Soccer betting preview: Sabadell welcomes Lleida Esportiu in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Spain Segunda B - Group 3
Date: Sat 21.December
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Nova Creu Alta (15000 seats)

Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Sabadell - Lleida Esportiu!

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

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Sabadell form and stats

20 points is a decent return from 9 Segunda B - Group 3 games here at Nova Creu Alta for Sabadell. The data says 6 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. After failing to beat Olot here at Nova Creu Alta, Sabadell has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with five wins in a row.

The Sabadell supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Prat in Segunda B - Group 3 and win 3-0. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Cornella.

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 Sabadell have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won 4 Drawn 5 Lost 2.

The Sabadell fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 9 matches. Sabadell are not conceding a lot of goals here at Nova Creu Alta in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 9 matches.

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Lleida Esportiu form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Segunda B - Group 3 travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Lleida Esportiu are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

L. Beltran was the last player to score for the away team. Lleida Esportiu haven't scored a league goal in the last 321 minutes.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Copa Del Rey home defeat versus Espanyol with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Cornella's place.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Lleida Esportiu in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Lleida Esportiu, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Lleida Esportiu as they have only managed to score 8 times from 9 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 2 wins for Sabadell, 5 draws and 3 wins for Lleida Esportiu. Over 2,5 goals: 3 times; under 2,5 goals: 7 games.

Top Goalscorers

SabadellNéstor Querol
Néstor Querol
5 goals
SabadellEdgar Hernández
Edgar Hernández
4 goals
SabadellLanzarote
Lanzarote
4 goals

Sabadell missing players

Lleida Esportiu missing players

Sabadell Lleida Esportiu
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 9 2 Played P 1 9 17
9 6 1 Won W 0 3 7
5 2 0 Drew D 0 3 6
3 1 1 Lost L 1 3 4
22 13 3 Scored S 0 8 18
13 5 3 Conceded C 1 7 11
94% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 82%
71% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 44% 53%
29% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 22% 24%
12% 11% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 12%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
41% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 44% 35%
41% 56% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 41%
24% 22% 50% Failed to Score F T 100% 44% 41%
 
3.6 3.4 4.5 Corners For (avg) C F 6 4.8 4
4.5 4.1 6.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 9 4.7 4.7
2.6 2.6 2.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 2.6 2.7
3 0 0 Red Cards R C 1 1 3
 
146 76 19 Total Shots T S 7 87 152
59 37 10 Shots on Target S O 3 37 70
37% 35% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 22% 26%
Key stats in Segunda B - Group 3 this season:
  • Lleida Esportiu has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5)
  • Lleida Esportiu has the fewest scored goals in the second half (5)
  • Lleida Esportiu has the most scored goals in the first half (13)
  • Sabadell have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sabadell have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 Sabadell 17 9 5 3 22 13 9 6 2 1 13 5 8 3 3 2 9 8 9 32
2 Castellon 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 Cornella 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 Gimnastic 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 Hercules 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.