La Liga 2: Girona believed to overpower Lugo

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sun 23.January
Match begins: 17:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadi Municipal de Montilivi (14286 seats)

Girona make preparations for this game following their 1-2 result versus Rayo Vallecano, a game that gave some clarity. Will they show it against Lugo?

Insights:
  • Girona have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in La Liga 2
  • Lugo have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in La Liga 2

It's quite the trip for Lugo when visiting Girona as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.

Lugo could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a La Liga 2 game only four sleeps ago.

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Girona form and stats

Girona have played 12 La Liga 2 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Girona's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Rayo Vallecano. Defender Espinosa got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.83/10. Espinosa scored one goal and won 9 of 15 duels.

Ahead of that match, Girona won a home game hosting Fuenlabrada (2-1).

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Girona matches with similar probabilities have ended with three wins, zero draws and zero defeats (from three games).

Girona have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadi Municipal de Montilivi with 20 goals in 12 league matches. From these home matches, Girona have conceded only 11 goals.

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Lugo form and stats

Lugo have only collected 10 points from their away games in the La Liga 2, after 1-7-3 (11 played). Lugo has built quite a streak of draws from their away games now, as four in a row has ended all square. Will this streak be broken in today's game?

The supporters enjoyed Lugo's previous game versus Almeria (placed 1st), a La Liga 2 2-1 win played at home.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Mirandes.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Lugo playing away, we found seven games. Results were two away wins, one draw and four home wins.

Lugo find the net regularly in their away games. 14 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. Lugo have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other previously this season: Lugo - Girona 1-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Girona victories, three draws and three Lugo wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

GironaC. Stuani Curbelo
C. Stuani Curbelo
15 goals
LugoJ. Carrillo Casamayor
J. Carrillo Casamayor
7 goals
LugoC. Ramos de la Flor
C. Ramos de la Flor
6 goals

Girona missing players

Lugo missing players

Girona Lugo
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
23 12 3 Played P 1 11 23
11 7 2 Won W 0 1 6
4 2 0 Drew D 1 7 12
8 3 1 Lost L 0 3 5
32 20 6 Scored S 1 14 29
26 11 4 Conceded C 1 15 27
91% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
78% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 91% 83%
57% 58% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 36% 39%
17% 25% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 27% 22%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 9%
61% 58% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 91% 74%
30% 42% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 17%
17% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 9% 17%
 
4.6 5.2 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.4 4.1
4.1 3.3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 2 4.5 5
2.7 2.1 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.8 2.5
4 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
11.6 13 15.3 Shots (avg) S ( 16 10.9 11.2
4.8 5.5 8.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.6 3.7
29% 30% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 35% 34%
 
12.7 12.8 11.7 Shots against (avg) S A 11 14.3 14.6
4.1 3.6 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.1 4
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Girona have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Girona have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in La Liga 2
  • Lugo have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Lugo have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in La Liga 2
  • Lugo have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Lugo 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 Almeria 23 14 4 5 39 17 11 8 2 1 20 6 12 6 2 4 19 11 22 46
2 Real Valladolid 23 13 4 6 35 24 12 9 2 1 20 6 11 4 2 5 15 18 11 43
3 Eibar 23 12 7 4 35 27 11 8 2 1 22 13 12 4 5 3 13 14 8 43
4 Tenerife 23 11 6 6 29 18 11 6 2 3 15 7 12 5 4 3 14 11 11 39
5 Ponferradina 23 10 8 5 28 20 12 6 5 1 19 9 11 4 3 4 9 11 8 38
6 Girona 23 11 4 8 32 26 12 7 2 3 20 11 11 4 2 5 12 15 6 37
7 Las Palmas 23 9 8 6 30 27 12 7 3 2 21 12 11 2 5 4 9 15 3 35
8 Real Oviedo 23 7 12 4 26 20 12 5 6 1 17 10 11 2 6 3 9 10 6 33
9 FC Cartagena 23 10 3 10 28 31 11 7 1 3 18 11 12 3 2 7 10 20 -3 33
10 UD Ibiza 23 7 10 6 27 26 12 3 5 4 16 14 11 4 5 2 11 12 1 31
11 Malaga 23 8 7 8 23 30 12 7 3 2 14 9 11 1 4 6 9 21 -7 31
12 Huesca 23 7 9 7 25 21 12 3 5 4 10 10 11 4 4 3 15 11 4 30
13 Lugo 23 6 12 5 29 27 12 5 5 2 15 12 11 1 7 3 14 15 2 30
14 Burgos 23 8 5 10 23 24 11 6 3 2 16 6 12 2 2 8 7 18 -1 29
15 Sporting Gijon 23 7 8 8 24 27 11 5 3 3 12 10 12 2 5 5 12 17 -3 29
16 Real Zaragoza 23 5 12 6 17 23 11 2 6 3 6 8 12 3 6 3 11 15 -6 27
17 Leganes 23 6 8 9 25 26 11 2 6 3 11 11 12 4 2 6 14 15 -1 26
18 Mirandes 23 7 5 11 31 36 12 5 2 5 21 20 11 2 3 6 10 16 -5 26
19 Amorebieta 23 3 12 8 27 34 11 2 6 3 17 17 12 1 6 5 10 17 -7 21
20 Fuenlabrada 23 3 11 9 17 26 12 2 7 3 11 12 11 1 4 6 6 14 -9 20
21 Real Sociedad II 23 4 6 13 19 31 11 1 3 7 6 14 12 3 3 6 13 17 -12 18
22 Alcorcon 23 2 5 16 18 46 11 1 4 6 10 22 12 1 1 10 8 24 -28 11

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.