Balanced ball game between Deportivo La Coruna and Cadiz expected

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Date: Sun 19.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Riazor (34600 seats)

Struggling Deportivo La Coruna will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Cadiz in the upcoming league round. It's 21st vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

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 Deportivo La Coruña and Cádiz.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Deportivo La Coruña form and stats

Overall La Liga 2 stats at home this season for Deportivo La Coruña, who have the most conceded goals (36) in La Liga 2, are 3-4-4 (wins-draw-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for Deportivo La Coruña after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Deportivo La Coruña's last game was hosting Racing Santander (placed 22nd) and winning 2-1. Preceding that game was the away draw at Unionistas de Salamanca that finished 1-1.

Deportivo La Coruña goalkeeper Dani Giménez did an outstanding job against Racing Santander with 7 saves, so vital to securing the victory.

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 Deportivo La Coruña have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won 1 Drawn 4 Lost 1.

Deportivo La Coruña has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Deportivo La Coruña defense is not exactly impregnable. 17 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Cádiz form and stats

The visitors, who have the most points (21) away in La Liga 2, are W6-D3-L3 on the road this term. That's in the La Liga 2.

Cádiz's last game was the home draw against Mirandés (3-3). Before that, Cádiz travelled to UD Logrones and returned home with a draw after the Copa Del Rey game finished 1-1.

It looked so good for Cádiz vs Mirandés, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 3-1 lead was turned into a 3-3 draw. A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Cádiz, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Cádiz in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Cádiz, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

Cádiz have scored 14 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league. Cádiz are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 11 times in 12 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Cádiz - Deportivo La Coruña 0-0 played earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: 1 - 3 - 1 (Deportivo La Coruña wins - draws - Cádiz wins). As for goals, 1 match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

CádizA. Fernández Iglesias
A. Fernández Iglesias
8 goals
CádizA. Lozano Colón
A. Lozano Colón
5 goals
Deportivo La CoruñaA. Aketxe Barrutia
A. Aketxe Barrutia
4 goals

Deportivo La Coruña missing players

Cádiz missing players

Deportivo La Coruña Cádiz
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 11 3 Played P 5 12 23
4 3 0 Won W 3 6 13
9 4 2 Drew D 1 3 6
10 4 1 Lost L 1 3 4
20 13 4 Scored S 7 14 34
36 17 6 Conceded C 4 11 22
83% 82% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 87%
74% 73% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 75% 74%
43% 55% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 42% 48%
30% 36% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 17%
9% 18% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
57% 64% 67% BTTS BTTS 60% 50% 52%
22% 18% 33% Clean Sheets C S 20% 25% 35%
39% 36% 33% Failed to Score F T 20% 33% 26%
 
4.4 5 6.7 Corners For (avg) C F 3.2 4 5.6
4.6 4.4 4.7 Corners Against (avg) C A 4.4 3.9 3.6
2.5 2.5 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.4 3.2 2.6
4 3 2 Red Cards R C 0 6 7
 
236 131 43 Total Shots T S 40 93 208
89 46 18 Shots on Target S O 18 39 80
22% 28% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 39% 36% 42%
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Cádiz has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6)
  • Cádiz has the most points (21) away
  • Cádiz have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Deportivo La Coruña has the most conceded goals (36)
  • Deportivo La Coruña has the most conceded goals in the first half (21)
  • Deportivo La Coruña has the the worst goal difference (-16)
  • Deportivo La Coruña have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 Cádiz 23 13 6 4 34 22 11 7 3 1 20 11 12 6 3 3 14 11 12 45
2 Almería 23 11 9 3 41 22 11 7 2 2 21 10 12 4 7 1 20 12 19 42
3 Real Zaragoza 23 11 6 6 34 24 12 6 3 3 19 11 11 5 3 3 15 13 10 39
4 Huesca 23 12 3 8 28 20 12 9 1 2 19 8 11 3 2 6 9 12 8 39
5 Fuenlabrada 23 9 9 5 29 24 11 5 5 1 16 11 12 4 4 4 13 13 5 36
6 Girona 23 10 4 9 31 29 12 8 2 2 18 10 11 2 2 7 13 19 2 34
7 Numancia 23 8 9 6 28 24 12 6 3 3 13 7 11 2 6 3 15 17 4 33
8 Las Palmas 23 9 6 8 28 27 12 5 3 4 18 16 11 4 3 4 10 11 1 33
9 Mirandés 23 8 9 6 31 32 12 5 6 1 15 9 11 3 3 5 16 23 -1 33
10 Elche 23 8 8 7 28 25 11 3 5 3 14 13 12 5 3 4 14 12 3 32
11 Rayo Vallecano 22 7 10 5 30 25 11 5 4 2 15 11 11 2 6 3 15 14 5 31
12 Ponferradina 23 7 10 6 29 25 12 5 6 1 16 8 11 2 4 5 13 17 4 31
13 Alcorcón 23 6 11 6 25 26 12 3 3 6 12 18 11 3 8 0 13 8 -1 29
14 Sporting Gijón 23 7 7 9 21 23 12 5 3 4 16 12 11 2 4 5 5 11 -2 28
15 Albacete 22 8 4 10 17 26 11 3 3 5 7 12 11 5 1 5 10 14 -9 28
16 Málaga 23 5 11 7 19 20 11 3 6 2 12 10 12 2 5 5 7 10 -1 26
17 Real Oviedo 23 5 8 10 27 35 11 2 7 2 12 13 12 3 1 8 15 22 -8 23
18 Tenerife 23 5 7 11 27 32 11 2 5 4 13 15 12 3 2 7 14 17 -5 22
19 Extremadura UD 23 5 7 11 19 30 11 2 4 5 7 11 12 3 3 6 12 19 -11 22
20 Lugo 23 4 10 9 21 34 12 3 4 5 13 21 11 1 6 4 8 13 -13 22
21 Deportivo La Coruña 23 4 9 10 20 36 11 3 4 4 13 17 12 1 5 6 7 19 -16 21
22 Racing Santander 23 2 13 8 24 30 11 2 6 3 15 13 12 0 7 5 9 17 -6 19

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.