La Liga 2 prediction and guide: Real Zaragoza small front runner to outplay Alcorcón

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sun 08.Oct
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de la Romareda (34596 seats)

Only victory will satisfy the Real Zaragoza regulars in this Estadio de la Romareda duel with Alcorcón, as they have a robust lead on their opponents in the La Liga 2 standings.

Insights:
  • Real Zaragoza have the fewest conceded goals (4) in La Liga 2
  • Alcorcón have the the worst goal difference (-9) in La Liga 2

Zaragoza have less rest than Alcorcón in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a La Liga 2 game only three days ago. That game was an away game at FC Andorra, so at least Real Zaragoza are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Real Zaragoza form and stats

3 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat. That’s what Real Zaragoza have to build on here at Estadio de la Romareda in the La Liga 2.

A good away victory last time out for Real Zaragoza, who won 1-0 against FC Andorra (placed 15th). Finally, a league win after three fixtures without one. Mesa (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.61/10. Mesa hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.

Preceding that match was the home game against Mirandés that was lost 0-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Real Zaragoza handle that role? We have found 20 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 9 draws and 3 defeats.

Zaragoza are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 5 games. As for guarding their own goal, Real Zaragoza have only let in {2 goals} at home.

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Alcorcón form and stats

1-2-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Alcorcón in their La Liga 2 matches away. Alcorcón has drawn their two previous away games.

This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Albacete with 1-2 on the scoreboard. García was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.65. The defender García hit three key passes and won 7 of 11 duels.

Before that, Alcorcón travelled to Villarreal II and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.

Alcorcón are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 12 matches.

Alcorcón are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 6 times in 4 away games so far.

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

AlcorcónD. Ferreira Sousa
D. Ferreira Sousa
4 goals
Real ZaragozaV. Mollejo Carpintero
V. Mollejo Carpintero
2 goals
AlcorcónJ. González Rodrigañez
J. González Rodrigañez
2 goals

Real Zaragoza missing players

Alcorcón missing players

Real Zaragoza Alcorcón
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
9 5 1 Played P 1 4 9
6 3 1 Won W 1 1 1
1 1 0 Drew D 0 2 3
2 1 0 Lost L 0 1 5
11 6 2 Scored S 2 6 8
4 2 0 Conceded C 0 8 17
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
44% 60% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
11% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 75% 44%
11% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 75% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
22% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 44%
56% 60% 100% Clean Sheets C S 100% 25% 11%
22% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 44%
 
3.7 4.4 1 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.5 4.2
4 2.2 3 Corners against (avg) C A 10 6 4.3
2.2 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.8 2.7
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.4 11 13 Shots (avg) S ( 12 13.2 14.7
3.6 3.4 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 5 4.1
34% 35% 200% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 30% 22%
 
10.9 10 8 Shots against (avg) S A 28 21.8 15.2
2.8 2.8 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 4.8 4
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Alcorcón have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Alcorcón have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Alcorcón have the the worst goal difference (-9) in La Liga 2
  • Alcorcón have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Alcorcón haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • All of Alcorcón's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Real Zaragoza have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Real Zaragoza have the fewest conceded goals (4) in La Liga 2
  • Real Zaragoza have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Real Zaragoza haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Espanyol 9 6 2 1 19 8 4 3 1 0 11 5 5 3 1 1 8 3 11 20
2 Real Zaragoza 9 6 1 2 11 4 5 3 1 1 6 2 4 3 0 1 5 2 7 19
3 Leganes 9 6 0 3 12 5 4 3 0 1 6 2 5 3 0 2 6 3 7 18
4 Tenerife 9 6 0 3 10 6 5 4 0 1 6 1 4 2 0 2 4 5 4 18
5 Sporting Gijon 9 5 2 2 10 6 4 4 0 0 9 2 5 1 2 2 1 4 4 17
6 Levante 9 4 4 1 12 9 5 2 2 1 8 8 4 2 2 0 4 1 3 16
7 Real Valladolid 9 5 1 3 9 6 5 3 1 1 7 3 4 2 0 2 2 3 3 16
8 SD Eibar 9 5 0 4 13 11 4 3 0 1 7 2 5 2 0 3 6 9 2 15
9 Racing Ferrol 9 4 3 2 9 9 4 3 1 0 6 2 5 1 2 2 3 7 0 15
10 Albacete 9 4 2 3 13 12 5 3 2 0 10 5 4 1 0 3 3 7 1 14
11 Burgos 9 4 1 4 12 11 5 4 1 0 8 1 4 0 0 4 4 10 1 13
12 Racing Santander 9 3 3 3 10 9 4 3 1 0 7 1 5 0 2 3 3 8 1 12
13 Villarreal II 9 2 4 3 14 14 4 2 1 1 9 6 5 0 3 2 5 8 0 10
14 Mirandés 9 3 1 5 12 16 5 2 0 3 10 10 4 1 1 2 2 6 -4 10
15 FC Andorra 9 3 1 5 9 14 5 2 1 2 4 4 4 1 0 3 5 10 -5 10
16 Amorebieta 9 2 3 4 11 11 4 2 2 0 6 1 5 0 1 4 5 10 0 9
17 Real Oviedo 9 2 3 4 6 7 4 1 2 1 2 2 5 1 1 3 4 5 -1 9
18 Elche 9 2 3 4 5 11 5 2 2 1 3 2 4 0 1 3 2 9 -6 9
19 Eldense 9 2 2 5 10 17 4 1 1 2 5 7 5 1 1 3 5 10 -7 8
20 Huesca 9 1 4 4 6 10 4 0 2 2 3 6 5 1 2 2 3 4 -4 7
21 Alcorcón 9 1 3 5 8 17 5 0 1 4 2 9 4 1 2 1 6 8 -9 6
22 FC Cartagena 9 1 1 7 6 14 5 0 0 5 2 9 4 1 1 2 4 5 -8 4

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.