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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sat 21.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio El Toralín (8800 seats)

The hosting team, Ponferradina, should be odds-on favourites in this match, but Leganés have proven both smartness and spirit. Learn more about the match!

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

For Leganés most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Ponferradina form and stats

10-7-3 (win-draw-lost) are the La Liga 2 numbers at home for Ponferradina so far this season. There’s a good atmosphere here at Estadio El Toralín after three straight home wins.

Ponferradina faced defeat in their previous match, away at Real Valladolid (0-2). Defender Barandiaran got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.44/10. Barandiaran hit two key passes and won 11 of 16 duels.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Burgos in a game that was won 3-1.

Ponferradina have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio El Toralín with 37 goals in 20 league matches. 22 goals have been conceded.

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Leganés form and stats

5-6-9 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Leganés in their La Liga 2 matches away. Visiting Leganés has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Home advantage was not enough for Leganés in their previous game as they lost hosting Eibar, 2-3. Arnáiz got a match rating of 7.32 in that game, top player of the team. Arnáiz scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.

A 0-0 draw at FC Cartagena's stadium before that.

26 goals have been conceded by Leganés in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The contenders have faced each other before in this season, with the match result Leganés - Ponferradina 1-1 registered in the official records. Stats for the last seven meetings between these two sides are: two wins for Ponferradina, four draws and one win for Leganés. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

PonferradinaY. de Souza Fonseca
Y. de Souza Fonseca
14 goals
PonferradinaJ. García Naranjo
J. García Naranjo
8 goals
PonferradinaD. Ojeda Saranova
D. Ojeda Saranova
7 goals

Ponferradina missing players

Leganés missing players

Ponferradina Leganés
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
40 20 6 Played P 6 20 40
17 10 2 Won W 0 5 12
12 7 3 Drew D 2 6 14
11 3 1 Lost L 4 9 14
57 37 10 Scored S 1 20 45
51 22 7 Conceded C 7 26 49
92% 90% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 85% 88%
78% 80% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 65% 72%
55% 65% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 17% 40% 40%
30% 40% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 18%
12% 15% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 12%
62% 75% 83% BTTS BTTS 17% 40% 52%
22% 25% 17% Clean Sheets C S 17% 30% 28%
22% 10% 17% Failed to Score F T 83% 45% 32%
 
4.2 4.7 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 3.6 4.3
4.8 4.2 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 4.1 3.7
2.2 2.4 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.6 2.4
9 3 2 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
11.7 12.1 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12.3 11.2 12.2
3.8 4.5 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.8 4
38% 42% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 5% 26% 28%
 
12.6 11.4 14 Shots against (avg) S A 12 11.4 10.6
4.5 3.9 5.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.7 3.9 3.4
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • 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 Almeria 40 24 7 9 65 32 20 14 3 3 37 14 20 10 4 6 28 18 33 79
2 Eibar 40 22 11 7 59 44 20 13 5 2 33 19 20 9 6 5 26 25 15 77
3 Real Valladolid 40 22 9 9 66 42 20 13 4 3 37 15 20 9 5 6 29 27 24 75
4 Tenerife 39 20 9 10 52 31 19 9 5 5 26 14 20 11 4 5 26 17 21 69
5 Real Oviedo 39 16 16 7 50 34 19 10 7 2 32 14 20 6 9 5 18 20 16 64
6 Girona 39 19 7 13 54 40 20 12 3 5 34 16 19 7 4 8 20 24 14 64
7 Ponferradina 40 17 12 11 57 51 20 10 7 3 37 22 20 7 5 8 20 29 6 63
8 Las Palmas 39 16 13 10 52 46 20 11 5 4 32 22 19 5 8 6 20 24 6 61
9 FC Cartagena 40 16 6 18 56 56 20 12 2 6 37 20 20 4 4 12 19 36 0 54
10 UD Ibiza 39 12 16 11 50 50 20 6 10 4 29 23 19 6 6 7 21 27 0 52
11 Huesca 40 12 15 13 46 39 20 6 9 5 20 15 20 6 6 8 26 24 7 51
12 Burgos 40 14 9 17 40 41 20 10 6 4 27 12 20 4 3 13 13 29 -1 51
13 Leganés 40 12 14 14 45 49 20 7 8 5 25 23 20 5 6 9 20 26 -4 50
14 Real Zaragoza 39 10 19 10 33 42 20 6 10 4 15 15 19 4 9 6 18 27 -9 49
15 Lugo 40 9 20 11 45 51 20 8 8 4 21 19 20 1 12 7 24 32 -6 47
16 Mirandes 39 13 7 19 49 59 19 10 2 7 34 28 20 3 5 12 15 31 -10 46
17 Sporting Gijon 39 10 12 17 41 46 19 7 3 9 22 22 20 3 9 8 19 24 -5 42
18 Malaga 39 10 12 17 34 55 20 7 7 6 18 23 19 3 5 11 16 32 -21 42
19 Amorebieta 40 8 16 16 43 58 20 7 8 5 28 25 20 1 8 11 15 33 -15 40
20 Real Sociedad II 40 10 10 20 40 56 20 4 4 12 18 30 20 6 6 8 22 26 -16 40
21 Fuenlabrada 40 6 14 20 38 60 20 4 9 7 23 26 20 2 5 13 15 34 -22 32
22 Alcorcon 39 5 10 24 35 68 19 2 7 10 16 32 20 3 3 14 19 36 -33 25

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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.