La Liga 2 preview and news: Almería - Amorebieta at Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sat 07.May
Match begins: 16:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos (15000 seats)

Statistics people will highlight a significant contrast in performance between these sides based on the league table so far, with Almería ahead of Amorebieta by 36 points.

Insights:
  • Almería have the the best goal difference (+28) in La Liga 2
  • Amorebieta have the fewest clean sheets (4) in La Liga 2

These teams have little in common geographically as Amorebieta have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

Both teams have had a decent time to rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's aim for an animated match!

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Almería form and stats

42 points is a decent return from 19 La Liga 2 games here at Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos for Almería. The data says 13 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. Two home wins in a row for Almería bring valid hopes of a third.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Almería, as their goalkeeper Fernando Martinez Rubio has completely shut out the opponents for 222 minutes in the La Liga 2.

It's back home for Almería, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Burgos away with the result 2-0. Robertone found the net in that victory. Almería goalkeeper Martínez did an outstanding job against Burgos with six saves, so vital to securing the victory. Goalkeeper Martínez got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.52 out of ten. Martínez saved a penalty and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that, Almería had a home game versus Sporting Gijon which ended with a victory 1-0.

A decent goal production from Almería in their home games so far, with 34 goals from 19 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Almería have conceded only 14 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Amorebieta form and stats

There's been little loot from Amorebieta's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 19 away games in the La Liga 2. Amorebieta only have 1 win to counter their 10 defeats and 8 draws. Amorebieta has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Amorebieta are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the match against Fuenlabrada (placed 21st). Goalkeeper Santamaría was absolutely vital in the Amorebieta victory against Fuenlabrada, making six saves.

A 1-2 defeat away at Real Sociedad II before that.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Amorebieta as they have only managed to score 15 times from 19 away games in the league. Amorebieta struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 30 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The newest logged scoreline involving both these contenders is the Amorebieta - Almería 2-1 played previously this season. Almería-Amorebieta H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Almería one win, Amorebieta one win, zero draws. two of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The games between these sides have sometimes been from the last two encounters.

Top Goalscorers

AlmeríaU. Sadiq Mesbah
U. Sadiq Mesbah
16 goals
AmorebietaG. Guruzeta Rodríguez
G. Guruzeta Rodríguez
12 goals
AlmeríaL. Ramazani
L. Ramazani
8 goals

Almería missing players

Amorebieta missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Almería Amorebieta
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
38 19 6 Played P 6 19 38
22 13 6 Won W 0 1 7
7 3 0 Drew D 1 8 16
9 3 0 Lost L 5 10 15
60 34 12 Scored S 3 15 42
32 14 3 Conceded C 13 30 55
97% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 95%
71% 74% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 79% 82%
42% 47% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 37% 45%
24% 26% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 16% 24%
5% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 5% 8%
45% 42% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 63% 74%
37% 42% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 5% 11%
21% 21% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 37% 21%
 
4.9 5.9 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4 4.3
4.1 4.1 6 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 6.1 5.4
2.2 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.9 2.2
4 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
14 15.7 13.8 Shots (avg) S ( 11.3 11.6 12.1
4.8 5.3 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3.4 3.5
33% 34% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 19% 23% 32%
 
10.2 9.5 12.7 Shots against (avg) S A 13.7 13.1 11.9
3.3 3 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 4.7 4.2
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • 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 at home.
  • Almería have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Amorebieta have scored away.
  • Almería have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (15) in La Liga 2
  • Almería have the most scored goals in the second half (37) in La Liga 2
  • Almería have the the best goal difference (+28) in La Liga 2
  • Almería have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Amorebieta have the fewest clean sheets (4) in La Liga 2
  • Amorebieta have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) 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 Eibar 38 21 11 6 56 40 19 13 5 1 33 17 19 8 6 5 23 23 16 74
2 Almería 38 22 7 9 60 32 19 13 3 3 34 14 19 9 4 6 26 18 28 73
3 Real Valladolid 37 20 9 8 61 40 18 12 4 2 34 13 19 8 5 6 27 27 21 69
4 Tenerife 38 19 9 10 51 31 19 9 5 5 26 14 19 10 4 5 25 17 20 66
5 Girona 38 19 7 12 54 39 19 12 3 4 34 15 19 7 4 8 20 24 15 64
6 Real Oviedo 38 16 15 7 50 34 19 10 7 2 32 14 19 6 8 5 18 20 16 63
7 Ponferradina 38 16 12 10 54 48 19 9 7 3 34 21 19 7 5 7 20 27 6 60
8 Las Palmas 38 15 13 10 51 46 19 10 5 4 31 22 19 5 8 6 20 24 5 58
9 FC Cartagena 38 16 4 18 55 55 19 12 1 6 37 20 19 4 3 12 18 35 0 52
10 UD Ibiza 38 12 15 11 49 49 19 6 9 4 28 22 19 6 6 7 21 27 0 51
11 Huesca 37 12 14 11 44 35 19 6 8 5 19 14 18 6 6 6 25 21 9 50
12 Burgos 38 14 8 16 38 37 19 10 5 4 26 11 19 4 3 12 12 26 1 50
13 Real Zaragoza 38 10 19 9 33 39 19 6 10 3 15 12 19 4 9 6 18 27 -6 49
14 Lugo 38 9 19 10 43 47 19 8 8 3 20 16 19 1 11 7 23 31 -4 46
15 Leganes 37 11 13 13 41 45 18 6 8 4 21 19 19 5 5 9 20 26 -4 46
16 Mirandes 38 13 7 18 49 58 19 10 2 7 34 28 19 3 5 11 15 30 -9 46
17 Sporting Gijon 38 10 11 17 40 45 19 7 3 9 22 22 19 3 8 8 18 23 -5 41
18 Malaga 38 10 11 17 34 55 19 7 6 6 18 23 19 3 5 11 16 32 -21 41
19 Amorebieta 38 7 16 15 42 55 19 6 8 5 27 25 19 1 8 10 15 30 -13 37
20 Real Sociedad II 37 8 10 19 36 52 19 4 4 11 18 28 18 4 6 8 18 24 -16 34
21 Fuenlabrada 38 5 14 19 34 57 19 4 9 6 22 24 19 1 5 13 12 33 -23 29
22 Alcorcon 38 4 10 24 32 68 19 2 7 10 16 32 19 2 3 14 16 36 -36 22

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 Eibar 38 21 11 6 56 40 19 13 5 1 33 17 19 8 6 5 23 23 16 74
2 Almería 38 22 7 9 60 32 19 13 3 3 34 14 19 9 4 6 26 18 28 73
3 Real Valladolid 37 20 9 8 61 40 18 12 4 2 34 13 19 8 5 6 27 27 21 69
4 Tenerife 38 19 9 10 51 31 19 9 5 5 26 14 19 10 4 5 25 17 20 66
5 Girona 38 19 7 12 54 39 19 12 3 4 34 15 19 7 4 8 20 24 15 64
6 Real Oviedo 38 16 15 7 50 34 19 10 7 2 32 14 19 6 8 5 18 20 16 63
7 Ponferradina 38 16 12 10 54 48 19 9 7 3 34 21 19 7 5 7 20 27 6 60
8 Las Palmas 38 15 13 10 51 46 19 10 5 4 31 22 19 5 8 6 20 24 5 58
9 FC Cartagena 38 16 4 18 55 55 19 12 1 6 37 20 19 4 3 12 18 35 0 52
10 UD Ibiza 38 12 15 11 49 49 19 6 9 4 28 22 19 6 6 7 21 27 0 51
11 Huesca 37 12 14 11 44 35 19 6 8 5 19 14 18 6 6 6 25 21 9 50
12 Burgos 38 14 8 16 38 37 19 10 5 4 26 11 19 4 3 12 12 26 1 50
13 Real Zaragoza 38 10 19 9 33 39 19 6 10 3 15 12 19 4 9 6 18 27 -6 49
14 Lugo 38 9 19 10 43 47 19 8 8 3 20 16 19 1 11 7 23 31 -4 46
15 Leganes 37 11 13 13 41 45 18 6 8 4 21 19 19 5 5 9 20 26 -4 46
16 Mirandes 38 13 7 18 49 58 19 10 2 7 34 28 19 3 5 11 15 30 -9 46
17 Sporting Gijon 38 10 11 17 40 45 19 7 3 9 22 22 19 3 8 8 18 23 -5 41
18 Malaga 38 10 11 17 34 55 19 7 6 6 18 23 19 3 5 11 16 32 -21 41
19 Amorebieta 38 7 16 15 42 55 19 6 8 5 27 25 19 1 8 10 15 30 -13 37
20 Real Sociedad II 37 8 10 19 36 52 19 4 4 11 18 28 18 4 6 8 18 24 -16 34
21 Fuenlabrada 38 5 14 19 34 57 19 4 9 6 22 24 19 1 5 13 12 33 -23 29
22 Alcorcon 38 4 10 24 32 68 19 2 7 10 16 32 19 2 3 14 16 36 -36 22

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