Football match betting preview: Real Valladolid vs Girona

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sat 22.April
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal José Zorrilla (27846 seats)

Match-goers at Estadio Municipal José Zorrilla haven’t celebrated many home wins this season, with Real Valladolid lying uncomfortably in the 14th position. The guesting Girona will try to defend their higher league spot in this fixture.

Insights:
  • Girona have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Real Valladolid and Girona should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Real Valladolid form and stats

Real Valladolid have collected 21 points from their La Liga home games so far after 6-3-5.

A strong away win for Real Valladolid against Villarreal the last match, as Amallah and Yamiq were on target. At last, a league win after four matches without. Real Valladolid goalkeeper Masip did an outstanding job against Villarreal with six saves, so vital to securing the victory. Amallah, who usually plays near the opponent's goal, was the declared top performer for the side in that fixture, collecting a rating of 8.4 (out of 10). Amallah scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 5 of 6 times.

In the match before that, Real Valladolid hosted Mallorca and drew the game 3-3.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Valladolid have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 4 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 2 and lost 0.

Real Valladolid has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. Valladolid's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Girona form and stats

Girona have only collected 11 points from their away games in the La Liga, after 2-5-7 (14 played). Girona has drawn their two previous away games.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Girona goalkeeper Paulo Dino Gazzaniga is eager to challenge this, with his 197 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Girona won their last game, 2-0 versus Elche played at home. Gazzaniga was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.45. The agile goalkeeper Gazzaniga topped it up with a clean sheet.

A 0-0 draw at Barcelona's stadium before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Girona playing away and similar expectations, we found 6 relevant matches. Results were 3 Girona wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Real Madrid in just three days.

The visiting Girona have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 17 goals from 14 games. In the opposite end, Girona have conceded 23 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

This happened when the teams faced each other previously this campaign; Girona - Valladolid 2-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (Real Valladolid wins - draws - Girona wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

GironaC. Stuani Curbelo
C. Stuani Curbelo
7 goals
GironaV. Castellanos Giménez
V. Castellanos Giménez
7 goals
ValladolidS. León Limones
S. León Limones
5 goals

Real Valladolid missing players

Girona missing players

Real Valladolid Girona
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 14 5 Played P 6 14 29
9 6 1 Won W 1 2 10
5 3 2 Drew D 1 5 8
15 5 2 Lost L 4 7 11
25 15 8 Scored S 8 17 44
48 16 8 Conceded C 12 23 42
93% 86% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 97%
66% 50% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 79% 76%
52% 43% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 57% 55%
21% 21% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 36% 31%
14% 14% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 21% 17%
38% 36% 60% BTTS BTTS 67% 71% 69%
21% 36% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 10%
48% 43% 40% Failed to Score F T 33% 29% 24%
 
4.4 4.8 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 3.4 3.6
6.1 5.9 6 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 5.4 4.5
2.6 1.8 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.9 2.6
5 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
11.2 12.9 12 Shots (avg) S ( 12.2 10.4 12.7
3.7 4.6 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 3.6 4.7
23% 23% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 32% 34% 32%
 
15.9 12.9 16.4 Shots against (avg) S A 12.3 13.9 12.2
5.4 3.8 5.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 4.6 4.3
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Girona have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 29 23 4 2 53 9 14 11 3 0 27 2 15 12 1 2 26 7 44 73
2 Real Madrid 29 19 5 5 61 24 14 9 4 1 34 12 15 10 1 4 27 12 37 62
3 Atletico Madrid 29 18 6 5 47 21 15 9 3 3 28 12 14 9 3 2 19 9 26 60
4 Real Sociedad 29 15 6 8 37 28 14 7 4 3 17 12 15 8 2 5 20 16 9 51
5 Real Betis 29 14 6 9 37 30 15 8 3 4 22 15 14 6 3 5 15 15 7 48
6 Villarreal 29 14 5 10 38 28 14 8 2 4 20 12 15 6 3 6 18 16 10 47
7 Athletic Club 29 12 7 10 40 29 15 7 3 5 20 11 14 5 4 5 20 18 11 43
8 Rayo Vallecano 29 10 10 9 35 34 15 6 5 4 21 17 14 4 5 5 14 17 1 40
9 Girona 29 10 8 11 44 42 15 8 3 4 27 19 14 2 5 7 17 23 2 38
10 Osasuna 29 10 8 11 25 30 14 7 1 6 14 15 15 3 7 5 11 15 -5 38
11 Celta de Vigo 28 9 9 10 36 39 14 5 5 4 21 16 14 4 4 6 15 23 -3 36
12 Sevilla 29 9 8 12 35 44 14 5 4 5 18 18 15 4 4 7 17 26 -9 35
13 Mallorca 28 9 7 12 25 30 14 6 4 4 13 10 14 3 3 8 12 20 -5 34
14 Real Valladolid 29 9 5 15 25 48 14 6 3 5 15 16 15 3 2 10 10 32 -23 32
15 Getafe 29 7 10 12 27 36 15 5 5 5 16 16 14 2 5 7 11 20 -9 31
16 Cadiz 29 7 10 12 23 42 15 4 6 5 14 21 14 3 4 7 9 21 -19 31
17 Almería 29 8 6 15 35 50 15 8 2 5 23 19 14 0 4 10 12 31 -15 30
18 Valencia 29 7 6 16 30 36 15 6 3 6 21 15 14 1 3 10 9 21 -6 27
19 Espanyol 29 6 9 14 35 49 14 3 4 7 18 25 15 3 5 7 17 24 -14 27
20 Elche 29 2 7 20 20 59 14 1 4 9 11 25 15 1 3 11 9 34 -39 13

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