Real Zaragoza vs Tenerife betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Fri 26.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de la Romareda (34596 seats)

Real Zaragoza are all set for a new challenge after their 0-1 versus UD Ibiza in the previous game. Tenerife are coming to town!

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

Real Zaragoza can neither be promoted or relegated from La Liga 2. For Tenerife most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Both sides have had plenty of rest since their last game. Let's look for an animated match!

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Real Zaragoza form and stats

8 victories, 9 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Real Zaragoza have to build on here at Estadio de la Romareda in the La Liga 2.

No payout for Zaragoza in their previous match, an away game at UD Ibiza that ended in defeat 0-1. Bebé (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.11/10. Bebé hit three key passes.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting FC Cartagena in a game that was won 2-0.

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 Real Zaragoza have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 5 and lost 1.

Low on goals? Looking at this club's last 10 league games, 8 have produced zero, one or two goals.

The Real Zaragoza fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 24 in 20 matches. 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 15 from 20 matches.

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Tenerife form and stats

Tenerife have only collected 14 points from their away games in the La Liga 2, after 2-8-10 (20 played).

Tenerife had fun at their own home (Estadio de la Romareda) last time out, beating Burgos 2-1. Mohammed and Marín scored. Late drama in the previous game, when Marín scored the winning goal five minutes into stoppage time to defeat Burgos. Corredera got a match rating of 7.84 in that game, top player of the team. Corredera hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 89 successful passes (of 94 total).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against FC Andorra wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Tenerife playing away and similar expectations, we found 9 relevant matches. Results were 4 Tenerife wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

Few goals the story here? 18 of this team's latest 21 league matches have had two or less goals.

The attacking power of Tenerife when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored from 20 league matches 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. 24 goals have been conceded by Tenerife in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Tenerife - Real Zaragoza 0-2 was the output when this pair of contenders formerly met, earlier this season. Head to head numbers (for the preceeding ten meetings): Zaragoza won four games, three matches ended with a draw and Tenerife have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / ten.

Top Goalscorers

TenerifeE. Gallego Puigsech
E. Gallego Puigsech
11 goals
Real ZaragozaG. Simeone
G. Simeone
9 goals
TenerifeW. Rubio Martín
W. Rubio Martín
6 goals

Real Zaragoza missing players

Tenerife missing players

Real Zaragoza Tenerife
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
41 20 5 Played P 5 20 41
12 8 2 Won W 1 2 14
16 9 2 Drew D 2 8 14
13 3 1 Lost L 2 10 13
39 24 7 Scored S 3 13 41
38 15 3 Conceded C 4 24 36
80% 75% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 90% 90%
59% 65% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 55% 56%
32% 35% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 25% 24%
10% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 15% 15%
7% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 2%
41% 45% 20% BTTS BTTS 40% 45% 41%
37% 50% 60% Clean Sheets C S 40% 20% 34%
41% 30% 40% Failed to Score F T 40% 45% 34%
 
5.5 6.3 6.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.6 4.2 5.3
5 4.5 4.6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 4.5 3.9
2.4 2.4 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.6 3.5 3
8 1 0 Red cards R C 1 5 7
 
11.5 13.4 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8.6 9.2 12.5
4 5 4.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.6 2.5 3.7
24% 24% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 26% 27%
 
10.6 9.6 9.2 Shots against (avg) S A 9.2 9.6 8.5
3.5 3 2.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.6 3.5 2.9
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Real Zaragoza have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Tenerife have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • 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 Granada 41 21 9 11 53 30 20 16 4 0 37 6 21 5 5 11 16 24 23 72
2 Las Palmas 41 18 17 6 49 29 20 9 8 3 24 13 21 9 9 3 25 16 20 71
3 Deportivo Alaves 41 19 13 9 47 33 21 13 7 1 28 11 20 6 6 8 19 22 14 70
4 Levante 41 17 18 6 44 29 20 10 7 3 23 10 21 7 11 3 21 19 15 69
5 Eibar 41 18 14 9 44 36 21 11 8 2 24 13 20 7 6 7 20 23 8 68
6 Albacete 41 16 16 9 56 46 20 9 7 4 28 18 21 7 9 5 28 28 10 64
7 FC Cartagena 41 16 10 15 46 46 21 9 4 8 22 25 20 7 6 7 24 21 0 58
8 Tenerife 41 14 14 13 41 36 21 12 6 3 28 12 20 2 8 10 13 24 5 56
9 Real Oviedo 40 15 11 14 32 33 20 9 5 6 17 15 20 6 6 8 15 18 -1 56
10 FC Andorra 40 15 10 15 42 33 20 10 3 7 23 12 20 5 7 8 19 21 9 55
11 Burgos 41 13 15 13 33 34 20 8 8 4 22 18 21 5 7 9 11 16 -1 54
12 Real Zaragoza 41 12 16 13 39 38 20 8 9 3 24 15 21 4 7 10 15 23 1 52
13 Huesca 41 11 19 11 36 35 20 9 9 2 23 12 21 2 10 9 13 23 1 52
14 Leganes 40 14 10 16 36 39 20 10 5 5 22 18 20 4 5 11 14 21 -3 52
15 Mirandes 41 13 13 15 47 52 21 9 7 5 32 28 20 4 6 10 15 24 -5 52
16 Racing Santander 40 13 12 15 36 38 20 8 6 6 19 15 20 5 6 9 17 23 -2 51
17 Sporting Gijon 41 11 17 13 42 44 20 8 9 3 27 18 21 3 8 10 15 26 -2 50
18 Villarreal II 41 13 11 17 46 51 21 9 6 6 32 24 20 4 5 11 14 27 -5 50
19 Malaga 41 10 13 18 36 43 20 7 8 5 19 16 21 3 5 13 17 27 -7 43
20 Ponferradina 41 8 17 16 36 52 21 6 7 8 18 24 20 2 10 8 18 28 -16 41
21 UD Ibiza 41 7 12 22 32 65 21 5 7 9 21 31 20 2 5 13 11 34 -33 33
22 Lugo 41 5 13 23 26 57 21 3 10 8 13 19 20 2 3 15 13 38 -31 28

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.