La Liga 2 prediction and preview: Girona modest favorites to beat Castellón

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sun 21.February
Match begins: 17:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadi Municipal de Montilivi (14286 seats)

With their 12 point advantage in the league table, Girona fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Castellón.

Insights:
  • Castellón is in the worst form (1-0-5)

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Girona form and stats

Girona have collected 18 points from their La Liga 2 home games so far after 5-3-4.

Girona shared the glory with Mirandes in their last match, an away game that ended all square 3-3. Ahead of that match, Girona lost 0-2 at home to Leganes.

There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against Mirandes as Cristhian Stuani's goal in the 90th minute completed a cancellation of 0-2 and secured a draw after 90 minutes. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Girona have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 16 games) they have won nine times, drawn two and lost five.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Girona here at Estadi Municipal de Montilivi in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 12 games). Girona are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadi Municipal de Montilivi in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 12 matches.

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Castellón form and stats

Castellón, who have the fewest clean sheets (4) in La Liga 2, have only collected 7 points from their away games in the La Liga 2, after 1-4-7 (12 played). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in eleven away games in a row. It's a growing despair in Castellón as they have recorded three consecutive losses.

Castellón failed to get anything from their last game, a La Liga 2 home match vs Fuenlabrada (placed 10th) that ended with defeat 1-2. Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Mirandes.

Castellón are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, six draws and one defeat. From a total of eight matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Castellón as they have only managed to score 10 times from 12 away games in the league. Castellón's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 22 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Castellón - Girona 0-1. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: five - zero - zero (Girona wins - draws - Castellón wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

GironaM. Sylla Diallo
M. Sylla Diallo
5 goals
GironaC. Stuani Curbelo
C. Stuani Curbelo
4 goals
CastellónR. Díez Adán
R. Díez Adán
4 goals

Girona missing players

Castellón missing players

Girona Castellón
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 12 4 Played P 4 12 25
9 5 2 Won W 1 1 6
7 3 1 Drew D 1 4 4
9 4 1 Lost L 2 7 15
20 8 4 Scored S 4 10 22
23 7 2 Conceded C 8 22 34
88% 83% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
48% 33% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 72%
20% 8% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 50% 40%
8% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 25% 12%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
24% 17% 25% BTTS BTTS 75% 75% 48%
40% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 16%
48% 50% 50% Failed to Score F T 25% 25% 36%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 2.7 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.9 2.3
9 3 0 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
7.7 8.6 10.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 6.7 6.8
2.8 2.8 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 2.4 2.2
29% 24% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 34% 39%
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Castellón has the fewest clean sheets (4) in La Liga 2
  • Castellón has the fewest points (7) away in La Liga 2
  • Castellón has the most conceded goals (22) away in La Liga 2
  • Castellón has the most conceded goals in the first half (19) in La Liga 2
  • Castellón has the the worst goal difference (-12) away in La Liga 2
  • Castellón have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Castellón have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Castellón have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Castellón haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Castellón is in the worst form (1-0-5)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Mallorca 25 15 6 4 34 13 13 7 2 4 20 9 12 8 4 0 14 4 21 51
2 Espanyol 25 15 4 6 37 16 12 9 1 2 21 7 13 6 3 4 16 9 21 49
3 Almeria 24 15 4 5 37 20 13 8 3 2 23 10 11 7 1 3 14 10 17 49
4 Leganes 24 13 4 7 28 19 12 10 0 2 18 7 12 3 4 5 10 12 9 43
5 Sporting Gijon 25 12 7 6 26 17 13 8 5 0 16 6 12 4 2 6 10 11 9 43
6 Rayo Vallecano 25 12 5 8 30 23 12 8 1 3 18 9 13 4 4 5 12 14 7 41
7 Mirandes 25 10 7 8 26 21 13 4 6 3 13 11 12 6 1 5 13 10 5 37
8 Ponferradina 25 11 4 10 26 27 12 6 3 3 15 12 13 5 1 7 11 15 -1 37
9 Girona 25 9 7 9 20 23 12 5 3 4 8 7 13 4 4 5 12 16 -3 34
10 Fuenlabrada 25 7 12 6 26 26 12 2 8 2 8 8 13 5 4 4 18 18 0 33
11 Tenerife 25 9 6 10 22 23 13 6 4 3 14 7 12 3 2 7 8 16 -1 33
12 Lugo 25 8 8 9 25 26 12 6 4 2 12 6 13 2 4 7 13 20 -1 32
13 Las Palmas 25 8 8 9 25 32 12 7 2 3 17 13 13 1 6 6 8 19 -7 32
14 Real Oviedo 25 7 10 8 28 26 13 4 5 4 19 15 12 3 5 4 9 11 2 31
15 Malaga 25 8 7 10 22 32 12 2 5 5 9 15 13 6 2 5 13 17 -10 31
16 UD Logroñés 25 8 5 12 18 31 12 5 2 5 11 15 13 3 3 7 7 16 -13 29
17 Real Zaragoza 25 7 6 12 21 24 12 5 4 3 13 10 13 2 2 9 8 14 -3 27
18 Sabadell 25 6 8 11 23 29 13 2 5 6 11 15 12 4 3 5 12 14 -6 26
19 FC Cartagena 25 6 7 12 27 35 13 4 3 6 17 17 12 2 4 6 10 18 -8 25
20 Albacete 25 6 6 13 17 31 12 3 4 5 10 13 13 3 2 8 7 18 -14 24
21 Alcorcon 25 6 5 14 14 26 13 5 0 8 9 16 12 1 5 6 5 10 -12 23
22 Castellón 25 6 4 15 22 34 13 5 0 8 12 12 12 1 4 7 10 22 -12 22

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.