The league table in La Liga 2 tells a story about these teams so far, with Almería leading Real Zaragoza by 19 points. Match preview to follow:
- Real Zaragoza has the most dropped points from leading position (11) in La Liga 2
It's no vacation for neither Almería nor Real Zaragoza 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.
Almería form and stats
The story so far in the La Liga 2 for Almería at their home stadium (Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Happy days for Almería in their previous game, a La Liga 2 match away at Alcorcón (placed 19th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Preceding that match was a defeat to Mallorca (0-1).
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of J. Martins Teixeira Gomes when Umar Sadiq scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 57th minute.
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 seven games, won three matches, drawn two and lost two.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Almería as they have a new game in only four days, a La Liga 2 match thankfully also at home. Malaga are visiting.
Almería has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. From these home matches, Almería have conceded only 4 goals.
Real Zaragoza form and stats
There's been little loot from Real Zaragoza's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 7 away games in the La Liga 2. Real Zaragoza only have 1 win to counter their 6 defeats and 0 draws. Bitter travels for Zaragoza as they have lost six games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Leganes match.
The supporters enjoyed Zaragoza's previous game versus Fuenlabrada (placed 11th), a La Liga 2 1-0 win played at home. Prior to that match, the Zaragoza manager R. Baraja Vegas faced defeat when travelling to Castellon and losing 0-1.
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 Zaragoza playing away, we found three games. Results were one away win, zero draws and two home wins.
Zaragoza has another fixture away, a La Liga 2 game, against Sporting Gijon in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
The attacking power of Zaragoza when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 7 league matches away. 8 goals have been conceded by Zaragoza in these games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Almería, two draws and three wins for Real Zaragoza. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Corpas Serna 7 goals |  J. Narváez Solarte 5 goals |  U. Sadiq Mesbah 4 goals |
Almería missing players
Real Zaragoza missing players
| Almería | Real Zaragoza | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 20 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 8 | 18 |
| 94% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 87% |
| 62% | 57% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 33% | 47% |
| 38% | 29% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 17% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 29% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 17% | 40% |
| 38% | 43% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 27% |
| 31% | 43% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 83% | 47% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.2 | 2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.3 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9.1 | 11.6 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 5.2 | 7.8 |
| 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 1.7 | 2.6 |
| 37% | 32% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 10% | 26% |
- Almería have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Real Zaragoza have scored away.
- Real Zaragoza has the most dropped points from leading position (11) in La Liga 2
- Real Zaragoza have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Real Zaragoza have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Real Zaragoza have lost all their away matches so far.
- Real Zaragoza 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 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 36 |
| 2 | Mallorca | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 35 |
| 3 | Almería | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 32 |
| 4 | Leganes | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 31 |
| 5 | Sporting Gijon | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 28 |
| 6 | Rayo Vallecano | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 27 |
| 7 | Ponferradina | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 27 |
| 8 | Malaga | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -5 | 25 |
| 9 | Mirandes | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 24 |
| 10 | Girona | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 24 |
| 11 | Fuenlabrada | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 23 |
| 12 | Lugo | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 23 |
| 13 | UD Logrones | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 23 |
| 14 | Real Oviedo | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 22 |
| 15 | Las Palmas | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -3 | 22 |
| 16 | FC Cartagena | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -3 | 19 |
| 17 | Tenerife | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 16 |
| 18 | Castellon | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -8 | 15 |
| 19 | Alcorcón | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -9 | 14 |
| 20 | Real Zaragoza | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 13 |
| 21 | Sabadell | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -8 | 13 |
| 22 | Albacete | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 11 | -13 | 11 |