Soccer match preview: Home fans have big expectations when Las Palmas greet Huesca

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sat 28.January
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de Gran Canaria (31250 seats)

The standings reveals that 14 points divide the two competitors in this La Liga 2 fixture. Las Palmas own both the points- and home advantage.

Insights:
  • Las Palmas have the the best goal difference (+14) in La Liga 2
  • Huesca have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

Huesca have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2300 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

Both teams have had sufficient rest since their previous match. Let's wish for an active game!

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Las Palmas form and stats

When playing at home in the La Liga 2, Las Palmas have managed 6 wins, 4 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 12 games.

Palmas's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Mirandes (placed 15th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Midfielder Clemente was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.52 (out of ten) in that game. Clemente scored one goal, hit three key passes and had 40 successful passes (of 49 total).

In the game before, an away victory match versus UD Ibiza with a 2-1 scoreline.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Las Palmas matches with similar probabilities have ended with 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats (from 9 games).

Low on goals? Looking at this team's last 22 league matches, 17 have produced less than three goals (under 2.5).

The Palmas fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 12 matches. Las Palmas are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio de Gran Canaria in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 12 matches. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Huesca form and stats

There's been little loot from Huesca's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 12 away games in the La Liga 2. Huesca only have 1 win to counter their 6 defeats and 5 draws. Huesca has showed their ability to avoid defeat with four draws in a row, but are also dodging victories. They last avoided the draw 49 days ago, in the Real Zaragoza fixture.

Huesca's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Real Oviedo that finished 1-1. Rațiu, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.85. Rațiu served one assist, hit four key passes and won 4 of 7 duels.

A 0-0 draw at FC Cartagena's stadium before that.

Low-scoring game? 16 of this side's most recent 18 league matches have had two or less goals.

Huesca are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {6 goals} from 12 away games. 14 goals have been conceded by Huesca in these games.

Head 2 Head

The former head to head meeting ended Huesca - Palmas 1-0, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Las Palmas victories, three draws and four Huesca wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Las PalmasM. Cardona Rovira
M. Cardona Rovira
7 goals
Las PalmasF. Crespo García
F. Crespo García
4 goals
PalmasJ. Viera Ramos
J. Viera Ramos
4 goals

Las Palmas missing players

Huesca missing players

Las Palmas Huesca
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
24 12 3 Played P 6 12 24
12 6 3 Won W 0 1 7
9 4 0 Drew D 3 5 10
3 2 0 Lost L 3 6 7
29 14 4 Scored S 4 6 19
15 8 0 Conceded C 7 14 20
83% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 75% 79%
54% 67% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 58% 50%
25% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 25%
12% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 4%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
38% 42% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 42% 38%
54% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 33% 33% 50%
25% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 50% 33%
 
6.6 7.4 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 5.2 4.3
3.1 2.8 2.3 Corners against (avg) C A 7.7 7.2 6.3
2.5 2.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.8 2.5
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 4
 
14.2 16 13.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10 9.2 9.1
4.3 5.2 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.5 2.6
28% 22% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 20% 30%
 
8.5 6.8 4.3 Shots against (avg) S A 13.5 12.9 12.1
3.2 3 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4.4 3.5
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Huesca have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Huesca have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Las Palmas have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Huesca have scored away.
  • Las Palmas have the the best goal difference (+14) in La Liga 2
  • Las Palmas have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Eibar 24 13 7 4 28 18 12 9 3 0 17 5 12 4 4 4 11 13 10 46
2 Las Palmas 24 12 9 3 29 15 12 6 4 2 14 8 12 6 5 1 15 7 14 45
3 Levante 24 10 11 3 28 17 12 6 4 2 14 6 12 4 7 1 14 11 11 41
4 Deportivo Alaves 24 11 7 6 26 21 12 8 3 1 16 6 12 3 4 5 10 15 5 40
5 Burgos 24 10 9 5 22 14 12 6 4 2 15 8 12 4 5 3 7 6 8 39
6 Granada 24 11 5 8 28 18 12 10 2 0 24 2 12 1 3 8 4 16 10 38
7 Albacete 23 9 9 5 29 26 12 5 5 2 14 8 11 4 4 3 15 18 3 36
8 Leganes 24 9 7 8 25 23 13 7 4 2 17 12 11 2 3 6 8 11 2 34
9 FC Cartagena 24 9 6 9 23 23 13 5 3 5 13 14 11 4 3 4 10 9 0 33
10 FC Andorra 23 9 5 9 26 20 11 6 1 4 17 7 12 3 4 5 9 13 6 32
11 Sporting Gijon 24 7 10 7 24 25 12 5 5 2 17 11 12 2 5 5 7 14 -1 31
12 Huesca 24 7 10 7 19 20 12 6 5 1 13 6 12 1 5 6 6 14 -1 31
13 Villarreal II 24 8 7 9 28 31 12 5 5 2 18 12 12 3 2 7 10 19 -3 31
14 Real Oviedo 24 8 7 9 16 19 12 6 2 4 8 7 12 2 5 5 8 12 -3 31
15 Mirandes 24 7 9 8 28 29 12 6 4 2 20 14 12 1 5 6 8 15 -1 30
16 Tenerife 24 7 9 8 24 25 12 5 5 2 13 8 12 2 4 6 11 17 -1 30
17 Real Zaragoza 24 7 8 9 21 22 11 4 5 2 11 8 13 3 3 7 10 14 -1 29
18 Racing Santander 24 6 7 11 16 21 11 2 4 5 6 9 13 4 3 6 10 12 -5 25
19 Ponferradina 24 6 7 11 22 31 12 4 3 5 12 14 12 2 4 6 10 17 -9 25
20 Malaga 24 4 9 11 19 29 12 3 6 3 11 14 12 1 3 8 8 15 -10 21
21 Lugo 24 5 6 13 19 31 12 3 4 5 9 10 12 2 2 8 10 21 -12 21
22 UD Ibiza 24 4 4 16 15 37 12 3 3 6 11 16 12 1 1 10 4 21 -22 16

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.