 points is a decent return from 20 La Liga 2 games here at Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos for Almería. The data says 14 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena.

The Almería goalkeeper Fernando Martinez Rubio is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 402 minutes without conceding a goal in the La Liga 2.

A good away victory last time out for Almería, who won 2-0 against Real Sociedad II (placed 20th). The forward Sadiq was declared "man of the match" for Almería with the rating of 7.64/10. Sadiq served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

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

Almería have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos with 37 goals in 20 league matches. Almería are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 14 from 20 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Alcorcón form and stats

There's been little loot from Alcorcón's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 20 away games in the La Liga 2. Alcorcón only have 3 wins to counter their 14 defeats and 3 draws.

The manager Díaz was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground Estadio Santo Domingo. Alcorcón suffered a 0-2 loss to Las Palmas (placed 7th). It's possibly a bad omen for Alcorcón that their goalie Suárez made six saves in the Las Palmas fixture, but still couldn't prevent a beating.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Real Zaragoza at their stadium, the result 3-0.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Alcorcón as they have only managed to score 19 times from 20 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Alcorcón have conceded 36 goals in their away games. Alcorcón has visited these top teams six times, and 4 of 6 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

This happened when the teams faced each other previously this campaign; Alcorcón - Almería 0-4. Head-to-head statistics (for the previous ten meetings): Almería won three games, five matches ended in a draw and Alcorcón got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven

Top Goalscorers

AlmeríaU. Sadiq Mesbah
U. Sadiq Mesbah
17 goals
AlmeríaL. Ramazani
L. Ramazani
8 goals
AlcorcónF. Jiménez Tejada
F. Jiménez Tejada
6 goals

Almería missing players

Alcorcón missing players

Almería Alcorcón
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
40 20 7 Played P 6 20 40
24 14 6 Won W 0 3 5
7 3 1 Drew D 0 3 10
9 3 0 Lost L 6 14 25
65 37 18 Scored S 3 19 35
32 14 5 Conceded C 14 36 70
98% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 92%
72% 75% 86% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 60% 68%
42% 50% 71% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 55% 48%
22% 25% 43% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 40% 32%
5% 5% 14% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 10%
42% 40% 43% BTTS BTTS 50% 45% 48%
40% 45% 57% Clean Sheets C S 0% 15% 15%
20% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 45%
 
4.9 5.8 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 3.4 4.2
4 3.9 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 5.5 4.7
2.1 1.6 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.4 2.4
4 1 1 Red cards R C 1 4 5
 
13.9 15.8 16.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 12.2 12.1
4.9 5.3 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.7 3.6
33% 35% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 16% 26% 24%
 
10.2 9.4 8.9 Shots against (avg) S A 15.2 14.4 12.5
3.2 2.9 3.1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.2 5.8 4.9
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Alcorcón have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Alcorcón have the most conceded goals (70) in La Liga 2
  • Alcorcón have the most conceded goals in the second half (39) in La Liga 2
  • Alcorcón have the the worst goal difference (-35) in La Liga 2
  • Alcorcón have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Almería have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Almería have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Almería have the fewest conceded goals (32) in La Liga 2
  • Almería have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (15) in La Liga 2
  • Almería have the most points (45) at home in La Liga 2
  • Almería have the most scored goals in the second half (41) in La Liga 2
  • Almería have the the best goal difference (+23) at home in La Liga 2
  • Almería have the the best goal difference (+33) in La Liga 2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Almería 40 24 7 9 65 32 20 14 3 3 37 14 20 10 4 6 28 18 33 79
2 SD Eibar 40 22 11 7 59 44 20 13 5 2 33 19 20 9 6 5 26 25 15 77
3 Real Valladolid 40 22 9 9 66 42 20 13 4 3 37 15 20 9 5 6 29 27 24 75
4 Tenerife 40 20 9 11 52 33 20 9 5 6 26 16 20 11 4 5 26 17 19 69
5 Real Oviedo 39 16 16 7 50 34 19 10 7 2 32 14 20 6 9 5 18 20 16 64
6 Girona 40 19 7 14 55 42 20 12 3 5 34 16 20 7 4 9 21 26 13 64
7 Las Palmas 40 17 13 10 54 46 20 11 5 4 32 22 20 6 8 6 22 24 8 64
8 Ponferradina 40 17 12 11 57 51 20 10 7 3 37 22 20 7 5 8 20 29 6 63
9 FC Cartagena 40 16 6 18 56 56 20 12 2 6 37 20 20 4 4 12 19 36 0 54
10 UD Ibiza 40 12 16 12 50 54 20 6 10 4 29 23 20 6 6 8 21 31 -4 52
11 Huesca 40 12 15 13 46 39 20 6 9 5 20 15 20 6 6 8 26 24 7 51
12 Burgos 40 14 9 17 40 41 20 10 6 4 27 12 20 4 3 13 13 29 -1 51
13 Leganes 40 12 14 14 45 49 20 7 8 5 25 23 20 5 6 9 20 26 -4 50
14 Mirandés 40 14 7 19 53 59 20 11 2 7 38 28 20 3 5 12 15 31 -6 49
15 Real Zaragoza 39 10 19 10 33 42 20 6 10 4 15 15 19 4 9 6 18 27 -9 49
16 Lugo 40 9 20 11 45 51 20 8 8 4 21 19 20 1 12 7 24 32 -6 47
17 Sporting Gijón 40 11 12 17 43 47 20 8 3 9 24 23 20 3 9 8 19 24 -4 45
18 Málaga 40 11 12 17 36 55 20 7 7 6 18 23 20 4 5 11 18 32 -19 45
19 Amorebieta 40 8 16 16 43 58 20 7 8 5 28 25 20 1 8 11 15 33 -15 40
20 Real Sociedad II 40 10 10 20 40 56 20 4 4 12 18 30 20 6 6 8 22 26 -16 40
21 Fuenlabrada 40 6 14 20 38 60 20 4 9 7 23 26 20 2 5 13 15 34 -22 32
22 Alcorcón 40 5 10 25 35 70 20 2 7 11 16 34 20 3 3 14 19 36 -35 25

Read more about La Liga 2

The Segunda División, also known as La Liga 2, is the second highest level of the football league pyramid in Spain. 22 teams play each other home and away for a 42 match season. Top two of the league table earns promotion and one more is promoted through playoff fixtures. The bottom four are relegated.