La Liga 2 preview: Can Las Palmas edge out victory against Deportivo Alavés?

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sat 27.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de Gran Canaria (31250 seats)

La Liga 2: Two participants who have performed fine so far. Learn more on Las Palmas - Deportivo Alavés with this broad preview!

Insights:
  • Las Palmas have the most clean sheets (21) in La Liga 2
  • Deportivo Alavés have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Palmas are battling for top spots and have everything to play for. Deportivo Alavés are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

Deportivo Alavés have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2200 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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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Las Palmas form and stats

The total La Liga 2 statistics at home this season for Las Palmas are 9-8-3 (wins-draws-losses). Las Palmas have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

A good away victory last time out for Las Palmas, who won 4-1 against FC Cartagena (placed 7th). Ramírez has scored in three matches in a row. Ace! Ramírez, who plays in attack, was the highest rated performer for the side in that game, receiving a rating of 8.73 (out of 10). Ramírez scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Villarreal II that ended 1-1.

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 Palmas have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 15 games) they have won 8 times, drawn 4 and lost 3.

Las Palmas are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 24 goals in 20 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Las Palmas have conceded only 13 goals.

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Deportivo Alavés form and stats

Playing away, Deportivo Alavés have won 6 games, drawn 6 and suffered 8 defeats in the La Liga 2 this season.

Moya and Villalibre scored in Alavés's previous match, the home game against Málaga that ended 2-1. Those three points felt sweet as this club had gone three league matches without winning. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Plaza when Moya scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 70th minute. Attacker Villalibre got a player rating of 8.13 in the game. "Man of the match" Villalibre scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Albacete that ended 1-1.

We have checked recent matches where Deportivo Alavés have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 4 games were 0 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Lacking goals? 11 of this team's last 13 league rounds have contained zero, one or two goals.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Deportivo Alavés as they have only managed to score 19 times from 20 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 22 goals have been conceded by Deportivo Alavés in these games.

Head 2 Head

Deportivo Alavés have put together a streak of 5 consecutive matches without defeat (2-3-0) when facing Palmas.

This happened when the squads met earlier this campaign; Deportivo Alavés - Las Palmas 1-1. The games between these sides have sometimes been ill-tempered, having seen 8 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Deportivo AlavésL. Rioja González
L. Rioja González
10 goals
Las PalmasM. Cardona Rovira
M. Cardona Rovira
7 goals
Las PalmasS. Ramírez Castillo
S. Ramírez Castillo
7 goals

Las Palmas missing players

Deportivo Alavés missing players

Las Palmas Deportivo Alavés
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
41 20 5 Played P 5 20 41
18 9 2 Won W 0 6 19
17 8 2 Drew D 3 6 13
6 3 1 Lost L 2 8 9
49 24 5 Scored S 3 19 47
29 13 3 Conceded C 7 22 33
80% 85% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 90% 83%
56% 65% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 60% 59%
29% 25% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 35% 34%
15% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 15% 12%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 5%
41% 40% 40% BTTS BTTS 60% 50% 44%
51% 50% 60% Clean Sheets C S 20% 20% 39%
27% 25% 20% Failed to Score F T 40% 40% 34%
 
6 6.6 8 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.8 5.6
3 2.7 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.4 4.9 3.9
2.5 2.2 2.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 3 2.8
3 0 0 Red cards R C 1 4 8
 
14.2 16.3 15.8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 10.1 11.9
4.4 5.2 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.6 2.9 3.8
27% 23% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 33% 30%
 
9.2 7.5 9 Shots against (avg) S A 13.4 10.9 9.8
3.4 3.1 3.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 3.9 3
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Deportivo Alavés have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Las Palmas have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (14) in La Liga 2
  • Las Palmas have the most clean sheets (21) in La Liga 2
  • Las Palmas have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 Granada 41 21 9 11 53 30 20 16 4 0 37 6 21 5 5 11 16 24 23 72
2 Las Palmas 41 18 17 6 49 29 20 9 8 3 24 13 21 9 9 3 25 16 20 71
3 Deportivo Alavés 41 19 13 9 47 33 21 13 7 1 28 11 20 6 6 8 19 22 14 70
4 Levante 41 17 18 6 44 29 20 10 7 3 23 10 21 7 11 3 21 19 15 69
5 SD Eibar 41 18 14 9 44 36 21 11 8 2 24 13 20 7 6 7 20 23 8 68
6 Albacete 41 16 16 9 56 46 20 9 7 4 28 18 21 7 9 5 28 28 10 64
7 FC Cartagena 41 16 10 15 46 46 21 9 4 8 22 25 20 7 6 7 24 21 0 58
8 Tenerife 41 14 14 13 41 36 21 12 6 3 28 12 20 2 8 10 13 24 5 56
9 Real Oviedo 40 15 11 14 32 33 20 9 5 6 17 15 20 6 6 8 15 18 -1 56
10 FC Andorra 40 15 10 15 42 33 20 10 3 7 23 12 20 5 7 8 19 21 9 55
11 Burgos 41 13 15 13 33 34 20 8 8 4 22 18 21 5 7 9 11 16 -1 54
12 Real Zaragoza 41 12 16 13 39 38 20 8 9 3 24 15 21 4 7 10 15 23 1 52
13 Huesca 41 11 19 11 36 35 20 9 9 2 23 12 21 2 10 9 13 23 1 52
14 Leganes 40 14 10 16 36 39 20 10 5 5 22 18 20 4 5 11 14 21 -3 52
15 Mirandés 41 13 13 15 47 52 21 9 7 5 32 28 20 4 6 10 15 24 -5 52
16 Racing Santander 40 13 12 15 36 38 20 8 6 6 19 15 20 5 6 9 17 23 -2 51
17 Sporting Gijon 41 11 17 13 42 44 20 8 9 3 27 18 21 3 8 10 15 26 -2 50
18 Villarreal II 41 13 11 17 46 51 21 9 6 6 32 24 20 4 5 11 14 27 -5 50
19 Málaga 41 10 13 18 36 43 20 7 8 5 19 16 21 3 5 13 17 27 -7 43
20 Ponferradina 41 8 17 16 36 52 21 6 7 8 18 24 20 2 10 8 18 28 -16 41
21 UD Ibiza 41 7 12 22 32 65 21 5 7 9 21 31 20 2 5 13 11 34 -33 33
22 Lugo 41 5 13 23 26 57 21 3 10 8 13 19 20 2 3 15 13 38 -31 28

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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.