Evenly matched teams: Castellón vs Cornellà match preview

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Competition: Spain Segunda B - Group 3
Date: Sun 22.December
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal Castalia (15500 seats)

Castellón perform at a high level so far being 2nd in the table. Cornellà can look both up and down from their 7th position.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Copa Del Rey.

This pitch has grass, which is not Cornellà's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Cornellà have performed like this: Played 21 matches resulting in 4 wins, 11 draws and 6 defeats with the goal stats 26-31 (scored/conceded).

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Castellón form and stats

18 points is a decent return from 8 Segunda B - Group 3 games here at Estadio Municipal Castalia for Castellón, who have the the best goal difference (+12) in Segunda B - Group 3,. The data says 5 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses.

The Castellón fans got no joy from their last match, a Copa Del Rey game also here at Estadio Municipal Castalia: A 0-2 defeat against Las Palmas. Prior to that, an away loss at Ebro in the Segunda B - Group 3.

This is expected to be a close game, with Castellón perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Castellón as a small favourite), we find six games. Castellón has won 4 of these, drawn 1 and lost 1.

The Castellón fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 14 goals in 8 league matches. Castellón are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Municipal Castalia in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 8 matches.

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Cornellà form and stats

The visitors are W2-D4-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Segunda B - Group 3. Cornellà has drawn their two previous away games.

238 minutes! That's how long the Cornellà goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

There were no winners in Cornellà's previous match, a Copa Del Rey home game that ended 0-0 vs Orihuela (placed 19th). A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Lleida Esportiu.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Cornellà in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Cornellà, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

The travelling fans enjoy Cornellà's attacking play in away games, having scored 13 goals in 8 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Cornellà have conceded 14 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last two meetings: 0 - 2 - 0 (Castellón wins - draws - Cornellà wins). As for goals, 1 match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 1 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

CastellónCésar Díaz
César Díaz
10 goals
CornellàLeo Rodríguez
Leo Rodríguez
6 goals
CornellàPablo Fernández
Pablo Fernández
5 goals

Castellón missing players

Cornellà missing players

Castellón Cornellà
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 8 5 Played P 2 8 17
8 5 2 Won W 0 2 7
7 3 3 Drew D 2 4 6
2 0 0 Lost L 0 2 4
25 14 7 Scored S 5 13 24
13 5 3 Conceded C 5 14 20
88% 88% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 62% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 76%
41% 50% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 75% 47%
24% 38% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 24%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 12% 6%
53% 50% 40% BTTS BTTS 100% 88% 65%
47% 50% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 24%
12% 12% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 12%
 
5.1 6.6 8.4 Corners For (avg) C F 3.5 3.2 4.2
5.4 3.1 2.8 Corners Against (avg) C A 4.5 4.6 4
2.2 2.5 2.8 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3.5 3.4 3.1
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 1 2 2
 
187 105 67 Total Shots T S 16 66 168
73 44 27 Shots on Target S O 7 24 66
34% 32% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 71% 54% 36%
Key stats in Segunda B - Group 3 this season:
  • Castellón has the the best goal difference (+12)
  • Castellón have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Castellón have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Castellón have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Castellón have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Castellón have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Cornellà have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Cornellà have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cornellà have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Cornellà 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 Sabadell 17 9 5 3 22 13 9 6 2 1 13 5 8 3 3 2 9 8 9 32
2 Castellón 17 8 7 2 25 13 8 5 3 0 14 5 9 3 4 2 11 8 12 31
3 Espanyol II 17 8 6 3 29 19 8 5 2 1 16 9 9 3 4 2 13 10 10 30
4 FC Andorra 17 8 6 3 24 17 9 6 3 0 17 8 8 2 3 3 7 9 7 30
5 Barcelona II 17 7 8 2 25 17 9 5 4 0 18 9 8 2 4 2 7 8 8 29
6 Lleida Esportiu 17 7 6 4 18 11 8 4 3 1 10 4 9 3 3 3 8 7 7 27
7 Cornellà 17 7 6 4 24 20 9 5 2 2 11 6 8 2 4 2 13 14 4 27
8 Llagostera-Costa Brava 17 7 6 4 20 16 9 4 3 2 10 10 8 3 3 2 10 6 4 27
9 Villarreal II 17 7 5 5 19 18 9 3 3 3 10 10 8 4 2 2 9 8 1 26
10 La Nucia 17 6 6 5 19 15 8 4 4 0 10 4 9 2 2 5 9 11 4 24
11 Olot 17 5 7 5 14 11 8 4 2 2 8 4 9 1 5 3 6 7 3 22
12 Valencia II 17 4 8 5 21 20 8 2 4 2 11 8 9 2 4 3 10 12 1 20
13 Ejea 17 5 5 7 21 22 8 5 2 1 13 3 9 0 3 6 8 19 -1 20
14 Ebro 17 4 8 5 16 18 9 3 5 1 11 8 8 1 3 4 5 10 -2 20
15 Levante II 17 5 3 9 15 24 9 5 1 3 11 9 8 0 2 6 4 15 -9 18
16 Gimnàstic Tarragona 17 4 5 8 20 25 8 2 3 3 10 13 9 2 2 5 10 12 -5 17
17 Badalona 17 4 4 9 11 20 8 2 2 4 5 8 9 2 2 5 6 12 -9 16
18 Hércules 17 3 4 10 18 25 9 2 3 4 12 12 8 1 1 6 6 13 -7 13
19 Orihuela 17 2 6 9 14 34 9 0 6 3 8 14 8 2 0 6 6 20 -20 12
20 Prat 17 2 5 10 11 28 8 0 1 7 4 15 9 2 4 3 7 13 -17 11

Read more about Segunda B - Group 3

Segunda División B is the third level of the Spanish football league system. It is divided into four groups of 20 teams each. Each group plays 380 fixtures to decide the final league table. Team squads are regulated to ensure that youth players (below 23 years old) are given a chance.