Football match preview: Racing Santander vs Ponferradina

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sun 23.October
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Campos de Sport de El Sardinero (22222 seats)

Racing Santander are welcoming Ponferradina for yet another very important match following their 0-0 result vs 8th-placed Huesca.

Insights:
  • Racing Santander have the fewest scored goals (1) at home in La Liga 2
  • Ponferradina have the most conceded goals in the first half (10) 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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Racing Santander form and stats

Overall La Liga 2 results at home this season for Racing Santander are 1-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Miquel Parera Piza not having conceded a league goal in 405 minutes.

Santander drew their last game, 0-0 away at Huesca (placed 8th). Midfield player Sáinz-Maza got a match rating of 7.6 in that game, the max score being 10. Sáinz-Maza hit two key passes and had 25 successful passes (of 30 total).

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Real Zaragoza in a game that was won 1-0.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Racing Santander have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 5 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 1 and lost 1.

It should be considered that a peek at the 11 latest league fixtures reveals that 10 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

Racing Santander has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: {1 goals} from 5 games. From these home matches, Santander have conceded only 3 goals. Racing Santander has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.

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Ponferradina form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their La Liga 2 travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

This game can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Las Palmas with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Nwakali got a match rating of 7.35 in that game, top player of the team. Nwakali hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

A 2-2 draw at Villarreal II's stadium before that.

We have checked recent matches where Ponferradina have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were 5 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Ponferradina have scored 7 goals in 5 league games away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Ponferradina have conceded 8 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Racing Santander two wins, four draws and Ponferradina two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

PonferradinaD. Ojeda Saranova
D. Ojeda Saranova
4 goals
PonferradinaE. Espiau Hernández
E. Espiau Hernández
2 goals
PonferradinaD. Severino Lacerda
D. Severino Lacerda
2 goals

Racing Santander missing players

Ponferradina missing players

Racing Santander Ponferradina
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 5 2 Played P 0 5 11
3 1 0 Won W 0 2 3
3 2 1 Drew D 0 1 3
5 2 1 Lost L 0 2 5
5 1 0 Scored S 0 7 13
8 3 1 Conceded C 0 8 17
73% 60% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 91%
36% 20% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 60% 64%
9% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 60% 64%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 60% 45%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 9%
9% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 60% 64%
55% 60% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 18%
64% 80% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 27%
 
4.8 5.4 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2.4 3.3
3.6 3.8 3 Corners against (avg) C A 0 7.6 5.8
2.6 2.4 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3.4 3.1
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.3 13.8 14 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8.2 10.7
3.6 3.8 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.4 3.6
12% 5% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 41% 32%
 
11.7 11.6 8 Shots against (avg) S A 0 17.4 14.2
3.8 3.6 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 6.2 5.2
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Ponferradina have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Ponferradina have scored more than double the goals of Racing Santander.
  • Ponferradina have the most conceded goals in the first half (10) in La Liga 2
  • Ponferradina have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Ponferradina haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Racing Santander have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Racing Santander have the fewest scored goals (1) at home 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 11 6 5 0 15 4 5 3 2 0 5 0 6 3 3 0 10 4 11 23
2 Deportivo Alaves 11 6 4 1 14 10 5 3 2 0 7 3 6 3 2 1 7 7 4 22
3 Burgos 11 5 6 0 8 1 6 4 2 0 7 1 5 1 4 0 1 0 7 21
4 FC Cartagena 11 6 2 3 16 11 6 3 1 2 9 7 5 3 1 1 7 4 5 20
5 Albacete 11 5 4 2 12 9 6 2 3 1 5 4 5 3 1 1 7 5 3 19
6 Eibar 10 5 3 2 14 9 5 4 1 0 9 2 5 1 2 2 5 7 5 18
7 Granada 11 5 2 4 14 10 5 4 1 0 12 1 6 1 1 4 2 9 4 17
8 Huesca 11 4 4 3 11 8 6 3 2 1 8 4 5 1 2 2 3 4 3 16
9 Levante 11 4 4 3 11 8 6 3 1 2 8 4 5 1 3 1 3 4 3 16
10 Sporting Gijon 10 4 3 3 14 14 5 3 1 1 9 5 5 1 2 2 5 9 0 15
11 FC Andorra 11 4 3 4 10 11 5 3 0 2 6 3 6 1 3 2 4 8 -1 15
12 Tenerife 11 3 5 3 12 11 6 3 3 0 8 3 5 0 2 3 4 8 1 14
13 Villarreal II 11 3 4 4 16 18 5 2 3 0 10 5 6 1 1 4 6 13 -2 13
14 Real Zaragoza 11 3 4 4 7 9 6 2 3 1 5 4 5 1 1 3 2 5 -2 13
15 Racing Santander 11 3 3 5 5 8 5 1 2 2 1 3 6 2 1 3 4 5 -3 12
16 Ponferradina 11 3 3 5 13 17 6 1 2 3 6 9 5 2 1 2 7 8 -4 12
17 UD Ibiza 11 3 2 6 9 16 5 2 1 2 6 7 6 1 1 4 3 9 -7 11
18 Leganés 11 3 1 7 8 12 5 2 1 2 5 5 6 1 0 5 3 7 -4 10
19 Real Oviedo 11 2 4 5 5 9 6 1 1 4 3 7 5 1 3 1 2 2 -4 10
20 Lugo 11 2 3 6 12 17 5 1 1 3 3 5 6 1 2 3 9 12 -5 9
21 Malaga 11 2 3 6 9 16 5 1 2 2 5 9 6 1 1 4 4 7 -7 9
22 Mirandés 11 1 4 6 10 17 6 1 3 2 8 9 5 0 1 4 2 8 -7 7

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.