La Liga 2 match prediction: Little separates Mirandés and Real Zaragoza in quality

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sun 02.January
Match begins: 17:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal de Anduva (6900 seats)

Real Zaragoza know they are in for a grim excursion to Mirandés and their Estadio Municipal de Anduva. This guide has all the intelligence you need before the match.

Insights:
  • Mirandés have the most conceded goals in the first half (21) in La Liga 2
  • Real Zaragoza have the most points from losing position (11) in La Liga 2

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Mirandés form and stats

When playing at home in the La Liga 2, Mirandés have managed 4 wins, 2 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 11 games.

The fans are hoping that Mirandés will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the La Liga 2 game against FC Cartagena (placed 8th). Hassan, who plays in attack, was the best player for the team in that fixture, receiving a rating of 7.4 (out of 10). Hassan hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 6 of 8 times.

In the game before, an away victory in the Copa Del Rey match versus Lugo with a 2-1 scoreline.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Copa Del Rey game versus Rayo Vallecano in only three days. This game is also played here at Estadio Municipal de Anduva.

A decent goal production from Mirandés in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 11 league matches. Mirandés have conceded 20 from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Real Zaragoza form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their La Liga 2 travels is 3 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats.

The attacking players of Real Zaragoza have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 210 minutes.

The manager Martínez Jiménez was unhappy after their last game, a La Liga 2 match played at their home ground Estadio de la Romareda. Zaragoza suffered a 0-2 loss to Tenerife (placed 3rd). Gámez was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.45. The defender Gámez hit two key passes and won 10 of 14 duels.

That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Burgos in the Copa Del Rey.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Sevilla in just four days.

Zaragoza have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 11 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Real Zaragoza have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these two sides meet on the pitch this campaign, as the history books show this recent fixture: Real Zaragoza - Mirandés 1-1. Head to head totals (for the prior ten meetings): Mirandés won four games, three matches ended with a tie and Real Zaragoza managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / eight

Top Goalscorers

MirandésS. Camello Pérez
S. Camello Pérez
7 goals
MirandésR. Brugué Ayguadé
R. Brugué Ayguadé
6 goals
MirandésI. Vicente Elorduy
I. Vicente Elorduy
5 goals

Mirandés missing players

Real Zaragoza missing players

Mirandés Real Zaragoza
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 11 2 Played P 4 10 21
6 4 0 Won W 1 3 5
5 2 1 Drew D 3 5 11
10 5 1 Lost L 0 2 5
28 19 1 Scored S 5 11 17
34 20 2 Conceded C 4 13 21
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 86%
86% 91% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 90% 71%
57% 64% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 30% 14%
29% 45% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 5%
19% 36% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 5%
67% 73% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 70% 48%
19% 18% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 29%
19% 9% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 38%
 
4.5 3.8 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6.2 4.6 4.6
4 4 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 4.7 4
1.8 1.5 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 2.4
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
12.7 12.8 15 Shots (avg) S ( 13.2 11.5 12.5
4.6 5 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 3.4 3.8
29% 35% 11% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 32% 21%
 
12.8 12.9 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 11.5 13.5 12
4.6 5 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 4.5 3.5
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Mirandés have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Mirandés have the most conceded goals in the first half (21) in La Liga 2
  • Mirandés have the most matches over the total-line (12) in La Liga 2
  • Mirandés haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Real Zaragoza have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Real Zaragoza have the most points from losing position (11) in La Liga 2
  • Real Zaragoza 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 Almería 20 14 3 3 37 13 10 8 2 0 20 5 10 6 1 3 17 8 24 45
2 Eibar 21 11 6 4 31 24 10 7 2 1 19 11 11 4 4 3 12 13 7 39
3 Tenerife 21 11 5 5 28 16 10 6 2 2 15 6 11 5 3 3 13 10 12 38
4 Ponferradina 21 10 7 4 28 18 11 6 4 1 19 9 10 4 3 3 9 9 10 37
5 Real Valladolid 21 11 4 6 33 24 10 7 2 1 18 6 11 4 2 5 15 18 9 37
6 Girona 21 9 4 8 29 25 11 6 2 3 18 10 10 3 2 5 11 15 4 31
7 Las Palmas 21 8 7 6 28 26 11 7 2 2 20 11 10 1 5 4 8 15 2 31
8 FC Cartagena 21 9 3 9 27 28 10 7 1 2 18 8 11 2 2 7 9 20 -1 30
9 Real Oviedo 21 6 11 4 23 19 10 4 5 1 14 9 11 2 6 3 9 10 4 29
10 Burgos 21 8 4 9 21 21 10 6 2 2 14 4 11 2 2 7 7 17 0 28
11 Huesca 21 6 9 6 22 20 11 3 5 3 10 9 10 3 4 3 12 11 2 27
12 Sporting Gijón 21 7 6 8 21 24 10 5 2 3 11 9 11 2 4 5 10 15 -3 27
13 Malaga 21 7 6 8 20 28 11 7 2 2 12 7 10 0 4 6 8 21 -8 27
14 Real Zaragoza 21 5 11 5 17 21 11 2 6 3 6 8 10 3 5 2 11 13 -4 26
15 Leganés 21 6 7 8 24 24 10 2 5 3 10 10 11 4 2 5 14 14 0 25
16 UD Ibiza 21 5 10 6 19 23 11 2 5 4 10 12 10 3 5 2 9 11 -4 25
17 Lugo 20 4 11 5 24 24 10 3 5 2 11 10 10 1 6 3 13 14 0 23
18 Mirandés 21 6 5 10 28 34 11 4 2 5 19 20 10 2 3 5 9 14 -6 23
19 Fuenlabrada 21 3 11 7 15 22 11 2 7 2 10 10 10 1 4 5 5 12 -7 20
20 Amorebieta 21 3 10 8 24 31 10 2 5 3 16 16 11 1 5 5 8 15 -7 19
21 Real Sociedad II 21 4 5 12 16 27 11 1 3 7 6 14 10 3 2 5 10 13 -11 17
22 Alcorcon 21 2 5 14 16 39 10 1 4 5 10 21 11 1 1 9 6 18 -23 11

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.