La Liga 2 preview: Can Levante edge out victory against Real Zaragoza?

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Fri 31.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Ciudad de Valencia (26354 seats)

A glance at the La Liga 2 table shows that this is top- against mid-table, but there's more to this game than that. Read our Levante - Real Zaragoza match guide!

Insights:
  • Levante have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Real Zaragoza have won significantly less corners away then at home.

This should be an entertaining game with lots of spark and energy as both sides are well rested since they last ran out on the pitch. Get ready!

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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 19 goals to get 32 points from 16 games. The overall stats in the La Liga 2 are 9-5-2 (wins-draws-losses). The Levante fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Estadio Ciudad de Valencia and will expect new points from this game. Levante has played eleven games in a row here without a defeat.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Daniel Cardenas Lindez not having conceded a league goal in 286 minutes.

Levante enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Racing Santander's place. The match ended 1-0 with Montiel scoring. At last, a league win after three fixtures without. Cárdenas loved the game against Racing Santander. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 1-0 victory. Goalkeeper Cárdenas got the top rating on the team in that game; 9.43 out of ten. Cárdenas saved a penalty and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Malaga that finished 0-0.

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 Levante have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 9 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 3 and lost 1.

Levante has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. Levante have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {7 goals}.

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Real Zaragoza form and stats

There's been little loot from Real Zaragoza's travels as they have only collected 17 points from 17 away games in the La Liga 2. Real Zaragoza only have 4 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 5 draws. Two points from the last two away games for Zaragoza, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Real Zaragoza's last game was the home draw against Albacete (1-1). López was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.94. The defender López scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 8 of 10 duels.

Before that, Real Zaragoza travelled to Huesca and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

Zaragoza are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat. From a total of 4 matches.

The visitors have scored 12 goals from 17 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Real Zaragoza have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Levante have avoided defeat in the last 4 fixtures (2-2-0) versus Real Zaragoza.

The two teams involved played each other previously this campaign: Real Zaragoza - Levante 0-0.

Top Goalscorers

LevanteM. Bouldini
M. Bouldini
7 goals
Real ZaragozaG. Simeone
G. Simeone
7 goals
LevanteJ. Gómez Campaña
J. Gómez Campaña
5 goals

Levante missing players

Real Zaragoza missing players

Levante Real Zaragoza
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 17 33
15 9 4 Won W 0 4 9
14 5 1 Drew D 2 5 13
4 2 0 Lost L 3 8 11
36 19 8 Scored S 0 12 28
22 7 1 Conceded C 3 18 31
73% 75% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 60% 82% 76%
48% 38% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 47% 55%
30% 25% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 29% 33%
18% 19% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 9%
6% 6% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 6%
39% 31% 20% BTTS BTTS 0% 29% 36%
52% 56% 80% Clean Sheets C S 40% 29% 39%
36% 38% 20% Failed to Score F T 100% 59% 48%
 
5.5 5.9 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.6 4.3 5.4
3.8 3.4 2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 5.4 5
3 2.2 3.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.5 2.4
4 1 1 Red cards R C 1 7 7
 
12.8 13.9 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 10 8.8 10.6
3.8 4.3 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.4 3 3.8
29% 28% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 24% 22%
 
10.8 10.1 10.6 Shots against (avg) S A 10.2 12.1 10.7
3.3 3.2 2.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 4.1 3.5
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Levante have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Real Zaragoza 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 Eibar 33 18 9 6 37 25 17 11 5 1 20 8 16 7 4 5 17 17 12 63
2 Granada 33 18 7 8 44 23 17 14 3 0 32 4 16 4 4 8 12 19 21 61
3 Las Palmas 33 15 14 4 39 22 17 9 6 2 23 11 16 6 8 2 16 11 17 59
4 Levante 33 15 14 4 36 22 16 9 5 2 19 7 17 6 9 2 17 15 14 59
5 Deportivo Alaves 33 16 9 8 40 27 17 11 5 1 23 8 16 5 4 7 17 19 13 57
6 Albacete 33 13 13 7 41 35 16 8 5 3 22 13 17 5 8 4 19 22 6 52
7 FC Cartagena 33 13 8 12 38 36 17 7 3 7 18 20 16 6 5 5 20 16 2 47
8 Burgos 33 11 13 9 25 22 16 6 7 3 17 12 17 5 6 6 8 10 3 46
9 Villarreal II 33 12 9 12 38 40 17 8 6 3 26 17 16 4 3 9 12 23 -2 45
10 Huesca 33 9 16 8 29 27 16 8 7 1 19 8 17 1 9 7 10 19 2 43
11 FC Andorra 33 11 8 14 33 29 16 7 3 6 20 11 17 4 5 8 13 18 4 41
12 Tenerife 33 10 11 12 31 32 16 8 5 3 19 10 17 2 6 9 12 22 -1 41
13 Mirandes 33 10 11 12 38 41 17 8 5 4 26 21 16 2 6 8 12 20 -3 41
14 Real Zaragoza 33 9 13 11 28 31 16 5 8 3 16 13 17 4 5 8 12 18 -3 40
15 Leganes 32 10 10 12 27 30 17 8 5 4 18 14 15 2 5 8 9 16 -3 40
16 Real Oviedo 33 10 9 14 20 26 16 6 4 6 9 10 17 4 5 8 11 16 -6 39
17 Sporting Gijon 33 8 14 11 31 35 16 6 7 3 22 16 17 2 7 8 9 19 -4 38
18 Racing Santander 33 9 11 13 26 30 16 4 6 6 12 14 17 5 5 7 14 16 -4 38
19 Ponferradina 33 7 13 13 27 40 17 5 6 6 14 18 16 2 7 7 13 22 -13 34
20 UD Ibiza 33 6 10 17 27 48 17 4 7 6 18 21 16 2 3 11 9 27 -21 28
21 Malaga 32 5 12 15 26 37 16 4 7 5 14 16 16 1 5 10 12 21 -11 27
22 Lugo 33 5 10 18 21 44 16 3 7 6 10 13 17 2 3 12 11 31 -23 25

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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.