La Liga 2 match prediction and preview for the Villarreal II vs Eldense scrap

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Mon 21.Aug
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de la Cerámica (23500 seats)

It's the second chance for points this campaign as Villarreal II and Eldense lock horns at Estadio de la Cerámica.

It should be mentioned that Eldense play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Eldense on grass are 15 victories, 9 draws and 8 defeats from 32 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 35-24. You can compare this with overall results below.

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!

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Villarreal II form and stats

The previous season, Villarreal II's league statistics were 13 wins, 11 draws and 18 losses, resulting in 18th position in the La Liga 2. From these 42 matches they scored {49 goals} and let in 55. Playing at home in the last season Villarreal II produced 9-6-6 (win-draw-lost) with {32 goals} and 24 conceded.

In their previous game, the manager Jurado led his Villarreal to a defeat away at Real Zaragoza. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio de la Cerámica.

Heartbreak before that as Villarreal II lost 3-4 at FC Andorra's place.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Villarreal II handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

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Eldense form and stats

Let's have a look at how Eldense performed last season in the Primera Division RFEF: Group 2: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 19 victories, 12 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 50 and conceded {28 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 5 and lost 7 with 18/16 goals scored/conceded. Only one away game in the La Liga 2 so far for Eldense and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 7 victories, 5 draws and 7 losses from 19 travels.

Two away matches in a row for Eldense, whose coach Martín could celebrate last time after the win against FC Cartagena. Montes got a match rating of 7.83 in that game, top player of the team. Montes hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 35 successful passes (of 40 total).

A draw for Eldense before that, at their own venue hosting Real Madrid II (after extra-time) (3-3).

Eldense are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat. From a total of 8 matches.

Eldense have the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Last six meetings with these sides: Villarreal won five, Eldense triumphed in one and we saw zero draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, one match with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

EldenseJ. Ortuño Martínez
J. Ortuño Martínez
1 goals

Villarreal II missing players

Eldense missing players

Villarreal II Eldense
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 1 1 1
0 0 0 Won W 1 1 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 1 1 1
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 100% 100%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 6 6 6
4 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6 6
4 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 8 8 8
2 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2 2
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 50% 50%
 
16 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 12 12 12
7 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 2 2
Villarreal II Last season Eldense
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
42 21   Played P   19 38
13 9   Won W   7 19
11 6   Drew D   5 12
18 6   Lost L   7 7
49 32   Scored S   18 50
55 24   Conceded C   16 28
88% 86%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   84% 87%
67% 67%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   53% 63%
48% 57%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   26% 34%
24% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   16% 21%
12% 14%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
50% 52%   BTTS BTTS   32% 39%
31% 38%   Clean Sheets C S   42% 47%
31% 24%   Failed to Score F T   42% 26%
 
4.3 4.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 5.2
4.6 4.2   Corners against (avg) C A   4.1 3.8
2.4 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.7 2.5
7 3   Red cards R C   1 1
 
11.8 13   Shots (avg) S (   11.8 12.3
4.5 5.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.8 5.3
26% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   20% 25%
 
12.4 11.8   Shots against (avg) S A   9.5 8.3
4.1 3.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.7 3.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Mirandés 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Racing Santander 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
3 Real Valladolid 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Real Zaragoza 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 Eldense 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 FC Andorra 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Racing Ferrol 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
8 Tenerife 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Amorebieta 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Huesca 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Espanyol 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
12 Albacete 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Levante 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
14 Burgos 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Elche 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 FC Cartagena 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Real Oviedo 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 Leganés 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
19 Villarreal II 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
20 Sporting Gijón 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
21 Eibar 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0
22 Alcorcón 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Granada 42 22 9 11 55 30 21 17 4 0 39 6 21 5 5 11 16 24 25 75
2 Las Palmas 42 18 18 6 49 29 21 9 9 3 24 13 21 9 9 3 25 16 20 72
3 Levante 42 18 18 6 46 30 21 11 7 3 25 11 21 7 11 3 21 19 16 72
4 Deportivo Alaves 42 19 14 9 47 33 21 13 7 1 28 11 21 6 7 8 19 22 14 71
5 Eibar 42 19 14 9 45 36 21 11 8 2 24 13 21 8 6 7 21 23 9 71
6 Albacete 42 17 16 9 58 47 21 10 7 4 30 19 21 7 9 5 28 28 11 67
7 FC Andorra 42 16 11 15 47 37 21 11 3 7 27 15 21 5 8 8 20 22 10 59
8 Real Oviedo 42 16 11 15 34 35 21 10 5 6 18 15 21 6 6 9 16 20 -1 59
9 FC Cartagena 42 16 10 16 47 49 21 9 4 8 22 25 21 7 6 8 25 24 -2 58
10 Tenerife 42 14 15 13 42 37 21 12 6 3 28 12 21 2 9 10 14 25 5 57
11 Racing Santander 42 14 12 16 39 40 21 9 6 6 22 16 21 5 6 10 17 24 -1 54
12 Burgos 42 13 15 14 33 35 21 8 8 5 22 19 21 5 7 9 11 16 -2 54
13 Real Zaragoza 42 12 17 13 40 39 21 8 10 3 25 16 21 4 7 10 15 23 1 53
14 Leganés 42 14 11 17 37 42 21 10 6 5 23 19 21 4 5 12 14 23 -5 53
15 Huesca 42 11 19 12 36 36 21 9 9 3 23 13 21 2 10 9 13 23 0 52
16 Mirandés 42 13 13 16 48 54 21 9 7 5 32 28 21 4 6 11 16 26 -6 52
17 Sporting Gijón 42 11 17 14 43 48 21 8 9 4 28 22 21 3 8 10 15 26 -5 50
18 Villarreal II 42 13 11 18 49 55 21 9 6 6 32 24 21 4 5 12 17 31 -6 50
19 Malaga 42 10 14 18 37 44 21 7 9 5 20 17 21 3 5 13 17 27 -7 44
20 Ponferradina 42 9 17 16 40 53 21 6 7 8 18 24 21 3 10 8 22 29 -13 44
21 UD Ibiza 42 7 13 22 33 66 21 5 7 9 21 31 21 2 6 13 12 35 -33 34
22 Lugo 42 6 13 23 27 57 21 3 10 8 13 19 21 3 3 15 14 38 -30 31
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Eldense 38 19 12 7 50 28 19 12 7 0 32 12 19 7 5 7 18 16 22 69
2 Amorebieta 38 19 12 7 48 29 19 13 4 2 29 12 19 6 8 5 19 17 19 69
3 Castellon 38 16 14 8 46 32 19 12 5 2 25 9 19 4 9 6 21 23 14 62
4 Barcelona II 38 16 13 9 45 38 19 12 4 3 29 16 19 4 9 6 16 22 7 61
5 Real Sociedad II 38 14 18 6 50 34 19 9 7 3 28 11 19 5 11 3 22 23 16 60
6 Real Murcia 38 14 14 10 49 33 19 7 8 4 23 15 19 7 6 6 26 18 16 56
7 Osasuna II 38 15 8 15 51 45 19 11 2 6 31 20 19 4 6 9 20 25 6 53
8 Gimnastic Tarragona 38 14 11 13 37 43 19 9 5 5 22 20 19 5 6 8 15 23 -6 53
9 SD Logrones 38 13 12 13 40 43 19 8 6 5 21 16 19 5 6 8 19 27 -3 51
10 Sabadell 38 13 11 14 42 43 19 8 5 6 21 16 19 5 6 8 21 27 -1 50
11 Intercity 38 12 13 13 45 44 19 7 8 4 30 23 19 5 5 9 15 21 1 49
12 Cornella 38 12 13 13 34 42 19 7 9 3 19 16 19 5 4 10 15 26 -8 49
13 Real Union 38 13 9 16 39 48 19 8 3 8 23 25 19 5 6 8 16 23 -9 48
14 Atletico Baleares 38 11 14 13 44 46 19 7 6 6 27 24 19 4 8 7 17 22 -2 47
15 Alcoyano 38 11 14 13 36 41 19 6 9 4 20 15 19 5 5 9 16 26 -5 47
16 Numancia 38 11 13 14 31 36 19 5 7 7 19 19 19 6 6 7 12 17 -5 46
17 La Nucia 38 9 19 10 39 45 19 5 12 2 20 16 19 4 7 8 19 29 -6 46
18 UD Logrones 38 7 15 16 25 33 19 4 7 8 12 14 19 3 8 8 13 19 -8 36
19 CD Calahorra 38 7 12 19 31 52 19 2 9 8 16 23 19 5 3 11 15 29 -21 33
20 Athletic Club II 38 5 11 22 27 54 19 3 6 10 15 25 19 2 5 12 12 29 -27 26

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.