Segunda B - Group 3 prediction and preview: Gimnàstic Tarragona modest favorites to beat Cornellà

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Competition: Spain Segunda B - Group 3
Competition: Sun 10.January
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Nou Estadi de Tarragona (14591 seats)

1st position in the Segunda B - Group 3 table for Gimnàstic Tarragona so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 7th-placed Cornellà visits Nou Estadi de Tarragona.

Insights:
  • Gimnàstic Tarragona has the most scored goals (18) in Segunda B - Group 3
  • Cornellà have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

Cornellà could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Copa Del Rey game only four sleeps ago.

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 26 matches resulting in 7 wins, 11 draws and 8 defeats with the goal stats 28-32 (scored/conceded).

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Gimnàstic Tarragona form and stats

Overall Segunda B - Group 3 stats at home this season for Gimnàstic Tarragona, who have the most scored goals (18) in Segunda B - Group 3, are 4-1-0 (wins-draw-losses). Ever since the Badalona game Gimnàstic Tarragona has been unbeatable here at Nou Estadi de Tarragona producing four straight wins.

Gimnàstic shared the glory with Espanyol II in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Llagostera-Costa Brava in a game that was won 3-0.

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 Gimnàstic have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won five times, drawn two and lost two.

Goals are plentiful at Nou Estadi de Tarragona in the league this season as Gimnàstic has scored 14 goals here in 5 home games. Defensively Gimnàstic Tarragona have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 5 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Cornellà form and stats

Playing away, Cornellà have won 1 game, drawn 0 and suffered 3 defeats in the Segunda B - Group 3 this season. Three has not been a lucky number for Cornellà as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Llagostera-Costa Brava match. Cornellà has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Cornellà have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 372 minutes ago. José del Amo (own goal) was the goal scorer.

Impressive finishing from Adrian Jimenez secured the home win 1-0 against Atlético Madrid in their previous game. Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Barcelona II.

Cornellà are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, four draws and four defeats. From a total of nine matches.

The attacking power of Cornellà when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 4 league matches away. Cornellà have conceded 7 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last four meetings: zero - four - zero (Gimnàstic wins - draws - Cornellà wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

GimnàsticR. Brugué Ayguadé
R. Brugué Ayguadé
3 goals
Gimnàstic TarragonaP. Ballesteros Ferrer
P. Ballesteros Ferrer
3 goals
Gimnàstic TarragonaJ. Bonilla Sevillano
J. Bonilla Sevillano
2 goals

Gimnàstic Tarragona missing players

Cornellà missing players

Gimnàstic Tarragona Cornellà
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
9 5 2 Played P 1 4 9
4 4 1 Won W 1 1 3
4 1 1 Drew D 0 0 2
1 0 0 Lost L 0 3 4
18 14 4 Scored S 3 3 9
7 2 2 Conceded C 2 7 10
89% 80% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 89%
78% 80% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 44%
44% 60% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 44%
33% 40% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 25% 22%
22% 40% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 25% 11%
44% 20% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 25% 22%
44% 80% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
22% 20% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 75% 56%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3 3.8 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2 2.9
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10 12.6 14 Shots (avg) S ( 11 9.5 10.8
4 5 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 8 3.5 3.6
50% 56% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 21% 28%
Key stats in Segunda B - Group 3 this season:
  • Cornellà have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored 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 haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Gimnàstic Tarragona has the most clean sheets (4) at home in Segunda B - Group 3
  • Gimnàstic Tarragona has the most points (13) at home in Segunda B - Group 3
  • Gimnàstic Tarragona has the most scored goals (14) at home in Segunda B - Group 3
  • Gimnàstic Tarragona has the most scored goals (18) in Segunda B - Group 3
  • Gimnàstic Tarragona has the most scored goals in the second half (16) in Segunda B - Group 3
  • Gimnàstic Tarragona has the the best goal difference (+11) in Segunda B - Group 3
  • Gimnàstic Tarragona has the the best goal difference (+12) at home in Segunda B - Group 3
  • Gimnàstic Tarragona have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Gimnàstic Tarragona have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Gimnàstic Tarragona have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Gimnàstic Tarragona have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Cornellà have scored away.
  • Gimnàstic Tarragona is in the best form (3-3-0)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Gimnàstic Tarragona 9 4 4 1 18 7 5 4 1 0 14 2 4 0 3 1 4 5 11 16
2 L'Hospitalet 10 5 1 4 13 13 5 4 0 1 10 5 5 1 1 3 3 8 0 16
3 Lleida Esportiu 9 4 1 4 15 13 4 2 1 1 6 5 5 2 0 3 9 8 2 13
4 Barcelona II 9 4 1 4 7 8 4 3 1 0 5 2 5 1 0 4 2 6 -1 13
5 Badalona 8 3 3 2 6 4 5 2 1 2 4 3 3 1 2 0 2 1 2 12
6 FC Andorra 8 3 3 2 9 9 3 2 1 0 4 2 5 1 2 2 5 7 0 12
7 Cornellà 9 3 2 4 9 10 5 2 2 1 6 3 4 1 0 3 3 7 -1 11
8 Llagostera-Costa Brava 9 2 5 2 5 6 5 2 3 0 5 2 4 0 2 2 0 4 -1 11
9 Espanyol II 9 3 2 4 10 13 4 2 1 1 5 5 5 1 1 3 5 8 -3 11
10 Prat 9 2 3 4 5 8 5 2 1 2 3 4 4 0 2 2 2 4 -3 9
11 Olot 9 2 3 4 8 14 4 2 2 0 6 4 5 0 1 4 2 10 -6 9

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.