With their 1 point advantage in the league table, Castellón fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Almería.
It's no vacation for neither Castellón nor Almería 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.
Castellón form and stats
1-0-3 (win-draw-lost) are the La Liga 2 numbers at home for Castellón so far this season. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Castellón to get some points in this home game. The Castellón manager Ó. Cano Moreno might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
The Castellón crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Girona here at Nou Estadi Castalia in a La Liga 2 match. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Las Palmas (1-2).
Castellón are traveling soon after this match as the La Liga 2 match at Sporting Gijon awaits in three days.
The lack of attacking qualities in Castellón means that they have only scored 2 goals in 4 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Castellón have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Almería form and stats
Almería are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the La Liga 2, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Almería are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Almería won their last game, 3-0 versus Fuenlabrada played at home. A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting FC Cartagena.
It's hard not to mention José Corpas's lethal finishing against Fuenlabrada. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Girona in just three days.
The visitors have scored 2 goals from 3 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 3 goals have been conceded by Almería in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last four meetings): Castellón won one game, one match ended with a draw and Almería has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / twoCastellón missing players
Almería missing players
| Castellón | Almería | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 25% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 38% | 75% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 67% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 2.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3.3 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 54 | 27 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 17 | 19 | 50 |
| 15 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 7 | 18 |
| 47% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 29% | 33% |
- Almería haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Castellón haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 2 | Rayo Vallecano | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | Sporting Gijon | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| 4 | Fuenlabrada | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | Malaga | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 13 |
| 6 | Ponferradina | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | FC Cartagena | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | Mallorca | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 9 | Leganes | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 10 | Las Palmas | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 11 | Lugo | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 12 | Mirandes | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 13 | Girona | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 9 |
| 14 | Castellón | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 8 |
| 15 | Almería | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 16 | Real Oviedo | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 17 | Tenerife | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 7 |
| 18 | Alcorcon | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 19 | Real Zaragoza | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 5 |
| 20 | UD Logrones | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 5 |
| 21 | Albacete | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
| 22 | Sabadell | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -8 | 0 |