Soccer betting preview: Tenerife welcomes Almería in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Mon 21.March
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez Lopéz (22667 seats)

Get ready for a show! Today's leading roles are Tenerife and Almería, a win is the target and 1 1/2 hours the playing time.

Insights:
  • Tenerife have the fewest conceded goals (26) in La Liga 2
  • Almería have the the best goal difference (+22) in La Liga 2

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Both contenders have had time to rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Tenerife form and stats

8-3-4 (win-draw-lost) are the La Liga 2 numbers at home for Tenerife, who have the fewest conceded goals (26) in La Liga 2, so far this season.

Tenerife enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Sporting Gijon's place. The match ended 2-1 with Gallego (2) scoring. Gallego, an attacker, was the top performer for the team in that match, and was presented with a rating of 8.25 (out of 10). Gallego scored two goals and hit one key pass.

Preceding that match was the home game against Real Valladolid that was lost 1-4.

This is expected to be a close game, with Tenerife perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Tenerife as a small favourite), we find eight games. Tenerife has won two of these, drawn three and lost three.

Tenerife are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 22 goals in 15 games. Tenerife are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez Lopéz in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 15 matches.

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Almería form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the the best goal difference (+22) in La Liga 2, on their La Liga 2 travels is 7 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats.

There were no winners in Almería's previous match, the home game that ended 3-3 vs Lugo (placed 12th). Sadiq, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.4. Sadiq scored two goals, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 23 successful passes (of 28 total).

A 0-2 defeat away at Real Zaragoza before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Almería playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were three Almería wins, one draw and one defeat.

Almería are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 20 away goals from 15 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Tenerife and Almería have met previously this season: Almería - Tenerife 3-1. Tenerife-Almería H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Tenerife two wins, Almería six wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

AlmeríaU. Sadiq Mesbah
U. Sadiq Mesbah
15 goals
TenerifeE. Zorrilla Jiménez
E. Zorrilla Jiménez
10 goals
TenerifeE. Gallego Puigsech
E. Gallego Puigsech
8 goals

Tenerife missing players

Almería missing players

Tenerife Almería
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
31 15 5 Played P 4 15 31
16 8 3 Won W 1 7 18
7 3 0 Drew D 0 2 5
8 4 2 Lost L 3 6 8
43 22 9 Scored S 2 20 50
26 11 6 Conceded C 5 15 28
87% 87% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
74% 67% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 74%
45% 40% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 40% 45%
13% 20% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 26%
3% 7% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 6%
48% 33% 40% BTTS BTTS 25% 47% 48%
42% 53% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 32%
23% 27% 20% Failed to Score F T 75% 27% 23%
 
3.4 4.2 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 3.9 4.8
4.6 4.2 3.4 Corners against (avg) C A 3.2 3.9 4.1
2.5 2.4 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.5 2.2
5 4 2 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
12.4 13.5 15.8 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 13 14.4
3.9 4.5 4.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 4.7 4.8
35% 33% 39% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 29% 34%
 
12.1 11.9 11.8 Shots against (avg) S A 8.8 10.1 9.9
3.8 3.5 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.3 2.9
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Almería have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (14) in La Liga 2
  • Almería have the most scored goals in the second half (32) in La Liga 2
  • Almería have the the best goal difference (+22) in La Liga 2
  • Almería have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Almería haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Tenerife have the fewest conceded goals (26) in La Liga 2
  • Tenerife 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 Eibar 31 18 8 5 45 32 15 11 3 1 27 14 16 7 5 4 18 18 13 62
2 Almería 31 18 5 8 50 28 16 11 3 2 30 13 15 7 2 6 20 15 22 59
3 Real Valladolid 31 17 7 7 50 33 15 11 3 1 28 9 16 6 4 6 22 24 17 58
4 Tenerife 31 16 7 8 43 26 15 8 3 4 22 11 16 8 4 4 21 15 17 55
5 Ponferradina 31 13 11 7 40 33 15 7 6 2 24 14 16 6 5 5 16 19 7 50
6 Girona 31 14 7 10 44 34 16 9 3 4 26 14 15 5 4 6 18 20 10 49
7 Real Oviedo 31 10 14 7 37 31 16 7 7 2 25 14 15 3 7 5 12 17 6 44
8 UD Ibiza 31 10 13 8 40 36 16 5 7 4 23 19 15 5 6 4 17 17 4 43
9 FC Cartagena 31 13 4 14 42 43 15 9 1 5 27 17 16 4 3 9 15 26 -1 43
10 Burgos 31 12 6 13 34 30 15 8 4 3 23 8 16 4 2 10 11 22 4 42
11 Real Zaragoza 31 9 15 7 29 31 16 5 8 3 13 11 15 4 7 4 16 20 -2 42
12 Lugo 31 8 17 6 39 36 15 7 6 2 18 13 16 1 11 4 21 23 3 41
13 Leganes 31 10 11 10 35 34 15 5 7 3 17 13 16 5 4 7 18 21 1 41
14 Las Palmas 31 10 11 10 38 39 16 7 5 4 24 19 15 3 6 6 14 20 -1 41
15 Huesca 31 9 11 11 36 31 16 5 6 5 16 12 15 4 5 6 20 19 5 38
16 Malaga 31 9 10 12 27 44 16 7 5 4 15 16 15 2 5 8 12 28 -17 37
17 Mirandes 31 10 6 15 39 49 16 8 2 6 28 25 15 2 4 9 11 24 -10 36
18 Sporting Gijon 31 9 8 14 34 39 16 6 3 7 18 19 15 3 5 7 16 20 -5 35
19 Real Sociedad II 31 7 9 15 28 38 15 3 4 8 12 18 16 4 5 7 16 20 -10 30
20 Amorebieta 31 4 14 13 34 49 15 3 7 5 21 23 16 1 7 8 13 26 -15 26
21 Fuenlabrada 31 4 14 13 25 40 16 3 9 4 17 18 15 1 5 9 8 22 -15 26
22 Alcorcon 31 3 8 20 24 57 15 2 6 7 13 26 16 1 2 13 11 31 -33 17

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.