Primera Division RFEF: Group 1 news and pre-match guide: Ponferradina small expected to overpower Celta de Vigo II

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Competition: Spain Primera Division RFEF: Group 1
Competition: Sun 27.Aug
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio El Toralín (8800 seats)

The fresh new season is about to kick off and the fans are tingling with excitement. It’s a fresh slate as Ponferradina welcome Celta de Vigo II for the opening fixture at Estadio El Toralín. Keep reading!

It's no vacation for neither Ponferradina nor Celta de Vigo II as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Ponferradina form and stats

In the previous season, Ponferradina's league results were 9 wins, 17 draws and 16 losses, producing 20th position in the Primera Division RFEF: Group 1. From these 42 matches they scored {40 goals} and let in 53. Playing as the home team in the last season Ponferradina delivered 6-7-8 (win-draw-lost) with {18 goals} and 24 conceded.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Ponferradina have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 2 and lost 0.

Ponferradina have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and six practice matches played. These training games have ended with 2 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Ponferradina scored {5 goals} and let in {4 goals} during these six games.

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Celta de Vigo II form and stats

Let's have a look at how Celta de Vigo II performed last season in the Primera Division RFEF: Group 1: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 16 victories, 11 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 48 and conceded {38 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 6 and lost 6 with 21/18 goals scored/conceded.

Celta de Vigo II are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.

It's a day of discovery for Celta as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Celta de Vigo II have played four with the results W2-D1-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Celta de Vigo II has scored {4 goals} and conceded 1 time.

Head 2 Head

Celta de Vigo II have managed a streak of 5 consecutive matches without defeat (3-2-0) when playing Ponferradina.

Ponferradina missing players

Celta de Vigo II missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Ponferradina Celta de Vigo II
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 1 0 Played P 0 1 1
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
2 2 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 2 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 100%
 
2 2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 2 2
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
4 4 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 6 6
4 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1 1
50% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
6 6 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 4 4
1 1 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4 4
Ponferradina Last season Celta de Vigo II
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
42 21   Played P   19 38
9 6   Won W   7 16
17 7   Drew D   6 11
16 8   Lost L   6 11
40 18   Scored S   21 48
53 24   Conceded C   18 38
83% 86%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 97%
62% 57%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   74% 71%
43% 38%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   32% 39%
24% 14%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   5% 13%
10% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 3%
52% 48%   BTTS BTTS   42% 53%
29% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 29%
36% 33%   Failed to Score F T   37% 21%
 
3.8 4.4   Corners for (avg) C F   6 5.7
5.5 4.5   Corners against (avg) C A   5.9 5.2
3.2 3.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3 2.6
6 4   Red cards R C   2 4
 
10.3 11.4   Shots (avg) S (   10.7 9.9
3.1 3.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.6 4.6
31% 26%   Goal Efficiency G E   18% 27%
 
13 11.3   Shots against (avg) S A   10.1 8.2
4.7 4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.6 3.1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Gimnastic Tarragona 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
2 Osasuna II 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 Rayo Majadahonda 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
4 Unionistas de Salamanca 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 Sestao River 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
6 Deportivo La Coruna 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Real Sociedad II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Cultural Leonesa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Real Unión 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 SD Logroñés 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Teruel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Celta de Vigo II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Sabadell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Fuenlabrada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Lugo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Ponferradina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Barcelona II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Tarazona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Arenteiro 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
20 Cornella 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Granada 42 22 9 11 55 30 21 17 4 0 39 6 21 5 5 11 16 24 25 75
2 Las Palmas 42 18 18 6 49 29 21 9 9 3 24 13 21 9 9 3 25 16 20 72
3 Levante 42 18 18 6 46 30 21 11 7 3 25 11 21 7 11 3 21 19 16 72
4 Deportivo Alaves 42 19 14 9 47 33 21 13 7 1 28 11 21 6 7 8 19 22 14 71
5 Eibar 42 19 14 9 45 36 21 11 8 2 24 13 21 8 6 7 21 23 9 71
6 Albacete 42 17 16 9 58 47 21 10 7 4 30 19 21 7 9 5 28 28 11 67
7 FC Andorra 42 16 11 15 47 37 21 11 3 7 27 15 21 5 8 8 20 22 10 59
8 Real Oviedo 42 16 11 15 34 35 21 10 5 6 18 15 21 6 6 9 16 20 -1 59
9 FC Cartagena 42 16 10 16 47 49 21 9 4 8 22 25 21 7 6 8 25 24 -2 58
10 Tenerife 42 14 15 13 42 37 21 12 6 3 28 12 21 2 9 10 14 25 5 57
11 Racing Santander 42 14 12 16 39 40 21 9 6 6 22 16 21 5 6 10 17 24 -1 54
12 Burgos 42 13 15 14 33 35 21 8 8 5 22 19 21 5 7 9 11 16 -2 54
13 Real Zaragoza 42 12 17 13 40 39 21 8 10 3 25 16 21 4 7 10 15 23 1 53
14 Leganes 42 14 11 17 37 42 21 10 6 5 23 19 21 4 5 12 14 23 -5 53
15 Huesca 42 11 19 12 36 36 21 9 9 3 23 13 21 2 10 9 13 23 0 52
16 Mirandes 42 13 13 16 48 54 21 9 7 5 32 28 21 4 6 11 16 26 -6 52
17 Sporting Gijon 42 11 17 14 43 48 21 8 9 4 28 22 21 3 8 10 15 26 -5 50
18 Villarreal II 42 13 11 18 49 55 21 9 6 6 32 24 21 4 5 12 17 31 -6 50
19 Malaga 42 10 14 18 37 44 21 7 9 5 20 17 21 3 5 13 17 27 -7 44
20 Ponferradina 42 9 17 16 40 53 21 6 7 8 18 24 21 3 10 8 22 29 -13 44
21 UD Ibiza 42 7 13 22 33 66 21 5 7 9 21 31 21 2 6 13 12 35 -33 34
22 Lugo 42 6 13 23 27 57 21 3 10 8 13 19 21 3 3 15 14 38 -30 31
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Racing Ferrol 38 22 9 7 55 25 19 13 4 2 34 13 19 9 5 5 21 12 30 75
2 Alcorcon 38 21 11 6 53 23 19 12 6 1 29 9 19 9 5 5 24 14 30 74
3 Real Madrid II 38 19 12 7 58 38 19 9 8 2 22 12 19 10 4 5 36 26 20 69
4 Deportivo La Coruna 38 18 13 7 53 29 19 13 5 1 35 11 19 5 8 6 18 18 24 67
5 Celta de Vigo II 38 16 11 11 48 38 19 9 5 5 27 20 19 7 6 6 21 18 10 59
6 Linares Deportivo 38 17 8 13 53 53 19 12 3 4 29 20 19 5 5 9 24 33 0 59
7 Unionistas de Salamanca 38 15 11 12 38 40 19 9 7 3 20 13 19 6 4 9 18 27 -2 56
8 Cordoba 38 14 12 12 48 37 19 9 4 6 30 18 19 5 8 6 18 19 11 54
9 Merida 38 14 12 12 40 37 19 8 5 6 23 21 19 6 7 6 17 16 3 54
10 Cultural Leonesa 38 13 9 16 41 43 19 10 3 6 24 16 19 3 6 10 17 27 -2 48
11 Fuenlabrada 38 13 7 18 32 51 19 11 3 5 22 18 19 2 4 13 10 33 -19 46
12 Ceuta 38 12 9 17 53 52 19 8 3 8 32 26 19 4 6 9 21 26 1 45
13 San Fernando CD 38 11 12 15 46 50 19 7 5 7 28 25 19 4 7 8 18 25 -4 45
14 Rayo Majadahonda 38 12 9 17 42 51 19 7 6 6 24 22 19 5 3 11 18 29 -9 45
15 Algeciras 38 11 11 16 36 47 19 5 7 7 17 20 19 6 4 9 19 27 -11 44
16 SS Reyes 38 11 10 17 30 46 19 5 6 8 13 22 19 6 4 9 17 24 -16 43
17 CD Badajoz 38 11 10 17 35 52 19 8 6 5 19 18 19 3 4 12 16 34 -17 43
18 Linense 38 10 12 16 31 34 19 7 5 7 21 20 19 3 7 9 10 14 -3 42
19 Pontevedra 38 9 9 20 34 53 19 7 8 4 23 21 19 2 1 16 11 32 -19 36
20 Talavera CF 38 8 9 21 36 63 19 6 4 9 20 25 19 2 5 12 16 38 -27 33

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Gimnastic Tarragona 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
2 Osasuna II 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 Rayo Majadahonda 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
4 Unionistas de Salamanca 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 Sestao River 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
6 Deportivo La Coruna 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Real Sociedad II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Cultural Leonesa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Real Unión 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 SD Logroñés 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Teruel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Celta de Vigo II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Sabadell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Fuenlabrada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Lugo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Ponferradina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Barcelona II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Tarazona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Arenteiro 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
20 Cornella 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0

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