Soccer betting preview: Las Palmas welcomes Almería in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sun 09.January
Match begins: 20:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de Gran Canaria (31250 seats)

The Las Palmas & Almería managers Mel Pérez and Ferrer Sicilia are both fearing and eagerly anticipating this crucial game in the upper part of the La Liga 2 table.

Insights:
  • Las Palmas have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Almería have the most scored goals (37) in La Liga 2

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Almería, who are travelling more than 1800 kilometers to play this game.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Copa Del Rey game only three days ago.

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Las Palmas form and stats

23 points is a decent return from 11 La Liga 2 games here at Estadio de Gran Canaria for Las Palmas. The data says 7 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses.

A good away victory last time out for Las Palmas, who won 1-0 against Tenerife (placed 4th). The attacking player Viera won the honour of being "man of the match" for Palmas with the rating of 8.02/10. Viera served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 61 successful passes (of 72 total).

Before that game, the home loss against Eibar with the scoreline 0-1.

A decent goal production from Las Palmas in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 11 league matches. Palmas have conceded 11 in these home matches.

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Almería form and stats

The visitors are W6-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the La Liga 2.

Almería might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Elche proved too strong as Almería slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos (Almería). Midfield player Nieto was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.03/10. Nieto served one assist, hit four key passes and had 34 successful passes (of 36 total).

A 0-1 loss hosting FC Cartagena before that.

Almería are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 17 times in 10 away games so far. Almería are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have battled earlier this season: Almería - Palmas 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Palmas two wins, three draws and Almería five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AlmeríaU. Sadiq Mesbah
U. Sadiq Mesbah
8 goals
PalmasJ. Rodríguez Ruiz
J. Rodríguez Ruiz
6 goals
Las PalmasF. Crespo García
F. Crespo García
5 goals

Las Palmas missing players

Almería missing players

Las Palmas Almería
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 11 4 Played P 3 10 21
9 7 2 Won W 1 6 14
7 2 1 Drew D 0 1 3
6 2 1 Lost L 2 3 4
29 20 5 Scored S 2 17 37
26 11 4 Conceded C 3 8 14
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
73% 82% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 60% 67%
45% 64% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 48%
18% 18% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 30% 29%
18% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 5%
64% 73% 75% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 48%
27% 18% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 30% 38%
18% 9% 25% Failed to Score F T 67% 20% 19%
 
4.8 5.4 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.3 4.2
3.3 3.1 3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 4.2 4.4
2.7 2.8 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.5 2.1
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
13.5 14.8 13.2 Shots (avg) S ( 12.3 12.8 13.5
5.2 7.1 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 4.5 4.7
25% 26% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 38% 38%
 
9.6 9.4 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10.7 11.2 10.9
3 3.3 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 3.7 3.2
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Almería have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Almería have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Almería have the fewest conceded goals (14) in La Liga 2
  • Almería have the fewest conceded goals (8) away in La Liga 2
  • Almería have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in La Liga 2
  • Almería have the most points (19) away in La Liga 2
  • Almería have the most scored goals (17) away in La Liga 2
  • Almería have the most scored goals (37) in La Liga 2
  • Almería have the the best goal difference (+23) in La Liga 2
  • Almería have the the best goal difference (+9) away in La Liga 2
  • Almería have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Almería haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Las Palmas have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Las Palmas haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Almería 21 14 3 4 37 14 11 8 2 1 20 6 10 6 1 3 17 8 23 45
2 Eibar 22 12 6 4 34 26 11 8 2 1 22 13 11 4 4 3 12 13 8 42
3 Real Valladolid 22 12 4 6 34 24 11 8 2 1 19 6 11 4 2 5 15 18 10 40
4 Tenerife 22 11 5 6 28 17 11 6 2 3 15 7 11 5 3 3 13 10 11 38
5 Ponferradina 22 10 7 5 28 20 11 6 4 1 19 9 11 4 3 4 9 11 8 37
6 Girona 22 10 4 8 30 25 11 6 2 3 18 10 11 4 2 5 12 15 5 34
7 Las Palmas 22 9 7 6 29 26 11 7 2 2 20 11 11 2 5 4 9 15 3 34
8 FC Cartagena 22 10 3 9 28 28 10 7 1 2 18 8 12 3 2 7 10 20 0 33
9 Real Oviedo 22 7 11 4 25 19 11 5 5 1 16 9 11 2 6 3 9 10 6 32
10 Málaga 22 8 6 8 21 28 11 7 2 2 12 7 11 1 4 6 9 21 -7 30
11 Burgos 22 8 5 9 23 23 11 6 3 2 16 6 11 2 2 7 7 17 0 29
12 Sporting Gijón 22 7 7 8 22 25 11 5 3 3 12 10 11 2 4 5 10 15 -3 28
13 UD Ibiza 22 6 10 6 21 24 11 2 5 4 10 12 11 4 5 2 11 12 -3 28
14 Huesca 22 6 9 7 22 21 12 3 5 4 10 10 10 3 4 3 12 11 1 27
15 Mirandes 22 7 5 10 30 34 12 5 2 5 21 20 10 2 3 5 9 14 -4 26
16 Real Zaragoza 22 5 11 6 17 23 11 2 6 3 6 8 11 3 5 3 11 15 -6 26
17 Leganes 22 6 7 9 24 25 10 2 5 3 10 10 12 4 2 6 14 15 -1 25
18 Lugo 21 4 12 5 25 25 10 3 5 2 11 10 11 1 7 3 14 15 0 24
19 Amorebieta 22 3 11 8 26 33 10 2 5 3 16 16 12 1 6 5 10 17 -7 20
20 Fuenlabrada 22 3 11 8 16 24 12 2 7 3 11 12 10 1 4 5 5 12 -8 20
21 Real Sociedad II 22 4 5 13 18 30 11 1 3 7 6 14 11 3 2 6 12 16 -12 17
22 Alcorcon 22 2 5 15 16 40 11 1 4 6 10 22 11 1 1 9 6 18 -24 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.