La Liga match tips and preview for the Girona vs Athletic Club battle

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Fri 04.November
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadi Municipal de Montilivi (14286 seats)

Both Girona and Athletic Club are longing for points in this fixture, despite the visitors having a 11 point advantage so far.

Insights:
  • Girona have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Athletic Club have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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

Girona have collected 8 points from their La Liga home games so far after 2-2-2. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

An away draw last time out for Girona, facing Real Madrid in a game that ended 1-1. Stuani was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Real Madrid after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? López was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.62 out of 10. The defender López won 3 of 3 duels.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Osasuna that ended 1-1.

Sports gamblers, take note: A review of the 11 latest league matches reveals that 10 of them had goals from both sides.

There will be little rest for Girona after this match as they are travelling to Elche for a La Liga game in only four days.

The Girona fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 10 goals in 6 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 10 goals have been conceded.

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Athletic Club form and stats

The visitors are W2-D2-L1 on the road this term. That's in the La Liga.

Club won their last game, 1-0 versus Villarreal played at home. That victory felt good as this team had gone four league fixtures without victory. Simón (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.6. Simón topped it up with a clean sheet.

Prior to that match, the Athletic Club manager Valverde faced defeat when travelling to Barcelona and losing 0-4.

A quick return to home after this game, as Athletic Club are hosting Real Valladolid in the La Liga only four days away.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Athletic Club are regular goalscorers on their travels. Club's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 8 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Previous four meetings featuring these participants: Girona won one, Athletic Club triumphed in three and we saw zero draws. one game with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Athletic ClubI. Williams Arthuer
I. Williams Arthuer
5 goals
GironaC. Stuani
C. Stuani
4 goals
GironaR. Riquelme Reche
R. Riquelme Reche
3 goals

Girona missing players

Athletic Club missing players

Girona Athletic Club
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
12 6 1 Played P 4 5 12
2 2 0 Won W 2 2 6
4 2 0 Drew D 2 2 3
6 2 1 Lost L 0 1 3
16 10 3 Scored S 11 11 20
20 10 5 Conceded C 4 8 12
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
83% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 58%
50% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 80% 50%
25% 33% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 80% 50%
17% 17% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 20% 17%
83% 83% 100% BTTS BTTS 75% 60% 33%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 20% 42%
17% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 33%
 
3.4 3.5 2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 4.8 5.5
4.8 4.5 2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 3.6 3.1
2.4 2.3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.4 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
12.2 14.5 15 Shots (avg) S ( 18.2 15.6 16.8
4.4 5.3 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 5.8 5.7
30% 31% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 39% 38% 29%
 
11.9 10.5 12 Shots against (avg) S A 8.8 8.6 8.5
4.8 4.7 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.2 3.8 3.2
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • All of Athletic Club's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Athletic Club have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Athletic Club haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Girona have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • 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 Real Madrid 12 10 2 0 29 10 6 4 2 0 14 6 6 6 0 0 15 4 19 32
2 Barcelona 12 10 1 1 29 4 6 5 1 0 15 0 6 5 0 1 14 4 25 31
3 Atletico Madrid 12 7 2 3 20 12 5 2 1 2 8 7 7 5 1 1 12 5 8 23
4 Real Betis 12 7 2 3 16 8 6 5 0 1 11 4 6 2 2 2 5 4 8 23
5 Real Sociedad 12 7 1 4 16 15 6 3 1 2 6 8 6 4 0 2 10 7 1 22
6 Athletic Club 12 6 3 3 20 12 7 4 1 2 9 4 5 2 2 1 11 8 8 21
7 Osasuna 12 6 2 4 13 11 7 5 0 2 10 6 5 1 2 2 3 5 2 20
8 Villarreal 12 5 3 4 14 8 4 3 1 0 9 2 8 2 2 4 5 6 6 18
9 Rayo Vallecano 12 5 3 4 17 14 5 3 1 1 9 5 7 2 2 3 8 9 3 18
10 Valencia 12 4 3 5 18 14 7 3 1 3 12 7 5 1 2 2 6 7 4 15
11 Real Valladolid 12 4 2 6 11 17 6 3 1 2 6 5 6 1 1 4 5 12 -6 14
12 Mallorca 12 3 4 5 10 13 6 1 2 3 4 6 6 2 2 2 6 7 -3 13
13 Almeria 12 4 1 7 15 20 6 4 0 2 12 8 6 0 1 5 3 12 -5 13
14 Espanyol 12 2 5 5 15 20 6 1 2 3 8 12 6 1 3 2 7 8 -5 11
15 Celta de Vigo 12 3 2 7 13 24 6 2 2 2 9 9 6 1 0 5 4 15 -11 11
16 Girona 12 2 4 6 16 20 6 2 2 2 10 10 6 0 2 4 6 10 -4 10
17 Getafe 11 2 4 5 11 19 6 1 2 3 6 10 5 1 2 2 5 9 -8 10
18 Sevilla 12 2 4 6 11 19 6 0 3 3 3 9 6 2 1 3 8 10 -8 10
19 Cadiz 12 2 4 6 8 24 7 1 3 3 5 13 5 1 1 3 3 11 -16 10
20 Elche 11 0 4 7 8 26 5 0 2 3 3 10 6 0 2 4 5 16 -18 4

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La Liga is the top professional level of the Spanish football league system. Is is often referred to as the Primera División and is considered one of the absolute top leagues of Europe and the world. 20 teams play 380 fixtures from August to May to create a final league table.