La Liga 2 prediction and preview: Tenerife modest favorites to beat Castellón

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sun 25.April
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez Lopéz (22667 seats)

With their 7 point advantage in the league table, Tenerife fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Castellón.

Insights:
  • Tenerife have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Castellón have the most conceded goals in the first half (24) in La Liga 2

The hosts Tenerife saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the La Liga 2. That game was an away game at Mirandés, so at least Tenerife are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Tenerife form and stats

The story so far in the La Liga 2 for Tenerife at their home stadium (Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez Lopéz) is 9 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 203 minutes without scoring a league goal. F. Sol was the last player to find the net. Tenerife are confident in defense, having played 301 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

The home team returns to Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez Lopéz after being equal after 90 minutes with Mirandés (placed 10th) on their last time out; the La Liga 2 game ended 0-0. Preceding that game was the away draw at FC Cartagena that finished 0-0.

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 Tenerife have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 24 games) they have won 13 times, drawn six and lost five.

Tenerife are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 21 goals in 17 games. Tenerife have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Castellón form and stats

There's been little loot from Castellón's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 17 away games in the La Liga 2. Castellón only have 2 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 6 draws.

Castellón had fun at their own home (Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez Lopéz) last time out, beating Mallorca 1-0. Juanto Ortuño scored. Prior to that match, the Castellón manager J. Garrido Fernández faced defeat when travelling to Alcorcon and losing 1-2.

Castellón goalie Óscar Whalley was high and low in the Mallorca game, contributing six saves towards the victory.

Castellón are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, five draws and two defeats. From a total of eight matches.

The attacking power of Castellón when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored from 17 league matches away. As for defending, Castellón rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 26 goals from these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Castellón - Tenerife 0-1 entered in the official records. Tenerife-Castellón H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Tenerife four wins, Castellón three wins, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

TenerifeF. Sol Ortiz
F. Sol Ortiz
8 goals
CastellónR. Díez Adán
R. Díez Adán
6 goals
CastellónM. Mateu Sanjuán
M. Mateu Sanjuán
4 goals

Tenerife missing players

Castellón missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Tenerife Castellón
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
35 17 7 Played P 5 17 35
12 9 4 Won W 1 2 11
10 5 1 Drew D 2 6 6
13 3 2 Lost L 2 9 18
30 21 11 Scored S 5 13 34
29 9 5 Conceded C 9 26 42
89% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 94%
54% 59% 71% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 76% 66%
14% 24% 43% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 47% 43%
6% 6% 14% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 18% 14%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
29% 35% 43% BTTS BTTS 80% 65% 46%
43% 59% 43% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 29%
40% 18% 14% Failed to Score F T 20% 29% 31%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.9 2.9 3.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 2 2.3
7 5 1 Red cards R C 1 3 5
 
8.9 9.4 10 Shots (avg) S ( 7.4 6.9 6.6
2.9 3.2 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.6 2.4
29% 38% 48% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 30% 40%
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Castellón have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Castellón have the most conceded goals in the first half (24) in La Liga 2
  • Tenerife have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Tenerife have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 Espanyol 35 21 8 6 59 23 17 13 2 2 33 9 18 8 6 4 26 14 36 71
2 Mallorca 35 20 8 7 44 22 18 11 3 4 27 10 17 9 5 3 17 12 22 68
3 Almería 35 18 7 10 50 32 18 9 6 3 29 14 17 9 1 7 21 18 18 61
4 Leganes 35 17 7 11 39 30 18 13 2 3 24 12 17 4 5 8 15 18 9 58
5 Sporting Gijon 35 15 11 9 35 25 18 9 7 2 20 10 17 6 4 7 15 15 10 56
6 Rayo Vallecano 35 16 8 11 41 32 17 10 2 5 24 15 18 6 6 6 17 17 9 56
7 Girona 35 14 10 11 37 34 18 9 4 5 19 12 17 5 6 6 18 22 3 52
8 Ponferradina 35 13 11 11 38 39 17 8 6 3 22 17 18 5 5 8 16 22 -1 50
9 Malaga 35 13 10 12 33 39 17 5 6 6 16 19 18 8 4 6 17 20 -6 49
10 Mirandés 35 13 9 13 32 32 17 5 8 4 16 14 18 8 1 9 16 18 0 48
11 Tenerife 35 12 10 13 30 29 17 9 5 3 21 9 18 3 5 10 9 20 1 46
12 Las Palmas 35 11 13 11 40 44 18 9 5 4 29 19 17 2 8 7 11 25 -4 46
13 Fuenlabrada 35 9 17 9 38 39 18 3 11 4 18 17 17 6 6 5 20 22 -1 44
14 Real Oviedo 35 9 16 10 36 35 17 5 7 5 22 19 18 4 9 5 14 16 1 43
15 Real Zaragoza 35 11 8 16 29 34 17 8 5 4 17 12 18 3 3 12 12 22 -5 41
16 UD Logrones 35 10 10 15 25 42 17 6 4 7 13 18 18 4 6 8 12 24 -17 40
17 Castellón 35 11 6 18 34 42 18 9 0 9 21 16 17 2 6 9 13 26 -8 39
18 Alcorcon 35 10 8 17 27 37 17 7 1 9 16 21 18 3 7 8 11 16 -10 38
19 FC Cartagena 35 8 12 15 34 45 18 6 6 6 22 20 17 2 6 9 12 25 -11 36
20 Lugo 35 8 12 15 30 45 18 6 7 5 14 12 17 2 5 10 16 33 -15 36
21 Sabadell 35 7 13 15 32 42 17 2 9 6 15 19 18 5 4 9 17 23 -10 34
22 Albacete 35 8 8 19 22 43 18 5 5 8 14 19 17 3 3 11 8 24 -21 32

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 Espanyol 35 21 8 6 59 23 17 13 2 2 33 9 18 8 6 4 26 14 36 71
2 Mallorca 35 20 8 7 44 22 18 11 3 4 27 10 17 9 5 3 17 12 22 68
3 Almería 35 18 7 10 50 32 18 9 6 3 29 14 17 9 1 7 21 18 18 61
4 Leganes 35 17 7 11 39 30 18 13 2 3 24 12 17 4 5 8 15 18 9 58
5 Sporting Gijon 35 15 11 9 35 25 18 9 7 2 20 10 17 6 4 7 15 15 10 56
6 Rayo Vallecano 35 16 8 11 41 32 17 10 2 5 24 15 18 6 6 6 17 17 9 56
7 Girona 35 14 10 11 37 34 18 9 4 5 19 12 17 5 6 6 18 22 3 52
8 Ponferradina 35 13 11 11 38 39 17 8 6 3 22 17 18 5 5 8 16 22 -1 50
9 Malaga 35 13 10 12 33 39 17 5 6 6 16 19 18 8 4 6 17 20 -6 49
10 Mirandés 35 13 9 13 32 32 17 5 8 4 16 14 18 8 1 9 16 18 0 48
11 Tenerife 35 12 10 13 30 29 17 9 5 3 21 9 18 3 5 10 9 20 1 46
12 Las Palmas 35 11 13 11 40 44 18 9 5 4 29 19 17 2 8 7 11 25 -4 46
13 Fuenlabrada 35 9 17 9 38 39 18 3 11 4 18 17 17 6 6 5 20 22 -1 44
14 Real Oviedo 35 9 16 10 36 35 17 5 7 5 22 19 18 4 9 5 14 16 1 43
15 Real Zaragoza 35 11 8 16 29 34 17 8 5 4 17 12 18 3 3 12 12 22 -5 41
16 UD Logrones 35 10 10 15 25 42 17 6 4 7 13 18 18 4 6 8 12 24 -17 40
17 Castellón 35 11 6 18 34 42 18 9 0 9 21 16 17 2 6 9 13 26 -8 39
18 Alcorcon 35 10 8 17 27 37 17 7 1 9 16 21 18 3 7 8 11 16 -10 38
19 FC Cartagena 35 8 12 15 34 45 18 6 6 6 22 20 17 2 6 9 12 25 -11 36
20 Lugo 35 8 12 15 30 45 18 6 7 5 14 12 17 2 5 10 16 33 -15 36
21 Sabadell 35 7 13 15 32 42 17 2 9 6 15 19 18 5 4 9 17 23 -10 34
22 Albacete 35 8 8 19 22 43 18 5 5 8 14 19 17 3 3 11 8 24 -21 32

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