La Liga 2 preview and statistics: Girona - Málaga at Estadi Municipal de Montilivi

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Fri 01.April
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadi Municipal de Montilivi (14286 seats)

Girona warm up for Málaga with hopes of securing all three points. Will they? Open our preview!

Insights:
  • Girona have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Málaga have the fewest scored goals in the second half (12) in La Liga 2

Málaga have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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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Girona form and stats

The complete La Liga 2 results at home this season for Girona are 10-3-4 (wins-draws-losses). The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena.

Happy days for Girona in their previous game, a fixture away at Almeria (placed 2nd) that ended with a 1-0 victory. The goalie Carlos was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.85 out of ten. Carlos topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that game, the 5-1 home victory against UD Ibiza.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Girona's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played five games, won four matches, drawn one and lost zero.

The Girona fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 31 goals in 17 league matches. From these home matches, Girona have conceded only 15 goals.

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Málaga form and stats

Málaga have only collected 11 points from their away games in the La Liga 2, after 2-5-9 (16 played).

Juande was the last player to score for the away team. Málaga haven't scored a league goal in the last 308 minutes.

Málaga failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Huesca (placed 10th) that ended with defeat 0-2. Defender Escassi was the best team player with a rating of 7.15. Escassi won 1 of 1 duels.

Prior to that match, the Málaga manager Sáenz faced defeat when travelling to Fuenlabrada and losing 0-1.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Málaga when being an outsider away as they are today, we find four matches with the visitors losing three times, drawing one and winning zero games.

The attacking power of Málaga when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 16 league matches away. Málaga struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 29 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Girona and Málaga have duelled before this season: Málaga - Girona 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Girona three wins, one draw and Málaga three victories. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less. The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being hostile, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last seven duels.

Top Goalscorers

GironaC. Stuani Curbelo
C. Stuani Curbelo
17 goals
GironaN. Bustos
N. Bustos
9 goals
MálagaB. Thomas Llamas
B. Thomas Llamas
7 goals

Girona missing players

Málaga missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Girona Málaga
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 17 5 Played P 5 16 33
16 10 4 Won W 0 2 9
7 3 0 Drew D 2 5 10
10 4 1 Lost L 3 9 14
50 31 11 Scored S 4 12 27
35 15 4 Conceded C 11 29 47
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 91%
76% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 81% 70%
55% 59% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 56% 42%
21% 24% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 25% 18%
6% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
61% 59% 60% BTTS BTTS 60% 50% 42%
27% 35% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 27%
18% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 44% 39%
 
4.1 4.4 5.6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 3.9 4.4
4 3.2 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.8 5.8 4.7
2.5 1.9 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.8 2.7
5 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
11.6 12.3 13.8 Shots (avg) S ( 11.8 8.9 11
5 5.4 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.8 3.4
30% 34% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 27% 24%
 
12.4 12.2 14.2 Shots against (avg) S A 14.2 14.1 12.8
4.2 3.6 3.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.3 4
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Girona have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Girona have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Girona have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Málaga have scored away.
  • Málaga have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Málaga have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Málaga have the fewest scored goals in the second half (12) in La Liga 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 Eibar 33 19 9 5 48 34 16 12 3 1 28 14 17 7 6 4 20 20 14 66
2 Almeria 33 19 5 9 51 29 17 11 3 3 30 14 16 8 2 6 21 15 22 62
3 Real Valladolid 33 18 7 8 52 35 16 11 3 2 28 10 17 7 4 6 24 25 17 61
4 Girona 33 16 7 10 50 35 17 10 3 4 31 15 16 6 4 6 19 20 15 55
5 Tenerife 33 16 7 10 43 28 16 8 3 5 22 12 17 8 4 5 21 16 15 55
6 Ponferradina 33 13 12 8 43 38 16 7 7 2 26 16 17 6 5 6 17 22 5 51
7 Real Oviedo 33 11 15 7 41 32 17 8 7 2 28 14 16 3 8 5 13 18 9 48
8 FC Cartagena 33 14 4 15 46 47 16 10 1 5 30 17 17 4 3 10 16 30 -1 46
9 Burgos 33 13 6 14 35 31 16 9 4 3 24 8 17 4 2 11 11 23 4 45
10 Huesca 33 11 11 11 39 31 17 6 6 5 17 12 16 5 5 6 22 19 8 44
11 UD Ibiza 33 10 14 9 43 43 17 5 8 4 25 21 16 5 6 5 18 22 0 44
12 Las Palmas 32 11 11 10 39 39 16 7 5 4 24 19 16 4 6 6 15 20 0 44
13 Real Zaragoza 33 9 16 8 30 35 17 5 9 3 14 12 16 4 7 5 16 23 -5 43
14 Lugo 33 8 18 7 40 38 16 7 7 2 19 14 17 1 11 5 21 24 2 42
15 Leganes 32 10 12 10 36 35 16 5 8 3 18 14 16 5 4 7 18 21 1 42
16 Mirandes 33 12 6 15 45 51 17 9 2 6 31 26 16 3 4 9 14 25 -6 42
17 Sporting Gijon 33 10 9 14 39 41 17 7 3 7 22 20 16 3 6 7 17 21 -2 39
18 Málaga 33 9 10 14 27 47 17 7 5 5 15 18 16 2 5 9 12 29 -20 37
19 Real Sociedad II 33 7 10 16 31 43 16 3 4 9 13 21 17 4 6 7 18 22 -12 31
20 Fuenlabrada 33 5 14 14 26 43 17 4 9 4 18 18 16 1 5 10 8 25 -17 29
21 Amorebieta 33 4 16 13 35 50 16 3 8 5 21 23 17 1 8 8 14 27 -15 28
22 Alcorcon 33 3 9 21 25 59 16 2 6 8 14 28 17 1 3 13 11 31 -34 18

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Eibar 33 19 9 5 48 34 16 12 3 1 28 14 17 7 6 4 20 20 14 66
2 Almeria 33 19 5 9 51 29 17 11 3 3 30 14 16 8 2 6 21 15 22 62
3 Real Valladolid 33 18 7 8 52 35 16 11 3 2 28 10 17 7 4 6 24 25 17 61
4 Girona 33 16 7 10 50 35 17 10 3 4 31 15 16 6 4 6 19 20 15 55
5 Tenerife 33 16 7 10 43 28 16 8 3 5 22 12 17 8 4 5 21 16 15 55
6 Ponferradina 33 13 12 8 43 38 16 7 7 2 26 16 17 6 5 6 17 22 5 51
7 Real Oviedo 33 11 15 7 41 32 17 8 7 2 28 14 16 3 8 5 13 18 9 48
8 FC Cartagena 33 14 4 15 46 47 16 10 1 5 30 17 17 4 3 10 16 30 -1 46
9 Burgos 33 13 6 14 35 31 16 9 4 3 24 8 17 4 2 11 11 23 4 45
10 Huesca 33 11 11 11 39 31 17 6 6 5 17 12 16 5 5 6 22 19 8 44
11 UD Ibiza 33 10 14 9 43 43 17 5 8 4 25 21 16 5 6 5 18 22 0 44
12 Las Palmas 32 11 11 10 39 39 16 7 5 4 24 19 16 4 6 6 15 20 0 44
13 Real Zaragoza 33 9 16 8 30 35 17 5 9 3 14 12 16 4 7 5 16 23 -5 43
14 Lugo 33 8 18 7 40 38 16 7 7 2 19 14 17 1 11 5 21 24 2 42
15 Leganes 32 10 12 10 36 35 16 5 8 3 18 14 16 5 4 7 18 21 1 42
16 Mirandes 33 12 6 15 45 51 17 9 2 6 31 26 16 3 4 9 14 25 -6 42
17 Sporting Gijon 33 10 9 14 39 41 17 7 3 7 22 20 16 3 6 7 17 21 -2 39
18 Málaga 33 9 10 14 27 47 17 7 5 5 15 18 16 2 5 9 12 29 -20 37
19 Real Sociedad II 33 7 10 16 31 43 16 3 4 9 13 21 17 4 6 7 18 22 -12 31
20 Fuenlabrada 33 5 14 14 26 43 17 4 9 4 18 18 16 1 5 10 8 25 -17 29
21 Amorebieta 33 4 16 13 35 50 16 3 8 5 21 23 17 1 8 8 14 27 -15 28
22 Alcorcon 33 3 9 21 25 59 16 2 6 8 14 28 17 1 3 13 11 31 -34 18

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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.