Almería vs Girona match preview

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sun 16.August
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos (15000 seats)

A key match in La Liga 2 as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Almería in 4th position and Girona placed 5th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

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.

It's quite the trip for Girona when visiting Almería as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.

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Almería form and stats

When playing at home in the La Liga 2, Almería, who have the most scored goals (62) in La Liga 2, have managed 10 wins, 4 draws and suffered 7 defeats from 21 games.

Almería haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 225 minutes ago. D. Nunez scored that one.

Almería faced defeat in their previous match, away at Girona (0-1). The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Malaga.

Almería has scored 30 league goals at home this season, in 21 matches. Almería have only conceded 19 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Girona form and stats

There's been little loot from Girona's travels as they have only collected 16 points from 21 away games in the La Liga 2. Girona only have 3 wins to counter their 11 defeats and 7 draws.

Impressive finishing from Christian Stuani secured the home win 1-0 against Almería in their previous game. Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Alcorcon's place.

The attacking power of Girona when travelling is not overwhelming with 19 goals scored from 21 league matches away. As opposed to that, Girona have seen the ball go into their own net 30 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Girona - Almería 1-0 earlier this season. Almería-Girona H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Almería five wins, Girona two wins, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

GironaC. Stuani Curbelo
C. Stuani Curbelo
30 goals
AlmeríaD. Núñez Ribeiro
D. Núñez Ribeiro
16 goals
AlmeríaJ. Lazo Romero
J. Lazo Romero
9 goals

Almería missing players

Girona missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Almería Girona
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
43 21 5 Played P 5 21 43
17 10 2 Won W 0 3 18
13 4 1 Drew D 1 7 12
13 7 2 Lost L 4 11 13
62 30 6 Scored S 3 19 49
44 19 7 Conceded C 8 30 43
88% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 91%
67% 62% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 62% 60%
47% 43% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 33% 30%
30% 29% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 29% 23%
12% 14% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 10% 5%
49% 38% 60% BTTS BTTS 20% 38% 37%
37% 43% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 19% 37%
26% 33% 20% Failed to Score F T 80% 52% 35%
 
4 4.3 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 3.9 4.3
4.7 3.9 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 3.6 3.5
2.8 2.8 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.6 2.7 2.7
6 4 1 Red cards R C 1 4 6
 
401 189 42 Total Shots T S 47 204 456
169 89 19 Shots on Target S O 17 76 175
37% 34% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 25% 28%
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Almería has the most scored goals (62)
  • Almería has the the best goal difference (+19)
  • Girona has the most matches under the total-line (24)
  • Girona 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 Huesca 42 21 7 14 55 42 21 15 3 3 36 17 21 6 4 11 19 25 13 70
2 Cadiz 42 19 12 11 50 39 21 10 6 5 28 20 21 9 6 6 22 19 11 69
3 Real Zaragoza 42 18 11 13 59 53 21 9 4 8 30 27 21 9 7 5 29 26 6 65
4 Almería 42 17 13 12 62 43 21 10 4 7 30 19 21 7 9 5 32 24 19 64
5 Girona 42 17 12 13 48 43 21 14 5 2 29 13 21 3 7 11 19 30 5 63
6 Elche 42 16 13 13 52 44 21 8 8 5 26 19 21 8 5 8 26 25 8 61
7 Rayo Vallecano 42 13 21 8 60 50 21 9 9 3 29 21 21 4 12 5 31 29 10 60
8 Fuenlabrada 42 15 15 12 47 40 21 9 8 4 29 21 21 6 7 8 18 19 7 60
9 Las Palmas 42 14 15 13 49 46 21 9 7 5 31 21 21 5 8 8 18 25 3 57
10 Alcorcon 42 13 18 11 52 50 21 6 6 9 24 29 21 7 12 2 28 21 2 57
11 Mirandes 42 13 17 12 55 59 21 8 11 2 25 17 21 5 6 10 30 42 -4 56
12 Tenerife 42 14 13 15 50 46 21 7 9 5 25 21 21 7 4 10 25 25 4 55
13 Sporting Gijon 42 14 12 16 40 38 21 10 5 6 28 17 21 4 7 10 12 21 2 54
14 Malaga 42 11 20 11 35 33 21 8 9 4 25 18 21 3 11 7 10 15 2 53
15 Real Oviedo 42 13 14 15 49 53 21 7 11 3 24 20 21 6 3 12 25 33 -4 53
16 Albacete 42 13 13 16 36 46 21 5 9 7 19 22 21 8 4 9 17 24 -10 52
17 Lugo 42 12 16 14 43 54 21 7 8 6 26 31 21 5 8 8 17 23 -11 52
18 Ponferradina 42 12 15 15 45 50 21 9 9 3 26 17 21 3 6 12 19 33 -5 51
19 Deportivo La Coruna 42 12 15 15 43 60 21 8 8 5 29 29 21 4 7 10 14 31 -17 51
20 Numancia 42 13 11 18 45 53 21 11 5 5 24 14 21 2 6 13 21 39 -8 50
21 Extremadura UD 42 10 13 19 43 59 21 6 4 11 21 26 21 4 9 8 22 33 -16 43
22 Racing Santander 42 5 18 19 39 56 21 3 9 9 25 29 21 2 9 10 14 27 -17 33

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 Huesca 42 21 7 14 55 42 21 15 3 3 36 17 21 6 4 11 19 25 13 70
2 Cadiz 42 19 12 11 50 39 21 10 6 5 28 20 21 9 6 6 22 19 11 69
3 Real Zaragoza 42 18 11 13 59 53 21 9 4 8 30 27 21 9 7 5 29 26 6 65
4 Almería 42 17 13 12 62 43 21 10 4 7 30 19 21 7 9 5 32 24 19 64
5 Girona 42 17 12 13 48 43 21 14 5 2 29 13 21 3 7 11 19 30 5 63
6 Elche 42 16 13 13 52 44 21 8 8 5 26 19 21 8 5 8 26 25 8 61
7 Rayo Vallecano 42 13 21 8 60 50 21 9 9 3 29 21 21 4 12 5 31 29 10 60
8 Fuenlabrada 42 15 15 12 47 40 21 9 8 4 29 21 21 6 7 8 18 19 7 60
9 Las Palmas 42 14 15 13 49 46 21 9 7 5 31 21 21 5 8 8 18 25 3 57
10 Alcorcon 42 13 18 11 52 50 21 6 6 9 24 29 21 7 12 2 28 21 2 57
11 Mirandes 42 13 17 12 55 59 21 8 11 2 25 17 21 5 6 10 30 42 -4 56
12 Tenerife 42 14 13 15 50 46 21 7 9 5 25 21 21 7 4 10 25 25 4 55
13 Sporting Gijon 42 14 12 16 40 38 21 10 5 6 28 17 21 4 7 10 12 21 2 54
14 Malaga 42 11 20 11 35 33 21 8 9 4 25 18 21 3 11 7 10 15 2 53
15 Real Oviedo 42 13 14 15 49 53 21 7 11 3 24 20 21 6 3 12 25 33 -4 53
16 Albacete 42 13 13 16 36 46 21 5 9 7 19 22 21 8 4 9 17 24 -10 52
17 Lugo 42 12 16 14 43 54 21 7 8 6 26 31 21 5 8 8 17 23 -11 52
18 Ponferradina 42 12 15 15 45 50 21 9 9 3 26 17 21 3 6 12 19 33 -5 51
19 Deportivo La Coruna 42 12 15 15 43 60 21 8 8 5 29 29 21 4 7 10 14 31 -17 51
20 Numancia 42 13 11 18 45 53 21 11 5 5 24 14 21 2 6 13 21 39 -8 50
21 Extremadura UD 42 10 13 19 43 59 21 6 4 11 21 26 21 4 9 8 22 33 -16 43
22 Racing Santander 42 5 18 19 39 56 21 3 9 9 25 29 21 2 9 10 14 27 -17 33

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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.