The home boss Pimienta expects to encourage Las Palmas win vs Villarreal II

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sun 14.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de Gran Canaria (31250 seats)

The host team, Las Palmas, should be expected winners in this match, but Villarreal II have revealed both capability and determination. Read more about the fixture!

Insights:
  • Las Palmas have the most clean sheets (21) in La Liga 2

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Las Palmas and Villarreal II should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Las Palmas form and stats

Las Palmas have played 19 La Liga 2 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 9-7-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Las Palmas are returning here after visiting SD Eibar and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Ramírez scored the goal(s). Finally, a league victory after four games without. Valles, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.5 out of 10 in that game. Valles topped it up with a clean sheet.

1-1 away at Real Zaragoza before that.

Las Palmas are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 23 goals in 19 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. Palmas have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Villarreal II form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Villarreal II so far with only 16 points returning home. The records show 4-4-11 (win-draw-lose). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Villarreal II have lost on their last two travels.

Ontiveros and Carreira scored in Villarreal II's previous match, the home game against Sporting Gijon that ended 2-0. Hooray; their first victory in the league after six games not winning. Midfielder Ontiveros was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.52. Ontiveros scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Prior to that match, the Villarreal manager Jurado faced defeat when travelling to Burgos and losing 0-1.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Villarreal II as they have only managed to score 13 times from 19 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. Villarreal II have conceded 26 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Las Palmas have pulled off a sequence of 7 consecutive games without losing (5-2-0) when playing Villarreal II.

This isn't the first time these sides meet this campaign, as the records show this recent match: Villarreal II - Palmas 0-1. The games between these clubs have had a tendency to be hot-tempered, having seen 4 sending-offs from the last seven encounters.

Top Goalscorers

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

Las Palmas missing players

Villarreal II missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Las Palmas Villarreal II
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
39 19 6 Played P 6 19 39
17 9 3 Won W 1 4 13
16 7 1 Drew D 1 4 10
6 3 2 Lost L 4 11 16
44 23 7 Scored S 2 13 43
27 12 5 Conceded C 11 26 47
79% 84% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 89% 87%
54% 63% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 63% 64%
28% 26% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 37% 46%
13% 11% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 11% 21%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 5% 8%
38% 37% 33% BTTS BTTS 17% 42% 46%
54% 53% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 26% 33%
28% 26% 50% Failed to Score F T 67% 42% 33%
 
6.1 6.8 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 4.4 4.3
2.9 2.5 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.1 4.6
2.6 2.3 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.3 2.3
3 0 0 Red cards R C 1 4 6
 
14.1 16.4 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 10.2 11.8
4.3 5.3 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.6 4.4
26% 23% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 19% 25%
 
8.9 6.9 6.5 Shots against (avg) S A 13.2 12.9 12.1
3.2 2.8 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5.1 4.1
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Las Palmas have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (13) 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.

  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 39 17 16 6 44 27 19 9 7 3 23 12 20 8 9 3 21 15 17 67
2 SD Eibar 39 18 13 8 42 33 20 11 7 2 22 11 19 7 6 6 20 22 9 67
3 Granada 39 19 9 11 48 29 19 15 4 0 35 6 20 4 5 11 13 23 19 66
4 Deportivo Alaves 39 18 12 9 44 31 20 12 7 1 26 10 19 6 5 8 18 21 13 66
5 Levante 39 16 17 6 41 27 19 10 6 3 23 10 20 6 11 3 18 17 14 65
6 Albacete 39 16 14 9 54 44 19 9 6 4 27 17 20 7 8 5 27 27 10 62
7 FC Cartagena 39 16 10 13 45 40 20 9 4 7 21 21 19 7 6 6 24 19 5 58
8 Real Oviedo 39 15 10 14 31 32 20 9 5 6 17 15 19 6 5 8 14 17 -1 55
9 Burgos 39 13 15 11 32 29 19 8 8 3 22 15 20 5 7 8 10 14 3 54
10 Tenerife 39 13 14 12 39 34 20 11 6 3 26 11 19 2 8 9 13 23 5 53
11 FC Andorra 39 14 10 15 41 33 19 9 3 7 22 12 20 5 7 8 19 21 8 52
12 Mirandes 39 13 13 13 46 47 20 9 7 4 31 25 19 4 6 9 15 22 -1 52
13 Real Zaragoza 39 11 16 12 37 37 19 7 9 3 22 15 20 4 7 9 15 22 0 49
14 Villarreal II 39 13 10 16 43 47 20 9 6 5 30 21 19 4 4 11 13 26 -4 49
15 Leganes 39 13 10 16 33 39 20 10 5 5 22 18 19 3 5 11 11 21 -6 49
16 Huesca 39 10 18 11 33 33 19 9 8 2 22 11 20 1 10 9 11 22 0 48
17 Sporting Gijon 39 11 15 13 39 41 19 8 8 3 26 17 20 3 7 10 13 24 -2 48
18 Racing Santander 39 12 12 15 35 38 19 7 6 6 18 15 20 5 6 9 17 23 -3 48
19 Malaga 39 9 13 17 33 41 19 6 8 5 17 16 20 3 5 12 16 25 -8 40
20 Ponferradina 39 8 15 16 34 50 20 6 6 8 17 23 19 2 9 8 17 27 -16 39
21 UD Ibiza 39 6 11 22 31 65 20 4 7 9 20 31 19 2 4 13 11 34 -34 29
22 Lugo 39 5 13 21 25 53 20 3 10 7 12 17 19 2 3 14 13 36 -28 28

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 Las Palmas 39 17 16 6 44 27 19 9 7 3 23 12 20 8 9 3 21 15 17 67
2 SD Eibar 39 18 13 8 42 33 20 11 7 2 22 11 19 7 6 6 20 22 9 67
3 Granada 39 19 9 11 48 29 19 15 4 0 35 6 20 4 5 11 13 23 19 66
4 Deportivo Alaves 39 18 12 9 44 31 20 12 7 1 26 10 19 6 5 8 18 21 13 66
5 Levante 39 16 17 6 41 27 19 10 6 3 23 10 20 6 11 3 18 17 14 65
6 Albacete 39 16 14 9 54 44 19 9 6 4 27 17 20 7 8 5 27 27 10 62
7 FC Cartagena 39 16 10 13 45 40 20 9 4 7 21 21 19 7 6 6 24 19 5 58
8 Real Oviedo 39 15 10 14 31 32 20 9 5 6 17 15 19 6 5 8 14 17 -1 55
9 Burgos 39 13 15 11 32 29 19 8 8 3 22 15 20 5 7 8 10 14 3 54
10 Tenerife 39 13 14 12 39 34 20 11 6 3 26 11 19 2 8 9 13 23 5 53
11 FC Andorra 39 14 10 15 41 33 19 9 3 7 22 12 20 5 7 8 19 21 8 52
12 Mirandes 39 13 13 13 46 47 20 9 7 4 31 25 19 4 6 9 15 22 -1 52
13 Real Zaragoza 39 11 16 12 37 37 19 7 9 3 22 15 20 4 7 9 15 22 0 49
14 Villarreal II 39 13 10 16 43 47 20 9 6 5 30 21 19 4 4 11 13 26 -4 49
15 Leganes 39 13 10 16 33 39 20 10 5 5 22 18 19 3 5 11 11 21 -6 49
16 Huesca 39 10 18 11 33 33 19 9 8 2 22 11 20 1 10 9 11 22 0 48
17 Sporting Gijon 39 11 15 13 39 41 19 8 8 3 26 17 20 3 7 10 13 24 -2 48
18 Racing Santander 39 12 12 15 35 38 19 7 6 6 18 15 20 5 6 9 17 23 -3 48
19 Malaga 39 9 13 17 33 41 19 6 8 5 17 16 20 3 5 12 16 25 -8 40
20 Ponferradina 39 8 15 16 34 50 20 6 6 8 17 23 19 2 9 8 17 27 -16 39
21 UD Ibiza 39 6 11 22 31 65 20 4 7 9 20 31 19 2 4 13 11 34 -34 29
22 Lugo 39 5 13 21 25 53 20 3 10 7 12 17 19 2 3 14 13 36 -28 28

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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.