Estadio El Toralín: Ponferradina vs Almería La Liga 2 preview

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Fri 17.July
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio El Toralín (8800 seats)

The visiting Almería side should be favourites in this visit to Ponferradina, as the away team holds a 15 point advantage from their 40 league games this season.

The visiting Almería played their last game only four days ago, a La Liga 2 match.

These teams have little in common geographically as Almería have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

Ponferradina are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Almería are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Ponferradina form and stats

When playing at home in the La Liga 2, Ponferradina have managed 8 wins, 9 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 20 games. It's trouble wherever Ponferradina are playing these days as they have suffered five straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Ponferradina, their manager J. Pérez Alonso and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 391 minutes without scoring a league goal. Kaxe was the last player to find the net.

The fans are hoping that Ponferradina will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the La Liga 2 game against Numancia (placed 18th). Before that game, the home loss against Lugo with the scoreline 0-1.

There will be little rest for Ponferradina after this match as they are travelling to Real Zaragoza for a La Liga 2 game in only three days.

The Ponferradina fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 24 in 20 matches. From these home matches, Ponferradina have conceded only 16 goals.

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Almería form and stats

As the visiting team in La Liga 2 matches, Almería, who have the most scored goals (61) in La Liga 2, have produced an overall stat of 7-9-4 so far.

Almería go into this game after a win, the home game against Rayo Vallecano that ended 3-2. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Girona's place.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Málaga in just three days.

Almería are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 31 times in 20 away games so far. Almería have conceded 22 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Almería - Ponferradina 2-3. Head-to-head totals (for the last seven meetings): Ponferradina won one game, two matches ended with a draw and Almería has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / two

Top Goalscorers

PonferradinaY. de Souza Fonseca
Y. de Souza Fonseca
17 goals
AlmeríaD. Núñez Ribeiro
D. Núñez Ribeiro
15 goals
AlmeríaJ. Lazo Romero
J. Lazo Romero
9 goals

Ponferradina missing players

Almería missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Ponferradina Almería
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
40 20 6 Played P 7 20 40
11 8 2 Won W 4 7 17
15 9 3 Drew D 3 9 12
14 3 1 Lost L 0 4 11
42 24 7 Scored S 10 31 61
47 16 7 Conceded C 3 22 41
92% 90% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 86% 90% 90%
72% 75% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 57% 75% 70%
35% 25% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 29% 50% 48%
20% 10% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 14% 35% 32%
2% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 12%
52% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 43% 60% 50%
20% 35% 17% Clean Sheets C S 57% 35% 38%
35% 25% 33% Failed to Score F T 14% 15% 22%
 
4 4.2 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.1 3.8 4.1
4.2 3.5 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 5.5 4.7
2.3 2.1 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.9 2.9 2.9
4 1 1 Red cards R C 0 2 6
 
386 224 73 Total Shots T S 80 192 376
147 79 27 Shots on Target S O 25 73 161
29% 30% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 42% 38%
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Almería has the most scored goals (31) away
  • Almería has the most scored goals (61)
  • Almería has the most scored goals in the second half (36)
  • Almería has the the best goal difference (+20)
  • Almería have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Ponferradina 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 Cádiz 40 19 12 9 49 36 20 10 6 4 28 19 20 9 6 5 21 17 13 69
2 Huesca 40 19 7 14 51 42 20 14 3 3 33 17 20 5 4 11 18 25 9 64
3 Almería 40 17 12 11 61 41 20 10 3 7 30 19 20 7 9 4 31 22 20 63
4 Real Zaragoza 40 17 11 12 56 48 20 8 4 8 28 26 20 9 7 4 28 22 8 62
5 Girona 40 16 12 12 46 40 20 13 5 2 27 12 20 3 7 10 19 28 6 60
6 Elche 40 15 13 12 49 40 20 7 8 5 24 18 20 8 5 7 25 22 9 58
7 Fuenlabrada 40 14 15 11 43 37 20 8 8 4 26 20 20 6 7 7 17 17 6 57
8 Rayo Vallecano 40 12 20 8 56 47 20 9 8 3 27 19 20 3 12 5 29 28 9 56
9 Tenerife 40 14 13 13 48 42 20 7 9 4 24 19 20 7 4 9 24 23 6 55
10 Sporting Gijón 40 14 12 14 40 35 20 10 5 5 28 16 20 4 7 9 12 19 5 54
11 Alcorcón 40 12 18 10 50 48 20 5 6 9 22 29 20 7 12 1 28 19 2 54
12 Las Palmas 40 13 14 13 42 43 20 8 7 5 26 20 20 5 7 8 16 23 -1 53
13 Mirandés 40 12 17 11 53 57 20 7 11 2 24 17 20 5 6 9 29 40 -4 53
14 Real Oviedo 40 12 14 14 47 51 20 6 11 3 23 20 20 6 3 11 24 31 -4 50
15 Málaga 40 10 19 11 33 33 20 7 9 4 23 18 20 3 10 7 10 15 0 49
16 Ponferradina 40 11 15 14 42 47 20 8 9 3 24 16 20 3 6 11 18 31 -5 48
17 Deportivo La Coruña 40 11 15 14 41 58 20 7 8 5 27 28 20 4 7 9 14 30 -17 48
18 Numancia 40 12 11 17 43 49 20 10 5 5 22 13 20 2 6 12 21 36 -6 47
19 Lugo 40 10 16 14 39 52 20 6 8 6 24 30 20 4 8 8 15 22 -13 46
20 Albacete 40 11 13 16 31 45 20 4 9 7 15 21 20 7 4 9 16 24 -14 46
21 Extremadura UD 40 9 13 18 40 54 20 5 4 11 19 26 20 4 9 7 21 28 -14 40
22 Racing Santander 40 5 18 17 38 53 20 3 9 8 24 27 20 2 9 9 14 26 -15 33

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cádiz 40 19 12 9 49 36 20 10 6 4 28 19 20 9 6 5 21 17 13 69
2 Huesca 40 19 7 14 51 42 20 14 3 3 33 17 20 5 4 11 18 25 9 64
3 Almería 40 17 12 11 61 41 20 10 3 7 30 19 20 7 9 4 31 22 20 63
4 Real Zaragoza 40 17 11 12 56 48 20 8 4 8 28 26 20 9 7 4 28 22 8 62
5 Girona 40 16 12 12 46 40 20 13 5 2 27 12 20 3 7 10 19 28 6 60
6 Elche 40 15 13 12 49 40 20 7 8 5 24 18 20 8 5 7 25 22 9 58
7 Fuenlabrada 40 14 15 11 43 37 20 8 8 4 26 20 20 6 7 7 17 17 6 57
8 Rayo Vallecano 40 12 20 8 56 47 20 9 8 3 27 19 20 3 12 5 29 28 9 56
9 Tenerife 40 14 13 13 48 42 20 7 9 4 24 19 20 7 4 9 24 23 6 55
10 Sporting Gijón 40 14 12 14 40 35 20 10 5 5 28 16 20 4 7 9 12 19 5 54
11 Alcorcón 40 12 18 10 50 48 20 5 6 9 22 29 20 7 12 1 28 19 2 54
12 Las Palmas 40 13 14 13 42 43 20 8 7 5 26 20 20 5 7 8 16 23 -1 53
13 Mirandés 40 12 17 11 53 57 20 7 11 2 24 17 20 5 6 9 29 40 -4 53
14 Real Oviedo 40 12 14 14 47 51 20 6 11 3 23 20 20 6 3 11 24 31 -4 50
15 Málaga 40 10 19 11 33 33 20 7 9 4 23 18 20 3 10 7 10 15 0 49
16 Ponferradina 40 11 15 14 42 47 20 8 9 3 24 16 20 3 6 11 18 31 -5 48
17 Deportivo La Coruña 40 11 15 14 41 58 20 7 8 5 27 28 20 4 7 9 14 30 -17 48
18 Numancia 40 12 11 17 43 49 20 10 5 5 22 13 20 2 6 12 21 36 -6 47
19 Lugo 40 10 16 14 39 52 20 6 8 6 24 30 20 4 8 8 15 22 -13 46
20 Albacete 40 11 13 16 31 45 20 4 9 7 15 21 20 7 4 9 16 24 -14 46
21 Extremadura UD 40 9 13 18 40 54 20 5 4 11 19 26 20 4 9 7 21 28 -14 40
22 Racing Santander 40 5 18 17 38 53 20 3 9 8 24 27 20 2 9 9 14 26 -15 33

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