La Liga 2 news and guide: Ponferradina moderate betting favourite to outplay Real Sociedad II

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Mon 14.February
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio El Toralín (8800 seats)

A victory to the home team is predicted from this game if the league table is to be trusted. The Ponferradina supporters are confident that the contrast between 6th and Real Sociedad II's 21st place in the table will be revealed on the grass.

Insights:
  • Ponferradina have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Real Sociedad II have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in La Liga 2

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Ponferradina form and stats

All-inclusive La Liga 2 results playing at home this season for Ponferradina are 6-5-2 (wins-draws-losses).

In their previous game, the manager Alonso led his Ponferradina to a defeat away at Girona. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio El Toralín. The attacker Enrich won the honour of being "man of the match" for Ponferradina with the rating of 7.12/10. Enrich hit two key passes.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Tenerife (1-2).

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

A decent goal production from Ponferradina in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 13 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home 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 11 from 13 matches.

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Real Sociedad II form and stats

There's been little loot from Real Sociedad II's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 13 away games in the La Liga 2. Real Sociedad II only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 4 draws. The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Real Sociedad II, who have now gone ten games without a victory. The Sporting Gijon game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since.

There were no winners in Real Sociedad II's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Lugo (placed 12th). Navarro got a match rating of 7.45 in that game, top player of the team. Navarro hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 32 successful passes (of 38 total).

A 0-0 draw at Las Palmas's stadium before that.

We have checked recent matches where Real Sociedad II have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those four games were one victory, one draw and two defeats.

As opposed to that, Real Sociedad II have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Real Sociedad II - Ponferradina 1-1 was the score in these teams' latest head to head fixture, played this season. Ponferradina-Real Sociedad II H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Ponferradina four wins, Real Sociedad II zero wins, three draws. three of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

PonferradinaY. de Souza Fonseca
Y. de Souza Fonseca
10 goals
PonferradinaD. Ojeda Saranova
D. Ojeda Saranova
5 goals
Real Sociedad IIX. Alkain Mitxelena
X. Alkain Mitxelena
5 goals

Ponferradina missing players

Real Sociedad II missing players

Ponferradina Real Sociedad II
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 13 6 Played P 4 13 26
11 6 3 Won W 0 3 4
8 5 3 Drew D 1 4 8
7 2 0 Lost L 3 6 14
31 20 8 Scored S 3 13 21
26 11 2 Conceded C 8 17 34
92% 85% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 85% 88%
69% 69% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 69% 65%
42% 54% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 38% 31%
12% 23% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 23% 15%
4% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 15% 12%
54% 62% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 54% 50%
31% 38% 67% Clean Sheets C S 25% 23% 19%
23% 15% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 38% 42%
 
4.4 5.4 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4 4.7
4.6 4 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 5.1 4.2
2.3 2.4 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2 1.8
7 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
12.2 12.8 12 Shots (avg) S ( 12 10.6 11
3.8 4.6 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3.5 3.3
31% 33% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 28% 24%
 
11.5 9.8 10.3 Shots against (avg) S A 12.8 12.7 11.6
4 3.2 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 5 4.4
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Ponferradina have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ponferradina have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Real Sociedad II have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Real Sociedad II have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in La Liga 2
  • Real Sociedad II have the most matches under the total-line (13) 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 Eibar 26 15 7 4 40 28 12 9 2 1 24 14 14 6 5 3 16 14 12 52
2 Almeria 26 15 4 7 41 21 13 9 2 2 22 8 13 6 2 5 19 13 20 49
3 Real Valladolid 26 14 6 6 36 24 13 10 2 1 21 6 13 4 4 5 15 18 12 48
4 Tenerife 26 13 7 6 35 19 13 7 3 3 19 7 13 6 4 3 16 12 16 46
5 Girona 26 12 5 9 36 28 14 8 3 3 24 12 12 4 2 6 12 16 8 41
6 Ponferradina 26 11 8 7 31 26 13 6 5 2 20 11 13 5 3 5 11 15 5 41
7 Las Palmas 26 10 9 7 34 30 13 7 4 2 21 12 13 3 5 5 13 18 4 39
8 FC Cartagena 26 12 3 11 33 34 13 8 1 4 21 13 13 4 2 7 12 21 -1 39
9 Real Oviedo 26 8 13 5 29 25 13 6 6 1 19 10 13 2 7 4 10 15 4 37
10 UD Ibiza 26 8 11 7 34 30 13 3 6 4 18 16 13 5 5 3 16 14 4 35
11 Burgos 26 10 5 11 30 26 13 8 3 2 23 7 13 2 2 9 7 19 4 35
12 Lugo 26 7 14 5 32 29 13 6 5 2 16 12 13 1 9 3 16 17 3 35
13 Huesca 26 8 9 9 31 25 14 4 5 5 15 12 12 4 4 4 16 13 6 33
14 Sporting Gijon 26 8 8 10 26 30 13 6 3 4 14 12 13 2 5 6 12 18 -4 32
15 Malaga 26 8 8 10 24 39 13 7 3 3 14 14 13 1 5 7 10 25 -15 32
16 Leganes 26 7 9 10 26 30 12 3 6 3 12 11 14 4 3 7 14 19 -4 30
17 Mirandes 26 8 6 12 34 40 13 6 2 5 24 20 13 2 4 7 10 20 -6 30
18 Real Zaragoza 26 5 15 6 20 26 13 2 8 3 7 9 13 3 7 3 13 17 -6 30
19 Amorebieta 26 4 13 9 30 37 13 3 7 3 19 18 13 1 6 6 11 19 -7 25
20 Fuenlabrada 26 4 12 10 20 31 14 3 8 3 14 14 12 1 4 7 6 17 -11 24
21 Real Sociedad II 26 4 8 14 21 34 13 1 4 8 8 17 13 3 4 6 13 17 -13 20
22 Alcorcon 26 2 6 18 19 50 12 1 5 6 10 22 14 1 1 12 9 28 -31 12

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.