La Liga 2 information and data: Real Zaragoza moderate favourite to overwhelm Villarreal II

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sat 12.Aug
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de la Romareda (34596 seats)

This fixture has been long awaited by fans of both squads, as it's the premier La Liga 2 match of the season. Both Real Zaragoza and Villarreal II are looking for a positive start to their campaign.

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Real Zaragoza form and stats

Last season, Real Zaragoza's league results were 12 wins, 17 draws and 13 losses, results that produced 13th place in the La Liga 2. During these 42 matches they scored {40 goals} and let in 39. Playing as the home team in the previous season Real Zaragoza generated 8-10-3 (win-draw-lost) with {25 goals} and 16 conceded.

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 8 and lost 3.

Real Zaragoza have prepared for this season with four friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these four matches are 3 victories, 0 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Real Zaragoza have scored {6 goals} and conceded 4 times.

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Villarreal II form and stats

Let's have a look at how Villarreal II performed last season in the La Liga 2: They landed a 18th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 11 draws and 18 defeats. In total they scored 49 and conceded {55 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 5 and lost 12 with 17/31 goals scored/conceded.

Villarreal II are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats. From a total of 12 matches.

Just as the home team, Villarreal have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 3 Villarreal II wins, 0 draws and 2 losses.

Head 2 Head

As for the last three games between these two teams, there's two Real Zaragoza victories, zero draws and one Villarreal II win. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.

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Total First Half Second Half
Real Zaragoza Villarreal II
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Real Zaragoza Last season Villarreal II
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
42 21   Played P   21 42
12 8   Won W   4 13
17 10   Drew D   5 11
13 3   Lost L   12 18
40 25   Scored S   17 49
39 16   Conceded C   31 55
81% 76%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   90% 88%
60% 67%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 67%
31% 33%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   38% 48%
10% 10%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   14% 24%
7% 10%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   10% 12%
43% 48%   BTTS BTTS   48% 50%
36% 48%   Clean Sheets C S   24% 31%
40% 29%   Failed to Score F T   38% 31%
 
5.5 6.3   Corners for (avg) C F   4.4 4.3
4.9 4.5   Corners against (avg) C A   4.9 4.6
2.4 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2.4
8 1   Red cards R C   4 7
 
11.6 13.5   Shots (avg) S (   10.6 11.8
4 5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.9 4.5
24% 24%   Goal Efficiency G E   21% 26%
 
10.5 9.5   Shots against (avg) S A   13.1 12.4
3.5 2.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.9 4.1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Albacete 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Alcorcon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Amorebieta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Burgos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Elche 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Eldense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Espanyol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 FC Andorra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 FC Cartagena 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Huesca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Leganes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Levante 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Mirandes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Racing Ferrol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Racing Santander 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Real Oviedo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Real Valladolid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Real Zaragoza 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Eibar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Sporting Gijón 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Tenerife 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Villarreal II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season 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 42 22 9 11 55 30 21 17 4 0 39 6 21 5 5 11 16 24 25 75
2 Las Palmas 42 18 18 6 49 29 21 9 9 3 24 13 21 9 9 3 25 16 20 72
3 Levante 42 18 18 6 46 30 21 11 7 3 25 11 21 7 11 3 21 19 16 72
4 Deportivo Alaves 42 19 14 9 47 33 21 13 7 1 28 11 21 6 7 8 19 22 14 71
5 Eibar 42 19 14 9 45 36 21 11 8 2 24 13 21 8 6 7 21 23 9 71
6 Albacete 42 17 16 9 58 47 21 10 7 4 30 19 21 7 9 5 28 28 11 67
7 FC Andorra 42 16 11 15 47 37 21 11 3 7 27 15 21 5 8 8 20 22 10 59
8 Real Oviedo 42 16 11 15 34 35 21 10 5 6 18 15 21 6 6 9 16 20 -1 59
9 FC Cartagena 42 16 10 16 47 49 21 9 4 8 22 25 21 7 6 8 25 24 -2 58
10 Tenerife 42 14 15 13 42 37 21 12 6 3 28 12 21 2 9 10 14 25 5 57
11 Racing Santander 42 14 12 16 39 40 21 9 6 6 22 16 21 5 6 10 17 24 -1 54
12 Burgos 42 13 15 14 33 35 21 8 8 5 22 19 21 5 7 9 11 16 -2 54
13 Real Zaragoza 42 12 17 13 40 39 21 8 10 3 25 16 21 4 7 10 15 23 1 53
14 Leganes 42 14 11 17 37 42 21 10 6 5 23 19 21 4 5 12 14 23 -5 53
15 Huesca 42 11 19 12 36 36 21 9 9 3 23 13 21 2 10 9 13 23 0 52
16 Mirandes 42 13 13 16 48 54 21 9 7 5 32 28 21 4 6 11 16 26 -6 52
17 Sporting Gijón 42 11 17 14 43 48 21 8 9 4 28 22 21 3 8 10 15 26 -5 50
18 Villarreal II 42 13 11 18 49 55 21 9 6 6 32 24 21 4 5 12 17 31 -6 50
19 Malaga 42 10 14 18 37 44 21 7 9 5 20 17 21 3 5 13 17 27 -7 44
20 Ponferradina 42 9 17 16 40 53 21 6 7 8 18 24 21 3 10 8 22 29 -13 44
21 UD Ibiza 42 7 13 22 33 66 21 5 7 9 21 31 21 2 6 13 12 35 -33 34
22 Lugo 42 6 13 23 27 57 21 3 10 8 13 19 21 3 3 15 14 38 -30 31

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 Albacete 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Alcorcon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Amorebieta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Burgos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Elche 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Eldense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Espanyol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 FC Andorra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 FC Cartagena 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Huesca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Leganes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Levante 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Mirandes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Racing Ferrol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Racing Santander 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Real Oviedo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Real Valladolid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Real Zaragoza 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Eibar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Sporting Gijón 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Tenerife 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Villarreal II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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