Sabadell vs Castellón betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sat 19.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadi de la Nova Creu Alta (15000 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the La Liga 2, Sabadell holding 18th place and Castellón lying 17th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Insights:
  • Sabadell has the fewest points (7) at home in La Liga 2
  • Castellón has the most conceded goals in the first half (14) in La Liga 2

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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Sabadell form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the La Liga 2 this season. Sabadell, who have the fewest points (7) at home in La Liga 2, have only managed 2 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses from their games here at Estadi de la Nova Creu Alta.

It's back home for Sabadell, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Ibiza Islas Pitiusas away with the result 2-0. Stoichkov and Néstor Querol found the net in that victory. A strong away win before that one, visiting FC Cartagena and winning 2-1.

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 Sabadell have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won five, drawn three and lost three.

Sabadell have scored 8 league goals here from 9 matches, not a lot. Sabadell have conceded 12 in these home matches.

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Castellón form and stats

Castellón, who have the most conceded goals (16) away in La Liga 2, have only collected 6 points from their away games in the La Liga 2, after 1-3-5 (9 played).

Two travels in a row for Castellón, whose manager Ó. Cano Moreno could celebrate last time after the Copa Del Rey win against San Fernando CD. A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Albacete.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Castellón playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were two Castellón wins, five draws and seven defeats.

The attacking power of Castellón when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 9 league matches away. Castellón have conceded 16 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's four Sabadell victories, two draws and one Castellón win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

CastellónR. Díez Adán
R. Díez Adán
3 goals
CastellónI. Zlatanović
I. Zlatanović
3 goals

Sabadell missing players

Castellón missing players

Sabadell Castellón
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 9 1 Played P 1 9 18
5 2 0 Won W 0 1 5
2 1 1 Drew D 1 3 3
11 6 0 Lost L 0 5 10
17 8 1 Scored S 1 8 17
24 12 1 Conceded C 1 16 24
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 72%
56% 44% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 56% 44%
11% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 11%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 56% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 78% 50%
17% 11% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 17%
39% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.9 3.1 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.2 2.4
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
6.7 6.8 7 Shots (avg) S ( 5 7.4 7.2
2.6 2.6 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2.4 2.2
37% 35% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 36% 42%
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Castellón has the most conceded goals (16) away in La Liga 2
  • Castellón has the most conceded goals in the first half (14) in La Liga 2
  • Castellón have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Castellón have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Castellón haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sabadell has the fewest points (7) at home in La Liga 2
  • Sabadell haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Mallorca 18 12 5 1 24 4 9 6 2 1 16 3 9 6 3 0 8 1 20 41
2 Espanyol 18 12 3 3 28 8 9 7 1 1 15 3 9 5 2 2 13 5 20 39
3 Almeria 18 12 2 4 24 12 9 5 2 2 12 5 9 7 0 2 12 7 12 38
4 Leganes 18 10 2 6 18 13 10 8 0 2 12 4 8 2 2 4 6 9 5 32
5 Sporting Gijon 18 9 4 5 18 13 9 6 3 0 12 4 9 3 1 5 6 9 5 31
6 Rayo Vallecano 18 8 4 6 18 14 8 6 1 1 13 4 10 2 3 5 5 10 4 28
7 Girona 18 8 4 6 15 14 9 4 2 3 7 5 9 4 2 3 8 9 1 28
8 Mirandes 18 7 6 5 17 12 9 3 5 1 8 4 9 4 1 4 9 8 5 27
9 Ponferradina 18 8 3 7 19 21 9 4 2 3 11 11 9 4 1 4 8 10 -2 27
10 Lugo 18 7 5 6 18 17 9 5 2 2 9 5 9 2 3 4 9 12 1 26
11 Real Oviedo 18 6 7 5 22 18 10 3 4 3 14 11 8 3 3 2 8 7 4 25
12 Malaga 18 7 4 7 18 25 8 2 3 3 7 10 10 5 1 4 11 15 -7 25
13 Fuenlabrada 18 5 8 5 18 19 9 2 5 2 7 7 9 3 3 3 11 12 -1 23
14 Las Palmas 18 5 8 5 20 23 9 5 2 2 14 11 9 0 6 3 6 12 -3 23
15 UD Logrones 18 7 2 9 16 23 9 4 1 4 9 10 9 3 1 5 7 13 -7 23
16 FC Cartagena 18 5 4 9 21 25 9 3 1 5 12 12 9 2 3 4 9 13 -4 19
17 Castellón 18 5 3 10 17 24 9 4 0 5 9 8 9 1 3 5 8 16 -7 18
18 Sabadell 18 5 2 11 17 24 9 2 1 6 8 12 9 3 1 5 9 12 -7 17
19 Tenerife 18 4 5 9 13 20 9 3 3 3 7 6 9 1 2 6 6 14 -7 17
20 Alcorcon 18 4 4 10 9 18 9 3 0 6 5 12 9 1 4 4 4 6 -9 16
21 Real Zaragoza 18 3 4 11 13 20 9 2 4 3 9 10 9 1 0 8 4 10 -7 13
22 Albacete 18 2 5 11 9 25 9 2 3 4 8 11 9 0 2 7 1 14 -16 11

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.