Real Zaragoza favourites for feisty fight facing Huesca

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sat 10.December
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de la Romareda (34596 seats)

Real Zaragoza are aiming to set aside the league table ahead of this match against Huesca. Here's all you should know before the game!

Insights:
  • Real Zaragoza have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Huesca have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Real Zaragoza form and stats

The overall La Liga 2 statistics at home this season for Real Zaragoza are 3-4-2 (wins-draws-losses).

The Real Zaragoza manager Segura and his pawns return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Albacete (placed 12th). The goalie Ratón was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.82 out of ten. Ratón topped it up with a clean sheet.

Ahead of that match, Real Zaragoza won a home game hosting UD Ibiza (2-1).

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 Zaragoza have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 17 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 7 and lost 4.

Trench warfare? Looking at this club's last 14 league matches, 11 have had less than three goals (under 2.5).

Real Zaragoza aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio de la Romareda in the league, with only {8 goals} from 9 games. Real Zaragoza have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Huesca form and stats

There's been little loot from Huesca's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 9 away games in the La Liga 2. Huesca only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 3 draws. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Huesca are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

Carlos scored in Huesca's previous match, the home game against FC Andorra that ended 1-0. Those three points felt good as this club had gone three league rounds without winning.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Eibar wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

We have checked recent matches where Huesca have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were 2 victories, 5 draws and 7 defeats.

Low-scoring game? 12 of this side's most recent 13 league matches have seen two or less goals.

The attacking power of Huesca when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 9 league matches away. Huesca have conceded 10 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Huesca have pulled off a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (2-2-0) when playing Real Zaragoza.

The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being brutal, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

Real ZaragozaG. Simeone
G. Simeone
4 goals
HuescaJ. Real Ruiz
J. Real Ruiz
4 goals
Real ZaragozaJ. Amador Silos
J. Amador Silos
2 goals

Real Zaragoza missing players

Huesca missing players

Real Zaragoza Huesca
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 4 Played P 3 9 19
5 3 2 Won W 0 1 7
7 4 1 Drew D 1 3 6
7 2 1 Lost L 2 5 6
14 8 4 Scored S 1 5 16
17 8 4 Conceded C 4 10 14
79% 78% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 78% 79%
53% 67% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 56% 42%
26% 33% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 26%
5% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 5%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
37% 56% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 44% 32%
32% 33% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 58%
53% 33% 25% Failed to Score F T 67% 44% 32%
 
6.1 7.8 7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.7 3.9 3.6
4.5 3.8 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 7.7 6.4
2.5 2.3 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.7 2.5
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
11.2 13.6 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11 9.7 9.1
4 4.7 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 2.6 2.6
18% 19% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 22% 33%
 
10.2 8.2 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 14.3 12.8 12.4
3.6 2.7 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.2 3.4
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Huesca have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Real Zaragoza have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Real Zaragoza have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Real Zaragoza have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  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 19 9 8 2 22 10 9 5 3 1 10 4 10 4 5 1 12 6 12 35
2 Burgos 18 9 7 2 17 7 9 5 3 1 11 4 9 4 4 1 6 3 10 34
3 Deportivo Alaves 19 9 7 3 22 17 9 6 3 0 12 4 10 3 4 3 10 13 5 34
4 Levante 18 8 7 3 20 13 9 5 2 2 11 5 9 3 5 1 9 8 7 31
5 FC Cartagena 19 9 4 6 23 18 10 5 2 3 13 10 9 4 2 3 10 8 5 31
6 Eibar 18 8 6 4 21 16 9 6 3 0 13 4 9 2 3 4 8 12 5 30
7 Granada 18 8 4 6 22 13 9 7 2 0 20 2 9 1 2 6 2 11 9 28
8 FC Andorra 19 8 3 8 20 15 9 5 0 4 13 5 10 3 3 4 7 10 5 27
9 Huesca 19 7 6 6 16 14 10 6 3 1 11 4 9 1 3 5 5 10 2 27
10 Villarreal II 19 7 6 6 21 22 9 5 4 0 14 6 10 2 2 6 7 16 -1 27
11 Leganés 19 7 5 7 19 18 10 5 3 2 12 9 9 2 2 5 7 9 1 26
12 Albacete 19 6 8 5 21 24 10 3 5 2 9 8 9 3 3 3 12 16 -3 26
13 Real Oviedo 19 6 6 7 12 14 10 4 2 4 6 7 9 2 4 3 6 7 -2 24
14 Sporting Gijon 18 5 8 5 21 21 9 4 3 2 15 10 9 1 5 3 6 11 0 23
15 Tenerife 19 6 5 8 19 21 10 5 3 2 12 7 9 1 2 6 7 14 -2 23
16 Real Zaragoza 19 5 7 7 14 17 9 3 4 2 8 8 10 2 3 5 6 9 -3 22
17 Mirandes 19 4 8 7 21 25 10 4 4 2 16 13 9 0 4 5 5 12 -4 20
18 Racing Santander 18 4 6 8 9 14 9 1 4 4 3 7 9 3 2 4 6 7 -5 18
19 Lugo 18 4 6 8 17 24 9 2 4 3 7 7 9 2 2 5 10 17 -7 18
20 Ponferradina 18 4 5 9 18 27 9 2 3 4 9 12 9 2 2 5 9 15 -9 17
21 Malaga 18 3 5 10 13 23 8 2 3 3 7 11 10 1 2 7 6 12 -10 14
22 UD Ibiza 18 3 3 12 12 27 9 2 2 5 8 13 9 1 1 7 4 14 -15 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.