La Liga 2 match prediction: Little separates Las Palmas and Huesca in quality

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Date: Sun 18.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de Gran Canaria (31250 seats)

This match has been long awaited by fans of both sides, as it's the first La Liga 2 game of the season. Both Las Palmas and Huesca are looking for a positive start to their campaigns.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

It's quite the trip for Huesca when visiting Las Palmas as the cities are 2300 kilometers apart.

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Las Palmas form and stats

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 Las Palmas have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won 4 Drawn 2 Lost 5.

Las Palmas have prepared for this season with one friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these one matches are 0 victories, 0 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Las Palmas have scored 0 goals and conceded 1 time.

Last season, Las Palmas's league statistics were 12 wins, 18 draws and 12 losses, resulting in a 12th position in the La Liga 2. Over these 42 matches they scored 48 goals and conceded 50. Playing at home last season Las Palmas managed 9-9-3 (win-draw-lost) with 31 goals and 17 conceded.

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Huesca form and stats

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Huesca in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Huesca, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

Huesca played two friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 1 victory, 1 draw and 0 defeats. In these two matches Huesca scored 2 and conceded 0 goals.

Let's have a look at how Huesca performed last season in the La Liga 2: They landed a 19th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 12 draws and 19 defeats. In total they scored 43 and conceded 65 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 6 and lost 11 with 19/35 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Las Palmas 2 wins, 6 draws and Huesca 2 victories. As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Rubén Castro
15 goals / 3 assists

Las Palmas missing players

Huesca missing players

Las Palmas Huesca
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs low Away Total
1 1 0 Played 0 1 1
0 0 0 Won 0 0 0
1 1 0 Drew 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Failed To Score 0% 100% 100%
 
2 2 0 Corners For (avg) 0 1 1
1 1 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 2 2
0 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 1 1
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Las Palmas Last season Huesca
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
42 21 0 Played 0 19 38
12 9 0 Won 0 2 7
18 9 0 Drew 0 6 12
12 3 0 Lost 0 11 19
48 31 0 Scored 0 19 43
50 17 0 Conceded 0 35 65
83% 86% 0% Over 0.5 0% 89% 92%
67% 67% 0% Over 1.5 0% 79% 76%
38% 38% 0% Over 2.5 0% 58% 55%
24% 24% 0% Over 3.5 0% 21% 26%
17% 14% 0% Over 4.5 0% 11% 11%
50% 48% 0% BTTS 0% 63% 58%
36% 43% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 16% 16%
31% 24% 0% Failed To Score 0% 32% 34%
 
4.2 4.1 0 Corners For (avg) 0 2.7 4.4
5.1 4.1 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 6.6 5.6
3.2 3 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 2.8 2.9
6 3 0 Red Cards 0 2 3
Key stats last season:
  • Huesca have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Huesca have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Huesca have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Las Palmas
All Copa Del Rey La Liga La Liga 2 Club Friendlies
All Home Away
25-05-19 LL2 Osasuna 2 - 0 Las Palmas
02-06-19 LL2 Las Palmas 0 - 0 Almería
09-06-19 LL2 Numancia 1 - 1 Las Palmas
07-08-19 CF Real Betis 1 - 0 Las Palmas
18-08-19 LL2 Las Palmas 18:00 Huesca
24-08-19 LL2 Málaga 19:00 Las Palmas
31-08-19 LL2 Las Palmas 19:00 Racing Santander
07-09-19 LL2 Tenerife 19:00 Las Palmas
15-09-19 LL2 Las Palmas - Almería
18-09-19 LL2 Las Palmas - Sporting Gijón
Huesca
All Copa Del Rey La Liga La Liga 2 Club Friendlies
All Home Away
12-05-19 LAL Real Betis 2 - 1 Huesca
18-05-19 LAL Huesca 2 - 1 Leganés
08-08-19 CF Olot 0 - 0 Huesca
10-08-19 CF Girona 0 - 2 Huesca
18-08-19 LL2 Las Palmas 18:00 Huesca
25-08-19 LL2 Huesca 17:00 Deportivo La Coruña
31-08-19 LL2 Almería 18:00 Huesca
08-09-19 LL2 Huesca 10:00 Sporting Gijón
15-09-19 LL2 Numancia - Huesca
18-09-19 LL2 Huesca - Albacete

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Almería 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Fuenlabrada 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Real Zaragoza 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Deportivo La Coruña 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Alcorcón 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 Málaga 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Mirandés 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
8 Rayo Vallecano 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Girona 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Sporting Gijón 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Extremadura UD 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
12 Lugo 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Cádiz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Huesca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Las Palmas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Ponferradina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Real Oviedo 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
18 Numancia 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
19 Racing Santander 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
20 Elche 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
21 Tenerife 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
22 Albacete 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Osasuna 42 26 9 7 59 35 21 19 2 0 34 7 21 7 7 7 25 28 24 87
2 Granada 42 22 13 7 52 28 21 13 6 2 28 12 21 9 7 5 24 16 24 79
3 Málaga 42 21 11 10 51 31 21 12 4 5 28 14 21 9 7 5 23 17 20 74
4 Albacete 42 19 14 9 54 38 21 9 10 2 29 17 21 10 4 7 25 21 16 71
5 Mallorca 42 19 12 11 53 37 21 15 4 2 35 12 21 4 8 9 18 25 16 69
6 Deportivo La Coruña 42 17 17 8 50 32 21 10 8 3 31 14 21 7 9 5 19 18 18 68
7 Cádiz 42 16 16 10 53 36 21 9 10 2 30 15 21 7 6 8 23 21 17 64
8 Real Oviedo 42 17 12 13 48 48 21 10 9 2 30 22 21 7 3 11 18 26 0 63
9 Sporting Gijón 42 16 13 13 43 38 21 10 6 5 23 17 21 6 7 8 20 21 5 61
10 Almería 42 15 15 12 51 39 21 10 8 3 32 15 21 5 7 9 19 24 12 60
11 Elche 42 13 16 13 49 52 21 10 7 4 25 14 21 3 9 9 24 38 -3 55
12 Las Palmas 42 12 18 12 48 50 21 9 9 3 31 17 21 3 9 9 17 33 -2 54
13 Extremadura UD 42 14 11 17 43 47 21 7 4 10 20 25 21 7 7 7 23 22 -4 53
14 Alcorcón 42 14 10 18 36 42 21 9 6 6 19 14 21 5 4 12 17 28 -6 52
15 Real Zaragoza 42 13 12 17 49 51 21 7 7 7 21 21 21 6 5 10 28 30 -2 51
16 Tenerife 42 11 17 14 40 50 21 9 8 4 25 21 21 2 9 10 15 29 -10 50
17 Numancia 42 11 16 15 44 50 21 10 5 6 30 21 21 1 11 9 14 29 -6 49
18 Lugo 42 10 17 15 43 51 21 8 6 7 29 29 21 2 11 8 14 22 -8 47
19 Rayo Majadahonda 42 12 9 21 46 61 21 8 6 7 23 23 21 4 3 14 23 38 -15 45
20 Gimnàstic Tarragona 42 9 9 24 30 63 21 7 6 8 22 25 21 2 3 16 8 38 -33 36
21 Córdoba 42 7 13 22 48 79 21 6 7 8 33 40 21 1 6 14 15 39 -31 34
22 Reus Deportiu 42 5 6 31 16 48 21 1 5 15 8 25 21 4 1 16 8 23 -32 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Barcelona 38 26 9 3 90 36 19 15 3 1 51 17 19 11 6 2 39 19 54 87
2 Atlético Madrid 38 22 10 6 55 29 19 15 3 1 32 10 19 7 7 5 23 19 26 76
3 Real Madrid 38 21 5 12 63 46 19 13 1 5 32 15 19 8 4 7 31 31 17 68
4 Valencia 38 15 16 7 51 35 19 7 10 2 24 12 19 8 6 5 27 23 16 61
5 Sevilla 38 17 8 13 62 47 19 12 3 4 39 20 19 5 5 9 23 27 15 59
6 Getafe 38 15 14 9 48 35 19 11 3 5 28 13 19 4 11 4 20 22 13 59
7 Espanyol 38 14 11 13 48 50 19 11 3 5 28 22 19 3 8 8 20 28 -2 53
8 Athletic Club 38 13 14 11 41 45 19 9 8 2 26 19 19 4 6 9 15 26 -4 53
9 Real Sociedad 38 13 11 14 45 46 19 7 6 6 23 20 19 6 5 8 22 26 -1 50
10 Real Betis 38 14 8 16 44 52 19 8 5 6 25 26 19 6 3 10 19 26 -8 50
11 Deportivo Alavés 38 13 11 14 39 50 19 7 8 4 19 19 19 6 3 10 20 31 -11 50
12 SD Eibar 38 11 14 13 46 50 19 9 6 4 31 21 19 2 8 9 15 29 -4 47
13 Leganés 38 11 12 15 37 43 19 7 8 4 19 16 19 4 4 11 18 27 -6 45
14 Villarreal 38 10 14 14 49 52 19 5 8 6 28 26 19 5 6 8 21 26 -3 44
15 Levante 38 11 11 16 59 66 19 6 7 6 34 34 19 5 4 10 25 32 -7 44
16 Celta de Vigo 38 10 11 17 53 62 19 8 5 6 31 25 19 2 6 11 22 37 -9 41
17 Real Valladolid 38 10 11 17 32 51 19 5 5 9 16 26 19 5 6 8 16 25 -19 41
18 Girona 38 9 10 19 37 53 19 3 6 10 17 28 19 6 4 9 20 25 -16 37
19 Huesca 38 7 12 19 43 65 19 5 6 8 24 30 19 2 6 11 19 35 -22 33
20 Rayo Vallecano 38 8 8 22 41 70 19 5 6 8 25 32 19 3 2 14 16 38 -29 32

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