Open game expected at Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez Lopéz: Tenerife vs Las Palmas preview

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sat 18.March
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez Lopéz (22667 seats)

High flying Las Palmas arrive at Tenerife after their 2-2-result vs Malaga. Get out our thorough preview!

Insights:
  • Tenerife have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Las Palmas have the fewest conceded goals (17) in La Liga 2

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Tenerife form and stats

7-5-3 (win-draw-lost) are the La Liga 2 numbers at home for Tenerife so far this season.

Tenerife are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 281 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Garcés).

Tenerife shared the glory with Real Oviedo in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Goalkeeper Soriano got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.61 out of ten. Soriano topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that game, the home loss against Eibar with the scoreline 0-1.

It should be noted that a look at the 10 latest league matches shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored).

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 9 from 15 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Las Palmas form and stats

The visitors are W6-D8-L1 on the road this term. That's in the La Liga 2. In general it has been a productive period now for Las Palmas as they haven't lost any of their last eleven games.

There were no winners in Las Palmas's previous match, the home game that ended 2-2 vs Malaga (placed 20th). Midfielder Pejiño was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.81. Pejiño scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 8 of 9 times and had 35 successful passes (of 43 total).

Before that, Palmas travelled to FC Andorra and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

Low-scoring game? 22 of this side's latest 29 league fixtures have had two or less goals.

Las Palmas are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only {7 away goals} have been conceded so far. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these teams meet this season, as the records show this recent game: Las Palmas - Tenerife 3-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (Tenerife wins - draws - Las Palmas wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Las PalmasM. Cardona Rovira
M. Cardona Rovira
7 goals
Las PalmasF. Crespo García
F. Crespo García
6 goals
TenerifeE. Gallego Puigsech
E. Gallego Puigsech
5 goals

Tenerife missing players

Las Palmas missing players

Tenerife Las Palmas
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 5 15 31
9 7 3 Won W 1 6 15
11 5 0 Drew D 3 8 13
11 3 1 Lost L 1 1 3
27 15 5 Scored S 4 15 37
30 9 2 Conceded C 4 7 17
90% 87% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 60% 67% 77%
58% 53% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 20% 33% 52%
23% 13% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 20% 26%
13% 7% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 13% 13%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 7% 3%
42% 33% 25% BTTS BTTS 20% 27% 32%
32% 47% 50% Clean Sheets C S 60% 67% 61%
35% 33% 25% Failed to Score F T 60% 40% 29%
 
5.3 6.6 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 7.6 5.5 6.5
4.2 3.9 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.4 3.1 2.8
3 2.6 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.6 2.7 2.5
5 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
11.9 15.3 10.8 Shots (avg) S ( 13 12.5 14.7
3.2 4.3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.3 4.4
27% 23% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 31% 27%
 
8.5 7.3 7 Shots against (avg) S A 8.8 9.3 8
3 2.4 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 3.2 3.1
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Las Palmas have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Las Palmas have the fewest conceded goals (17) in La Liga 2
  • Las Palmas have the fewest conceded goals (7) away in La Liga 2
  • Las Palmas have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in La Liga 2
  • Las Palmas have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in La Liga 2
  • Las Palmas have the most clean sheets (10) away in La Liga 2
  • Las Palmas have the most clean sheets (19) in La Liga 2
  • Las Palmas have the most points (26) away in La Liga 2
  • Las Palmas have the the best goal difference (+20) in La Liga 2
  • Las Palmas have the the best goal difference (+8) away in La Liga 2
  • Las Palmas have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • 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 17 8 6 34 23 16 11 4 1 20 8 15 6 4 5 14 15 11 59
2 Las Palmas 31 15 13 3 37 17 16 9 5 2 22 10 15 6 8 1 15 7 20 58
3 Granada 31 16 7 8 41 22 16 13 3 0 31 4 15 3 4 8 10 18 19 55
4 Levante 31 14 13 4 35 22 16 9 5 2 19 7 15 5 8 2 16 15 13 55
5 Deportivo Alaves 31 15 9 7 39 26 16 10 5 1 22 8 15 5 4 6 17 18 13 54
6 Albacete 31 13 12 6 39 32 15 8 5 2 21 11 16 5 7 4 18 21 7 51
7 Burgos 31 11 12 8 25 20 15 6 6 3 17 12 16 5 6 5 8 8 5 45
8 FC Cartagena 31 12 8 11 34 31 16 6 3 7 16 20 15 6 5 4 18 11 3 44
9 Huesca 31 9 14 8 28 26 15 8 6 1 18 7 16 1 8 7 10 19 2 41
10 Villarreal II 31 11 8 12 33 38 15 7 5 3 21 15 16 4 3 9 12 23 -5 41
11 Mirandes 31 10 10 11 36 38 16 8 5 3 24 18 15 2 5 8 12 20 -2 40
12 Leganes 31 10 10 11 27 29 16 8 5 3 18 13 15 2 5 8 9 16 -2 40
13 FC Andorra 31 11 6 14 31 27 15 7 2 6 18 9 16 4 4 8 13 18 4 39
14 Tenerife 31 9 11 11 27 30 15 7 5 3 15 9 16 2 6 8 12 21 -3 38
15 Real Zaragoza 31 9 11 11 26 29 15 5 7 3 15 12 16 4 4 8 11 17 -3 38
16 Racing Santander 31 9 10 12 25 28 15 4 6 5 12 13 16 5 4 7 13 15 -3 37
17 Sporting Gijon 31 8 12 11 30 34 16 6 7 3 22 16 15 2 5 8 8 18 -4 36
18 Real Oviedo 31 9 9 13 19 25 16 6 4 6 9 10 15 3 5 7 10 15 -6 36
19 Ponferradina 31 6 12 13 26 40 15 4 5 6 13 18 16 2 7 7 13 22 -14 30
20 Malaga 31 5 11 15 26 37 15 4 6 5 14 16 16 1 5 10 12 21 -11 26
21 Lugo 31 5 9 17 20 41 15 3 6 6 9 12 16 2 3 11 11 29 -21 24
22 UD Ibiza 31 5 9 17 23 46 16 3 7 6 16 21 15 2 2 11 7 25 -23 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.