La Liga 2 duel: Close contest expected between Ponferradina and Huesca

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Tue 01.November
Match begins: 15:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio El Toralín (8800 seats)

Pre-match info: 7 points are between the squads ahead of this match, Huesca having performed best. Can Ponferradina take the guests by surprise?

Insights:
  • Ponferradina have the most conceded goals (21) in La Liga 2
  • Huesca have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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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Ponferradina form and stats

With 1 La Liga 2 win, 2 draws and 3 defeats from their home games, Ponferradina are certainly not brimming with confidence.

Ponferradina lost their last game at FC Andorra (placed 11th) after a 0-3 scoreline. Midfield player Medina got a match rating of 7.15 in that game, the max score being 10. Medina hit two key passes and had 20 successful passes (of 23 total).

Preceding that game was the away draw at Racing Santander that finished 1-1.

Ponferradina are traveling soon after this match as the La Liga 2 match at Leganes awaits in four days.

Ponferradina have conceded 9 from these games.

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Huesca form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Huesca so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-2 (win-draw-lose).

Impressive finishing from Carrillo secured the home win 1-0 against Las Palmas in their previous game. Pulido, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.81. Pulido won 1 of 4 duels.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Mirandes.

Low-scoring game? 8 of this club's latest 10 league matches have seen zero, one or two goals.

After this away game Huesca return home for a La Liga 2 game against Villarreal II. That game is only four sleeps after this.

The attacking power of Huesca when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 6 league matches away. Huesca are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 6 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Head to head data (for the previous ten meetings): Ponferradina won four games, four matches ended with a draw and Huesca have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six. The matches between these teams have sometimes been brutal, having seen 7 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

PonferradinaD. Ojeda Saranova
D. Ojeda Saranova
4 goals
HuescaJ. Real Ruiz
J. Real Ruiz
3 goals
PonferradinaE. Espiau Hernández
E. Espiau Hernández
2 goals

Ponferradina missing players

Huesca missing players

Ponferradina Huesca
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 6 2 Played P 2 6 13
3 1 0 Won W 1 1 5
4 2 1 Drew D 1 3 5
6 3 1 Lost L 0 2 3
14 6 0 Scored S 2 4 13
21 9 1 Conceded C 1 5 9
92% 83% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 67% 77%
69% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 46%
62% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 31%
38% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 8%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
62% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 38%
15% 17% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 62%
31% 33% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 23%
 
3.4 4 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3 3.3
6 4.3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 7 7.7 6.6
3.5 2.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 2.1
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
10.6 12.8 10 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 9.3 9
3.3 3.8 0.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.5 2.6
33% 26% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 27% 38%
 
13.7 11.5 13 Shots against (avg) S A 12.5 12.2 12.5
5.2 4.3 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 4.2 3.4
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Huesca have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Huesca have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Ponferradina have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ponferradina have the most conceded goals (21) in La Liga 2
  • Ponferradina have the most conceded goals in the first half (13) in La Liga 2
  • Ponferradina is in the worst form (0-3-3)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Las Palmas 13 7 5 1 16 5 6 4 2 0 6 0 7 3 3 1 10 5 11 26
2 Deportivo Alavés 13 7 5 1 16 11 7 4 3 0 9 4 6 3 2 1 7 7 5 26
3 Burgos 13 6 6 1 10 3 7 5 2 0 9 1 6 1 4 1 1 2 7 24
4 Granada 12 6 2 4 15 10 6 5 1 0 13 1 6 1 1 4 2 9 5 20
5 FC Cartagena 12 6 2 4 16 12 6 3 1 2 9 7 6 3 1 2 7 5 4 20
6 Huesca 13 5 5 3 13 9 7 4 2 1 9 4 6 1 3 2 4 5 4 20
7 Albacete 12 5 5 2 13 10 6 2 3 1 5 4 6 3 2 1 8 6 3 20
8 Levante 12 5 4 3 13 9 6 3 1 2 8 4 6 2 3 1 5 5 4 19
9 Eibar 12 5 4 3 15 12 6 4 2 0 10 3 6 1 2 3 5 9 3 19
10 Sporting Gijon 12 5 4 3 16 14 6 4 1 1 11 5 6 1 3 2 5 9 2 19
11 FC Andorra 13 5 3 5 13 12 6 4 0 2 9 3 7 1 3 3 4 9 1 18
12 Villarreal II 12 4 4 4 17 18 6 3 3 0 11 5 6 1 1 4 6 13 -1 16
13 Real Zaragoza 13 4 4 5 9 10 6 2 3 1 5 4 7 2 1 4 4 6 -1 16
14 Tenerife 13 3 5 5 13 15 7 3 3 1 8 5 6 0 2 4 5 10 -2 14
15 Leganes 13 4 2 7 10 13 7 3 2 2 7 6 6 1 0 5 3 7 -3 14
16 Racing Santander 13 3 5 5 6 9 6 1 3 2 2 4 7 2 2 3 4 5 -3 14
17 Real Oviedo 13 3 4 6 7 11 7 2 1 4 4 7 6 1 3 2 3 4 -4 13
18 Ponferradina 13 3 4 6 14 21 6 1 2 3 6 9 7 2 2 3 8 12 -7 13
19 Lugo 12 3 3 6 14 17 6 2 1 3 5 5 6 1 2 3 9 12 -3 12
20 UD Ibiza 13 3 2 8 10 20 6 2 1 3 7 9 7 1 1 5 3 11 -10 11
21 Malaga 12 2 3 7 9 17 5 1 2 2 5 9 7 1 1 5 4 8 -8 9
22 Mirandes 12 1 5 6 11 18 7 1 4 2 9 10 5 0 1 4 2 8 -7 8

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.