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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sun 18.December
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Ciudad de Valencia (26354 seats)

A very important game in La Liga 2 as both squads are fighting for the top spots. With Levante in 2nd position and SD Eibar located at 1st, this has all the looks of an exciting meeting. Read on to learn more!

Insights:
  • Levante is in the best form (3-3-0) in La Liga 2
  • SD Eibar have the most points from losing position (15) in La Liga 2

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

Levante have collected 18 points from their La Liga 2 home games so far after 5-3-2. days ago.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Daniel Cardenas Lindez not having conceded a league goal in 348 minutes.

A good away victory last time out for Levante, who won 2-0 against Deportivo Alavés (placed 4th). Defender Pier got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.63/10. Pier hit one key pass and won 2 of 2 duels.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Ponferradina that ended 0-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Levante perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Levante as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Levante has won 3 of these, drawn 4 and lost 1.

Trench warfare? Looking at this team's last 20 league matches, 15 have contained zero, one or two goals.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Levante, as the Copa Del Rey home game vs FC Andorra is only three days away.

Levante has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. From these home matches, Levante have conceded only 5 goals.

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SD Eibar form and stats

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

Eibar go into this game after a win, the home game against Real Oviedo that ended 1-0. Esnal came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Real Oviedo last time out, making the manager Aguirre feel like a tactical genius. Pereira got a match rating of 7.15 in that game, top player of the team. Pereira served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 57 successful passes (of 67 total).

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

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by SD Eibar in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for SD Eibar, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

SD Eibar have another game that requires travelling in just three days, a Copa Del Rey match versus Ibiza Islas Pitiusas. A hard diary for the visitors!

Eibar have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Levante-SD Eibar H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Levante three wins, SD Eibar two wins, five draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

SD EibarJ. Molina Martínez
J. Molina Martínez
6 goals
LevanteM. Bouldini
M. Bouldini
4 goals
SD EibarJ. Corpas Serna
J. Corpas Serna
3 goals

Levante missing players

SD Eibar missing players

Levante SD Eibar
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 10 2 Played P 3 10 20
9 5 0 Won W 1 3 10
8 3 1 Drew D 1 3 6
3 2 1 Lost L 1 4 4
22 11 1 Scored S 4 10 24
13 5 2 Conceded C 4 13 17
75% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 85%
50% 40% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 65%
25% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 45%
15% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 10%
10% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
40% 30% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 50%
50% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 40%
35% 40% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 30% 25%
 
4.8 4.7 3 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 3.7 5.2
4.2 3.9 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.1 4
3.3 2.8 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 3.2 3
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 4 4
 
11.6 12.7 10 Shots (avg) S ( 13 12.3 13.4
3.9 4.2 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.4 4.1
28% 26% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 29% 29%
 
11.7 10.8 11 Shots against (avg) S A 12.7 12 10.3
3.5 3.4 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 4.5 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.
  • Levante is in the best form (3-3-0) in La Liga 2
  • SD Eibar have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • SD Eibar have the most points from losing position (15) in La Liga 2
  • SD Eibar 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 SD Eibar 20 10 6 4 24 17 10 7 3 0 14 4 10 3 3 4 10 13 7 36
2 Levante 20 9 8 3 22 13 10 5 3 2 11 5 10 4 5 1 11 8 9 35
3 Las Palmas 20 9 8 3 23 12 10 5 3 2 11 6 10 4 5 1 12 6 11 35
4 Deportivo Alavés 20 9 7 4 22 19 10 6 3 1 12 6 10 3 4 3 10 13 3 34
5 Burgos 20 9 7 4 18 10 10 5 3 2 12 6 10 4 4 2 6 4 8 34
6 FC Cartagena 20 9 5 6 23 18 10 5 2 3 13 10 10 4 3 3 10 8 5 32
7 Granada 20 9 5 6 24 14 10 8 2 0 21 2 10 1 3 6 3 12 10 32
8 Albacete 20 7 8 5 23 25 10 3 5 2 9 8 10 4 3 3 14 17 -2 29
9 Villarreal II 20 7 7 6 23 24 10 5 5 0 16 8 10 2 2 6 7 16 -1 28
10 FC Andorra 20 8 4 8 21 16 10 5 1 4 14 6 10 3 3 4 7 10 5 28
11 Huesca 20 7 6 7 16 17 10 6 3 1 11 4 10 1 3 6 5 13 -1 27
12 Sporting Gijon 20 6 9 5 22 21 10 4 4 2 15 10 10 2 5 3 7 11 1 27
13 Leganes 20 7 6 7 20 19 10 5 3 2 12 9 10 2 3 5 8 10 1 27
14 Real Zaragoza 20 6 7 7 17 17 10 4 4 2 11 8 10 2 3 5 6 9 0 25
15 Real Oviedo 20 6 6 8 12 15 10 4 2 4 6 7 10 2 4 4 6 8 -3 24
16 Tenerife 20 6 6 8 21 23 10 5 3 2 12 7 10 1 3 6 9 16 -2 24
17 Mirandes 20 5 8 7 23 26 10 4 4 2 16 13 10 1 4 5 7 13 -3 23
18 Ponferradina 20 5 6 9 19 27 10 3 3 4 10 12 10 2 3 5 9 15 -8 21
19 Lugo 20 4 6 10 17 26 10 2 4 4 7 8 10 2 2 6 10 18 -9 18
20 Racing Santander 20 4 6 10 10 17 10 1 4 5 4 9 10 3 2 5 6 8 -7 18
21 UD Ibiza 20 4 4 12 14 28 11 3 3 5 10 14 9 1 1 7 4 14 -14 16
22 Málaga 20 3 7 10 15 25 9 2 4 3 8 12 11 1 3 7 7 13 -10 16

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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.