Evenly matched teams: Real Zaragoza vs Tenerife match preview

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sun 19.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de la Romareda (34596 seats)

Both these contenders are doing all right, Tenerife holding a 9 point advantage on Real Zaragoza in the standings. Get this show on the road!

Insights:
  • Real Zaragoza have the most points from losing position (11) in La Liga 2
  • Tenerife have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in La Liga 2

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Tenerife, who are travelling more than 2300 kilometers to play this game.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Copa Del Rey.

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Real Zaragoza form and stats

Real Zaragoza have collected 12 points from their La Liga 2 home games so far after 2-6-2.

The Real Zaragoza supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Burgos in Copa Del Rey and win 2-0. Midfield player González got a match rating of 7.62 in that game, the max score being 10. González scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Heartbreak before that as Real Zaragoza lost 0-3 at Almeria's place.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Zaragoza have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won four, drawn two and lost three.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Zaragoza here at Estadio de la Romareda in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 10 games). It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Real Zaragoza are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio de la Romareda in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 10 matches.

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Tenerife form and stats

Playing away, Tenerife have won 4 games, drawn 3 and suffered 3 defeats in the La Liga 2 this season.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Copa Del Rey home defeat versus SD Eibar with 1-2 on the scoreboard. González was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.42. The defender González scored one goal and won 3 of 9 duels.

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Lugo in the La Liga 2.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 17 similar matches played by Tenerife in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Tenerife, six draws and six defeats.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Tenerife have scored 11 goals in 10 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 10 goals have been conceded by Tenerife in these games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Zaragoza victories, two draws and five Tenerife wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, nine matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

TenerifeE. Zorrilla Jiménez
E. Zorrilla Jiménez
6 goals
TenerifeS. Shashoua
S. Shashoua
5 goals
ZaragozaÁ. Giménez Candela
Á. Giménez Candela
4 goals

Real Zaragoza missing players

Tenerife missing players

Real Zaragoza Tenerife
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 4 10 20
5 2 1 Won W 1 4 10
11 6 2 Drew D 2 3 5
4 2 0 Lost L 1 3 5
17 6 2 Scored S 3 11 26
19 6 1 Conceded C 3 10 16
85% 70% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 80% 85%
70% 50% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 70% 70%
15% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 50% 45%
5% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 10%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 30% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 60% 50%
30% 50% 67% Clean Sheets C S 25% 30% 40%
35% 50% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 30% 25%
 
4.5 4.4 7 Corners for (avg) C F 2.8 2.4 3.2
4.1 3.5 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 4.4 4.2
2.5 2.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.8 2.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 4
 
12.2 12.9 13.3 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 10.6 11.8
3.9 4.3 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.4 4
22% 14% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 32% 33%
 
12.3 11.2 13 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 11.9 11.9
3.5 2.5 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.3 4
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Real Zaragoza have the most points from losing position (11) in La Liga 2
  • Tenerife have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Tenerife have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in La Liga 2
  • Tenerife have won significantly less corners away then 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 Almeria 20 14 3 3 37 13 10 8 2 0 20 5 10 6 1 3 17 8 24 45
2 Ponferradina 20 10 6 4 27 17 10 6 3 1 18 8 10 4 3 3 9 9 10 36
3 SD Eibar 20 10 6 4 30 24 10 7 2 1 19 11 10 3 4 3 11 13 6 36
4 Tenerife 20 10 5 5 26 16 10 6 2 2 15 6 10 4 3 3 11 10 10 35
5 Real Valladolid 20 10 4 6 31 24 10 7 2 1 18 6 10 3 2 5 13 18 7 34
6 Las Palmas 20 8 7 5 28 25 10 7 2 1 20 10 10 1 5 4 8 15 3 31
7 Real Oviedo 20 6 10 4 23 19 10 4 5 1 14 9 10 2 5 3 9 10 4 28
8 Girona 20 8 4 8 26 24 10 5 2 3 15 9 10 3 2 5 11 15 2 28
9 Burgos 20 8 4 8 20 18 10 6 2 2 14 4 10 2 2 6 6 14 2 28
10 FC Cartagena 20 8 3 9 24 28 9 6 1 2 15 8 11 2 2 7 9 20 -4 27
11 Málaga 20 7 6 7 20 26 10 7 2 1 12 5 10 0 4 6 8 21 -6 27
12 Huesca 20 6 8 6 22 20 10 3 4 3 10 9 10 3 4 3 12 11 2 26
13 Real Zaragoza 20 5 11 4 17 19 10 2 6 2 6 6 10 3 5 2 11 13 -2 26
14 UD Ibiza 20 5 10 5 19 21 10 2 5 3 10 10 10 3 5 2 9 11 -2 25
15 Sporting Gijón 20 6 6 8 19 24 10 5 2 3 11 9 10 1 4 5 8 15 -5 24
16 Lugo 20 4 11 5 24 24 10 3 5 2 11 10 10 1 6 3 13 14 0 23
17 Mirandes 20 6 5 9 28 31 11 4 2 5 19 20 9 2 3 4 9 11 -3 23
18 Leganés 20 5 7 8 22 24 10 2 5 3 10 10 10 3 2 5 12 14 -2 22
19 Fuenlabrada 20 3 10 7 15 22 10 2 6 2 10 10 10 1 4 5 5 12 -7 19
20 Amorebieta 20 3 9 8 23 30 10 2 5 3 16 16 10 1 4 5 7 14 -7 18
21 Real Sociedad II 20 4 5 11 16 25 10 1 3 6 6 12 10 3 2 5 10 13 -9 17
22 Alcorcón 20 2 4 14 16 39 10 1 4 5 10 21 10 1 0 9 6 18 -23 10

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.