Tercera - Group 4 preview: Can Sestao River edge out victory against Portugalete?

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Competition: Spain Tercera - Group 4
Competition: Sat 15.February
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Las Llanas

A key match in Tercera - Group 4 as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Sestao River in 1st position and Portugalete placed 3rd, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.

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Sestao River form and stats

Sestao River, who have the most scored goals (46) in Tercera - Group 4, have performed here at Estadio Las Llanas this season with 8 wins from 11 Tercera - Group 4 matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1. There’s a good atmosphere here at Estadio Las Llanas after three straight home wins.

Sestao River lost their last game at Deusto (placed 19th) after a 2-3 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Sestao River won a home game hosting Sodupe (3-0).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sestao River handle that role? We have found two games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, zero draws and one defeat.

The Sestao River manager I. Etxebarrieta Domínguez has got the team scoring with 22 from 11 home games in the league. As for guarding their own goal, Sestao River have only let in 2 goals at home.

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Portugalete form and stats

Playing away, Portugalete have won 6 games, drawn 3 and suffered 2 defeats in the Tercera - Group 4 this season.

Portugalete delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Balmaseda (placed 7th) in their previous match; a Tercera - Group 4 game. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Urduliz.

Portugalete are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, zero draws and two defeats. From a total of two matches.

The travelling fans enjoy Portugalete's attacking play in away games, having scored 19 goals in 11 league matches away. 11 goals have been conceded by Portugalete in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Portugalete - Sestao River 4-1, played this season. As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's four Sestao River victories, three draws and two Portugalete wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Sestao RiverÓ. Martín Paniagua
Ó. Martín Paniagua
17 goals
Portugalete
C. Bonilla Galdeano
12 goals
Sestao RiverV. Monteiro Oliveira
V. Monteiro Oliveira
11 goals

Sestao River missing players

Portugalete missing players

Sestao River Portugalete
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
24 11 1 Played P 3 11 24
14 8 1 Won W 1 6 13
7 2 0 Drew D 1 3 7
3 1 0 Lost L 1 2 4
46 22 3 Scored S 3 19 38
20 2 0 Conceded C 3 11 19
79% 82% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
67% 64% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 82% 67%
54% 55% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 64% 46%
29% 9% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 27% 29%
29% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
38% 9% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 73% 54%
58% 82% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 33%
25% 27% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 9% 21%
 
6.6 8.8 10 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 5 5.3
3.1 2.7 3 Corners against (avg) C A 2 2.8 3
2.5 1.9 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.1 2.7
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
282 148 15 Total Shots T S 36 92 220
137 76 9 Shots on Target S O 14 44 102
33% 29% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 41% 35%
Key stats in Tercera - Group 4 this season:
  • Portugalete has the most points from losing position (11)
  • Portugalete have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Portugalete haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Sestao River has the fewest conceded goals (2) at home
  • Sestao River has the most matches over the total-line (13)
  • Sestao River has the most scored goals (46)
  • Sestao River has the most scored goals in the second half (31)
  • Sestao River has the the best goal difference (+20) at home
  • Sestao River has the the best goal difference (+26)
  • Sestao River have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sestao River have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Sestao River have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Sestao River have won significantly more corners at home than 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 Sestao River 24 14 7 3 46 20 11 8 2 1 22 2 13 6 5 2 24 18 26 49
2 CD Vitoria 24 14 7 3 31 9 12 9 1 2 17 3 12 5 6 1 14 6 22 49
3 Portugalete 24 13 7 4 38 19 13 7 4 2 19 8 11 6 3 2 19 11 19 46
4 Basconia 24 11 7 6 32 21 11 6 3 2 21 11 13 5 4 4 11 10 11 40
5 Gernika 24 11 4 9 32 23 12 6 2 4 13 10 12 5 2 5 19 13 9 37
6 Somorrostro 24 10 7 7 32 26 13 6 3 4 19 14 11 4 4 3 13 12 6 37
7 Balmaseda 24 9 9 6 26 21 11 5 4 2 16 12 13 4 5 4 10 9 5 36
8 Santurtzi 24 7 12 5 18 22 11 5 4 2 12 11 13 2 8 3 6 11 -4 33
9 San Ignacio 24 7 11 6 30 24 13 4 6 3 20 14 11 3 5 3 10 10 6 32
10 Santutxu 24 7 11 6 22 23 12 5 5 2 15 11 12 2 6 4 7 12 -1 32
11 Sodupe 24 8 6 10 23 28 13 5 4 4 14 12 11 3 2 6 9 16 -5 30
12 Real Sociedad III 24 7 9 8 25 31 12 5 5 2 12 11 12 2 4 6 13 20 -6 30
13 Pasaia KE 24 7 8 9 21 25 12 3 5 4 11 13 12 4 3 5 10 12 -4 29
14 Beasain 24 6 10 8 25 25 11 4 4 3 13 12 13 2 6 5 12 13 0 28
15 Durango 24 7 6 11 30 27 12 6 3 3 24 11 12 1 3 8 6 16 3 27
16 Lagun Onak 24 4 11 9 17 29 12 4 7 1 10 7 12 0 4 8 7 22 -12 23
17 Tolosa 24 5 8 11 16 33 12 2 5 5 8 18 12 3 3 6 8 15 -17 23
18 Urduliz 24 5 7 12 16 22 11 1 5 5 5 10 13 4 2 7 11 12 -6 22
19 Deusto 24 5 7 12 22 42 13 2 3 8 8 22 11 3 4 4 14 20 -20 22
20 Ariznabarra 24 4 4 16 15 47 13 4 4 5 10 16 11 0 0 11 5 31 -32 16

Read more about Tercera - Group 4

Tercera División is the fourth level of football in Spain. It is divided into 18 regional groups. Most of these groups feature 20 teams who play each other home and away for a total of 380 fixtures. At the end of the season the top four teams in each group league table go into a promotion playoff.