Deportivo Alavés - SD Eibar: Small difference between teams in La Liga 2 clash

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sat 04.February
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de Mendizorroza (19840 seats)

Welcome to the show! Today's leading characters are Deportivo Alavés and SD Eibar, 3 points is the target and 90 minutes the playing time.

Insights:
  • Deportivo Alavés have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • SD Eibar have the most points from losing position (15) in La Liga 2

Deportivo Alavés and SD Eibar should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Deportivo Alavés form and stats

Deportivo Alavés have performed here at Estadio de Mendizorroza this season with 8 wins from 12 La Liga 2 matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 1. Deportivo Alavés has recorded two wins in a row here at Estadio de Mendizorroza, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

A good away victory last time out for Deportivo Alavés, who won 3-1 against Mirandés (placed 16th). The forward Rioja was named "man of the match" for Alavés with a rating of 8.24/10. Rioja scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Racing Santander.

This is expected to be a close game, with Deportivo Alavés perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Deportivo Alavés as a small favourite), we find 12 games. Deportivo Alavés has won 7 of these, drawn 4 and lost 1.

The Alavés fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 12 matches. Deportivo Alavés are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio de Mendizorroza in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 12 matches.

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SD Eibar form and stats

Playing away, SD Eibar have won 4 games, drawn 4 and suffered 4 defeats in the La Liga 2 this season.

182 minutes! That's how long the SD Eibar goalkeeper Luca Zinedine Zidane and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Eibar delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Leganés (placed 8th) in their previous match. Berrocal was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.63. The defender Berrocal hit one key pass and won 4 of 5 duels.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Ponferradina with the score of 1-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with SD Eibar playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 3 SD Eibar wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting SD Eibar as they have only managed to score 11 times from 12 away games in the league. As opposed to that, SD Eibar have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The latest past meeting between these teams is the SD Eibar - Alavés 0-0 played previously this season. Previous ten meetings with these teams: Deportivo Alavés won four, SD Eibar were winners in three and we saw three draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less. The matches between these sides have sometimes been a bit rough, having seen 7 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

SD EibarJ. Molina Martínez
J. Molina Martínez
9 goals
Deportivo AlavésL. Rioja González
L. Rioja González
5 goals
Deportivo AlavésM. De la Fuente Escudero
M. De la Fuente Escudero
4 goals

Deportivo Alavés missing players

SD Eibar missing players

Deportivo Alavés SD Eibar
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 12 4 Played P 3 12 25
12 8 1 Won W 1 4 13
7 3 2 Drew D 2 4 8
6 1 1 Lost L 0 4 4
29 16 2 Scored S 3 11 28
22 6 3 Conceded C 2 13 18
88% 83% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 83% 80%
64% 58% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 67% 56%
40% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 42% 40%
12% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 8%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
48% 33% 25% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 44%
36% 58% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 33% 48%
28% 25% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 28%
 
5.2 5.3 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 3.9 5.1
3.8 3 2 Corners against (avg) C A 8.3 5.4 4.1
2.5 2.2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 3.1 2.9
7 3 1 Red cards R C 0 4 4
 
11.5 13.3 12.2 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 11.2 12.8
3.6 4.6 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.2 4.2
33% 29% 13% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 29% 27%
 
10 8.9 6.5 Shots against (avg) S A 12 12.3 10.3
3 2.4 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 4.4 3.4
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Deportivo Alavés have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • SD Eibar have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • SD Eibar have the most points from losing position (15) in La Liga 2
  • SD Eibar have won significantly less corners away then at 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 Las Palmas 25 13 9 3 30 15 13 7 4 2 15 8 12 6 5 1 15 7 15 48
2 SD Eibar 25 13 8 4 28 18 13 9 4 0 17 5 12 4 4 4 11 13 10 47
3 Levante 25 11 11 3 29 17 13 7 4 2 15 6 12 4 7 1 14 11 12 44
4 Deportivo Alavés 25 12 7 6 29 22 12 8 3 1 16 6 13 4 4 5 13 16 7 43
5 Albacete 25 11 9 5 32 26 13 6 5 2 16 8 12 5 4 3 16 18 6 42
6 Granada 25 12 5 8 30 18 13 11 2 0 26 2 12 1 3 8 4 16 12 41
7 Burgos 25 10 9 6 22 15 12 6 4 2 15 8 13 4 5 4 7 7 7 39
8 Leganés 25 9 8 8 25 23 13 7 4 2 17 12 12 2 4 6 8 11 2 35
9 FC Cartagena 25 9 7 9 25 25 13 5 3 5 13 14 12 4 4 4 12 11 0 34
10 Villarreal II 25 9 7 9 29 31 12 5 5 2 18 12 13 4 2 7 11 19 -2 34
11 FC Andorra 25 9 5 11 26 23 12 6 1 5 17 8 13 3 4 6 9 15 3 32
12 Sporting Gijón 25 7 11 7 24 25 13 5 6 2 17 11 12 2 5 5 7 14 -1 32
13 Tenerife 25 7 10 8 25 26 12 5 5 2 13 8 13 2 5 6 12 18 -1 31
14 Huesca 25 7 10 8 19 21 12 6 5 1 13 6 13 1 5 7 6 15 -2 31
15 Real Oviedo 25 8 7 10 16 20 13 6 2 5 8 8 12 2 5 5 8 12 -4 31
16 Mirandés 25 7 9 9 29 32 13 6 4 3 21 17 12 1 5 6 8 15 -3 30
17 Real Zaragoza 24 7 8 9 21 22 11 4 5 2 11 8 13 3 3 7 10 14 -1 29
18 Racing Santander 25 6 8 11 17 22 12 2 5 5 7 10 13 4 3 6 10 12 -5 26
19 Ponferradina 24 6 7 11 22 31 12 4 3 5 12 14 12 2 4 6 10 17 -9 25
20 Malaga 25 4 10 11 19 29 12 3 6 3 11 14 13 1 4 8 8 15 -10 22
21 Lugo 25 5 6 14 19 33 12 3 4 5 9 10 13 2 2 9 10 23 -14 21
22 UD Ibiza 25 4 5 16 17 39 13 3 4 6 13 18 12 1 1 10 4 21 -22 17

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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.