Struggling Deportivo La Coruna will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Real Zaragoza in the upcoming league round. It's 22nd vs 6th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Deportivo La Coruña form and stats
With {1 La Liga 2 wins}, 4 draws and 3 defeats from their home games, Deportivo La Coruña are certainly not brimming with confidence. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in 17 attempts. Deportivo La Coruña are slowly digging their own grave here at Riazor with the depressing streak of not having won a home game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Real Oviedo match.
Deportivo La Coruña are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 334 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by V. Mollejo). The Deportivo La Coruña goalkeeper Daniel Gimenez Hernandez is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 237 minutes without conceding a goal.
The home team returns to Riazor after sharing the points with Lugo (placed 16th) on their last time out; the La Liga 2 game ended 0-0. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Alcorcón that ended 0-0.
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 five matches with the results: Won 1 Drawn 4 Lost 0.
Deportivo La Coruña are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 8 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Deportivo La Coruña defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Real Zaragoza form and stats
The visitors are W3-D3-L2 on the road this term. That's in the La Liga 2.
Real Zaragoza's last game was the home draw against Girona (3-3). Prior to that result Real Zaragoza won their away game at Rayo Vallecano. The scoreline was 1-0.
A comeback secured a point in the match against Girona. Real Zaragoza were trailing 0-2 but refused surrender and clawed their way back to 3-3, with L. J. Suarez Charris scoring the equalizer.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Real Zaragoza in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Real Zaragoza, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
Real Zaragoza find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 10 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. 10 goals have been conceded by Real Zaragoza in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 4 - 2 - 4 (Deportivo La Coruña wins - draws - Real Zaragoza wins). As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Borja Valle 8 goals |
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| Deportivo La Coruña | Real Zaragoza | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 14 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 25 |
| 29 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 6 | 10 | 21 |
| 78% | 75% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 72% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 72% |
| 39% | 38% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 33% | 38% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 25% | 28% |
| 11% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 56% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 44% |
| 22% | 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 39% |
| 44% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 12% | 22% |
| 4.6 | 5.6 | 9 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5 | 4 | 5.1 |
| 4.3 | 3.6 | 1.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4.6 | 4.3 |
| 2.3 | 2 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 180 | 94 | 29 | Total Shots | T S | 16 | 73 | 230 |
| 63 | 31 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 27 | 87 |
| 22% | 26% | 7% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 37% | 29% |
- Deportivo La Coruña has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3)
- Deportivo La Coruña has the most conceded goals in the first half (16)
- Deportivo La Coruña has the the worst goal difference (-15)
- Deportivo La Coruña have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Deportivo La Coruña have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Real Zaragoza have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Real Zaragoza 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 | Cádiz | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 39 |
| 2 | Almería | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 32 |
| 3 | Huesca | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 32 |
| 4 | Fuenlabrada | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 32 |
| 5 | Girona | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 28 |
| 6 | Real Zaragoza | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 27 |
| 7 | Elche | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 27 |
| 8 | Albacete | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -6 | 27 |
| 9 | Numancia | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 26 |
| 10 | Alcorcón | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 8 | -1 | 25 |
| 11 | Las Palmas | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 25 |
| 12 | Mirandés | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | -4 | 25 |
| 13 | Ponferradina | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 24 |
| 14 | Rayo Vallecano | 18 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 25 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 21 |
| 15 | Real Oviedo | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 19 | -4 | 21 |
| 16 | Lugo | 18 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -5 | 21 |
| 17 | Sporting Gijón | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 19 |
| 18 | Tenerife | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | -3 | 18 |
| 19 | Racing Santander | 19 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 22 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 17 |
| 20 | Málaga | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 17 |
| 21 | Extremadura UD | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -10 | 17 |
| 22 | Deportivo La Coruña | 18 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -15 | 12 |