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

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sat 19.March
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadi Municipal de Montilivi (14286 seats)

The two sides are happy with a nice season so far and matches like this could be decisive. Get the info on Girona - UD Ibiza!

Insights:
  • Girona have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Girona form and stats

9-3-4 (win-draw-lost) are the La Liga 2 numbers at home for Girona so far this season.

It's back home for Girona, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Las Palmas away with the result 3-1. Bustos (2) and Fernández found the net in that victory. The forward Bustos was declared "man of the match" for Girona with the rating of 8.12/10. Bustos scored two goals, hit the woodwork once and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Real Oviedo.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Girona have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 16 games) they have won nine times, drawn three and lost four.

Girona have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadi Municipal de Montilivi with 26 goals in 16 league matches. Girona have only conceded 14 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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UD Ibiza form and stats

5-6-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for UD Ibiza in their La Liga 2 matches away.

UD Ibiza's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Leganes that finished 1-1. Defender Grima was the best team player with a rating of 7.01. Grima hit two key passes and won 5 of 12 duels.

Before that, Ibiza travelled to Ponferradina and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

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

The visiting UD Ibiza have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 17 goals from 15 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 17 goals have been conceded by Ibiza in these games.

Head 2 Head

These opponents have played earlier this season: UD Ibiza - Girona 1-1.

Top Goalscorers

GironaC. Stuani Curbelo
C. Stuani Curbelo
16 goals
UD IbizaS. Castel Martínez
S. Castel Martínez
9 goals
UD IbizaC. Herrera Pérez
C. Herrera Pérez
8 goals

Girona missing players

UD Ibiza missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Girona UD Ibiza
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
31 16 4 Played P 5 15 31
14 9 2 Won W 0 5 10
7 3 0 Drew D 2 6 13
10 4 2 Lost L 3 4 8
44 26 5 Scored S 3 17 40
34 14 3 Conceded C 9 17 36
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 87%
77% 81% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 73% 77%
55% 56% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 33% 35%
19% 19% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 20% 23%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 13% 10%
61% 56% 25% BTTS BTTS 60% 47% 55%
26% 38% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 26%
19% 12% 25% Failed to Score F T 40% 33% 32%
 
4.3 4.6 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 5.1 5.7
3.9 3 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.6 5 4
2.5 2 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 1.8 1.9
4 0 0 Red cards R C 1 3 3
 
11.7 12.4 8.2 Shots (avg) S ( 11 9.5 11.6
4.9 5.3 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 2.9 3.5
29% 31% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 39% 37%
 
12.4 12.3 12 Shots against (avg) S A 16 13.7 12
4.1 3.6 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.1 4
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Girona have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 31 18 5 8 50 28 16 11 3 2 30 13 15 7 2 6 20 15 22 59
2 Eibar 30 17 8 5 44 32 14 10 3 1 26 14 16 7 5 4 18 18 12 59
3 Real Valladolid 30 17 7 6 50 30 15 11 3 1 28 9 15 6 4 5 22 21 20 58
4 Tenerife 30 15 7 8 41 25 15 8 3 4 22 11 15 7 4 4 19 14 16 52
5 Ponferradina 31 13 11 7 40 33 15 7 6 2 24 14 16 6 5 5 16 19 7 50
6 Girona 31 14 7 10 44 34 16 9 3 4 26 14 15 5 4 6 18 20 10 49
7 UD Ibiza 31 10 13 8 40 36 16 5 7 4 23 19 15 5 6 4 17 17 4 43
8 FC Cartagena 31 13 4 14 42 43 15 9 1 5 27 17 16 4 3 9 15 26 -1 43
9 Real Zaragoza 31 9 15 7 29 31 16 5 8 3 13 11 15 4 7 4 16 20 -2 42
10 Burgos 30 12 5 13 34 30 14 8 3 3 23 8 16 4 2 10 11 22 4 41
11 Lugo 31 8 17 6 39 36 15 7 6 2 18 13 16 1 11 4 21 23 3 41
12 Real Oviedo 30 9 14 7 34 31 15 6 7 2 22 14 15 3 7 5 12 17 3 41
13 Leganes 31 10 11 10 35 34 15 5 7 3 17 13 16 5 4 7 18 21 1 41
14 Las Palmas 31 10 11 10 38 39 16 7 5 4 24 19 15 3 6 6 14 20 -1 41
15 Huesca 30 9 11 10 36 30 16 5 6 5 16 12 14 4 5 5 20 18 6 38
16 Málaga 31 9 10 12 27 44 16 7 5 4 15 16 15 2 5 8 12 28 -17 37
17 Mirandes 31 10 6 15 39 49 16 8 2 6 28 25 15 2 4 9 11 24 -10 36
18 Sporting Gijon 30 9 8 13 33 37 15 6 3 6 17 17 15 3 5 7 16 20 -4 35
19 Real Sociedad II 30 7 8 15 28 38 15 3 4 8 12 18 15 4 4 7 16 20 -10 29
20 Amorebieta 30 4 14 12 34 48 15 3 7 5 21 23 15 1 7 7 13 25 -14 26
21 Fuenlabrada 31 4 14 13 25 40 16 3 9 4 17 18 15 1 5 9 8 22 -15 26
22 Alcorcon 30 2 8 20 23 57 14 1 6 7 12 26 16 1 2 13 11 31 -34 14

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 Almeria 31 18 5 8 50 28 16 11 3 2 30 13 15 7 2 6 20 15 22 59
2 Eibar 30 17 8 5 44 32 14 10 3 1 26 14 16 7 5 4 18 18 12 59
3 Real Valladolid 30 17 7 6 50 30 15 11 3 1 28 9 15 6 4 5 22 21 20 58
4 Tenerife 30 15 7 8 41 25 15 8 3 4 22 11 15 7 4 4 19 14 16 52
5 Ponferradina 31 13 11 7 40 33 15 7 6 2 24 14 16 6 5 5 16 19 7 50
6 Girona 31 14 7 10 44 34 16 9 3 4 26 14 15 5 4 6 18 20 10 49
7 UD Ibiza 31 10 13 8 40 36 16 5 7 4 23 19 15 5 6 4 17 17 4 43
8 FC Cartagena 31 13 4 14 42 43 15 9 1 5 27 17 16 4 3 9 15 26 -1 43
9 Real Zaragoza 31 9 15 7 29 31 16 5 8 3 13 11 15 4 7 4 16 20 -2 42
10 Burgos 30 12 5 13 34 30 14 8 3 3 23 8 16 4 2 10 11 22 4 41
11 Lugo 31 8 17 6 39 36 15 7 6 2 18 13 16 1 11 4 21 23 3 41
12 Real Oviedo 30 9 14 7 34 31 15 6 7 2 22 14 15 3 7 5 12 17 3 41
13 Leganes 31 10 11 10 35 34 15 5 7 3 17 13 16 5 4 7 18 21 1 41
14 Las Palmas 31 10 11 10 38 39 16 7 5 4 24 19 15 3 6 6 14 20 -1 41
15 Huesca 30 9 11 10 36 30 16 5 6 5 16 12 14 4 5 5 20 18 6 38
16 Málaga 31 9 10 12 27 44 16 7 5 4 15 16 15 2 5 8 12 28 -17 37
17 Mirandes 31 10 6 15 39 49 16 8 2 6 28 25 15 2 4 9 11 24 -10 36
18 Sporting Gijon 30 9 8 13 33 37 15 6 3 6 17 17 15 3 5 7 16 20 -4 35
19 Real Sociedad II 30 7 8 15 28 38 15 3 4 8 12 18 15 4 4 7 16 20 -10 29
20 Amorebieta 30 4 14 12 34 48 15 3 7 5 21 23 15 1 7 7 13 25 -14 26
21 Fuenlabrada 31 4 14 13 25 40 16 3 9 4 17 18 15 1 5 9 8 22 -15 26
22 Alcorcon 30 2 8 20 23 57 14 1 6 7 12 26 16 1 2 13 11 31 -34 14

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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.