La Liga 2 preview: Can Girona edge out victory against Ponferradina?

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sat 22.February
Match begins: 17:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadi Municipal de Montilivi (14286 seats)

Girona perform at a high level so far being 5th in the table. Ponferradina can look both up and down from their 9th position.

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.

These teams have little in common geographically as Ponferradina have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Girona form and stats

Girona have performed here at Estadi Municipal de Montilivi this season with 9 wins from 14 La Liga 2 matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 2.

An away draw last time out for Girona, facing Deportivo La Coruña in a game that ended 2-2. Ahead of that match, Girona won a home game hosting Huesca (1-0).

There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against Deportivo La Coruña as Christian Stuani's goal in the 85th minute completed a cancellation of 0-2 and secured a draw after 90 minutes.

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 four games, won one match, drawn three and lost zero.

Girona has scored 20 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. 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 11 from 14 matches.

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Ponferradina form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Ponferradina so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 2-5-6 (win-draw-lose).

Ponferradina played 0-0 against Extremadura UD in their previous match. Before that, Ponferradina travelled to Albacete and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

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

Ponferradina are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 13 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Ponferradina have conceded 21 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Ponferradina - Girona 1-1 entered in the official records. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Girona won six games, two matches ended with a draw and Ponferradina has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five

Top Goalscorers

GironaC. Stuani Curbelo
C. Stuani Curbelo
22 goals
PonferradinaY. de Souza Fonseca
Y. de Souza Fonseca
16 goals
GironaB. García Freire
B. García Freire
4 goals

Girona missing players

Ponferradina missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Girona Ponferradina
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 6 Played P 4 13 28
12 9 3 Won W 1 2 8
6 3 2 Drew D 0 5 13
10 2 1 Lost L 3 6 7
36 20 7 Scored S 4 15 35
33 11 5 Conceded C 8 21 31
96% 93% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
64% 64% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 77% 79%
39% 36% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 46% 32%
32% 29% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 46% 29%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 8% 4%
43% 43% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 69% 61%
29% 43% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 21%
32% 21% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 31% 25%
 
4.3 5 3.7 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3.8 3.8
3.8 3.6 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 5.4 4.5
2.7 2.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.5 2.1
3 0 0 Red cards R C 2 3 3
 
330 184 82 Total Shots T S 40 113 297
124 78 33 Shots on Target S O 13 47 112
29% 26% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 32% 31%
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Ponferradina has the fewest clean sheets (0) away
  • Ponferradina have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Ponferradina have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Cádiz 28 15 7 6 38 26 14 8 4 2 22 13 14 7 3 4 16 13 12 52
2 Real Zaragoza 28 13 9 6 39 27 14 7 4 3 20 11 14 6 5 3 19 16 12 48
3 Almería 28 12 10 6 46 30 13 7 2 4 21 13 15 5 8 2 25 17 16 46
4 Huesca 28 14 4 10 35 28 14 11 1 2 24 11 14 3 3 8 11 17 7 46
5 Girona 28 12 6 10 36 33 14 9 3 2 20 11 14 3 3 8 16 22 3 42
6 Elche 28 10 10 8 36 30 14 4 6 4 18 16 14 6 4 4 18 14 6 40
7 Numancia 28 9 11 8 33 29 15 7 5 3 17 9 13 2 6 5 16 20 4 38
8 Fuenlabrada 28 9 11 8 29 27 14 5 6 3 16 13 14 4 5 5 13 14 2 38
9 Mirandés 28 8 14 6 37 38 15 5 9 1 17 11 13 3 5 5 20 27 -1 38
10 Ponferradina 28 8 13 7 35 31 15 6 8 1 20 10 13 2 5 6 15 21 4 37
11 Alcorcón 28 8 13 7 32 31 14 4 3 7 15 20 14 4 10 0 17 11 1 37
12 Rayo Vallecano 27 7 15 5 33 28 13 5 6 2 17 13 14 2 9 3 16 15 5 36
13 Las Palmas 28 9 9 10 32 33 14 5 4 5 19 18 14 4 5 5 13 15 -1 36
14 Sporting Gijón 28 9 8 11 27 29 14 6 4 4 19 14 14 3 4 7 8 15 -2 35
15 Málaga 28 7 13 8 24 25 13 4 7 2 16 13 15 3 6 6 8 12 -1 34
16 Deportivo La Coruña 28 8 10 10 27 39 14 5 5 4 18 20 14 3 5 6 9 19 -12 34
17 Tenerife 28 8 9 11 34 35 14 4 6 4 16 16 14 4 3 7 18 19 -1 33
18 Albacete 27 8 6 13 20 33 13 3 4 6 8 14 14 5 2 7 12 19 -13 30
19 Real Oviedo 28 6 11 11 34 41 14 3 8 3 17 17 14 3 3 8 17 24 -7 29
20 Lugo 28 6 11 11 26 39 14 4 5 5 16 23 14 2 6 6 10 16 -13 29
21 Extremadura UD 28 6 9 13 24 37 14 3 4 7 11 17 14 3 5 6 13 20 -13 27
22 Racing Santander 28 3 15 10 27 35 14 2 8 4 17 17 14 1 7 6 10 18 -8 24

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 Cádiz 28 15 7 6 38 26 14 8 4 2 22 13 14 7 3 4 16 13 12 52
2 Real Zaragoza 28 13 9 6 39 27 14 7 4 3 20 11 14 6 5 3 19 16 12 48
3 Almería 28 12 10 6 46 30 13 7 2 4 21 13 15 5 8 2 25 17 16 46
4 Huesca 28 14 4 10 35 28 14 11 1 2 24 11 14 3 3 8 11 17 7 46
5 Girona 28 12 6 10 36 33 14 9 3 2 20 11 14 3 3 8 16 22 3 42
6 Elche 28 10 10 8 36 30 14 4 6 4 18 16 14 6 4 4 18 14 6 40
7 Numancia 28 9 11 8 33 29 15 7 5 3 17 9 13 2 6 5 16 20 4 38
8 Fuenlabrada 28 9 11 8 29 27 14 5 6 3 16 13 14 4 5 5 13 14 2 38
9 Mirandés 28 8 14 6 37 38 15 5 9 1 17 11 13 3 5 5 20 27 -1 38
10 Ponferradina 28 8 13 7 35 31 15 6 8 1 20 10 13 2 5 6 15 21 4 37
11 Alcorcón 28 8 13 7 32 31 14 4 3 7 15 20 14 4 10 0 17 11 1 37
12 Rayo Vallecano 27 7 15 5 33 28 13 5 6 2 17 13 14 2 9 3 16 15 5 36
13 Las Palmas 28 9 9 10 32 33 14 5 4 5 19 18 14 4 5 5 13 15 -1 36
14 Sporting Gijón 28 9 8 11 27 29 14 6 4 4 19 14 14 3 4 7 8 15 -2 35
15 Málaga 28 7 13 8 24 25 13 4 7 2 16 13 15 3 6 6 8 12 -1 34
16 Deportivo La Coruña 28 8 10 10 27 39 14 5 5 4 18 20 14 3 5 6 9 19 -12 34
17 Tenerife 28 8 9 11 34 35 14 4 6 4 16 16 14 4 3 7 18 19 -1 33
18 Albacete 27 8 6 13 20 33 13 3 4 6 8 14 14 5 2 7 12 19 -13 30
19 Real Oviedo 28 6 11 11 34 41 14 3 8 3 17 17 14 3 3 8 17 24 -7 29
20 Lugo 28 6 11 11 26 39 14 4 5 5 16 23 14 2 6 6 10 16 -13 29
21 Extremadura UD 28 6 9 13 24 37 14 3 4 7 11 17 14 3 5 6 13 20 -13 27
22 Racing Santander 28 3 15 10 27 35 14 2 8 4 17 17 14 1 7 6 10 18 -8 24

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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.