Levante vs Lugo preview: Away side in for a hard 90 minutes at Estadio Ciudad de Valencia

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sun 26.February
Match begins: 15:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Ciudad de Valencia (26354 seats)

Levante are thought of as favourites to win this home fixture versus Lugo, if the league positions are anything to judge by. Or could we be in for a surprise?

Insights:
  • Levante have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Lugo is in the worst form (0-1-5)

It's quite the trip for Lugo when visiting Levante as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Levante form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estadio Ciudad de Valencia as Levante have scored 16 goals to get 28 points from 14 games. The overall stats in the La Liga 2 are 8-4-2 (wins-draws-losses). Levante has a nice streak going on as they have played 19 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away).

Levante are confident in defense, having played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Levante travelled for their previous game, a trip to Ponferradina that ended 0-0. The goalie Cárdenas was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.83 out of ten. Cárdenas topped it up with a clean sheet.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting FC Andorra in a game that was won 1-0.

Trouble hitting the net? Looking at this team's last 13 league matches, 10 have contained zero, one or two goals.

The Levante fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 14 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Levante have only let in {6 goals} at home.

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Lugo form and stats

Lugo have only collected 8 points from their away games in the La Liga 2, after 2-2-10 (14 played). A depressing five defeats in a row for Lugo in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Racing Santander.

Lugo are looking to quickly end their 384 minutes long goal drought in the La Liga 2.

Lugo might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Eibar proved too strong as Lugo slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Estadio Anxo Carro. Moyano, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.22. Moyano dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.

A 0-3 defeat away at Las Palmas before that.

Low-scoring game? 10 of this side's last 12 league fixtures have seen zero, one or two goals.

The attacking power of Lugo when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 14 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Lugo have conceded 26 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Lugo - Levante 1-1 was the output when these two contenders last met, earlier this season. Levante-Lugo H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Levante two wins, Lugo one win, two draws. zero of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

LevanteM. Bouldini
M. Bouldini
6 goals
LevanteJ. Gómez Campaña
J. Gómez Campaña
5 goals
LevanteA. Cantero Sánchez
A. Cantero Sánchez
3 goals

Levante missing players

Lugo missing players

Levante Lugo
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 3 14 28
13 8 2 Won W 0 2 5
12 4 1 Drew D 0 2 7
3 2 1 Lost L 3 10 16
32 16 2 Scored S 0 10 19
18 6 1 Conceded C 6 26 38
75% 79% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 89%
50% 36% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 71% 61%
29% 21% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 43% 32%
18% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 14%
7% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 7%
43% 29% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 43% 39%
50% 57% 75% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 25%
32% 36% 50% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 46%
 
5 5.2 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.3 3.6
3.8 3.4 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 9.3 6.9 7.5
3.1 2.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 2.7
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 5
 
12 12.9 13.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 10.4 10.5
3.7 4.1 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 2.8 2.9
31% 28% 11% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 26% 23%
 
11.1 10.1 10.8 Shots against (avg) S A 18 15.1 14.8
3.3 3.1 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5.3 4.6
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Levante have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Lugo have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Lugo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Lugo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Lugo have the fewest clean sheets (1) away in La Liga 2
  • Lugo have the most conceded goals (26) away in La Liga 2
  • Lugo haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Lugo is in the worst form (0-1-5)

  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

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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.