La Liga 2 match preview: Lugo versus Rayo Vallecano

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sun 01.November
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Anxo Carro (7840 seats)

Lugo will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 3 points behind Rayo Vallecano.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Lugo form and stats

2 victories, 0 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Lugo have to build on here at Estadio Anxo Carro in the La Liga 2.

Lugo shared the glory with Tenerife in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. In the preceding match a 3-2 victory visiting UD Logrones.

Juanpe was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Tenerife after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?

The Lugo fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 4 matches. Lugo's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Rayo Vallecano form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their La Liga 2 travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Vallecano are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the La Liga 2 against Fuenlabrada (placed 10th). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Albacete wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

Goals are few and far between in Rayo Vallecano's away league games. Only 2 goals from 5 travels. As opposed to that, Vallecano have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Lugo victories, two draws and five Rayo Vallecano wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Lugo missing players

Rayo Vallecano missing players

Lugo Rayo Vallecano
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
9 4 2 Played P 1 5 9
4 2 1 Won W 0 1 5
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
4 2 1 Lost L 1 3 3
11 5 2 Scored S 0 2 11
11 4 2 Conceded C 3 6 7
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 89%
78% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 40% 56%
44% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 40% 44%
11% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 11%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
44% 25% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 20% 22%
22% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 56%
33% 50% 50% Failed to Score F T 100% 60% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.9 3.5 4.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.6 2.7
3 2 2 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
54 20 9 Total Shots T S 10 43 93
26 9 4 Shots on Target S O 4 17 37
42% 56% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 12% 30%
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Lugo has the most conceded goals in the first half (6) in La Liga 2
  • Lugo has the most points from losing position (7) in La Liga 2
  • Lugo has the most scored goals in the second half (11) in La Liga 2
  • Lugo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lugo have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Rayo Vallecano have scored away.
  • Lugo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Rayo Vallecano have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored 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 Espanyol 9 6 2 1 11 1 5 4 1 0 8 0 4 2 1 1 3 1 10 20
2 Sporting Gijon 9 6 1 2 10 5 4 3 1 0 6 2 5 3 0 2 4 3 5 19
3 Mallorca 9 5 3 1 9 2 5 3 1 1 6 2 4 2 2 0 3 0 7 18
4 Rayo Vallecano 9 5 1 3 11 7 4 4 0 0 9 1 5 1 1 3 2 6 4 16
5 Leganés 9 5 0 4 9 8 5 4 0 1 7 3 4 1 0 3 2 5 1 15
6 Malaga 9 4 2 3 7 11 4 2 2 0 3 1 5 2 0 3 4 10 -4 14
7 Mirandés 9 3 4 2 7 6 5 1 3 1 2 2 4 2 1 1 5 4 1 13
8 Las Palmas 9 3 4 2 12 12 4 3 1 0 9 5 5 0 3 2 3 7 0 13
9 Lugo 9 4 1 4 11 11 4 2 0 2 5 4 5 2 1 2 6 7 0 13
10 Fuenlabrada 9 3 4 2 9 10 4 2 2 0 4 1 5 1 2 2 5 9 -1 13
11 FC Cartagena 9 3 3 3 11 9 4 2 1 1 6 3 5 1 2 2 5 6 2 12
12 Ponferradina 8 4 0 4 9 8 4 2 0 2 5 4 4 2 0 2 4 4 1 12
13 Girona 7 4 0 3 5 7 3 2 0 1 3 2 4 2 0 2 2 5 -2 12
14 Almería 7 3 1 3 8 6 3 1 1 1 4 2 4 2 0 2 4 4 2 10
15 Albacete 9 2 3 4 7 10 5 2 2 1 7 5 4 0 1 3 0 5 -3 9
16 Tenerife 9 2 3 4 6 9 5 2 2 1 5 3 4 0 1 3 1 6 -3 9
17 Castellon 9 2 2 5 8 10 5 1 0 4 3 5 4 1 2 1 5 5 -2 8
18 UD Logrones 8 2 2 4 8 10 4 1 1 2 4 5 4 1 1 2 4 5 -2 8
19 Real Oviedo 9 1 4 4 6 10 5 1 2 2 3 5 4 0 2 2 3 5 -4 7
20 Real Zaragoza 7 1 3 3 4 6 4 1 2 1 4 4 3 0 1 2 0 2 -2 6
21 Alcorcon 7 1 2 4 3 6 4 1 1 2 3 4 3 0 1 2 0 2 -3 5
22 Sabadell 7 1 1 5 2 9 3 1 0 2 1 3 4 0 1 3 1 6 -7 4

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.