Open game expected at Estadio El Alcoraz: Huesca vs Burgos preview

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sun 09.April
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio El Alcoraz (5500 seats)

This season has been a rollercoaster for these contenders so far, highs and lows giving mid-table spots so far. Get ready for Huesca - Burgos!

Insights:
  • Huesca have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Burgos have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in La Liga 2

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Huesca form and stats

Huesca have played 17 La Liga 2 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 8-7-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Stress levels are on the rise for Huesca's attacking players as they have now played 225 minutes without scoring in a league game. Obeng was their last goal scorer.

The Huesca club members got no joy from their last match, also played here at Estadio El Alcoraz: A 0-1 defeat against Deportivo Alaves (placed 3rd). Until that beating this club had gone eight consecutive league matches without being beaten. Midfielder Salvador was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.33 (out of ten) in that game. Salvador dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 37 successful passes (of 40 total).

A 0-0 draw away before that, with Villarreal II the opponent.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Huesca have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 12 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 5 and lost 3.

Low-scoring affair? Looking at this team's last 28 league games, 24 have contained two goals or less.

Huesca has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 17 matches. Huesca have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Burgos form and stats

5 wins, 6 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Burgos, who have the fewest scored goals (8) away in La Liga 2, playing as the away team in the La Liga 2 this season. Burgos seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Impressive finishing from Mora and Curro secured the home win 2-1 against Racing Santander in their previous game. Hooray; their first three points in the league after six games not winning. Midfielder Mora was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.75. Mora scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting UD Ibiza's place.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 6 similar matches played by Burgos in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Burgos, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Lacking goals? 9 of this side's most recent 11 league fixtures have contained zero, one or two goals.

Burgos are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {8 goals} from 17 away games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Burgos are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 10 times in 17 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have played previously this season: Burgos - Huesca 1-1. Previous five meetings between these contenders: Huesca won two, Burgos were winners in one and we saw two draws. one game with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

BurgosF. Sánchez Rodríguez
F. Sánchez Rodríguez
6 goals
HuescaJ. Real Ruiz
J. Real Ruiz
5 goals

Huesca missing players

Burgos missing players

Huesca Burgos
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
34 17 4 Played P 3 17 34
9 8 3 Won W 1 5 12
16 7 1 Drew D 2 6 13
9 2 0 Lost L 0 6 9
29 19 3 Scored S 1 8 27
28 9 0 Conceded C 0 10 23
82% 88% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 33% 71% 74%
53% 47% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 29% 44%
24% 18% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 6% 24%
6% 6% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 6%
3% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
41% 35% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 12% 29%
44% 59% 100% Clean Sheets C S 100% 53% 50%
32% 18% 25% Failed to Score F T 67% 65% 47%
 
4.1 4 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3 2.7 3.4
5.9 5.1 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 6.1 6.1
2.5 2.1 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 2.1 2.3
6 4 1 Red cards R C 0 3 5
 
9 9.3 8 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 9.9 10.2
2.7 3 2.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.3 2.6 2.9
32% 37% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 18% 27%
 
12.3 10.9 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 15.3 13.8 13.3
3.6 2.8 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.7 3.8 3.8
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Burgos have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Burgos have the fewest conceded goals (10) away in La Liga 2
  • Burgos have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in La Liga 2
  • Burgos have the fewest scored goals (8) away in La Liga 2
  • Burgos have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Huesca have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Huesca have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Burgos have scored 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 34 18 10 6 38 26 17 11 5 1 20 8 17 7 5 5 18 18 12 64
2 Granada 34 18 7 9 44 24 17 14 3 0 32 4 17 4 4 9 12 20 20 61
3 Deportivo Alaves 34 17 9 8 41 27 17 11 5 1 23 8 17 6 4 7 18 19 14 60
4 Levante 34 15 15 4 37 23 17 9 6 2 20 8 17 6 9 2 17 15 14 60
5 Las Palmas 33 15 14 4 39 22 17 9 6 2 23 11 16 6 8 2 16 11 17 59
6 Albacete 33 13 13 7 41 35 16 8 5 3 22 13 17 5 8 4 19 22 6 52
7 FC Cartagena 34 14 8 12 41 37 17 7 3 7 18 20 17 7 5 5 23 17 4 50
8 Burgos 34 12 13 9 27 23 17 7 7 3 19 13 17 5 6 6 8 10 4 49
9 Villarreal II 34 12 10 12 39 41 17 8 6 3 26 17 17 4 4 9 13 24 -2 46
10 FC Andorra 34 12 8 14 34 29 17 8 3 6 21 11 17 4 5 8 13 18 5 44
11 Huesca 34 9 16 9 29 28 17 8 7 2 19 9 17 1 9 7 10 19 1 43
12 Tenerife 34 10 12 12 32 33 17 8 6 3 20 11 17 2 6 9 12 22 -1 42
13 Mirandés 34 10 12 12 40 43 18 8 6 4 28 23 16 2 6 8 12 20 -3 42
14 Sporting Gijón 34 9 14 11 32 35 17 7 7 3 23 16 17 2 7 8 9 19 -3 41
15 Real Zaragoza 34 9 14 11 29 32 16 5 8 3 16 13 18 4 6 8 13 19 -3 41
16 Real Oviedo 34 10 10 14 21 27 17 6 5 6 10 11 17 4 5 8 11 16 -6 40
17 Leganés 34 10 10 14 28 35 18 8 5 5 19 17 16 2 5 9 9 18 -7 40
18 Racing Santander 34 9 11 14 27 32 16 4 6 6 12 14 18 5 5 8 15 18 -5 38
19 Ponferradina 34 7 14 13 27 40 17 5 6 6 14 18 17 2 8 7 13 22 -13 35
20 Málaga 34 6 12 16 28 38 17 5 7 5 16 16 17 1 5 11 12 22 -10 30
21 UD Ibiza 34 6 11 17 29 50 17 4 7 6 18 21 17 2 4 11 11 29 -21 29
22 Lugo 34 5 11 18 21 44 17 3 8 6 10 13 17 2 3 12 11 31 -23 26

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.