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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sat 12.March
Match begins: 17:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos (15000 seats)

It's advantage Almería so far this season, with the 2nd position in the La Liga 2 table and hosting Lugo (who are placed 12th).

Insights:
  • Almería have the the best goal difference (+22) in La Liga 2
  • Lugo have the most dropped points from leading position (24) in La Liga 2

It's quite the trip for Lugo when visiting Almería as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.

Almería and Lugo should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Almería form and stats

Almería are steadily winning La Liga 2 games and points here at Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos. 11 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 15 games. Almería are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

No payout for Almería in their previous match, an away game at Real Zaragoza that ended in defeat 0-2. Pozo, defender, was given a rating of 7.14/10 in that game, top of the team. Pozo hit three key passes and won 1 of 3 duels.

Ahead of that match, Almería won a home game hosting Fuenlabrada (3-1).

Almería have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos with 27 goals in 15 league matches. From these home matches, Almería have conceded only 10 goals.

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Lugo form and stats

There's been little loot from Lugo's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 15 away games in the La Liga 2. Lugo only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 10 draws.

Lugo won their last game, 1-0 versus Alcorcon played at home. Whalley was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.82. The agile goalkeeper Whalley topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that, Lugo travelled to Las Palmas and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.

Lugo are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 18 away goals from 15 games (in the league). Lugo have conceded 20 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The fixture lists shows this result when the sides met previously this campaign; Lugo - Almería 2-1. Statistics for the former ten meetings featuring these two sides are: five wins for Almería, three draws and two wins for Lugo. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games. The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being a bit wild, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

AlmeríaU. Sadiq Mesbah
U. Sadiq Mesbah
13 goals
LugoJ. Carrillo Casamayor
J. Carrillo Casamayor
8 goals
LugoC. Ramos de la Flor
C. Ramos de la Flor
7 goals

Almería missing players

Lugo missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Almería Lugo
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
30 15 6 Played P 3 15 30
18 11 5 Won W 0 1 8
4 2 1 Drew D 2 10 16
8 2 0 Lost L 1 4 6
47 27 11 Scored S 3 18 36
25 10 2 Conceded C 4 20 33
97% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
73% 80% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 87% 77%
43% 47% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 33% 33%
23% 27% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 27% 20%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 7%
47% 47% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 87% 70%
33% 40% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 20%
23% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 13% 17%
 
4.8 5.6 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 3.1 4
4.2 4.5 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.5 5.4
2.2 2 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.7 2.5
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
14.1 15.2 14 Shots (avg) S ( 12.3 10.8 11.1
4.8 4.9 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 3.5 3.7
33% 37% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 35% 32%
 
10.1 10 9 Shots against (avg) S A 13.3 15.3 15.3
2.9 2.5 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.8 4.3
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 the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12) in La Liga 2
  • Almería have the the best goal difference (+22) in La Liga 2
  • Lugo have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Lugo have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in La Liga 2
  • Lugo have the most dropped points from leading position (24) in La Liga 2
  • Lugo have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Lugo haven’t played a single 0-0 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 Eibar 30 17 8 5 44 32 14 10 3 1 26 14 16 7 5 4 18 18 12 59
2 Almería 30 18 4 8 47 25 15 11 2 2 27 10 15 7 2 6 20 15 22 58
3 Real Valladolid 30 17 7 6 50 30 15 11 3 1 28 9 15 6 4 5 22 21 20 58
4 Tenerife 30 15 7 8 41 25 15 8 3 4 22 11 15 7 4 4 19 14 16 52
5 Ponferradina 30 13 10 7 40 33 15 7 6 2 24 14 15 6 4 5 16 19 7 49
6 Girona 30 13 7 10 41 33 16 9 3 4 26 14 14 4 4 6 15 19 8 46
7 FC Cartagena 30 13 4 13 41 41 15 9 1 5 27 17 15 4 3 8 14 24 0 43
8 UD Ibiza 30 10 12 8 39 35 15 5 6 4 22 18 15 5 6 4 17 17 4 42
9 Burgos 30 12 5 13 34 30 14 8 3 3 23 8 16 4 2 10 11 22 4 41
10 Real Oviedo 30 9 14 7 34 31 15 6 7 2 22 14 15 3 7 5 12 17 3 41
11 Las Palmas 30 10 11 9 37 36 15 7 5 3 23 16 15 3 6 6 14 20 1 41
12 Lugo 30 8 16 6 36 33 15 7 6 2 18 13 15 1 10 4 18 20 3 40
13 Leganés 30 10 10 10 34 33 15 5 7 3 17 13 15 5 3 7 17 20 1 40
14 Real Zaragoza 30 8 15 7 27 30 15 4 8 3 11 10 15 4 7 4 16 20 -3 39
15 Huesca 30 9 11 10 36 30 16 5 6 5 16 12 14 4 5 5 20 18 6 38
16 Málaga 30 9 9 12 27 44 15 7 4 4 15 16 15 2 5 8 12 28 -17 36
17 Sporting Gijon 30 9 8 13 33 37 15 6 3 6 17 17 15 3 5 7 16 20 -4 35
18 Mirandés 30 9 6 15 37 48 15 7 2 6 26 24 15 2 4 9 11 24 -11 33
19 Real Sociedad II 30 7 8 15 28 38 15 3 4 8 12 18 15 4 4 7 16 20 -10 29
20 Amorebieta 30 4 14 12 34 48 15 3 7 5 21 23 15 1 7 7 13 25 -14 26
21 Fuenlabrada 30 4 14 12 24 38 16 3 9 4 17 18 14 1 5 8 7 20 -14 26
22 Alcorcon 30 2 8 20 23 57 14 1 6 7 12 26 16 1 2 13 11 31 -34 14

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 30 17 8 5 44 32 14 10 3 1 26 14 16 7 5 4 18 18 12 59
2 Almería 30 18 4 8 47 25 15 11 2 2 27 10 15 7 2 6 20 15 22 58
3 Real Valladolid 30 17 7 6 50 30 15 11 3 1 28 9 15 6 4 5 22 21 20 58
4 Tenerife 30 15 7 8 41 25 15 8 3 4 22 11 15 7 4 4 19 14 16 52
5 Ponferradina 30 13 10 7 40 33 15 7 6 2 24 14 15 6 4 5 16 19 7 49
6 Girona 30 13 7 10 41 33 16 9 3 4 26 14 14 4 4 6 15 19 8 46
7 FC Cartagena 30 13 4 13 41 41 15 9 1 5 27 17 15 4 3 8 14 24 0 43
8 UD Ibiza 30 10 12 8 39 35 15 5 6 4 22 18 15 5 6 4 17 17 4 42
9 Burgos 30 12 5 13 34 30 14 8 3 3 23 8 16 4 2 10 11 22 4 41
10 Real Oviedo 30 9 14 7 34 31 15 6 7 2 22 14 15 3 7 5 12 17 3 41
11 Las Palmas 30 10 11 9 37 36 15 7 5 3 23 16 15 3 6 6 14 20 1 41
12 Lugo 30 8 16 6 36 33 15 7 6 2 18 13 15 1 10 4 18 20 3 40
13 Leganés 30 10 10 10 34 33 15 5 7 3 17 13 15 5 3 7 17 20 1 40
14 Real Zaragoza 30 8 15 7 27 30 15 4 8 3 11 10 15 4 7 4 16 20 -3 39
15 Huesca 30 9 11 10 36 30 16 5 6 5 16 12 14 4 5 5 20 18 6 38
16 Málaga 30 9 9 12 27 44 15 7 4 4 15 16 15 2 5 8 12 28 -17 36
17 Sporting Gijon 30 9 8 13 33 37 15 6 3 6 17 17 15 3 5 7 16 20 -4 35
18 Mirandés 30 9 6 15 37 48 15 7 2 6 26 24 15 2 4 9 11 24 -11 33
19 Real Sociedad II 30 7 8 15 28 38 15 3 4 8 12 18 15 4 4 7 16 20 -10 29
20 Amorebieta 30 4 14 12 34 48 15 3 7 5 21 23 15 1 7 7 13 25 -14 26
21 Fuenlabrada 30 4 14 12 24 38 16 3 9 4 17 18 14 1 5 8 7 20 -14 26
22 Alcorcon 30 2 8 20 23 57 14 1 6 7 12 26 16 1 2 13 11 31 -34 14

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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.