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

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sat 04.March
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez Lopéz (22667 seats)

It's only been seven sleeps since Tenerife met Sporting Gijon and the score was 0-1. What happens versus SD Eibar?

Insights:
  • Tenerife have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • SD Eibar have the most points from losing position (15) in La Liga 2

It's quite the trip for SD Eibar when visiting Tenerife as the cities are 2300 kilometers apart.

Both participants have had plenty of rest since their previous game. Let's trust this will be an active game!

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Tenerife form and stats

7-5-2 (win-draw-lost) are the La Liga 2 numbers at home for Tenerife so far this season. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez Lopéz.

Tenerife faced defeat in their previous match, away at Sporting Gijon (0-1). Šipčić, defender, was given a rating of 7.45/10 in that game, top of the team. Šipčić won 5 of 8 duels.

Before that, Tenerife had a home game versus Mirandes which ended with a victory 1-0.

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 10 games. Tenerife has won 3 of these, drawn 3 and lost 4.

Trench warfare? Looking at this team's last 10 league matches, 9 have had less than three goals (under 2.5).

Tenerife has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. 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 8 from 14 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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SD Eibar form and stats

The visitors are W5-D4-L5 on the road this term. That's in the La Liga 2.

The SD Eibar goalkeeper Luca Zinedine Zidane is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 201 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Eibar are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the match against Villarreal II (placed 11th). Midfielder Rahmani was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.65. Rahmani scored one goal.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Lugo with the score of 2-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by SD Eibar in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for SD Eibar, 1 draw and 5 defeats.

A tale of few goals? 8 of this side's most recent 10 league rounds have contained two goals or less.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting SD Eibar as they have only managed to score 13 times from 14 away games in the league. 15 goals have been conceded by Eibar in these games.

Head 2 Head

The 4 latest games featuring these teams have all finished as SD Eibar wins. Are we destined for another one?

It's not the first time these sides face each other this campaign, as the history books show this recent fixture: SD Eibar - Tenerife 2-1.

Top Goalscorers

SD EibarJ. Molina Martínez
J. Molina Martínez
10 goals
TenerifeE. Gallego Puigsech
E. Gallego Puigsech
5 goals
TenerifeB. Garcés Moreno
B. Garcés Moreno
4 goals

Tenerife missing players

SD Eibar missing players

Tenerife SD Eibar
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
29 14 3 Played P 5 14 29
9 7 3 Won W 0 5 15
10 5 0 Drew D 1 4 8
10 2 0 Lost L 4 5 6
27 15 5 Scored S 4 13 32
29 8 1 Conceded C 10 15 23
93% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 83%
62% 57% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 62%
24% 14% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 36% 38%
14% 7% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 7% 7%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
45% 36% 33% BTTS BTTS 60% 43% 38%
31% 50% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 36% 48%
31% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 36% 31%
 
5.2 6.4 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.6 4 5
4.2 4.1 5.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 5.8 4.3
3 2.6 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.4 3.1 3
5 1 0 Red cards R C 2 6 6
 
12 15.4 9.7 Shots (avg) S ( 12.6 11.6 13
3.2 4.1 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.1 4.1
29% 26% 56% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 30% 27%
 
8.7 7.7 8.7 Shots against (avg) S A 13 12.4 10.4
3 2.4 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.8 4.2 3.5
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • SD Eibar have the most points from losing position (15) in La Liga 2
  • SD Eibar have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • 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 Las Palmas 28 14 11 3 33 15 14 8 4 2 18 8 14 6 7 1 15 7 18 53
2 Deportivo Alaves 29 15 8 6 39 25 15 10 4 1 22 8 14 5 4 5 17 17 14 53
3 SD Eibar 29 15 8 6 32 23 15 10 4 1 19 8 14 5 4 5 13 15 9 53
4 Levante 28 13 12 3 32 18 14 8 4 2 16 6 14 5 8 1 16 12 14 51
5 Granada 28 14 6 8 35 19 14 12 2 0 28 2 14 2 4 8 7 17 16 48
6 Albacete 28 12 10 6 36 30 14 7 5 2 19 10 14 5 5 4 17 20 6 46
7 Burgos 28 11 11 6 24 16 14 6 6 2 16 9 14 5 5 4 8 7 8 44
8 FC Cartagena 29 11 8 10 31 28 15 6 3 6 16 17 14 5 5 4 15 11 3 41
9 Leganes 29 10 10 9 27 25 15 8 5 2 18 12 14 2 5 7 9 13 2 40
10 Tenerife 29 9 10 10 27 29 14 7 5 2 15 8 15 2 5 8 12 21 -2 37
11 Villarreal II 29 10 7 12 32 38 14 6 5 3 20 15 15 4 2 9 12 23 -6 37
12 Huesca 28 8 12 8 22 23 14 7 6 1 15 7 14 1 6 7 7 16 -1 36
13 Sporting Gijon 29 8 12 9 26 28 15 6 7 2 19 12 14 2 5 7 7 16 -2 36
14 FC Andorra 29 10 5 14 28 27 14 7 1 6 18 9 15 3 4 8 10 18 1 35
15 Mirandes 29 8 10 11 31 35 15 7 5 3 23 18 14 1 5 8 8 17 -4 34
16 Real Oviedo 28 9 7 12 18 23 14 6 2 6 8 9 14 3 5 6 10 14 -5 34
17 Racing Santander 29 8 9 12 23 27 14 4 5 5 11 12 15 4 4 7 12 15 -4 33
18 Real Zaragoza 28 8 9 11 23 29 13 4 6 3 12 12 15 4 3 8 11 17 -6 33
19 Ponferradina 28 6 11 11 24 33 14 4 5 5 13 15 14 2 6 6 11 18 -9 29
20 Malaga 28 5 10 13 24 33 14 4 6 4 14 15 14 1 4 9 10 18 -9 25
21 Lugo 28 5 7 16 19 38 14 3 5 6 9 12 14 2 2 10 10 26 -19 22
22 UD Ibiza 28 4 7 17 20 44 14 3 5 6 14 19 14 1 2 11 6 25 -24 19

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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.