La Liga 2: We're expecting an absorbing and crucial scrap starring Ponferradina and Lugo at Estadio El Toralín. This duo need points like a fish needs water!
- Ponferradina have the most conceded goals in the first half (16) in La Liga 2
- Lugo have the most conceded goals (17) away in La Liga 2
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Ponferradina and Lugo.
Ponferradina form and stats
Ponferradina's struggle is real here at Estadio El Toralín with only 9 points collected from 9 La Liga 2 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-3-4.
Ponferradina drew their last game, 0-0 away at Levante (placed 5th). Ponferradina's goalie Abedzadeh played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Levante with a stunning seven saves. The goalie Abedzadeh was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.42 out of ten. Abedzadeh topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Burgos (1-2).The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Ponferradina have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 3 and lost 0.
Ponferradina have conceded 12 in these home matches.
Lugo form and stats
There's been little loot from Lugo's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 9 away games in the La Liga 2. Lugo only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws.
Lugo failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Sporting Gijón (placed 12th) that ended with defeat 0-1. Moyano, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.31. Moyano hit one key pass.
Prior to that result Lugo won their away game at Racing Santander. The scoreline was 1-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Lugo playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 1 Lugo win, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
A tale of few goals? 9 of this team's most recent 11 league fixtures have had zero, one or two goals.
Lugo find the net regularly in their away games. 10 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Lugo struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 17 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the previous ten meetings featuring these two participants are: six wins for Ponferradina, two draws and two wins for Lugo. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Ramos de la Flor 7 goals |  D. Ojeda Saranova 4 goals | D. Severino Lacerda 3 goals |
Ponferradina missing players
Lugo missing players
| Ponferradina | Lugo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 9 | 19 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 18 | 9 | 5 | Scored | S | 8 | 10 | 17 |
| 27 | 12 | 5 | Conceded | C | 8 | 17 | 25 |
| 89% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 63% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 78% | 63% |
| 53% | 56% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 56% | 37% |
| 26% | 22% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 44% | 21% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 22% | 11% |
| 58% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 67% | 53% |
| 21% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 11% | 26% |
| 32% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 32% |
| 4 | 4.2 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.5 |
| 5.5 | 3.8 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 7.1 | 7.8 |
| 3.4 | 2.8 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10.5 | 11.8 | 14.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.4 | 11.6 | 11.1 |
| 3.1 | 3.3 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.7 | 3.4 |
| 31% | 30% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 30% | 27% |
| 13.5 | 11.7 | 10.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.2 | 15.8 | 15.4 |
| 5 | 4.1 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 6 | 4.8 |
- Lugo have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Lugo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Lugo have the most conceded goals (17) away in La Liga 2
- Lugo haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Ponferradina have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ponferradina have the most conceded goals in the first half (16) in La Liga 2
| 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 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 35 |
| 2 | Deportivo Alaves | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 34 |
| 3 | Burgos | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 34 |
| 4 | SD Eibar | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 30 |
| 5 | Levante | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 31 |
| 6 | FC Cartagena | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 31 |
| 7 | Granada | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 28 |
| 8 | Villarreal II | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -1 | 27 |
| 9 | Huesca | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 27 |
| 10 | FC Andorra | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 27 |
| 11 | Albacete | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 16 | -3 | 26 |
| 12 | Sporting Gijón | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 23 |
| 13 | Leganes | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 26 |
| 14 | Real Oviedo | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 24 |
| 15 | Tenerife | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -2 | 23 |
| 16 | Real Zaragoza | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 22 |
| 17 | Mirandés | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -4 | 20 |
| 18 | Ponferradina | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 17 |
| 19 | Lugo | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -8 | 18 |
| 20 | Racing Santander | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 18 |
| 21 | UD Ibiza | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 14 | -14 | 12 |
| 22 | Málaga | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 12 | -10 | 14 |
