Home advantage could prove decisive in Leganés - Ponferradina battle

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sun 12.December
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal de Butarque (11454 seats)

The visiting Ponferradina team should be the strongest party at Leganés, as the away team own a 14 point lead from their 19 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Leganés have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Ponferradina have won significantly less corners away then at home.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Leganés form and stats

Leganés have collected 10 points from their La Liga 2 home games so far after 2-4-3.

Leganés faced defeat in their previous match, away at Girona (0-3).

Before that match, a Copa Del Rey win away at Xerez Deportivo.

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 Leganés have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found twelve games) they have won seven times, drawn two and lost three.

Leganés are traveling soon after this match as the Copa Del Rey match at Cultural Leonesa awaits in three days.

The Leganés fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 9 goals have been conceded.

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Ponferradina form and stats

Playing away, Ponferradina have won 4 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the La Liga 2 this season.

The supporters enjoyed Ponferradina's previous game versus Mirandes (placed 18th), a La Liga 2 2-1 win played at home. Goalkeeper Amir Abedzadeh was absolutely vital in the Ponferradina victory against Mirandes, making six saves. The end of the last match, against Mirandes, was very satisfying as Yuri scored the winning goal deep into overtime. The attacker Yuri got a match rating of 8.81 in that game. Yuri scored two goals and hit the woodwork once.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Cacereno.

Ponferradina are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, three draws and eight defeats. From a total of 13 matches.

A new game in only three days for Ponferradina, the Copa Del Rey home match versus UD Ibiza. Busy days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Ponferradina as they have only managed to score 8 times from 9 away games in the league. Ponferradina are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Leganés one win, three draws and Ponferradina two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

PonferradinaY. de Souza Fonseca
Y. de Souza Fonseca
8 goals
LeganésL. Ranđelović
L. Ranđelović
4 goals
PonferradinaA. Medina Delgado
A. Medina Delgado
4 goals

Leganés missing players

Ponferradina missing players

Leganés Ponferradina
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 4 Played P 2 9 19
5 2 1 Won W 1 4 10
6 4 1 Drew D 1 2 5
8 3 2 Lost L 0 3 4
21 9 5 Scored S 3 8 26
23 9 5 Conceded C 2 8 16
89% 78% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
74% 67% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 56% 63%
42% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 22% 42%
11% 11% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 16%
11% 11% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
53% 56% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 44% 53%
26% 33% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 37%
32% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 16%
 
4.7 5.2 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3.6 4.3
2.7 2.1 2.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 5.8 5.1
2 1.2 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.9
2 1 1 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
13.5 14.3 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 15 12.2 12.1
4.3 4.4 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3.3 4
26% 22% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 27% 34%
 
9.8 7.7 9 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 12.8 11.1
3.6 2.8 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 4.2 3.6
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Leganés have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Ponferradina have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Ponferradina haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Almeria 19 13 3 3 34 13 9 7 2 0 17 5 10 6 1 3 17 8 21 42
2 Ponferradina 19 10 5 4 26 16 10 6 3 1 18 8 9 4 2 3 8 8 10 35
3 Eibar 19 10 5 4 28 22 9 7 1 1 17 9 10 3 4 3 11 13 6 35
4 Tenerife 19 10 4 5 25 15 9 6 1 2 14 5 10 4 3 3 11 10 10 34
5 Real Valladolid 19 9 4 6 29 23 9 6 2 1 16 5 10 3 2 5 13 18 6 31
6 Las Palmas 19 8 6 5 27 24 10 7 2 1 20 10 9 1 4 4 7 14 3 30
7 Real Oviedo 19 6 10 3 22 17 10 4 5 1 14 9 9 2 5 2 8 8 5 28
8 Girona 19 8 3 8 25 23 10 5 2 3 15 9 9 3 1 5 10 14 2 27
9 Real Zaragoza 19 5 11 3 17 16 10 2 6 2 6 6 9 3 5 1 11 10 1 26
10 FC Cartagena 19 8 2 9 23 27 9 6 1 2 15 8 10 2 1 7 8 19 -4 26
11 Malaga 19 7 5 7 18 24 10 7 2 1 12 5 9 0 3 6 6 19 -6 26
12 Huesca 19 6 7 6 21 19 10 3 4 3 10 9 9 3 3 3 11 10 2 25
13 Burgos 19 7 4 8 18 18 9 5 2 2 12 4 10 2 2 6 6 14 0 25
14 UD Ibiza 19 5 9 5 18 20 9 2 4 3 9 9 10 3 5 2 9 11 -2 24
15 Sporting Gijon 19 6 5 8 18 23 9 5 1 3 10 8 10 1 4 5 8 15 -5 23
16 Lugo 19 4 10 5 23 23 10 3 5 2 11 10 9 1 5 3 12 13 0 22
17 Leganés 19 5 6 8 21 23 9 2 4 3 9 9 10 3 2 5 12 14 -2 21
18 Mirandes 19 5 5 9 26 31 10 3 2 5 17 20 9 2 3 4 9 11 -5 20
19 Fuenlabrada 19 3 10 6 15 20 10 2 6 2 10 10 9 1 4 4 5 10 -5 19
20 Amorebieta 19 3 8 8 22 29 9 2 4 3 15 15 10 1 4 5 7 14 -7 17
21 Real Sociedad II 19 4 5 10 16 23 10 1 3 6 6 12 9 3 2 4 10 11 -7 17
22 Alcorcón 19 2 3 14 15 38 9 1 3 5 9 20 10 1 0 9 6 18 -23 9

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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.