La Liga 2 prediction and preview: Almería modest favorites to beat Mirandés

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sat 14.November
Match begins: 15:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos (15000 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Almería have their presumed home advantage while Mirandés are ahead 2 points in the La Liga 2 table.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Almería form and stats

Overall La Liga 2 stats at home this season for Almería are 1-2-1 (wins-draw-losses).

Almería drew their last game, 0-0 away at Rayo Vallecano (placed 6th). In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Sabadell.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Almería have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 17 games) they have won seven times, drawn six and lost four.

Almería has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. Defensively Almería have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 4 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Mirandés form and stats

2-1-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Mirandés in their La Liga 2 matches away.

The supporters enjoyed Mirandés's previous game versus Sporting Gijon (placed 2nd), a La Liga 2 1-0 win played at home. A 0-1 defeat away at Leganes before that.

Mirandés are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, three draws and nine defeats. From a total of 15 matches.

Mirandés are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 5 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Mirandés have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last eight meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Almería, three draws and two wins for Mirandés. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

AlmeríaJ. Corpas Serna
J. Corpas Serna
4 goals
AlmeríaA. Aketxe Barrutia
A. Aketxe Barrutia
2 goals
MirandésE. Jirka
E. Jirka
2 goals

Almería missing players

Mirandés missing players

Almería Mirandés
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 4 1 Played P 0 5 11
4 1 0 Won W 0 2 4
3 2 0 Drew D 0 1 4
3 1 1 Lost L 0 2 3
10 4 0 Scored S 0 5 8
7 2 1 Conceded C 0 5 7
80% 75% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 82%
60% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 80% 45%
30% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 9%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
30% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 27%
40% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 45%
50% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 45%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3 1.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.2 1.7
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
99 59 11 Total Shots T S 0 35 78
32 15 3 Shots on Target S O 0 16 34
31% 27% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 31% 24%
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Mirandés have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Mirandés 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 Espanyol 11 8 2 1 16 2 6 5 1 0 10 1 5 3 1 1 6 1 14 26
2 Sporting Gijon 11 7 1 3 11 6 5 4 1 0 7 2 6 3 0 3 4 4 5 22
3 Mallorca 10 5 4 1 9 2 5 3 1 1 6 2 5 2 3 0 3 0 7 19
4 Leganes 11 6 1 4 10 8 6 5 0 1 8 3 5 1 1 3 2 5 2 19
5 Malaga 11 5 2 4 9 15 5 2 2 1 3 4 6 3 0 3 6 11 -6 17
6 Rayo Vallecano 10 5 1 4 11 8 4 4 0 0 9 1 6 1 1 4 2 7 3 16
7 Mirandés 11 4 4 3 8 7 6 2 3 1 3 2 5 2 1 2 5 5 1 16
8 Lugo 11 5 1 5 13 13 5 3 0 2 6 4 6 2 1 3 7 9 0 16
9 FC Cartagena 11 4 3 4 14 11 6 3 1 2 9 5 5 1 2 2 5 6 3 15
10 Ponferradina 10 5 0 5 10 11 5 2 0 3 5 7 5 3 0 2 5 4 -1 15
11 Almería 9 4 2 3 10 7 4 1 2 1 4 2 5 3 0 2 6 5 3 14
12 UD Logrones 10 4 2 4 10 10 5 2 1 2 5 5 5 2 1 2 5 5 0 14
13 Fuenlabrada 10 3 5 2 10 11 5 2 3 0 5 2 5 1 2 2 5 9 -1 14
14 Girona 9 4 2 3 7 9 3 2 0 1 3 2 6 2 2 2 4 7 -2 14
15 Las Palmas 10 3 4 3 13 14 5 3 1 1 10 7 5 0 3 2 3 7 -1 13
16 Real Oviedo 10 2 4 4 8 11 5 1 2 2 3 5 5 1 2 2 5 6 -3 10
17 Tenerife 10 2 4 4 7 10 5 2 2 1 5 3 5 0 2 3 2 7 -3 10
18 Albacete 11 2 4 5 8 13 6 2 3 1 7 5 5 0 1 4 1 8 -5 10
19 Real Zaragoza 9 1 5 3 6 8 6 1 4 1 6 6 3 0 1 2 0 2 -2 8
20 Castellon 10 2 2 6 8 11 5 1 0 4 3 5 5 1 2 2 5 6 -3 8
21 Sabadell 10 2 1 7 7 13 5 1 0 4 3 7 5 1 1 3 4 6 -6 7
22 Alcorcon 9 1 2 6 3 8 5 1 1 3 3 5 4 0 1 3 0 3 -5 5

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.