Betting preview: Ponferradina vs Girona should be interesting

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Mon 11.January
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio El Toralín (8800 seats)

Ponferradina have performed better than Girona so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:

Insights:
  • Ponferradina have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Girona have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Copa Del Rey.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Girona, who are travelling more than 900 kilometers to play this game.

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Ponferradina form and stats

When playing at home in the La Liga 2, Ponferradina have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 10 games.

In their previous game, the manager J. Pérez Alonso led his Ponferradina to a defeat in the La Liga 2 match away at Almeria. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio El Toralín. Before that, Ponferradina had a home game versus Real Oviedo which ended with a victory 1-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Ponferradina perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Ponferradina as a small favourite), we find 14 games. Ponferradina has won six of these, drawn four and lost four.

Ponferradina are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 10 games. Ponferradina's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Girona form and stats

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

Girona have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 291 minutes ago. C. Stuani was the goal scorer.

The supporters enjoyed Girona's previous game versus Lugo (after extra-time) (placed 11th), a Copa Del Rey 2-1 win played at home. A draw for Girona before that, at their own venue hosting Sabadell (0-0).

The end of the last match, against Lugo (after extra-time), was very satisfying as Santiago Bueno scored the winning goal deep into overtime.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Girona in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Girona, four draws and five defeats.

The attacking power of Girona when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 10 league matches away. As opposed to that, Girona have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

GironaM. Sylla Diallo
M. Sylla Diallo
5 goals
PonferradinaÓ. Sielva Moreno
Ó. Sielva Moreno
4 goals
PonferradinaY. de Souza Fonseca
Y. de Souza Fonseca
3 goals

Ponferradina missing players

Girona missing players

Ponferradina Girona
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 10 2 Played P 4 10 20
9 5 1 Won W 2 4 8
3 2 1 Drew D 1 2 5
8 3 0 Lost L 1 4 7
21 12 2 Scored S 3 8 15
24 11 1 Conceded C 3 11 16
95% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 90% 85%
70% 70% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 60% 45%
45% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 30% 20%
10% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 5%
5% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
40% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 20% 20%
35% 40% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 40% 45%
30% 30% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 50%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 1.9 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2 2.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 4 6 9
 
7.2 8.2 8 Shots (avg) S ( 5.8 6.2 7.2
3.4 4.3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.3 2.6
31% 28% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 35% 28%
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Girona have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Ponferradina have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 20 13 3 4 30 10 10 8 1 1 17 4 10 5 2 3 13 6 20 42
2 Mallorca 20 12 6 2 28 9 10 6 2 2 18 6 10 6 4 0 10 3 19 42
3 Almeria 20 13 2 5 28 15 10 6 2 2 15 6 10 7 0 3 13 9 13 41
4 Rayo Vallecano 20 10 4 6 22 15 10 8 1 1 17 5 10 2 3 5 5 10 7 34
5 Leganes 20 10 4 6 19 14 10 8 0 2 12 4 10 2 4 4 7 10 5 34
6 Sporting Gijón 20 9 6 5 19 14 10 6 4 0 13 5 10 3 2 5 6 9 5 33
7 Ponferradina 20 9 3 8 21 24 10 5 2 3 12 11 10 4 1 5 9 13 -3 30
8 Girona 20 8 5 7 15 16 10 4 3 3 7 5 10 4 2 4 8 11 -1 29
9 Mirandes 20 7 6 7 18 16 10 3 5 2 8 6 10 4 1 5 10 10 2 27
10 Fuenlabrada 20 6 9 5 21 21 10 2 6 2 7 7 10 4 3 3 14 14 0 27
11 Lugo 20 7 6 7 18 18 10 5 3 2 9 5 10 2 3 5 9 13 0 27
12 UD Logrones 20 8 3 9 18 24 10 5 1 4 11 11 10 3 2 5 7 13 -6 27
13 Malaga 20 7 6 7 19 26 9 2 4 3 7 10 11 5 2 4 12 16 -7 27
14 Real Oviedo 20 6 8 6 24 21 11 3 5 3 16 13 9 3 3 3 8 8 3 26
15 Las Palmas 20 6 8 6 21 25 10 6 2 2 15 11 10 0 6 4 6 14 -4 26
16 Tenerife 20 6 5 9 16 20 10 4 3 3 9 6 10 2 2 6 7 14 -4 23
17 FC Cartagena 20 5 5 10 23 28 10 3 2 5 13 13 10 2 3 5 10 15 -5 20
18 Sabadell 20 5 4 11 18 25 10 2 2 6 9 13 10 3 2 5 9 12 -7 19
19 Castellon 20 5 4 11 18 26 10 4 0 6 9 9 10 1 4 5 9 17 -8 19
20 Alcorcon 20 5 4 11 12 21 10 4 0 6 7 13 10 1 4 5 5 8 -9 19
21 Real Zaragoza 20 4 5 11 15 21 10 3 4 3 10 10 10 1 1 8 5 11 -6 17
22 Albacete 20 3 6 11 12 26 10 2 4 4 9 12 10 1 2 7 3 14 -14 15

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.