Ponferradina vs Real Zaragoza: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sun 11.September
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio El Toralín (8800 seats)

Real Zaragoza have travelled here for an entertaining duel versus the hosts Ponferradina. Get smart on the match with this in-depth La Liga 2 preview!

Insights:
  • Ponferradina have the most conceded goals in the first half (5) 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

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Ponferradina's two home games in the La Liga 2 so far this season, having collected 3 points here at Estadio El Toralín.

The Ponferradina crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-3 to Sporting Gijón here at Estadio El Toralín. Midfield player Medina got a match rating of 7.82 in that game, the max score being 10. Medina scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Prior to that, an away loss at Eibar.

At Estadio El Toralín, Ponferradina has the goal stats of 3-4 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Real Zaragoza form and stats

The La Liga 2 season is young and Real Zaragoza have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.

Real Zaragoza have a lot to remedy after their shock defeat (1-2) to Lugo in their previous game, played at their own home ground. Late heartbreak for Real Zaragoza in the Lugo match, as the deciding 1-2 goal came deep into overtime. Lillo, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.64. Lillo hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 28 successful passes (of 31 total).

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting FC Cartagena's place.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Real Zaragoza has managed 0 goals and let in 1 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Ponferradina one win, five draws and Real Zaragoza four victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

PonferradinaD. Ojeda Saranova
D. Ojeda Saranova
2 goals
PonferradinaY. de Souza Fonseca
Y. de Souza Fonseca
2 goals
PonferradinaA. Medina Delgado
A. Medina Delgado
1 goals

Ponferradina missing players

Real Zaragoza missing players

Ponferradina Real Zaragoza
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 1 2 4
2 1 1 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
2 1 0 Lost L 1 1 2
6 3 2 Scored S 0 0 1
7 4 1 Conceded C 1 1 3
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 50% 50%
75% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 25%
75% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 25%
50% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
75% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 50%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 100% 75%
 
3.8 4.5 4 Corners for (avg) C F 6 4 5.5
7.2 5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4 4.2
2.8 3.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 6 4.5 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
12.5 16.5 19 Shots (avg) S ( 11 9.5 10.5
5 7 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4 4.2
30% 21% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 6%
 
13 11 10 Shots against (avg) S A 7 9 9.8
4.8 5.5 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4 3
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Ponferradina have the most conceded goals in the first half (5) in La Liga 2
Ponferradina Last season Real Zaragoza
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
42 21   Played P   21 42
17 10   Won W   5 12
12 7   Drew D   10 20
13 4   Lost L   6 10
57 37   Scored S   23 39
55 25   Conceded C   31 46
93% 90%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 86%
76% 81%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   90% 74%
55% 67%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   43% 29%
29% 38%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   14% 7%
12% 14%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   10% 5%
60% 71%   BTTS BTTS   67% 50%
21% 24%   Clean Sheets C S   10% 29%
26% 14%   Failed to Score F T   29% 36%
 
4.5 5.3   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 5.1
4.8 4.2   Corners against (avg) C A   5.6 4.6
2.3 2.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.3
9 3   Red cards R C   2 2
 
12.1 12.8   Shots (avg) S (   11.2 12.4
3.7 4.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 3.9
37% 41%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 24%
 
12.6 11.4   Shots against (avg) S A   14 12.3
4.6 4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.9 3.9

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Albacete 4 3 1 0 6 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 4 2 3 10
2 Granada 4 3 0 1 7 1 2 2 0 0 5 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 6 9
3 Las Palmas 4 2 2 0 7 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 5 1 6 8
4 Sporting Gijón 4 2 2 0 8 3 2 1 1 0 4 1 2 1 1 0 4 2 5 8
5 Deportivo Alavés 4 2 2 0 5 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 8
6 Burgos 4 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 8
7 Villarreal II 4 2 1 1 7 5 2 1 1 0 5 2 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 7
8 Eibar 4 2 1 1 6 5 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 7
9 Lugo 4 2 1 1 5 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 7
10 Real Oviedo 3 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 6
11 FC Cartagena 4 2 0 2 6 6 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 6
12 Ponferradina 4 2 0 2 6 7 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 1 0 1 3 3 -1 6
13 FC Andorra 4 2 0 2 3 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 2 2 6 -3 6
14 Levante 3 1 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 5
15 Huesca 4 1 1 2 6 5 2 1 0 1 5 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 4
16 Tenerife 4 1 1 2 3 5 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 1 4 -2 4
17 Leganes 4 1 0 3 3 5 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 0 0 2 0 2 -2 3
18 Málaga 4 1 0 3 4 8 2 0 0 2 1 6 2 1 0 1 3 2 -4 3
19 Real Zaragoza 4 0 2 2 1 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 -2 2
20 Mirandés 4 0 1 3 2 8 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 0 0 2 0 4 -6 1
21 UD Ibiza 4 0 1 3 2 8 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 0 0 2 1 5 -6 1
22 Racing Santander 4 0 0 4 0 6 2 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 3 -6 0
Last season 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 42 24 9 9 68 35 21 14 4 3 38 15 21 10 5 6 30 20 33 81
2 Real Valladolid 42 24 9 9 71 43 21 14 4 3 40 15 21 10 5 6 31 28 28 81
3 Eibar 42 23 11 8 61 45 21 14 5 2 35 19 21 9 6 6 26 26 16 80
4 Las Palmas 42 19 13 10 57 47 21 12 5 4 34 23 21 7 8 6 23 24 10 70
5 Tenerife 42 20 9 13 53 37 21 9 5 7 27 18 21 11 4 6 26 19 16 69
6 Girona 42 20 8 14 57 42 21 13 3 5 36 16 21 7 5 9 21 26 15 68
7 Real Oviedo 42 17 17 8 57 41 21 11 8 2 38 19 21 6 9 6 19 22 16 68
8 Ponferradina 42 17 12 13 57 55 21 10 7 4 37 25 21 7 5 9 20 30 2 63
9 FC Cartagena 42 18 6 18 63 57 21 13 2 6 42 20 21 5 4 12 21 37 6 60
10 Real Zaragoza 42 12 20 10 39 46 21 7 10 4 16 15 21 5 10 6 23 31 -7 56
11 Burgos 42 15 10 17 41 41 21 10 7 4 27 12 21 5 3 13 14 29 0 55
12 Leganes 42 13 15 14 50 51 21 7 9 5 27 25 21 6 6 9 23 26 -1 54
13 Huesca 42 13 15 14 49 44 21 7 9 5 23 17 21 6 6 9 26 27 5 54
14 Mirandés 42 15 7 20 58 62 21 12 2 7 43 29 21 3 5 13 15 33 -4 52
15 UD Ibiza 42 12 16 14 53 59 21 6 10 5 30 25 21 6 6 9 23 34 -6 52
16 Lugo 42 10 20 12 46 52 21 9 8 4 22 19 21 1 12 8 24 33 -6 50
17 Sporting Gijón 42 11 13 18 43 48 21 8 3 10 24 24 21 3 10 8 19 24 -5 46
18 Málaga 42 11 12 19 36 57 21 7 7 7 18 24 21 4 5 12 18 33 -21 45
19 Amorebieta 42 9 16 17 44 63 21 8 8 5 29 25 21 1 8 12 15 38 -19 43
20 Real Sociedad II 42 10 10 22 43 61 21 4 4 13 19 32 21 6 6 9 24 29 -18 40
21 Fuenlabrada 42 6 15 21 39 65 21 4 10 7 23 26 21 2 5 14 16 39 -26 33
22 Alcorcon 42 6 11 25 37 71 21 3 7 11 17 34 21 3 4 14 20 37 -34 29

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.