Evenly matched teams: Tenerife vs Girona match preview

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Mon 21.December
Match begins: 20:30 (UTC)

Struggling Tenerife will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Girona in the upcoming league round. It’s 19th vs 7th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • Tenerife have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Girona have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Girona could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Copa Del Rey game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Gimnastica Segoviana. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

These teams have little in common geographically as Girona have to travel 2500 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Tenerife form and stats

Tenerife have collected 12 points from their La Liga 2 home games so far after 3-3-3.

A strong away win for Tenerife against Sestao River (after extra-time) the last match, as S. Shashoua and E. Apeh were on target. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Real Oviedo (2-4).

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

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Tenerife here in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 9 games). Tenerife have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Girona form and stats

The visitors are W4-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the La Liga 2.

367 minutes! That's how long the Girona goalkeeper Juan Carlos Martin Corral and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

It's the second away game in a row for Girona, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Gimnastica Segoviana in the Copa Del Rey last time out. A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Rayo Vallecano in the La Liga 2.

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

The attacking power of Girona when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 9 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Girona have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Tenerife won one game, four matches ended with a draw and Girona has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / nine

Top Goalscorers

GironaM. Sylla Diallo
M. Sylla Diallo
5 goals
TenerifeÁ. Bermejo Escribano
Á. Bermejo Escribano
3 goals
TenerifeF. Sol Ortiz
F. Sol Ortiz
2 goals

Tenerife missing players

Girona missing players

Tenerife Girona
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 4 9 18
4 3 1 Won W 2 4 8
5 3 2 Drew D 1 2 4
9 3 0 Lost L 1 3 6
13 7 1 Scored S 5 8 15
20 6 0 Conceded C 3 9 14
89% 78% 33% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 89%
61% 44% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 56% 44%
17% 22% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 33% 22%
6% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 11% 6%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 25% 22% 22%
33% 56% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 44% 44%
44% 33% 67% Failed to Score F T 25% 44% 44%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.8 3.1 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2 2.4
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 5 8
 
10.4 9.8 7.3 Shots (avg) S ( 7.2 6.1 7.2
3.3 2.9 2.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.3 2.6
22% 27% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 38% 32%
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Girona have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Tenerife have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 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 Castellon 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 Alcorcón 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.