La Liga 2 match preview and statistics: Real Zaragoza fight Almería

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sun 29.March
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de la Romareda (34596 seats)

A key match in La Liga 2 as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Real Zaragoza in 2nd position and Almería placed 3rd, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

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Real Zaragoza form and stats

8 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Real Zaragoza, who have the most clean sheets (13) in La Liga 2, have to build on here at Estadio de la Romareda in the La Liga 2. Real Zaragoza haven’t lost a league-game in ten attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Huesca, 97 days ago.

Real Zaragoza are returning here after visiting Málaga in a La Liga 2 game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Shinji Kagawa scored the goal(s). Preceding that game was the away draw at Racing Santander that finished 2-2.

The victory against Málaga came after Shinji Kagawa's winning goal. The Real Zaragoza manager V. Fernández Braulio was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 83rd minute.

A decent goal production from Real Zaragoza in their home games so far, with 23 goals from 15 league matches. From these home matches, Real Zaragoza have conceded only 12 goals.

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Almería form and stats

5-8-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Almería, who have the most scored goals (51) in La Liga 2, in their La Liga 2 matches away. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Almería have lost on their last two travels.

Juan Muñoz, Darwin Nuñez (2) and Ivan Balliu scored in Almería's previous match, the home game against Deportivo La Coruña that ended 4-0. Prior to that match, the Almería manager J. Gutierrez Hernandez faced defeat when travelling to Cádiz and losing 1-2.

As you can tell from the results above, Almería was very dominant against Deportivo La Coruña, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Juan Muñoz, Darwin Nuñez (2) and Ivan Balliu providing the goals.

Almería has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 26 goals from 16 games. 19 goals have been conceded by Almería in these games.

Head 2 Head

Almería - Real Zaragoza 1-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Real Zaragoza won four, Almería won four and two draws. eight games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Real ZaragozaL. Suárez Charris
L. Suárez Charris
16 goals
AlmeríaD. Núñez Ribeiro
D. Núñez Ribeiro
12 goals
AlmeríaJ. Lazo Romero
J. Lazo Romero
8 goals

Real Zaragoza missing players

Almería missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Real Zaragoza Almería
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 3 16 31
15 8 1 Won W 0 5 13
10 4 1 Drew D 1 8 11
6 3 2 Lost L 2 3 7
45 23 5 Scored S 4 26 51
30 12 7 Conceded C 6 19 32
94% 87% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 87%
71% 67% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 81% 77%
45% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 56% 52%
26% 27% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 38% 35%
3% 7% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 12% 13%
48% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 69% 55%
42% 53% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 31% 39%
16% 27% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 19%
 
4.9 5.5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 3.8 4.1
4.3 3.8 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.4 4.6
2.4 2.1 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.9 2.8
4 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
376 223 59 Total Shots T S 29 161 315
142 85 17 Shots on Target S O 10 58 129
32% 27% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 45% 40%
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Almería has the most scored goals (26) away
  • Almería has the most scored goals (51)
  • Almería has the most scored goals in the second half (34)
  • Almería has the the best goal difference (+19)
  • Almería have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Real Zaragoza has the most clean sheets (13)
  • Real Zaragoza has the most clean sheets (8) at home

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cádiz 31 16 8 7 41 29 15 9 4 2 24 14 16 7 4 5 17 15 12 56
2 Real Zaragoza 31 15 10 6 45 30 15 8 4 3 23 12 16 7 6 3 22 18 15 55
3 Almería 31 13 11 7 51 32 15 8 3 4 25 13 16 5 8 3 26 19 19 50
4 Huesca 31 15 5 11 39 32 16 12 2 2 28 13 15 3 3 9 11 19 7 50
5 Girona 31 13 8 10 40 35 16 10 4 2 23 12 15 3 4 8 17 23 5 47
6 Elche 31 12 10 9 41 33 15 5 6 4 20 16 16 7 4 5 21 17 8 46
7 Mirandés 31 9 15 7 42 43 16 5 10 1 18 12 15 4 5 6 24 31 -1 42
8 Sporting Gijón 31 11 8 12 32 30 16 8 4 4 24 14 15 3 4 8 8 16 2 41
9 Alcorcón 31 9 14 8 38 37 16 4 4 8 17 23 15 5 10 0 21 14 1 41
10 Rayo Vallecano 30 8 16 6 38 32 15 6 6 3 21 16 15 2 10 3 17 16 6 40
11 Ponferradina 31 9 13 9 36 34 16 7 8 1 21 10 15 2 5 8 15 24 2 40
12 Tenerife 31 10 9 12 36 36 16 6 6 4 18 16 15 4 3 8 18 20 0 39
13 Fuenlabrada 31 9 12 10 32 33 15 5 6 4 19 17 16 4 6 6 13 16 -1 39
14 Numancia 31 9 11 11 35 35 16 7 5 4 18 11 15 2 6 7 17 24 0 38
15 Málaga 31 8 14 9 27 27 15 5 7 3 18 14 16 3 7 6 9 13 0 38
16 Las Palmas 31 9 11 11 34 39 15 5 5 5 20 19 16 4 6 6 14 20 -5 38
17 Real Oviedo 31 8 11 12 37 43 15 4 8 3 18 17 16 4 3 9 19 26 -6 35
18 Albacete 30 9 8 13 24 36 15 4 5 6 11 16 15 5 3 7 13 20 -12 35
19 Deportivo La Coruña 31 8 11 12 28 46 15 5 6 4 18 20 16 3 5 8 10 26 -18 35
20 Lugo 31 7 13 11 28 40 16 5 6 5 18 24 15 2 7 6 10 16 -12 34
21 Extremadura UD 31 7 10 14 30 43 16 4 4 8 15 21 15 3 6 6 15 22 -13 31
22 Racing Santander 31 4 16 11 31 40 15 2 9 4 19 19 16 2 7 7 12 21 -9 28

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cádiz 31 16 8 7 41 29 15 9 4 2 24 14 16 7 4 5 17 15 12 56
2 Real Zaragoza 31 15 10 6 45 30 15 8 4 3 23 12 16 7 6 3 22 18 15 55
3 Almería 31 13 11 7 51 32 15 8 3 4 25 13 16 5 8 3 26 19 19 50
4 Huesca 31 15 5 11 39 32 16 12 2 2 28 13 15 3 3 9 11 19 7 50
5 Girona 31 13 8 10 40 35 16 10 4 2 23 12 15 3 4 8 17 23 5 47
6 Elche 31 12 10 9 41 33 15 5 6 4 20 16 16 7 4 5 21 17 8 46
7 Mirandés 31 9 15 7 42 43 16 5 10 1 18 12 15 4 5 6 24 31 -1 42
8 Sporting Gijón 31 11 8 12 32 30 16 8 4 4 24 14 15 3 4 8 8 16 2 41
9 Alcorcón 31 9 14 8 38 37 16 4 4 8 17 23 15 5 10 0 21 14 1 41
10 Rayo Vallecano 30 8 16 6 38 32 15 6 6 3 21 16 15 2 10 3 17 16 6 40
11 Ponferradina 31 9 13 9 36 34 16 7 8 1 21 10 15 2 5 8 15 24 2 40
12 Tenerife 31 10 9 12 36 36 16 6 6 4 18 16 15 4 3 8 18 20 0 39
13 Fuenlabrada 31 9 12 10 32 33 15 5 6 4 19 17 16 4 6 6 13 16 -1 39
14 Numancia 31 9 11 11 35 35 16 7 5 4 18 11 15 2 6 7 17 24 0 38
15 Málaga 31 8 14 9 27 27 15 5 7 3 18 14 16 3 7 6 9 13 0 38
16 Las Palmas 31 9 11 11 34 39 15 5 5 5 20 19 16 4 6 6 14 20 -5 38
17 Real Oviedo 31 8 11 12 37 43 15 4 8 3 18 17 16 4 3 9 19 26 -6 35
18 Albacete 30 9 8 13 24 36 15 4 5 6 11 16 15 5 3 7 13 20 -12 35
19 Deportivo La Coruña 31 8 11 12 28 46 15 5 6 4 18 20 16 3 5 8 10 26 -18 35
20 Lugo 31 7 13 11 28 40 16 5 6 5 18 24 15 2 7 6 10 16 -12 34
21 Extremadura UD 31 7 10 14 30 43 16 4 4 8 15 21 15 3 6 6 15 22 -13 31
22 Racing Santander 31 4 16 11 31 40 15 2 9 4 19 19 16 2 7 7 12 21 -9 28

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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.