Enjoying a 14 point dominance in the league table, Burgos regulars aim to see their gladiators earn max points from this fixture hosting Ponferradina.
- Burgos have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ponferradina have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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.
Burgos form and stats
7 victories, 7 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Burgos have to build on here at Estadio Municipal de El Plantío in the La Liga 2.
In their previous game, the manager Fernández led his Burgos to a defeat away at Huesca. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio Municipal de El Plantío. Burgos's goalkeeper Caro was extremely busy against Huesca, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning seven saves.
Before that, Burgos had a home game versus Racing Santander which ended with a victory 2-1.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 Burgos have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 4 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 0 and lost 0.
Not much happening? In this team's last 16 league games, 12 have contained zero, one or two goals.
The Burgos fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 17 matches. Burgos are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Municipal de El Plantío in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 17 matches.
Ponferradina form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Ponferradina so far with only 14 points returning home. The records show 2-8-7 (win-draw-lose). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Ponferradina have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone 14 consecutive matches without winning on the road.
The attacking players of Ponferradina have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 294 minutes.
Ponferradina failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Leganes (placed 16th) that ended with defeat 0-1. That defeat was their first after four consecutive league fixtures winning points. Ponferradina were so close to getting something from the game against Leganes, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal two minutes into overtime. Attacker Espiau got a player rating of 7.3 in the game. "Man of the match" Espiau hit three key passes.
Before that, Ponferradina travelled to Lugo and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.We have checked recent matches where Ponferradina have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 12 games were 5 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
Lacking goals? 11 of this team's most recent 13 league fixtures have contained two goals or less.
The visitors have scored 13 goals from 17 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 22 goals have been conceded by Ponferradina in these games.
Head 2 Head
The previous head to head game ended Ponferradina - Burgos 1-2, earlier this season. Stats for the last ten meetings involving these two participants are: five wins for Burgos, one draw and four wins for Ponferradina. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Sánchez Rodríguez 7 goals |   Y. de Souza Fonseca 5 goals |
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Ponferradina missing players
| Burgos | Ponferradina | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 35 | 17 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 17 | 35 |
| 12 | 7 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 28 | 19 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 13 | 27 |
| 25 | 13 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 22 | 41 |
| 74% | 76% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 76% | 80% |
| 46% | 59% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 59% | 54% |
| 26% | 41% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 41% | 40% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 24% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | 3% |
| 31% | 47% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 47% | 46% |
| 49% | 47% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 29% | 31% |
| 46% | 29% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 47% | 43% |
| 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 6.1 | 6.2 | 6.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.8 | 5.6 |
| 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 10.3 | 10.5 | 11.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.8 | 9.2 | 10.5 |
| 3 | 3.2 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
| 27% | 35% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 28% | 25% |
| 13.5 | 12.8 | 14.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 14.9 | 12.8 |
| 4 | 3.8 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5.6 | 4.6 |
- Burgos have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Burgos have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Ponferradina have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 | 35 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 39 | 27 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 65 |
| 2 | Las Palmas | 35 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 41 | 24 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 17 | 62 |
| 3 | Granada | 35 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 44 | 25 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 21 | 19 | 61 |
| 4 | Levante | 35 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 38 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 61 |
| 5 | Deportivo Alaves | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 41 | 27 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 14 | 60 |
| 6 | FC Cartagena | 35 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 42 | 37 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 5 | 53 |
| 7 | Albacete | 35 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 43 | 41 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 26 | 2 | 52 |
| 8 | Burgos | 35 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 28 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 49 |
| 9 | Huesca | 35 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 31 | 29 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 2 | 46 |
| 10 | Villarreal II | 35 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 40 | 43 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 24 | -3 | 46 |
| 11 | FC Andorra | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 34 | 29 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 44 |
| 12 | Sporting Gijon | 35 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 35 | 36 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -1 | 44 |
| 13 | Real Zaragoza | 35 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 30 | 32 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 19 | -2 | 44 |
| 14 | Tenerife | 35 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 32 | 33 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 22 | -1 | 43 |
| 15 | Real Oviedo | 35 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 27 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 16 | -5 | 43 |
| 16 | Leganes | 35 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 35 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 18 | -6 | 43 |
| 17 | Mirandes | 35 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 40 | 44 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 21 | -4 | 42 |
| 18 | Racing Santander | 35 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 31 | 33 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 18 | -2 | 41 |
| 19 | Ponferradina | 35 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 27 | 41 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 22 | -14 | 35 |
| 20 | Malaga | 35 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 30 | 39 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 23 | -9 | 33 |
| 21 | UD Ibiza | 35 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 30 | 53 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 29 | -23 | 29 |
| 22 | Lugo | 35 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 21 | 44 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 31 | -23 | 27 |
