Football match preview: Almería vs Las Palmas

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sat 09.October
Match begins: 16:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos (15000 seats)

Get ready for a show! Today's leading characters are Almería and Las Palmas, victory is the objective and 90 minutes the length.

Insights:
  • Almería have the most scored goals (17) in La Liga 2
  • Las Palmas have yet to win a game away.

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!

These teams have little in common geographically as Las Palmas have to travel 1800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Almería form and stats

Perfect La Liga 2 season at home so far for Almería 3 wins from 3 appearances. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Almería, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.

Almería are returning here after visiting Girona in a La Liga 2 game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Umar Sadiq and Lucas Robertone scored the goal(s). Lucas Robertone (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 9.14/10. Robertone scored one goal, served one assist, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 34 successful passes (of 41 total).

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Tenerife in a game that was won 3-1.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Almería's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played eleven games, won seven matches, drawn two and lost two.

Almería can score goals in their home matches. After 3 league matches they have found the net 7 times. 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 2 from 3 matches.

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Las Palmas form and stats

Still no away game victory in the La Liga 2 for Las Palmas with 2 draws and 1 loss from their first 3 attempts.

Las Palmas had fun at their own home (Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos) last time out, beating FC Cartagena 4-1. Jonathan Viera, Pejiño, Adalberto Peñaranda and Jesé Rodríguez scored. Jesé Rodríguez, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 9.11. Rodríguez scored one goal, signed up for two assists, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.

Before that, Palmas secured a home win against Ponferradina with the score 2-1.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Las Palmas playing away, we found four games. Results were one away win, one draw and two home wins.

The attacking power of Palmas when travelling is not overwhelming with 2 goals scored from 3 league matches away. Palmas have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Almería-Las Palmas H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Almería five wins, Las Palmas two wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

AlmeríaU. Sadiq Mesbah
U. Sadiq Mesbah
6 goals
Las PalmasF. Crespo García
F. Crespo García
5 goals
AlmeríaL. Ramazani
L. Ramazani
3 goals

Almería missing players

Las Palmas missing players

Almería Las Palmas
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
8 3 2 Played P 0 3 8
6 3 2 Won W 0 0 3
0 0 0 Drew D 0 2 4
2 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
17 7 5 Scored S 0 2 12
7 2 2 Conceded C 0 4 9
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 33% 75%
88% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 33% 75%
75% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 50%
38% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 25%
62% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 75%
25% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 67% 25%
12% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 67% 25%
 
3.1 4 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 3.6
4.9 3.7 3 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3 3.4
2 2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3.7 3
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
13.1 12.7 15 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10.3 11.5
4.9 4.7 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 4.8
44% 50% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 32%
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • All of Almería's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Almería have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Almería have the most matches over the total-line (6) in La Liga 2
  • Almería have the most scored goals (17) in La Liga 2
  • Almería have the the best goal difference (+10) in La Liga 2
  • Almería have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Almería have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Almería haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Las Palmas have yet to win a game away.

  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 8 6 0 2 17 7 3 3 0 0 7 2 5 3 0 2 10 5 10 18
2 Sporting Gijon 8 5 2 1 12 8 4 4 0 0 7 3 4 1 2 1 5 5 4 17
3 Ponferradina 8 5 1 2 12 7 5 4 1 0 10 3 3 1 0 2 2 4 5 16
4 Tenerife 8 4 2 2 10 7 3 1 1 1 3 2 5 3 1 1 7 5 3 14
5 Eibar 8 4 2 2 12 10 4 2 1 1 7 5 4 2 1 1 5 5 2 14
6 Las Palmas 8 3 4 1 12 9 5 3 2 0 10 5 3 0 2 1 2 4 3 13
7 Real Oviedo 8 2 5 1 8 6 4 1 3 0 4 2 4 1 2 1 4 4 2 11
8 UD Ibiza 8 2 5 1 10 9 4 1 3 0 6 4 4 1 2 1 4 5 1 11
9 Real Valladolid 8 3 2 3 9 9 3 2 0 1 4 2 5 1 2 2 5 7 0 11
10 Malaga 8 3 2 3 7 10 4 3 1 0 4 0 4 0 1 3 3 10 -3 11
11 Huesca 8 3 1 4 11 9 5 2 1 2 6 4 3 1 0 2 5 5 2 10
12 Fuenlabrada 8 2 4 2 7 6 4 1 2 1 5 5 4 1 2 1 2 1 1 10
13 Mirandes 8 3 1 4 11 11 4 2 0 2 8 7 4 1 1 2 3 4 0 10
14 Real Sociedad II 8 2 3 3 8 8 4 1 1 2 3 5 4 1 2 1 5 3 0 9
15 Burgos 8 2 3 3 6 6 4 2 1 1 4 1 4 0 2 2 2 5 0 9
16 Leganes 8 2 3 3 7 8 4 1 2 1 3 3 4 1 1 2 4 5 -1 9
17 FC Cartagena 8 3 0 5 7 14 3 2 0 1 4 4 5 1 0 4 3 10 -7 9
18 Lugo 8 1 5 2 9 11 4 1 2 1 4 5 4 0 3 1 5 6 -2 8
19 Girona 8 2 2 4 6 8 5 2 1 2 5 4 3 0 1 2 1 4 -2 8
20 Real Zaragoza 8 1 5 2 5 7 4 0 3 1 1 2 4 1 2 1 4 5 -2 8
21 Amorebieta 8 1 4 3 7 11 4 1 3 0 6 5 4 0 1 3 1 6 -4 7
22 Alcorcon 8 1 0 7 5 17 4 0 0 4 2 12 4 1 0 3 3 5 -12 3

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.