Girona favourites for feisty fight facing Almería

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Fri 17.February
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadi Municipal de Montilivi (14286 seats)

The odds favour Girona in this match against Almería, but the guests will fight to the bitter end. Here's our match guide!

Insights:
  • Girona have the most points from losing position (12) in La Liga
  • Almería have yet to win a game away.

Almería have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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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Girona form and stats

All-inclusive La Liga results playing at home this season for Girona are 5-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).

The regulars are hoping that Girona will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the game against Cadiz (placed 16th). Espinosa was "man of the match" with a rating of 6.65 out of 10. The defender Espinosa won 1 of 2 duels.

Ahead of that match, Girona won a home game hosting Valencia (1-0).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Girona handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Sports bettors should know that 14 of the most recent 18 league matches from this club have seen goals scored by both sides.

Girona have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadi Municipal de Montilivi with 17 goals in 11 league matches. 15 goals have been conceded.

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Almería form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Almería so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-7 (win-draw-lose). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in ten away games in a row.

Home advantage was not enough for Almería in their previous game as they lost hosting Real Betis, 2-3. Costa got a match rating of 8.42 in that game, top player of the team. Costa scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Rayo Vallecano's place.

We have checked recent matches where Almería have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 0 victories, 1 draw and 5 defeats.

The visitors have scored 6 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Almería have conceded 19 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The fixture history shows this score when the teams played each other earlier this campaign; Almería - Girona 3-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Girona wins - draws - Almería wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less. The matches between these teams have had a tendency to be hot-tempered, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

GironaC. Stuani Curbelo
C. Stuani Curbelo
5 goals
GironaV. Castellanos Giménez
V. Castellanos Giménez
4 goals

Girona missing players

Almería missing players

Girona Almería
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 11 4 Played P 3 10 21
6 5 3 Won W 0 0 6
6 3 1 Drew D 0 3 4
9 3 0 Lost L 3 7 11
27 17 7 Scored S 1 6 25
31 15 3 Conceded C 5 19 34
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
76% 73% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 80% 81%
52% 55% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 40% 52%
24% 27% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 30% 38%
10% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
71% 73% 75% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 62%
5% 9% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 5%
24% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 50% 33%
 
3.9 4.3 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 3.6 4.2
4 3.5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6.4 5.8
2.5 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 2.6 2.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
13.6 15.8 18.2 Shots (avg) S ( 14 10.2 11.4
4.8 6 6.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.9 4.3
27% 26% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 8% 15% 27%
 
11.7 10.1 10 Shots against (avg) S A 11.7 14.4 14
4.6 4.3 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.3 5.9 6.1
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Almería have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Almería have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Almería have yet to win a game away.
  • Almería haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Girona have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Girona have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Almería have scored away.
  • Girona have the most points from losing position (12) in La Liga
  • Girona haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Barcelona 20 17 2 1 42 7 10 8 2 0 22 1 10 9 0 1 20 6 35 53
2 Real Madrid 20 14 3 3 40 17 9 6 3 0 18 7 11 8 0 3 22 10 23 45
3 Real Sociedad 20 12 3 5 28 19 10 5 2 3 12 11 10 7 1 2 16 8 9 39
4 Atletico Madrid 20 10 5 5 29 17 10 4 3 3 15 10 10 6 2 2 14 7 12 35
5 Real Betis 21 10 4 7 27 22 10 5 2 3 16 11 11 5 2 4 11 11 5 34
6 Athletic Club 21 9 5 7 31 22 11 6 2 3 16 7 10 3 3 4 15 15 9 32
7 Rayo Vallecano 20 9 5 6 27 22 10 5 2 3 15 11 10 4 3 3 12 11 5 32
8 Villarreal 20 9 4 7 22 17 9 6 1 2 14 7 11 3 3 5 8 10 5 31
9 Osasuna 20 8 5 7 19 19 10 6 0 4 12 9 10 2 5 3 7 10 0 29
10 Mallorca 21 8 4 9 16 20 10 5 2 3 8 6 11 3 2 6 8 14 -4 28
11 Girona 21 6 6 9 27 31 11 5 3 3 17 15 10 1 3 6 10 16 -4 24
12 Sevilla 21 6 6 9 23 29 11 4 3 4 12 12 10 2 3 5 11 17 -6 24
13 Celta de Vigo 20 6 5 9 22 32 10 3 4 3 13 13 10 3 1 6 9 19 -10 23
14 Real Valladolid 20 7 2 11 15 28 10 5 1 4 9 9 10 2 1 7 6 19 -13 23
15 Almería 21 6 4 11 25 34 11 6 1 4 19 15 10 0 3 7 6 19 -9 22
16 Cadiz 21 5 7 9 17 33 11 3 5 3 11 15 10 2 2 6 6 18 -16 22
17 Espanyol 20 4 9 7 24 30 10 2 4 4 12 16 10 2 5 3 12 14 -6 21
18 Valencia 21 5 5 11 26 26 11 4 2 5 18 12 10 1 3 6 8 14 0 20
19 Getafe 20 4 6 10 17 27 10 2 3 5 9 13 10 2 3 5 8 14 -10 18
20 Elche 20 1 6 13 15 40 10 1 3 6 8 16 10 0 3 7 7 24 -25 9

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