La Liga 2 duel: Close contest expected between Almería and Mallorca

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Thu 03.December
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos (15000 seats)

The Almería & Mallorca managers J. Martins Teixeira Gomes and L. García Plaza are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the La Liga 2 league table.

Insights:
  • Almería is in the best form (6-0-0)
  • Mallorca has the fewest conceded goals (3) in La Liga 2

It's no vacation for neither Almería nor Mallorca as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Almería form and stats

Overall La Liga 2 stats at home this season for Almería are 3-2-1 (wins-draw-losses). Almería has a nice streak going on as they have played ten consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Las Palmas defeat 47 days ago. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos.

Ahead of that match, Almería won a home game hosting Tenerife (2-0).

The manager J. Martins Teixeira Gomes will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Alcorcón in only three days.

Almería has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. Defensively Almería have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 6 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Mallorca form and stats

Mallorca's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Mallorca, who have the fewest conceded goals (3) in La Liga 2, collect 15 points from their 7 away matches in the La Liga 2. 4 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 0 defeats). Things are running smoothly for Mallorca who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 14 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Rayo Vallecano. Mallorca are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played eight in a row without losing.

Impressive finishing from Amath Ndiaye, Abdón Prats, Salva Sevilla and Luka Romero secured the home win 4-0 against UD Logrones in their previous game. Ahead of that match was the victory versus FC Cartagena at their stadium, the result 2-1.

As mentioned above, Mallorca was the only team on the pitch versus UD Logrones in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Castellon in just four days.

The visitors have scored 6 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Mallorca are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 1 goal away.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Almería, one draw and four wins for Mallorca. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

AlmeríaJ. Corpas Serna
J. Corpas Serna
7 goals
MallorcaD. Rodríguez Vázquez
D. Rodríguez Vázquez
6 goals
AlmeríaU. Sadiq Mesbah
U. Sadiq Mesbah
3 goals

Almería missing players

Mallorca missing players

Almería Mallorca
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 6 2 Played P 2 7 15
9 3 1 Won W 0 4 9
2 2 0 Drew D 2 3 5
3 1 1 Lost L 0 0 1
19 8 2 Scored S 0 6 19
10 3 2 Conceded C 0 1 3
93% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 57% 67%
71% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 29% 40%
43% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 14% 27%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 13%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
43% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 14% 13%
36% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 86% 80%
29% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 100% 43% 40%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3.1 1.5 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.7 2.2
3 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
9.9 13 10 Shots (avg) S ( 3 7.7 8.4
3.7 4.2 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 3 4
37% 32% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 29% 32%
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Almería have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Almería is in the best form (6-0-0)
  • Mallorca has the fewest conceded goals (1) away in La Liga 2
  • Mallorca has the fewest conceded goals (3) in La Liga 2
  • Mallorca has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in La Liga 2
  • Mallorca has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in La Liga 2
  • Mallorca has the most clean sheets (12) in La Liga 2
  • Mallorca has the most clean sheets (6) away in La Liga 2
  • Mallorca has the most matches under the total-line (9) in La Liga 2
  • Mallorca has the the best goal difference (+16) in La Liga 2
  • Mallorca has the the best goal difference (+5) away in La Liga 2
  • Mallorca have not yet lost a game away.
  • Mallorca have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Mallorca 15 9 5 1 19 3 8 5 2 1 13 2 7 4 3 0 6 1 16 32
2 Espanyol 15 9 3 3 20 7 8 6 1 1 13 3 7 3 2 2 7 4 13 30
3 Almería 14 9 2 3 19 10 6 3 2 1 8 3 8 6 0 2 11 7 9 29
4 Leganes 15 9 1 5 17 12 8 7 0 1 11 3 7 2 1 4 6 9 5 28
5 Sporting Gijón 15 8 3 4 17 11 7 5 2 0 11 4 8 3 1 4 6 7 6 27
6 Rayo Vallecano 15 7 3 5 16 12 7 5 1 1 11 3 8 2 2 4 5 9 4 24
7 Mirandes 15 6 5 4 16 11 8 3 4 1 8 4 7 3 1 3 8 7 5 23
8 Fuenlabrada 15 5 8 2 18 15 7 2 5 0 7 4 8 3 3 2 11 11 3 23
9 UD Logrones 14 7 2 5 14 14 7 4 1 2 8 5 7 3 1 3 6 9 0 23
10 Ponferradina 15 7 2 6 17 19 8 4 1 3 11 11 7 3 1 3 6 8 -2 23
11 Malaga 15 6 4 5 14 20 7 2 3 2 6 8 8 4 1 3 8 12 -6 22
12 Lugo 15 6 3 6 16 16 7 4 1 2 7 4 8 2 2 4 9 12 0 21
13 Las Palmas 15 5 5 5 19 22 8 5 1 2 14 11 7 0 4 3 5 11 -3 20
14 Real Oviedo 15 4 6 5 16 15 8 2 3 3 9 8 7 2 3 2 7 7 1 18
15 Girona 14 5 3 6 10 14 6 2 1 3 4 5 8 3 2 3 6 9 -4 18
16 FC Cartagena 15 4 4 7 17 19 7 3 1 3 10 7 8 1 3 4 7 12 -2 16
17 Tenerife 15 4 4 7 10 14 7 3 2 2 6 4 8 1 2 5 4 10 -4 16
18 Alcorcón 14 4 2 8 7 12 8 3 1 4 5 8 6 1 1 4 2 4 -5 14
19 Castellon 15 3 3 9 12 21 7 2 0 5 5 8 8 1 3 4 7 13 -9 12
20 Sabadell 14 3 1 10 12 20 7 2 0 5 7 10 7 1 1 5 5 10 -8 10
21 Albacete 15 2 4 9 9 20 8 2 3 3 8 9 7 0 1 6 1 11 -11 10
22 Real Zaragoza 14 1 5 8 9 17 8 1 4 3 8 10 6 0 1 5 1 7 -8 8

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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.