Granada favourites for feisty fight facing Real Zaragoza

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Fri 21.October
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes (23156 seats)

The table reveals that 4 points divide the two combatants in this La Liga 2 match. Granada have both the points- and home stadium advantage.

Insights:
  • Granada have the most scored goals (12) at home in La Liga 2
  • Real Zaragoza have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored 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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Granada form and stats

When playing at home in the La Liga 2, Granada have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 0 defeats from 5 games.

Granada are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Tenerife. The first setback in the shape of a loss after going unbeaten in three league matches.

Before that, Granada had a home game versus Sporting Gijon which ended with a victory 5-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Granada handle that role? We have found 6 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

It should be added that a glance at the 11 latest league fixtures reveals that 10 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored).

Granada can score goals in their home matches. After 5 league matches they have found the net 12 times. Defensively Granada have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 5 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Real Zaragoza form and stats

1 win, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Real Zaragoza playing as the away team in the La Liga 2 this season. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Real Zaragoza have lost on their last two travels.

Grau and Zapater scored in Real Zaragoza's previous match, the home game against Villarreal II that ended 2-1. That win felt nice as this team had gone four league matches without victory. Zapater came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Villarreal II last time out, making the manager Mardones feel like a tactical genius. Vada got a match rating of 7.61 in that game, top player of the team. Vada served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 21 successful passes (of 26 total).

Prior to that match, the Real Zaragoza manager Mardones faced defeat when travelling to Racing Santander and losing 0-1.

Zaragoza are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Real Zaragoza's away games in the league this season with only {2 goals} from 5 matches.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the prior ten meetings featuring these two contenders are: four wins for Granada, two draws and four wins for Real Zaragoza. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games. The games between these teams have sometimes been brutal, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

GranadaM. Uzuni
M. Uzuni
8 goals
Real ZaragozaG. Simeone
G. Simeone
3 goals
GranadaJ. Callejón Bueno
J. Callejón Bueno
2 goals

Granada missing players

Real Zaragoza missing players

Granada Real Zaragoza
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
11 5 3 Played P 2 5 11
5 4 2 Won W 0 1 3
2 1 1 Drew D 1 1 4
4 0 0 Lost L 1 3 4
14 12 8 Scored S 0 2 7
10 1 0 Conceded C 1 5 9
82% 80% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 80% 73%
73% 80% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 40% 45%
36% 60% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 27%
18% 20% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
9% 20% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
9% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 20% 36%
55% 80% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 20% 36%
55% 20% 33% Failed to Score F T 100% 80% 55%
 
4 5.8 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.4 6
4.1 3.2 2.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.6 4.2
1.9 1.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.5 3.2 2.8
1 1 1 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
12.2 10.8 10 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 8.4 10.7
3.9 4.2 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.2 3.6
33% 57% 53% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 12% 18%
 
9.5 7.4 9 Shots against (avg) S A 9 12.6 10.8
2.1 1.4 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 5 3.6
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Granada have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Granada have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Granada have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Granada have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Real Zaragoza have scored away.
  • Granada have the most scored goals (12) at home in La Liga 2
  • Granada have the the best goal difference (+11) at home in La Liga 2
  • Granada have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Real Zaragoza have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Real Zaragoza have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Las Palmas 11 6 5 0 15 4 5 3 2 0 5 0 6 3 3 0 10 4 11 23
2 Deportivo Alaves 11 6 4 1 14 10 5 3 2 0 7 3 6 3 2 1 7 7 4 22
3 Burgos 11 5 6 0 8 1 6 4 2 0 7 1 5 1 4 0 1 0 7 21
4 FC Cartagena 11 6 2 3 16 11 6 3 1 2 9 7 5 3 1 1 7 4 5 20
5 Albacete 11 5 4 2 12 9 6 2 3 1 5 4 5 3 1 1 7 5 3 19
6 Eibar 10 5 3 2 14 9 5 4 1 0 9 2 5 1 2 2 5 7 5 18
7 Granada 11 5 2 4 14 10 5 4 1 0 12 1 6 1 1 4 2 9 4 17
8 Huesca 11 4 4 3 11 8 6 3 2 1 8 4 5 1 2 2 3 4 3 16
9 Levante 11 4 4 3 11 8 6 3 1 2 8 4 5 1 3 1 3 4 3 16
10 Sporting Gijon 10 4 3 3 14 14 5 3 1 1 9 5 5 1 2 2 5 9 0 15
11 FC Andorra 11 4 3 4 10 11 5 3 0 2 6 3 6 1 3 2 4 8 -1 15
12 Tenerife 11 3 5 3 12 11 6 3 3 0 8 3 5 0 2 3 4 8 1 14
13 Villarreal II 11 3 4 4 16 18 5 2 3 0 10 5 6 1 1 4 6 13 -2 13
14 Real Zaragoza 11 3 4 4 7 9 6 2 3 1 5 4 5 1 1 3 2 5 -2 13
15 Racing Santander 11 3 3 5 5 8 5 1 2 2 1 3 6 2 1 3 4 5 -3 12
16 Ponferradina 11 3 3 5 13 17 6 1 2 3 6 9 5 2 1 2 7 8 -4 12
17 UD Ibiza 11 3 2 6 9 16 5 2 1 2 6 7 6 1 1 4 3 9 -7 11
18 Leganes 11 3 1 7 8 12 5 2 1 2 5 5 6 1 0 5 3 7 -4 10
19 Real Oviedo 11 2 4 5 5 9 6 1 1 4 3 7 5 1 3 1 2 2 -4 10
20 Lugo 11 2 3 6 12 17 5 1 1 3 3 5 6 1 2 3 9 12 -5 9
21 Malaga 11 2 3 6 9 16 5 1 2 2 5 9 6 1 1 4 4 7 -7 9
22 Mirandes 11 1 4 6 10 17 6 1 3 2 8 9 5 0 1 4 2 8 -7 7

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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.