The home team ticketholders hope for a win in this match, and the home advantage could be decisive versus a struggling visitor. Merida are in 12th position while the guesting CD Badajoz fret at 16th.
- Merida have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- CD Badajoz have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both participants have had plenty of rest since their previous competitive action. Let's aim for an in-your-face match!
Merida form and stats
2 victories, 3 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Merida have to build on here at Estadio Romano in the Primera Division RFEF: Group 1.
A good away victory last time out for Merida, who won 1-0 against Fuenlabrada (placed 11th).
Ahead of that match, Merida lost 1-2 at home to Rayo Majadahonda.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 Merida have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 4 and lost 3.
Merida are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 7 games. Merida's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
CD Badajoz form and stats
The visitors are W2-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Primera Division RFEF: Group 1.
The CD Badajoz goalkeeper Enrique Royo Herranz is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 204 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Impressive finishing from Ruiz secured the home win 1-0 against Deportivo La Coruña in their previous game. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Morales when Ruiz scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 72nd minute.
A 0-0 draw at Unionistas de Salamanca's stadium before that.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Badajoz playing away and similar expectations, we found 11 relevant matches. Results were 3 CD Badajoz wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats.
9 goals have been conceded by CD Badajoz in these games.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings involving these contenders: Merida won four, CD Badajoz were winners in five and we saw one draw. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Cinta Sanchez 5 goals |  D. Sandoval Fernández 3 goals |  J. García Pérez 3 goals |
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| Merida | CD Badajoz | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 17 | 10 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 15 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 21 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 86% | 93% |
| 73% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 57% | 60% |
| 27% | 29% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 43% | 40% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 43% | 27% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 53% | 57% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 40% |
| 27% | 29% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 29% | 27% |
| 27% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 43% | 40% |
| 5.4 | 4.6 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
| 4.6 | 4.7 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4 | 4.4 |
| 3 | 3.4 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 3.3 | 2.8 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11.3 | 11 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 8.4 | 7.6 |
| 4.7 | 4.6 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.7 | 2.9 |
| 25% | 31% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 10% | 27% | 33% |
| 9.7 | 7.4 | 5.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.3 | 7.9 | 7.5 |
| 3.3 | 2.4 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
- CD Badajoz have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Merida have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Merida haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 | Córdoba | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 20 | 36 |
| 2 | Alcorcón | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 30 |
| 3 | Real Madrid II | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 31 |
| 4 | Racing Ferrol | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 30 |
| 5 | Linares Deportivo | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 26 |
| 6 | Deportivo La Coruña | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 26 |
| 7 | SS Reyes | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | -1 | 23 |
| 8 | Cultural Leonesa | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -1 | 23 |
| 9 | Celta de Vigo II | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| 10 | Algeciras | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | -2 | 19 |
| 11 | Fuenlabrada | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | -8 | 18 |
| 12 | Merida | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 21 |
| 13 | Linense | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 17 |
| 14 | Unionistas de Salamanca | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 19 |
| 15 | San Fernando CD | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 16 |
| 16 | CD Badajoz | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -8 | 18 |
| 17 | Pontevedra | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -5 | 14 |
| 18 | Rayo Majadahonda | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -2 | 14 |
| 19 | Talavera CF | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -14 | 11 |
| 20 | Ceuta | 14 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 13 | -17 | 3 |
| 20 | Internacional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
