Segunda B - Group 3 match preview: Cornellà versus Espanyol II

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Competition: Spain Segunda B - Group 3
Date: Sun 26.January
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Campo Nuevo Municipal de Cornella (1500 seats)

Cornellà will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 3 points behind Espanyol II.

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.

This stadium uses artificial turf, unlike Espanyol II's home stadium. The visitors last 18 games on artificial turf have ended in 9 wins, 7 draws and 2 losses.

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Cornellà form and stats

Cornellà are steadily winning Segunda B - Group 3 games and points here at Campo Nuevo Municipal de Cornella. 7 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 11 games. After failing to beat Hércules here at Campo Nuevo Municipal de Cornella, Cornellà has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with six wins in a row.

The home team returns to Campo Nuevo Municipal de Cornella after being equal after 90 minutes with Olot (placed 9th) on their last time out; the Segunda B - Group 3 game ended 1-1. Previous to that game, a home match hosting La Nucia in a game that was won 1-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Cornellà perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Cornellà as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Cornellà has won 12 of these, drawn 3 and lost 0.

Cornellà has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Cornellà have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Espanyol II form and stats

The visitors, who have the most scored goals (37) in Segunda B - Group 3, are W4-D4-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Segunda B - Group 3.

Espanyol II delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Ebro (placed 12th) in their previous match; a Segunda B - Group 3 game. Ahead of that match was the victory versus FC Andorra at their stadium, the result 3-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Espanyol II playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were 4 Espanyol II wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats.

Espanyol II are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 11 games (in the league). 12 goals have been conceded by Espanyol II in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Espanyol II - Cornellà 2-2. Cornellà-Espanyol II H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Cornellà 2 wins, Espanyol II 5 wins, 3 draws. 4 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Espanyol IIM. Ezzarfani
M. Ezzarfani
10 goals
CornellàL. Ramírez Rodríguez
L. Ramírez Rodríguez
6 goals
Espanyol II
N. Melamed Ribaudo
6 goals

Cornellà missing players

Espanyol II missing players

Cornellà Espanyol II
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 11 3 Played P 3 11 21
9 7 3 Won W 1 4 10
7 2 0 Drew D 2 4 7
5 2 0 Lost L 0 3 4
28 13 5 Scored S 3 16 37
24 6 0 Conceded C 1 12 24
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 91% 90%
71% 55% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 91% 90%
43% 18% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 45% 62%
24% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 27% 43%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
62% 36% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 55% 67%
29% 55% 100% Clean Sheets C S 67% 36% 29%
10% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 18% 14%
 
4.5 5.3 4.3 Corners For (avg) C F 3.7 4.5 5
3.9 3.7 4 Corners Against (avg) C A 5.7 4.6 4.5
2.8 2.6 3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3.3 3.1 3
2 0 0 Red Cards R C 1 3 4
 
213 118 35 Total Shots T S 36 122 236
85 48 18 Shots on Target S O 12 50 102
33% 27% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 32% 34%
Key stats in Segunda B - Group 3 this season:
  • Cornellà have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Cornellà haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Espanyol II has the fewest matches under the total-line (7)
  • Espanyol II has the most matches over the total-line (13)
  • Espanyol II has the most scored goals (16) away
  • Espanyol II has the most scored goals (37)
  • Espanyol II has the most scored goals in the first half (16)
  • Espanyol II has the most scored goals in the second half (21)
  • Espanyol II has the the best goal difference (+4) away

  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 21 12 5 4 28 15 11 8 2 1 18 5 10 4 3 3 10 10 13 41
2 Espanyol II 21 10 7 4 37 24 10 6 3 1 21 12 11 4 4 3 16 12 13 37
3 Castellón 21 10 7 4 30 17 10 6 3 1 17 7 11 4 4 3 13 10 13 37
4 Barcelona II 21 9 8 4 29 20 11 7 4 0 22 10 10 2 4 4 7 10 9 35
5 FC Andorra 21 9 8 4 26 21 11 7 3 1 18 11 10 2 5 3 8 10 5 35
6 Lleida Esportiu 21 9 7 5 21 16 10 6 3 1 13 5 11 3 4 4 8 11 5 34
7 Cornellà 21 9 7 5 28 24 11 7 2 2 13 6 10 2 5 3 15 18 4 34
8 Villarreal II 21 9 6 6 24 22 11 5 3 3 13 10 10 4 3 3 11 12 2 33
9 Olot 21 7 8 6 18 14 10 5 3 2 10 5 11 2 5 4 8 9 4 29
10 Llagostera-Costa Brava 21 7 8 6 21 20 11 4 5 2 10 10 10 3 3 4 11 10 1 29
11 La Nucia 21 6 8 7 21 19 10 4 6 0 11 5 11 2 2 7 10 14 2 26
12 Ebro 21 5 10 6 21 23 11 4 5 2 14 11 10 1 5 4 7 12 -2 25
13 Levante II 21 7 4 10 19 26 11 6 2 3 14 10 10 1 2 7 5 16 -7 25
14 Ejea 21 6 6 9 24 27 10 6 2 2 14 4 11 0 4 7 10 23 -3 24
15 Gimnàstic Tarragona 21 5 7 9 23 29 10 3 3 4 11 15 11 2 4 5 12 14 -6 22
16 Valencia II 21 4 9 8 23 25 10 2 5 3 12 10 11 2 4 5 11 15 -2 21
17 Badalona 21 5 6 10 13 22 10 3 3 4 6 8 11 2 3 6 7 14 -9 21
18 Hércules 21 4 6 11 24 30 11 2 5 4 16 16 10 2 1 7 8 14 -6 18
19 Orihuela 21 3 8 10 20 39 11 1 7 3 12 16 10 2 1 7 8 23 -19 17
20 Prat 21 3 7 11 18 35 10 1 2 7 9 18 11 2 5 4 9 17 -17 16

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.