La Liga 2 preview: Can Ponferradina edge out victory against Amorebieta?

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sun 19.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio El Toralín (8800 seats)

The La Liga 2 standings tell the truth about these squads up until now, with Ponferradina in front of Amorebieta by 18 points. Here's our preview:

Insights:
  • Ponferradina have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Ponferradina have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Amorebieta have scored away.

It's no vacation for neither Ponferradina nor Amorebieta as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Ponferradina form and stats

Ponferradina are steadily winning La Liga 2 games and points here at Estadio El Toralín. 6 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 10 games. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Ponferradina after consecutive victories at their own ground.

A nice win for Ponferradina last time playing, versus UD Ibiza (after extra-time). That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Ojeda and Romera scoring for the victors. The victory against UD Ibiza (after extra-time) came after Romera's winning goal. The Ponferradina manager Pérez Alonso was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 76th minute. Romera, who usually features in attack, was the highest rated player for the side in that match, scoring a rating of 7.8 (out of 10). Romera scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

A 1-1 draw away in the La Liga 2 before that, with Leganes the opponent.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Ponferradina handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, four draws and two defeats.

Ponferradina have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio El Toralín with 18 goals in 10 league matches. Ponferradina are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio El Toralín in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 10 matches.

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Amorebieta form and stats

There's been little loot from Amorebieta's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 10 away games in the La Liga 2. Amorebieta only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 4 draws.

Home advantage was not enough for Amorebieta in their previous game, as they lost their Copa Del Rey-match, hosting Almeria, 1-2. The attacker Orozco got a match rating of 7.6 in that game. Orozco scored one goal and hit two key passes.

A draw for Amorebieta before that, at their own venue hosting Las Palmas (1-1).

Amorebieta are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, three draws and six defeats. From a total of twelve matches.

The attacking power of Amorebieta when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 10 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 14 goals have been conceded by Amorebieta in these games.

Head 2 Head

Statistics for the previous two meetings featuring these two sides are: one win for Ponferradina, zero draws and one win for Amorebieta. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Top Goalscorers

PonferradinaY. de Souza Fonseca
Y. de Souza Fonseca
9 goals
PonferradinaA. Medina Delgado
A. Medina Delgado
4 goals
PonferradinaJ. García Naranjo
J. García Naranjo
4 goals

Ponferradina missing players

Amorebieta missing players

Ponferradina Amorebieta
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 10 4 Played P 2 10 20
10 6 3 Won W 0 1 3
6 3 1 Drew D 0 4 9
4 1 0 Lost L 2 5 8
27 18 7 Scored S 1 7 23
17 8 2 Conceded C 4 14 30
95% 90% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 95%
65% 70% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 90%
40% 60% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 30% 45%
15% 30% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 25%
5% 10% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
55% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 75%
35% 40% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 5%
15% 10% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 25%
 
4.2 5 2.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 3.8 4.1
4.9 4.5 6.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 6.5 5.7
2 2.1 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 1.3 2
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
11.9 11.9 9.2 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10.1 11.5
4 4.6 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 2.9 3.4
34% 39% 54% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 24% 34%
 
11.1 9.5 11 Shots against (avg) S A 11.5 12.8 11.6
3.5 3 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 3.8 3.8
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Ponferradina have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ponferradina have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Ponferradina have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Amorebieta 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 Almeria 20 14 3 3 37 13 10 8 2 0 20 5 10 6 1 3 17 8 24 45
2 Ponferradina 20 10 6 4 27 17 10 6 3 1 18 8 10 4 3 3 9 9 10 36
3 Eibar 20 10 6 4 30 24 10 7 2 1 19 11 10 3 4 3 11 13 6 36
4 Tenerife 20 10 5 5 26 16 10 6 2 2 15 6 10 4 3 3 11 10 10 35
5 Real Valladolid 20 10 4 6 31 24 10 7 2 1 18 6 10 3 2 5 13 18 7 34
6 Las Palmas 20 8 7 5 28 25 10 7 2 1 20 10 10 1 5 4 8 15 3 31
7 Real Oviedo 20 6 10 4 23 19 10 4 5 1 14 9 10 2 5 3 9 10 4 28
8 Girona 20 8 4 8 26 24 10 5 2 3 15 9 10 3 2 5 11 15 2 28
9 Burgos 20 8 4 8 20 18 10 6 2 2 14 4 10 2 2 6 6 14 2 28
10 FC Cartagena 20 8 3 9 24 28 9 6 1 2 15 8 11 2 2 7 9 20 -4 27
11 Malaga 20 7 6 7 20 26 10 7 2 1 12 5 10 0 4 6 8 21 -6 27
12 Huesca 20 6 8 6 22 20 10 3 4 3 10 9 10 3 4 3 12 11 2 26
13 Real Zaragoza 20 5 11 4 17 19 10 2 6 2 6 6 10 3 5 2 11 13 -2 26
14 UD Ibiza 20 5 10 5 19 21 10 2 5 3 10 10 10 3 5 2 9 11 -2 25
15 Sporting Gijon 20 6 6 8 19 24 10 5 2 3 11 9 10 1 4 5 8 15 -5 24
16 Lugo 20 4 11 5 24 24 10 3 5 2 11 10 10 1 6 3 13 14 0 23
17 Mirandés 20 6 5 9 28 31 11 4 2 5 19 20 9 2 3 4 9 11 -3 23
18 Leganes 20 5 7 8 22 24 10 2 5 3 10 10 10 3 2 5 12 14 -2 22
19 Fuenlabrada 20 3 10 7 15 22 10 2 6 2 10 10 10 1 4 5 5 12 -7 19
20 Amorebieta 20 3 9 8 23 30 10 2 5 3 16 16 10 1 4 5 7 14 -7 18
21 Real Sociedad II 20 4 5 11 16 25 10 1 3 6 6 12 10 3 2 5 10 13 -9 17
22 Alcorcon 20 2 4 14 16 39 10 1 4 5 10 21 10 1 0 9 6 18 -23 10

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.