La Liga 2 match preview and statistics: Tenerife fight Elche

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sat 22.February
Match begins: 17:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez Lopéz (22667 seats)

The visiting Elche side should be favourites in this visit to Tenerife, as the away team holds a 7 point advantage from their 28 league games this season.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Elche, who are travelling more than 2000 kilometers to play this game.

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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 4 wins, 6 draws and 4 defeats.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Tenerife, who played 0-0 against Rayo Vallecano. That match was also played at this venue (Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez Lopéz). In the preceding match a 4-2 victory visiting Extremadura UD.

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 twelve games. Tenerife has won four of these, drawn five and lost three.

Tenerife has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. Tenerife's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Elche form and stats

6 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Elche playing as the away team in the La Liga 2 this season.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a La Liga 2 home defeat versus Real Zaragoza with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Lugo.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Elche in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Elche, one draw and two defeats.

Elche find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 18 goals from 14 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Elche have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Elche - Tenerife 1-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Tenerife, three draws and four wins for Elche. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

ElcheF. Chaves de la Torre
F. Chaves de la Torre
8 goals
ElcheJ. Martínez Modesto
J. Martínez Modesto
6 goals
TenerifeJ. Santana Abreu
J. Santana Abreu
5 goals

Tenerife missing players

Elche missing players

Tenerife Elche
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 14 5 Played P 6 14 28
8 4 2 Won W 3 6 10
9 6 2 Drew D 2 4 10
11 4 1 Lost L 1 4 8
34 16 6 Scored S 11 18 36
35 16 6 Conceded C 8 14 30
79% 71% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 96%
64% 50% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 71% 79%
46% 43% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 29% 25%
29% 29% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 21% 18%
18% 21% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 7% 11%
46% 50% 60% BTTS BTTS 50% 36% 50%
32% 36% 40% Clean Sheets C S 33% 36% 29%
43% 43% 20% Failed to Score F T 17% 36% 25%
 
4.4 4.7 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 4.4 4.5
3.6 3.3 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 6 5.2
2.8 2.9 3.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.7 2.9 2.7
7 4 1 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
289 159 54 Total Shots T S 59 120 248
102 52 13 Shots on Target S O 22 54 101
33% 31% 46% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 33% 36%
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Elche have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Cádiz 28 15 7 6 38 26 14 8 4 2 22 13 14 7 3 4 16 13 12 52
2 Real Zaragoza 28 13 9 6 39 27 14 7 4 3 20 11 14 6 5 3 19 16 12 48
3 Almería 28 12 10 6 46 30 13 7 2 4 21 13 15 5 8 2 25 17 16 46
4 Huesca 28 14 4 10 35 28 14 11 1 2 24 11 14 3 3 8 11 17 7 46
5 Girona 28 12 6 10 36 33 14 9 3 2 20 11 14 3 3 8 16 22 3 42
6 Elche 28 10 10 8 36 30 14 4 6 4 18 16 14 6 4 4 18 14 6 40
7 Numancia 28 9 11 8 33 29 15 7 5 3 17 9 13 2 6 5 16 20 4 38
8 Fuenlabrada 28 9 11 8 29 27 14 5 6 3 16 13 14 4 5 5 13 14 2 38
9 Mirandés 28 8 14 6 37 38 15 5 9 1 17 11 13 3 5 5 20 27 -1 38
10 Ponferradina 28 8 13 7 35 31 15 6 8 1 20 10 13 2 5 6 15 21 4 37
11 Alcorcón 28 8 13 7 32 31 14 4 3 7 15 20 14 4 10 0 17 11 1 37
12 Rayo Vallecano 27 7 15 5 33 28 13 5 6 2 17 13 14 2 9 3 16 15 5 36
13 Las Palmas 28 9 9 10 32 33 14 5 4 5 19 18 14 4 5 5 13 15 -1 36
14 Sporting Gijón 28 9 8 11 27 29 14 6 4 4 19 14 14 3 4 7 8 15 -2 35
15 Málaga 28 7 13 8 24 25 13 4 7 2 16 13 15 3 6 6 8 12 -1 34
16 Deportivo La Coruña 28 8 10 10 27 39 14 5 5 4 18 20 14 3 5 6 9 19 -12 34
17 Tenerife 28 8 9 11 34 35 14 4 6 4 16 16 14 4 3 7 18 19 -1 33
18 Albacete 27 8 6 13 20 33 13 3 4 6 8 14 14 5 2 7 12 19 -13 30
19 Real Oviedo 28 6 11 11 34 41 14 3 8 3 17 17 14 3 3 8 17 24 -7 29
20 Lugo 28 6 11 11 26 39 14 4 5 5 16 23 14 2 6 6 10 16 -13 29
21 Extremadura UD 28 6 9 13 24 37 14 3 4 7 11 17 14 3 5 6 13 20 -13 27
22 Racing Santander 28 3 15 10 27 35 14 2 8 4 17 17 14 1 7 6 10 18 -8 24

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.