La Liga 2 information and guide: Girona modest favoured to beat Ponferradina

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sat 05.February
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadi Municipal de Montilivi (14286 seats)

A very important game in La Liga 2 as both teams are fighting for the top spots. With Girona in 7th place and Ponferradina located at 5th, this has all the looks of a thriling meeting. Read on to find out more!

Insights:
  • Girona have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ponferradina have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Ponferradina have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

Girona and Ponferradina should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Girona form and stats

Girona have collected 24 points from their La Liga 2 home games so far after 7-3-3.

No payout for Girona in their previous match, an away game at Amorebieta that ended in defeat 0-1. The gifted forward García edged out all others in that fixture and managed a match rating of 7.82 out of 10. García hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Lugo that ended 1-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Girona handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are eight wins, three draws and three defeats.

Girona have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadi Municipal de Montilivi with 21 goals in 13 league matches. From these home matches, Girona have conceded only 12 goals.

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Ponferradina form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their La Liga 2 travels is 5 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

The manager Alonso was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground Estadio El Toralín. Ponferradina suffered a 1-2 loss to Tenerife (placed 4th). Attacker Yuri got a player rating of 7.13 in the game. "Man of the match" Yuri scored one goal.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Huesca.

Ponferradina are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, three draws and seven defeats. From a total of twelve matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Ponferradina as they have only managed to score 11 times from 12 away games in the league.

Head 2 Head

Girona and Ponferradina have faced off previously this season: Ponferradina - Girona 2-1. Girona-Ponferradina H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Girona six wins, Ponferradina two wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

GironaC. Stuani Curbelo
C. Stuani Curbelo
15 goals
PonferradinaY. de Souza Fonseca
Y. de Souza Fonseca
10 goals
GironaN. Bustos
N. Bustos
5 goals

Girona missing players

Ponferradina missing players

Girona Ponferradina
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 13 3 Played P 3 12 25
11 7 2 Won W 2 5 11
5 3 0 Drew D 0 3 8
9 3 1 Lost L 1 4 6
33 21 4 Scored S 2 11 31
28 12 2 Conceded C 2 12 23
92% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
76% 85% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 67% 68%
52% 54% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 40%
16% 23% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 12%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
60% 62% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 56%
28% 38% 67% Clean Sheets C S 67% 25% 32%
20% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 25% 20%
 
4.5 4.9 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 2.3 3.5 4.5
3.8 3.2 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.5 4.7
2.6 2.1 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.7 2.2 2.3
4 0 0 Red cards R C 1 6 7
 
11.7 13.2 10.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9.7 11.6 12.2
4.9 5.8 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.1 3.9
27% 28% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 30% 32%
 
12.5 12.8 14 Shots against (avg) S A 16.3 13.4 11.5
4.1 3.8 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 4.7 3.9
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Girona have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ponferradina have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Ponferradina 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 SD Eibar 25 14 7 4 39 28 12 9 2 1 24 14 13 5 5 3 15 14 11 49
2 Real Valladolid 25 14 5 6 36 24 13 10 2 1 21 6 12 4 3 5 15 18 12 47
3 Almeria 25 14 4 7 39 21 12 8 2 2 20 8 13 6 2 5 19 13 18 46
4 Tenerife 25 13 6 6 35 19 12 7 2 3 19 7 13 6 4 3 16 12 16 45
5 Ponferradina 25 11 8 6 31 23 13 6 5 2 20 11 12 5 3 4 11 12 8 41
6 FC Cartagena 25 12 3 10 33 32 12 8 1 3 21 11 13 4 2 7 12 21 1 39
7 Girona 25 11 5 9 33 28 13 7 3 3 21 12 12 4 2 6 12 16 5 38
8 Real Oviedo 25 8 12 5 28 24 13 6 6 1 19 10 12 2 6 4 9 14 4 36
9 Las Palmas 25 9 9 7 32 30 13 7 4 2 21 12 12 2 5 5 11 18 2 36
10 UD Ibiza 24 8 10 6 32 26 12 3 5 4 16 14 12 5 5 2 16 12 6 34
11 Lugo 25 7 13 5 31 28 13 6 5 2 16 12 12 1 8 3 15 16 3 34
12 Burgos 25 9 5 11 27 25 12 7 3 2 20 6 13 2 2 9 7 19 2 32
13 Sporting Gijón 25 8 8 9 26 29 12 6 3 3 14 11 13 2 5 6 12 18 -3 32
14 Malaga 25 8 7 10 23 38 13 7 3 3 14 14 12 1 4 7 9 24 -15 31
15 Huesca 25 7 9 9 27 25 13 3 5 5 11 12 12 4 4 4 16 13 2 30
16 Mirandes 25 8 6 11 34 36 13 6 2 5 24 20 12 2 4 6 10 16 -2 30
17 Leganes 25 7 8 10 26 30 12 3 6 3 12 11 13 4 2 7 14 19 -4 29
18 Real Zaragoza 24 5 13 6 17 23 12 2 7 3 6 8 12 3 6 3 11 15 -6 28
19 Amorebieta 25 4 12 9 29 36 12 3 6 3 18 17 13 1 6 6 11 19 -7 24
20 Fuenlabrada 25 4 11 10 20 31 13 3 7 3 14 14 12 1 4 7 6 17 -11 23
21 Real Sociedad II 25 4 7 14 20 33 12 1 3 8 7 16 13 3 4 6 13 17 -13 19
22 Alcorcon 25 2 6 17 18 47 12 1 5 6 10 22 13 1 1 11 8 25 -29 12

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.