La Liga 2 prediction and data: Girona odds-on thought to overwhelm Las Palmas

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sun 22.August
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadi Municipal de Montilivi (14286 seats)

Only match two of the La Liga 2 for these sides and fresh optimism here at Estadi Municipal de Montilivi as Girona receive Las Palmas. Don't miss this preview!

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Las Palmas, who are travelling more than 2500 kilometers to play this game.

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Girona form and stats

Last season, Girona's league results were 20 wins, 11 draws and 11 losses, producing 5th spot in the La Liga 2. In these 42 matches they scored 47 goals and let in 36. Performing as the home side in the last season Girona produced 12-4-5 (win-draw-lost) with 22 goals and 12 conceded. The hosts won their first La Liga 2 game here at Estadi Municipal de Montilivi, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Girona last season were 12 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses from 21 games.

Girona's previous game was a La Liga 2 match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Amorebieta (placed 21st). The home side are looking to build on that result. Defender Jairo Izquierdo González got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.4/10. González served one assist, hit two key passes and won 11 of 14 duels.

Before that game, the home loss against Rayo Vallecano with the scoreline 0-2.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Girona handle that role? We have found 16 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are eleven wins, two draws and three defeats.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Girona at home in the league. 2 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Las Palmas form and stats

Let's have a look at how Las Palmas performed last season in the La Liga 2: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 14 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 46 and conceded 53 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 9 and lost 9 with 12/30 goals scored/conceded.

Palmas played 1-1 against Real Valladolid in their previous match. Sergio Ruiz Alonso got a match rating of 7.65 in that game, top player of the team. Alonso hit two key passes, dribled passed the opponent 4 of 5 times and had 46 successful passes (of 51 total). As mentioned above, Las Palmas drew the match against Real Valladolid. Manager J. Mel Pérez brought on Jesé Rodríguez to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.

Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at UD Logrones.

We have checked recent matches where Palmas have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 15 games were two victories, six draws and seven defeats.

Head 2 Head

Girona-Las Palmas H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Girona four wins, Las Palmas four wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

GironaC. Stuani Curbelo
C. Stuani Curbelo
1 goals
Las PalmasJ. Rodríguez Ruiz
J. Rodríguez Ruiz
1 goals

Girona missing players

Las Palmas missing players

Girona Las Palmas
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 1 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 2 0 Scored S 0 0 1
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
100% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4 4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 2
1 1 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 3
3 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12 12 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 11
4 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 3
50% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 33%
Girona Last season Las Palmas
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   21 42
22 13   Won W   3 14
12 4   Drew D   9 14
12 6   Lost L   9 14
52 25   Scored S   12 46
39 14   Conceded C   30 53
91% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   81% 88%
57% 48%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   62% 71%
33% 26%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   33% 38%
11% 4%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   24% 21%
4% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 10%
37% 26%   BTTS BTTS   38% 48%
39% 48%   Clean Sheets C S   29% 29%
33% 35%   Failed to Score F T   52% 36%
 
4.2 4.4   Corners for (avg) C F   2.9 3.6
4.3 4   Corners against (avg) C A   4 4
2.3 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.6 2.5
12 5   Red cards R C   8 9
 
8 8.3   Shots (avg) S (   7.1 8.1
3.2 3.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.5 3.3
36% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   23% 33%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Girona 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 Huesca 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Tenerife 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
4 Ponferradina 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Real Sociedad II 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Sporting Gijón 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Lugo 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
8 Real Oviedo 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Las Palmas 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Real Valladolid 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Real Zaragoza 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 UD Ibiza 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Almeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 FC Cartagena 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Malaga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Mirandes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Fuenlabrada 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Alcorcón 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
19 Burgos 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
20 Leganes 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
21 Amorebieta 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
22 Eibar 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Espanyol 42 24 10 8 71 28 21 15 3 3 41 12 21 9 7 5 30 16 43 82
2 Mallorca 42 24 10 8 54 28 21 14 3 4 33 12 21 10 7 4 21 16 26 82
3 Almeria 42 21 10 11 61 40 21 10 8 3 34 18 21 11 2 8 27 22 21 73
4 Leganes 42 21 10 11 51 32 21 15 3 3 28 12 21 6 7 8 23 20 19 73
5 Girona 42 20 11 11 47 36 21 12 4 5 22 12 21 8 7 6 25 24 11 71
6 Rayo Vallecano 42 19 10 13 52 40 21 11 4 6 31 20 21 8 6 7 21 20 12 67
7 Sporting Gijón 42 17 14 11 37 28 21 11 7 3 22 12 21 6 7 8 15 16 9 65
8 Ponferradina 42 15 12 15 45 50 21 9 7 5 27 24 21 6 5 10 18 26 -5 57
9 Las Palmas 42 14 14 14 46 53 21 11 5 5 34 23 21 3 9 9 12 30 -7 56
10 Fuenlabrada 42 12 18 12 45 46 21 4 12 5 21 20 21 8 6 7 24 26 -1 54
11 Mirandes 42 14 12 16 38 41 21 6 10 5 19 18 21 8 2 11 19 23 -3 54
12 Malaga 42 14 11 17 37 47 21 6 7 8 20 22 21 8 4 9 17 25 -10 53
13 Tenerife 42 13 13 16 36 36 21 9 7 5 24 14 21 4 6 11 12 22 0 52
14 Real Oviedo 42 11 19 12 45 46 21 7 8 6 26 22 21 4 11 6 19 24 -1 52
15 Real Zaragoza 42 13 11 18 37 43 21 9 7 5 20 17 21 4 4 13 17 26 -6 50
16 FC Cartagena 42 12 13 17 44 52 21 8 7 6 27 23 21 4 6 11 17 29 -8 49
17 Alcorcón 42 13 9 20 32 42 21 9 2 10 20 23 21 4 7 10 12 19 -10 48
18 Lugo 42 11 14 17 38 53 21 8 8 5 20 16 21 3 6 12 18 37 -15 47
19 Sabadell 42 11 13 18 40 48 21 5 9 7 20 21 21 6 4 11 20 27 -8 46
20 UD Logrones 42 11 11 20 28 53 21 7 4 10 15 24 21 4 7 10 13 29 -25 44
21 Castellon 42 11 8 23 35 54 21 9 1 11 21 20 21 2 7 12 14 34 -19 41
22 Albacete 42 9 11 22 30 53 21 5 6 10 16 23 21 4 5 12 14 30 -23 38

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.