La Liga 2 preview and news: Espanyol - Eldense at RCDE Stadium

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sun 17.Sep
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: RCDE Stadium (40500 seats)

Espanyol greet Eldense for another appealing La Liga 2 game here at RCDE Stadium.

Insights:
  • Espanyol have the most scored goals (11) in La Liga 2
  • Eldense haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Eldense play their home games on artifical turf, while this fixture is played on grass. Recent stats for Eldense when featuring on grass are 15 wins, 9 draws and 10 defeats from 34 matches. They have managed to score {36 goals} and conceded 29 times in these games.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Espanyol form and stats

Perfect La Liga 2 season at home so far for Espanyol 2 wins from 2 appearances.

A good away victory last time out for Espanyol, who won 4-1 against Levante (placed 7th). Melamed (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 9.21/10. Melamed scored two goals, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 31 successful passes (of 34 total).

Before that game, the 3-2 home victory against Amorebieta.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Espanyol at home in the league. 5 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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Eldense form and stats

Eldense 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).

There were no winners in Eldense's previous match, the home game that ended 2-2 vs Alcorcón (placed 16th). Midfield player Chapela was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.82/10. Chapela scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 19 successful passes (of 21 total).

Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Real Zaragoza's place.

The visitors have scored 2 goals from 3 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As for defending, Eldense rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 5 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

EspanyolF. Calero Villa
F. Calero Villa
3 goals
EldenseJ. Ortuño Martínez
J. Ortuño Martínez
3 goals
EspanyolN. Melamed Ribaudo
N. Melamed Ribaudo
2 goals

Espanyol missing players

Eldense missing players

Espanyol Eldense
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
5 2 1 Played P 1 3 5
4 2 1 Won W 0 1 2
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 1 2 2
11 5 3 Scored S 0 2 6
4 2 2 Conceded C 2 5 8
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 80%
40% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 60%
40% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 40%
40% 50% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
60% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 60%
40% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 20%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 33% 20%
 
4.8 5 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.7 4.8
5.2 5 3 Corners against (avg) C A 1 3 3
1.8 2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 0.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
16.4 20.5 20 Shots (avg) S ( 8 9.3 10.4
6 6.5 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3 3.2
37% 38% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 22% 38%
 
11.2 9.5 7 Shots against (avg) S A 13 12.7 12.6
3.2 3 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1 3 3
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • All of Espanyol's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Eldense haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Espanyol have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Espanyol have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Espanyol have the most scored goals (11) in La Liga 2
  • Espanyol have the most scored goals in the second half (7) in La Liga 2
  • Espanyol have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Espanyol haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Espanyol Last season Eldense
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
8 4   Won W   7 19
13 7   Drew D   5 12
17 8   Lost L   7 7
52 27   Scored S   18 50
69 35   Conceded C   16 28
97% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   84% 87%
79% 74%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   53% 63%
66% 63%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   26% 34%
47% 53%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   16% 21%
18% 26%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
76% 68%   BTTS BTTS   32% 39%
16% 21%   Clean Sheets C S   42% 47%
11% 16%   Failed to Score F T   42% 26%
 
4.7 6.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 5.2
5.2 3.7   Corners against (avg) C A   4.1 3.8
2.6 2.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.7 2.5
10 6   Red cards R C   1 1
 
11.4 13.4   Shots (avg) S (   11.8 12.3
4.1 4.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.8 5.3
34% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   20% 25%
 
14.3 12   Shots against (avg) S A   9.5 8.3
5.1 4.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.7 3.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Real Zaragoza 5 5 0 0 9 1 3 3 0 0 5 0 2 2 0 0 4 1 8 15
2 Espanyol 5 4 1 0 11 4 2 2 0 0 5 2 3 2 1 0 6 2 7 13
3 Leganes 5 4 0 1 7 1 3 2 0 1 4 1 2 2 0 0 3 0 6 12
4 Tenerife 5 4 0 1 6 1 3 2 0 1 3 1 2 2 0 0 3 0 5 12
5 Racing Ferrol 5 2 3 0 7 4 2 1 1 0 4 2 3 1 2 0 3 2 3 9
6 Racing Santander 5 2 2 1 6 3 3 2 1 0 5 0 2 0 1 1 1 3 3 8
7 Levante 5 2 2 1 7 8 3 1 1 1 5 7 2 1 1 0 2 1 -1 8
8 Mirandes 5 2 1 2 9 8 3 2 0 1 8 4 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 7
9 Burgos 5 2 1 2 6 6 3 2 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 2 3 5 0 7
10 Sporting Gijon 5 2 1 2 5 5 2 2 0 0 5 1 3 0 1 2 0 4 0 7
11 Eldense 5 2 1 2 6 8 2 1 1 0 4 3 3 1 0 2 2 5 -2 7
12 FC Andorra 5 2 0 3 7 10 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 1 0 2 4 7 -3 6
13 Amorebieta 5 1 2 2 8 7 2 1 1 0 4 1 3 0 1 2 4 6 1 5
14 Elche 5 1 2 2 4 5 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 5
15 Albacete 5 1 2 2 5 7 3 1 2 0 5 3 2 0 0 2 0 4 -2 5
16 Alcorcón 5 1 2 2 5 9 2 0 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 1 4 6 -4 5
17 Villarreal II 5 1 1 3 6 8 2 1 0 1 4 3 3 0 1 2 2 5 -2 4
18 Real Valladolid 5 1 1 3 3 6 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 0 0 2 0 3 -3 4
19 Real Oviedo 5 0 3 2 2 4 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 0 1 2 1 3 -2 3
20 FC Cartagena 5 1 0 4 5 9 3 0 0 3 1 5 2 1 0 1 4 4 -4 3
21 Huesca 5 0 3 2 2 6 2 0 1 1 1 3 3 0 2 1 1 3 -4 3
22 Eibar 5 1 0 4 3 9 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 0 0 3 1 7 -6 3

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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.