Villarreal II contests Las Palmas match

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sat 17.December
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Ciudad Deportiva del Villarreal (5000 seats)

Top-ranking Las Palmas come to Villarreal II after their 1-2-result vs Albacete. Get out our full match preview!

Insights:
  • Villarreal II have the most scored goals in the second half (18) in La Liga 2
  • Las Palmas have the the best goal difference (+11) in La Liga 2

It's quite the trip for Las Palmas when visiting Villarreal as the cities are 2100 kilometers apart.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Villarreal II form and stats

Villarreal II have performed here at Ciudad Deportiva del Villarreal this season with 5 wins from 10 La Liga 2 matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 5 games and lost 0. Two draws in a row at home now for Villarreal II.

The spoils were shared in Villarreal II's previous game, also at home. Visiting Tenerife (placed 16th) travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline. Trouble was brewing at the score 0-2 against Tenerife last time out, but a goal from Collado completed a comeback to a draw result for Villarreal. Collado (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.01/10. Collado scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting FC Cartagena.

Villarreal II have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Ciudad Deportiva del Villarreal with 16 goals in 10 league matches. From these home matches, Villarreal II have conceded only 8 goals.

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Las Palmas form and stats

Playing away, Las Palmas have won 4 games, drawn 5 and suffered 1 defeat in the La Liga 2 this season.

Home advantage was not enough for Palmas in their previous game as they lost hosting Albacete, 1-2. That defeat was their first after five consecutive league games winning points. Midfield player Pejiño was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.83/10. Pejiño scored one goal, hit three key passes and had 29 successful passes (of 36 total).

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Real Oviedo that ended 0-0.

Low-scoring game? 15 of this club's latest 18 league rounds have had zero, one or two goals.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Las Palmas have scored 12 goals in 10 league games away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).

Head 2 Head

Las Palmas have managed a sequence of 6 consecutive matches without defeat (4-2-0) when facing Villarreal II.

The matches between these clubs have had a tendency to be ill-tempered, having seen 3 red cards from the last six duels.

Top Goalscorers

Las PalmasM. Cardona Rovira
M. Cardona Rovira
5 goals
VillarrealS. Lozano Lluch
S. Lozano Lluch
3 goals
Las PalmasF. Crespo García
F. Crespo García
3 goals

Villarreal II missing players

Las Palmas missing players

Villarreal II Las Palmas
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 10 2 Played P 2 10 20
7 5 0 Won W 1 4 9
7 5 2 Drew D 0 5 8
6 0 0 Lost L 1 1 3
23 16 2 Scored S 1 12 23
24 8 2 Conceded C 1 6 12
85% 80% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 80%
65% 60% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 40% 50%
50% 60% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 20%
30% 40% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 15%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 5%
45% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 30% 30%
40% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 60% 60%
30% 20% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 30% 30%
 
4.3 4.2 3 Corners for (avg) C F 9.5 5.9 6.7
4.3 4.3 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3 3
2.6 2.5 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 2.4
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.3 12 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 12.4 13.9
4.2 5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.2 4.3
28% 32% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 38% 27%
 
12 12 15 Shots against (avg) S A 8.5 9.6 8.3
4 3.1 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.2 3.2
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Las Palmas have the most points (17) away in La Liga 2
  • Las Palmas have the the best goal difference (+11) in La Liga 2
  • Las Palmas have the the best goal difference (+6) away in La Liga 2
  • Las Palmas have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Villarreal II have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Villarreal II have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Villarreal II have the most scored goals in the second half (18) in La Liga 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 Eibar 20 10 6 4 24 17 10 7 3 0 14 4 10 3 3 4 10 13 7 30
2 Las Palmas 20 9 8 3 23 12 10 5 3 2 11 6 10 4 5 1 12 6 11 35
3 Deportivo Alaves 19 9 7 3 22 17 9 6 3 0 12 4 10 3 4 3 10 13 5 34
4 Burgos 20 9 7 4 18 10 10 5 3 2 12 6 10 4 4 2 6 4 8 34
5 FC Cartagena 20 9 5 6 23 18 10 5 2 3 13 10 10 4 3 3 10 8 5 31
6 Levante 19 8 8 3 20 13 10 5 3 2 11 5 9 3 5 1 9 8 7 31
7 Granada 20 9 5 6 24 14 10 8 2 0 21 2 10 1 3 6 3 12 10 28
8 Albacete 20 7 8 5 23 25 10 3 5 2 9 8 10 4 3 3 14 17 -2 26
9 Villarreal II 20 7 7 6 23 24 10 5 5 0 16 8 10 2 2 6 7 16 -1 27
10 FC Andorra 20 8 4 8 21 16 10 5 1 4 14 6 10 3 3 4 7 10 5 27
11 Huesca 20 7 6 7 16 17 10 6 3 1 11 4 10 1 3 6 5 13 -1 27
12 Sporting Gijon 20 6 9 5 22 21 10 4 4 2 15 10 10 2 5 3 7 11 1 23
13 Leganes 20 7 6 7 20 19 10 5 3 2 12 9 10 2 3 5 8 10 1 26
14 Real Zaragoza 20 6 7 7 17 17 10 4 4 2 11 8 10 2 3 5 6 9 0 22
15 Real Oviedo 20 6 6 8 12 15 10 4 2 4 6 7 10 2 4 4 6 8 -3 24
16 Tenerife 20 6 6 8 21 23 10 5 3 2 12 7 10 1 3 6 9 16 -2 23
17 Mirandes 20 5 8 7 23 26 10 4 4 2 16 13 10 1 4 5 7 13 -3 20
18 Ponferradina 20 5 6 9 19 27 10 3 3 4 10 12 10 2 3 5 9 15 -8 17
19 Lugo 20 4 6 10 17 26 10 2 4 4 7 8 10 2 2 6 10 18 -9 18
20 Racing Santander 20 4 6 10 10 17 10 1 4 5 4 9 10 3 2 5 6 8 -7 18
21 UD Ibiza 20 4 4 12 14 28 11 3 3 5 10 14 9 1 1 7 4 14 -14 12
22 Malaga 20 3 7 10 15 25 9 2 4 3 8 12 11 1 3 7 7 13 -10 14

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.