La Liga 2 match prediction: Little separates Burgos and Tenerife in quality

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sat 05.November
Match begins: 15:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal de El Plantío (12200 seats)

Statistics people will highlight a considerable contrast in quality between these teams based on results so far, with Burgos ahead of Tenerife by 13 points.

Insights:
  • Burgos have the fewest conceded goals (3) in La Liga 2
  • Tenerife have yet to win a game away.

These teams have little in common geographically as Tenerife have to travel 2100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Burgos and Tenerife.

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Burgos form and stats

17 points is a decent return from 7 La Liga 2 games here at Estadio Municipal de El Plantío for Burgos. The data says 5 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. Burgos are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Jose Antonio Caro Diaz not having conceded a league goal in 224 minutes.

Burgos are returning here after visiting Las Palmas and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Mora and Curro scored the goal(s). Defender Matos got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.05/10. Matos signed up for two assists, hit two key passes and won 6 of 12 duels.

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against UD Ibiza.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Burgos have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 8, drawn 5 and lost 0.

It should be added that a peek at the 14 latest league fixtures reveals that 13 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored).

Burgos has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Burgos have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {1 goals}.

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Tenerife form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Tenerife so far with only 2 points returning home. The records show 0-2-5 (win-draw-lose). Three has not been a lucky number for Tenerife as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Granada match.

Sanz was the last player to score for the away team. Tenerife haven't scored a league goal in the last 207 minutes.

Tenerife play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Mirandes (placed 20th). Midfield player Appiah was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.04/10. Appiah hit one key pass and had 17 successful passes (of 21 total).

Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Real Zaragoza.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Tenerife in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Tenerife, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

Few goals the story here? 10 of this team's last 13 league matches have contained zero, one or two goals.

The visitors have scored 5 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As for defending, Tenerife rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 11 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last two meetings involving these two teams are: one win for Burgos, zero draws and one win for Tenerife. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Top Goalscorers

TenerifeE. Gallego Puigsech
E. Gallego Puigsech
3 goals
BurgosM. Muñoz Mora
M. Muñoz Mora
2 goals
BurgosJ. Artola Canales
J. Artola Canales
2 goals

Burgos missing players

Tenerife missing players

Burgos Tenerife
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 7 4 Played P 2 7 14
7 5 3 Won W 0 0 3
6 2 1 Drew D 0 2 5
1 0 0 Lost L 2 5 6
12 9 5 Scored S 1 5 13
3 1 1 Conceded C 4 11 16
57% 71% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
36% 43% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 71%
14% 29% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 43% 29%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 14%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
7% 14% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 57% 50%
86% 86% 75% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 21%
50% 29% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 43% 36%
 
3.1 3.7 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 5.3 5.1
6.7 7.3 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4.1 3.6
2 2.1 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.7 2.6
3 1 1 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
10.4 11.3 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 8.4 12.4
2.2 2.7 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 1.7 3.4
39% 47% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 42% 28%
 
14.6 14.6 15 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 8.9 9.1
3.4 3.6 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.7 3.4
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Burgos have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Burgos have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Burgos have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Burgos have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Burgos have the fewest conceded goals (3) in La Liga 2
  • Burgos have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in La Liga 2
  • Burgos have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in La Liga 2
  • Burgos have the most clean sheets (12) in La Liga 2
  • Burgos is in the best form (5-0-1) in La Liga 2
  • Tenerife have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Tenerife have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Tenerife have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Tenerife have yet to win a game away.
  • Tenerife 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 Burgos 14 7 6 1 12 3 7 5 2 0 9 1 7 2 4 1 3 2 9 27
2 Deportivo Alaves 14 7 6 1 17 12 7 4 3 0 9 4 7 3 3 1 8 8 5 27
3 Las Palmas 14 7 5 2 16 7 7 4 2 1 6 2 7 3 3 1 10 5 9 26
4 Eibar 14 7 4 3 17 12 7 5 2 0 11 3 7 2 2 3 6 9 5 25
5 Levante 13 6 4 3 14 9 7 4 1 2 9 4 6 2 3 1 5 5 5 22
6 Granada 13 6 3 4 15 10 6 5 1 0 13 1 7 1 2 4 2 9 5 21
7 FC Cartagena 13 6 3 4 16 12 7 3 2 2 9 7 6 3 1 2 7 5 4 21
8 FC Andorra 14 6 3 5 15 12 6 4 0 2 9 3 8 2 3 3 6 9 3 21
9 Albacete 13 5 6 2 13 10 7 2 4 1 5 4 6 3 2 1 8 6 3 21
10 Huesca 14 5 5 4 13 10 7 4 2 1 9 4 7 1 3 3 4 6 3 20
11 Villarreal II 14 5 5 4 19 19 7 4 3 0 13 6 7 1 2 4 6 13 0 20
12 Sporting Gijon 13 5 4 4 16 15 6 4 1 1 11 5 7 1 3 3 5 10 1 19
13 Leganes 14 5 2 7 12 13 7 3 2 2 7 6 7 2 0 5 5 7 -1 17
14 Real Zaragoza 14 4 4 6 9 12 7 2 3 2 5 6 7 2 1 4 4 6 -3 16
15 Ponferradina 14 4 4 6 15 21 7 2 2 3 7 9 7 2 2 3 8 12 -6 16
16 Racing Santander 14 3 6 5 7 10 7 1 4 2 3 5 7 2 2 3 4 5 -3 15
17 Tenerife 14 3 5 6 13 16 7 3 3 1 8 5 7 0 2 5 5 11 -3 14
18 Lugo 14 3 4 7 14 18 7 2 2 3 5 5 7 1 2 4 9 13 -4 13
19 Real Oviedo 14 3 4 7 8 13 7 2 1 4 4 7 7 1 3 3 4 6 -5 13
20 Mirandes 14 2 6 6 12 18 8 2 4 2 10 10 6 0 2 4 2 8 -6 12
21 UD Ibiza 14 3 2 9 10 22 7 2 1 4 7 11 7 1 1 5 3 11 -12 11
22 Malaga 13 2 3 8 9 18 6 1 2 3 5 10 7 1 1 5 4 8 -9 9

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.