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

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sat 20.June
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de Gran Canaria (31250 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Las Palmas are in the 13th position while the guesting Lugo worry at 19th.

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.

These teams have little in common geographically as Lugo have to travel 2200 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Las Palmas form and stats

5 victories, 6 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Las Palmas have to build on here at Estadio de Gran Canaria in the La Liga 2. Palmas have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Josep Martinez Riera not having conceded a league goal in 185 minutes.

Palmas are returning here after visiting Almería in a La Liga 2 game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Rubén Castro scored the goal(s). The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Girona.

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 Las Palmas have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won four times, drawn four and lost two.

Las Palmas are traveling soon after this match as the La Liga 2 match at Albacete awaits in four days.

Palmas are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 20 goals in 16 games. On the other hand, Las Palmas have conceded 19 goals.

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Lugo form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Lugo so far with only 16 points returning home. The records show 3-7-6 (win-draw-lose).

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a La Liga 2 home defeat versus Real Zaragoza with 1-3 on the scoreboard. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Racing Santander.

Lugo are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, six draws and six defeats. From a total of 15 matches.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Málaga in just three days.

The attacking power of Lugo when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 16 league matches away. 17 goals have been conceded by Lugo in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Lugo - Palmas 0-2 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Palmas three wins, two draws and Lugo four victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

LugoC. Herrera Pérez
C. Herrera Pérez
8 goals
PalmasR. Castro Martín
R. Castro Martín
6 goals
Las PalmasJ. Narváez Solarte
J. Narváez Solarte
5 goals

Las Palmas missing players

Lugo missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Las Palmas Lugo
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 6 Played P 2 16 33
10 5 4 Won W 1 3 8
12 6 2 Drew D 1 7 13
11 5 0 Lost L 0 6 12
35 20 15 Scored S 2 12 31
39 19 7 Conceded C 1 17 44
88% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 81% 85%
70% 69% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 56% 64%
39% 50% 83% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 31% 39%
21% 31% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 27%
6% 6% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
48% 56% 83% BTTS BTTS 50% 56% 55%
30% 25% 17% Clean Sheets C S 50% 31% 33%
33% 31% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 31% 27%
 
5.3 6.2 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 1.5 3.6 4.4
4 3.6 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5.9 5.9
3.5 3.4 3.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.8 2.4
4 1 1 Red cards R C 0 3 6
 
357 189 70 Total Shots T S 9 132 283
127 62 30 Shots on Target S O 3 51 109
28% 32% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 24% 28%
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Las Palmas have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lugo have won significantly less corners away then 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 Real Zaragoza 33 16 10 7 49 34 16 8 4 4 24 15 17 8 6 3 25 19 15 58
2 Cadiz 32 16 9 7 42 30 16 9 5 2 25 15 16 7 4 5 17 15 12 57
3 Almería 33 14 11 8 52 33 16 8 3 5 25 14 17 6 8 3 27 19 19 53
4 Huesca 32 16 5 11 42 33 16 12 2 2 28 13 16 4 3 9 14 20 9 53
5 Girona 33 13 10 10 40 35 17 10 5 2 23 12 16 3 5 8 17 23 5 49
6 Rayo Vallecano 33 10 17 6 41 33 17 8 6 3 23 16 16 2 11 3 18 17 8 47
7 Elche 33 12 11 10 43 36 16 5 7 4 21 17 17 7 4 6 22 19 7 47
8 Mirandes 32 10 15 7 44 44 17 6 10 1 20 13 15 4 5 6 24 31 0 45
9 Alcorcon 32 10 14 8 41 38 16 4 4 8 17 23 16 6 10 0 24 15 3 44
10 Ponferradina 33 10 14 9 38 35 17 8 8 1 23 11 16 2 6 8 15 24 3 44
11 Sporting Gijon 32 11 9 12 32 30 16 8 4 4 24 14 16 3 5 8 8 16 2 42
12 Fuenlabrada 33 10 12 11 33 34 16 6 6 4 20 17 17 4 6 7 13 17 -1 42
13 Las Palmas 33 10 12 11 35 39 16 5 6 5 20 19 17 5 6 6 15 20 -4 42
14 Tenerife 33 10 10 13 36 37 17 6 7 4 18 16 16 4 3 9 18 21 -1 40
15 Málaga 33 8 15 10 28 30 16 5 7 4 19 17 17 3 8 6 9 13 -2 39
16 Numancia 32 9 11 12 36 37 16 7 5 4 18 11 16 2 6 8 18 26 -1 38
17 Albacete 33 10 8 15 25 38 16 4 5 7 11 17 17 6 3 8 14 21 -13 38
18 Real Oviedo 33 8 13 12 39 45 17 4 10 3 20 19 16 4 3 9 19 26 -6 37
19 Lugo 33 8 13 12 31 44 17 5 6 6 19 27 16 3 7 6 12 17 -13 37
20 Deportivo La Coruña 33 8 13 12 30 48 16 5 7 4 18 20 17 3 6 8 12 28 -18 37
21 Extremadura UD 33 7 11 15 31 45 17 4 4 9 15 22 16 3 7 6 16 23 -14 32
22 Racing Santander 33 4 17 12 32 42 16 2 9 5 20 21 17 2 8 7 12 21 -10 29

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Real Zaragoza 33 16 10 7 49 34 16 8 4 4 24 15 17 8 6 3 25 19 15 58
2 Cadiz 32 16 9 7 42 30 16 9 5 2 25 15 16 7 4 5 17 15 12 57
3 Almería 33 14 11 8 52 33 16 8 3 5 25 14 17 6 8 3 27 19 19 53
4 Huesca 32 16 5 11 42 33 16 12 2 2 28 13 16 4 3 9 14 20 9 53
5 Girona 33 13 10 10 40 35 17 10 5 2 23 12 16 3 5 8 17 23 5 49
6 Rayo Vallecano 33 10 17 6 41 33 17 8 6 3 23 16 16 2 11 3 18 17 8 47
7 Elche 33 12 11 10 43 36 16 5 7 4 21 17 17 7 4 6 22 19 7 47
8 Mirandes 32 10 15 7 44 44 17 6 10 1 20 13 15 4 5 6 24 31 0 45
9 Alcorcon 32 10 14 8 41 38 16 4 4 8 17 23 16 6 10 0 24 15 3 44
10 Ponferradina 33 10 14 9 38 35 17 8 8 1 23 11 16 2 6 8 15 24 3 44
11 Sporting Gijon 32 11 9 12 32 30 16 8 4 4 24 14 16 3 5 8 8 16 2 42
12 Fuenlabrada 33 10 12 11 33 34 16 6 6 4 20 17 17 4 6 7 13 17 -1 42
13 Las Palmas 33 10 12 11 35 39 16 5 6 5 20 19 17 5 6 6 15 20 -4 42
14 Tenerife 33 10 10 13 36 37 17 6 7 4 18 16 16 4 3 9 18 21 -1 40
15 Málaga 33 8 15 10 28 30 16 5 7 4 19 17 17 3 8 6 9 13 -2 39
16 Numancia 32 9 11 12 36 37 16 7 5 4 18 11 16 2 6 8 18 26 -1 38
17 Albacete 33 10 8 15 25 38 16 4 5 7 11 17 17 6 3 8 14 21 -13 38
18 Real Oviedo 33 8 13 12 39 45 17 4 10 3 20 19 16 4 3 9 19 26 -6 37
19 Lugo 33 8 13 12 31 44 17 5 6 6 19 27 16 3 7 6 12 17 -13 37
20 Deportivo La Coruña 33 8 13 12 30 48 16 5 7 4 18 20 17 3 6 8 12 28 -18 37
21 Extremadura UD 33 7 11 15 31 45 17 4 4 9 15 22 16 3 7 6 16 23 -14 32
22 Racing Santander 33 4 17 12 32 42 16 2 9 5 20 21 17 2 8 7 12 21 -10 29

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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.