Las Palmas greet Ponferradina as odds-on favourites: Read our match preview

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sun 26.February
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de Gran Canaria (31250 seats)

Victory to the hosting team is anticipated from this match if the league standings is to be trusted. The Las Palmas fans are positive that the mismatch between 1st and Ponferradina's 19th position in the table will be visible on the arena.

Insights:
  • Las Palmas have the fewest conceded goals (15) in La Liga 2
  • Ponferradina have the most conceded goals in the first half (20) in La Liga 2

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Ponferradina, who are travelling more than 2100 kilometers to play this game.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Las Palmas form and stats

28 points is a decent return from 14 La Liga 2 games here at Estadio de Gran Canaria for Las Palmas. The data says 8 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses. There’s a good atmosphere here at Estadio de Gran Canaria after three straight home wins.

The Las Palmas goalkeeper Alvaro Valles Rosa is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 400 minutes without conceding a goal in the La Liga 2.

Palmas shared the glory with Leganés in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Valles, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.71 out of 10 in that game. Valles topped it up with a clean sheet.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Lugo in a game that was won 3-0.

Trouble hitting the net? In this team's last 26 league games, 20 have had zero, one or two goals.

Las Palmas are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 14 games. Las Palmas have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Ponferradina form and stats

Ponferradina have only collected 12 points from their away games in the La Liga 2, after 2-6-6 (14 played). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Ponferradina have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone eleven consecutive matches without winning on the road.

Ponferradina delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Levante (placed 3rd) in their previous match. Goalkeeper Abedzadeh got the top player rating of the team with 7.44/10. Abedzadeh topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that, Ponferradina travelled to UD Ibiza and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

Low-scoring game? 8 of this club's most recent 10 league fixtures have seen zero, one or two goals.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Ponferradina as they have only managed to score 11 times from 14 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. 18 goals have been conceded by Ponferradina in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Las Palmas have won all of the 4 most recent games against this side. Can they do it again?

It's not the first time these teams meet on the pitch this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent fixture: Ponferradina - Palmas 0-1.

Top Goalscorers

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

Las Palmas missing players

Ponferradina missing players

Las Palmas Ponferradina
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 5 Played P 4 14 28
14 8 2 Won W 1 2 6
11 4 3 Drew D 1 6 11
3 2 0 Lost L 2 6 11
33 18 6 Scored S 2 11 24
15 8 2 Conceded C 4 18 33
79% 86% 60% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 79% 82%
50% 64% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 57% 57%
25% 29% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 43% 43%
11% 7% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 21% 18%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 4%
32% 36% 40% BTTS BTTS 25% 50% 54%
61% 57% 60% Clean Sheets C S 50% 29% 29%
29% 21% 40% Failed to Score F T 50% 43% 36%
 
6.4 7.5 8.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 3.4 3.6
2.9 2.6 1.8 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.9 5.5
2.5 2.3 2.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 3.9 3.5
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
14.4 16.6 19.6 Shots (avg) S ( 7 9.5 10.7
4.3 5.4 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.6 3
27% 24% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 30% 28%
 
8.3 6.9 6 Shots against (avg) S A 16.5 14.1 12.4
3.1 2.9 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 5.3 4.4
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Las Palmas have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Las Palmas have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Las Palmas have the fewest conceded goals (15) in La Liga 2
  • Las Palmas have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in La Liga 2
  • Las Palmas have the most clean sheets (17) in La Liga 2
  • Las Palmas have the the best goal difference (+18) in La Liga 2
  • Las Palmas have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Ponferradina have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Ponferradina have the most conceded goals in the first half (20) in La Liga 2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Las Palmas 28 14 11 3 33 15 14 8 4 2 18 8 14 6 7 1 15 7 18 53
2 Deportivo Alaves 28 15 7 6 39 25 14 10 3 1 22 8 14 5 4 5 17 17 14 52
3 Levante 28 13 12 3 32 18 14 8 4 2 16 6 14 5 8 1 16 12 14 51
4 Eibar 28 14 8 6 30 23 14 9 4 1 17 8 14 5 4 5 13 15 7 50
5 Granada 28 14 6 8 35 19 14 12 2 0 28 2 14 2 4 8 7 17 16 48
6 Albacete 28 12 10 6 36 30 14 7 5 2 19 10 14 5 5 4 17 20 6 46
7 Burgos 28 11 11 6 24 16 14 6 6 2 16 9 14 5 5 4 8 7 8 44
8 FC Cartagena 28 11 7 10 31 28 15 6 3 6 16 17 13 5 4 4 15 11 3 40
9 Leganés 28 10 9 9 27 25 15 8 5 2 18 12 13 2 4 7 9 13 2 39
10 Tenerife 28 9 10 9 27 28 14 7 5 2 15 8 14 2 5 7 12 20 -1 37
11 Villarreal II 28 10 7 11 32 36 14 6 5 3 20 15 14 4 2 8 12 21 -4 37
12 Huesca 28 8 12 8 22 23 14 7 6 1 15 7 14 1 6 7 7 16 -1 36
13 FC Andorra 28 10 5 13 27 25 14 7 1 6 18 9 14 3 4 7 9 16 2 35
14 Real Oviedo 28 9 7 12 18 23 14 6 2 6 8 9 14 3 5 6 10 14 -5 34
15 Sporting Gijon 28 7 12 9 25 28 14 5 7 2 18 12 14 2 5 7 7 16 -3 33
16 Real Zaragoza 27 8 9 10 23 26 13 4 6 3 12 12 14 4 3 7 11 14 -3 33
17 Mirandés 28 8 9 11 31 35 14 7 4 3 23 18 14 1 5 8 8 17 -4 33
18 Racing Santander 28 7 9 12 21 26 13 3 5 5 9 11 15 4 4 7 12 15 -5 30
19 Ponferradina 28 6 11 11 24 33 14 4 5 5 13 15 14 2 6 6 11 18 -9 29
20 Malaga 27 4 10 13 21 33 13 3 6 4 11 15 14 1 4 9 10 18 -12 22
21 Lugo 28 5 7 16 19 38 14 3 5 6 9 12 14 2 2 10 10 26 -19 22
22 UD Ibiza 28 4 7 17 20 44 14 3 5 6 14 19 14 1 2 11 6 25 -24 19

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.