Balanced ball game between Huesca and Girona expected

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sun 02.January
Match begins: 17:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio El Alcoraz (5500 seats)

Top-drawer Girona land at Huesca after their 3-1-result vs Burgos. Get out our comprehensive preview!

Insights:
  • Huesca have the most clean sheets (10) in La Liga 2
  • Girona have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in La Liga 2

This has all the signs of an absorbing game with lots of fun and bustle as both teams are well renewed since they last played a game. Let's get started!

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Huesca form and stats

Huesca, who have the most clean sheets (10) in La Liga 2, have collected 14 points from their La Liga 2 home games so far after 3-5-3.

The home supporters saw a 0-0 draw versus Alcorcon in the La Liga 2 last time out and are looking for a win here. Midfield player Nwakali got a match rating of 7.85 in that game, the max score being 10. Nwakali had 37 successful passes (of 44 total).

Ahead of that match, Huesca lost 0-1 at home to Girona.

This is expected to be a close game, with Huesca perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Huesca as a small favourite), we find eight games. Huesca has won one of these, drawn five and lost two.

Huesca have scored 10 league goals here from 11 matches, not a lot. Huesca are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio El Alcoraz in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 11 matches.

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Girona form and stats

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

Girona go into this game after a win, the home game against Burgos that ended 3-1. Sáiz, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.34. Sáiz hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 35 successful passes (of 41 total).

Prior to that result Girona won their away game at Huesca in the Copa Del Rey. The scoreline was 1-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Girona playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were five Girona wins, six draws and two defeats.

A new game in only four days for Girona, the Copa Del Rey home match versus Osasuna. Busy days.

The visiting Girona have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 11 goals from 10 games. Girona's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 15 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Huesca and Girona have played each other before this season: Girona - Huesca 1-3. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Huesca victories, one draw and four Girona wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

GironaC. Stuani Curbelo
C. Stuani Curbelo
14 goals
HuescaJ. Seoane Valenciano
J. Seoane Valenciano
7 goals
GironaN. Bustos
N. Bustos
4 goals

Huesca missing players

Girona missing players

Huesca Girona
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 11 3 Played P 2 10 21
6 3 2 Won W 0 3 9
9 5 0 Drew D 1 2 4
6 3 1 Lost L 1 5 8
22 10 6 Scored S 0 11 29
20 9 4 Conceded C 2 15 25
71% 64% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 90% 90%
67% 64% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 80% 81%
33% 27% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 60% 57%
19% 9% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 19%
10% 9% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 5%
48% 36% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 70% 62%
48% 55% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 10% 29%
33% 45% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 30% 19%
 
4.9 5.5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.9 4.6
5.1 4.6 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 4.3 3.7
2.5 2.4 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 3.4 2.7
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 4 4
 
10.8 11.2 7.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 10.2 11.9
3.6 3.6 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 4 4.7
29% 25% 55% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 28% 30%
 
13 11 15.3 Shots against (avg) S A 11.5 12.4 12.8
5 4.2 5.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.5 4.1
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Girona have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Girona have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in La Liga 2
  • Huesca have the most clean sheets (10) in La Liga 2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Almería 20 14 3 3 37 13 10 8 2 0 20 5 10 6 1 3 17 8 24 45
2 Eibar 21 11 6 4 31 24 10 7 2 1 19 11 11 4 4 3 12 13 7 39
3 Tenerife 21 11 5 5 28 16 10 6 2 2 15 6 11 5 3 3 13 10 12 38
4 Ponferradina 21 10 7 4 28 18 11 6 4 1 19 9 10 4 3 3 9 9 10 37
5 Real Valladolid 21 11 4 6 33 24 10 7 2 1 18 6 11 4 2 5 15 18 9 37
6 Girona 21 9 4 8 29 25 11 6 2 3 18 10 10 3 2 5 11 15 4 31
7 Las Palmas 21 8 7 6 28 26 11 7 2 2 20 11 10 1 5 4 8 15 2 31
8 FC Cartagena 21 9 3 9 27 28 10 7 1 2 18 8 11 2 2 7 9 20 -1 30
9 Real Oviedo 21 6 11 4 23 19 10 4 5 1 14 9 11 2 6 3 9 10 4 29
10 Burgos 21 8 4 9 21 21 10 6 2 2 14 4 11 2 2 7 7 17 0 28
11 Huesca 21 6 9 6 22 20 11 3 5 3 10 9 10 3 4 3 12 11 2 27
12 Sporting Gijón 21 7 6 8 21 24 10 5 2 3 11 9 11 2 4 5 10 15 -3 27
13 Malaga 21 7 6 8 20 28 11 7 2 2 12 7 10 0 4 6 8 21 -8 27
14 Real Zaragoza 21 5 11 5 17 21 11 2 6 3 6 8 10 3 5 2 11 13 -4 26
15 Leganés 21 6 7 8 24 24 10 2 5 3 10 10 11 4 2 5 14 14 0 25
16 UD Ibiza 21 5 10 6 19 23 11 2 5 4 10 12 10 3 5 2 9 11 -4 25
17 Lugo 20 4 11 5 24 24 10 3 5 2 11 10 10 1 6 3 13 14 0 23
18 Mirandés 21 6 5 10 28 34 11 4 2 5 19 20 10 2 3 5 9 14 -6 23
19 Fuenlabrada 21 3 11 7 15 22 11 2 7 2 10 10 10 1 4 5 5 12 -7 20
20 Amorebieta 21 3 10 8 24 31 10 2 5 3 16 16 11 1 5 5 8 15 -7 19
21 Real Sociedad II 21 4 5 12 16 27 11 1 3 7 6 14 10 3 2 5 10 13 -11 17
22 Alcorcon 21 2 5 14 16 39 10 1 4 5 10 21 11 1 1 9 6 18 -23 11

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.