Tercera - Group 5 match preview: Europa versus Vilafranca

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Competition: Spain Tercera - Group 5
Date: Sun 19.January
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Nou Sardenya (7000 seats)

Europa perform at a high level so far being 3rd in the table. Vilafranca can look both up and down from their 7th position.

Europa and Vilafranca should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Europa form and stats

Europa, who have the most scored goals (43) in Tercera - Group 5, are steadily winning Tercera - Group 5 games and points here at Nou Sardenya. 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 9 games.

Happy days for Europa in their previous game, a Tercera - Group 5 match away at Banyoles (placed 15th) that ended with a 4-2 victory. Preceding that match was a defeat to Sant Andreu (0-2).

A goal frenzy last time out for Europa, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Banyoles. Fun stuff to watch!

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (22 in 9 games), Europa's attacking play is working. Europa have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Vilafranca form and stats

The visitors are W3-D2-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Tercera - Group 5.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Vilafranca, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Castelldefels (placed 13th). Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Banyoles.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Vilafranca 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 (8 so far).

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Vilafranca - Europa 1-0, played this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Europa won 3, Vilafranca won 5 and 2 draws. 7 games with over 2,5 goals, 3 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

EuropaJ. Martínez
J. Martínez
9 goals
EuropaA. Serra
A. Serra
8 goals
VilafrancaV. Oribe
V. Oribe
8 goals

Europa missing players

Vilafranca missing players

Europa Vilafranca
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 9 4 Played P 3 9 19
9 5 3 Won W 0 3 9
7 3 1 Drew D 1 2 4
3 1 0 Lost L 2 4 6
43 22 13 Scored S 0 8 27
19 8 4 Conceded C 3 8 18
89% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 78% 84%
84% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 44% 58%
63% 67% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 42%
47% 56% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 26%
16% 11% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 21%
47% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 22% 37%
42% 56% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 44% 47%
21% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 56% 32%
 
6.2 7.1 6 Corners For (avg) C F 4 2.9 3.2
3.6 3.1 3.3 Corners Against (avg) C A 8 4 4.2
2.4 2.6 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3.3 2.8 2.9
2 0 0 Red Cards R C 1 1 2
 
166 100 36 Total Shots T S 22 81 106
73 43 18 Shots on Target S O 7 31 47
48% 47% 61% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 26% 36%
Key stats in Tercera - Group 5 this season:
  • Europa has the most scored goals (43)
  • Europa has the most scored goals in the second half (23)
  • Europa has the the best goal difference (+24)
  • Europa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Europa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Europa have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Vilafranca have scored away.
  • Europa have won at least twice as many corners 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 L'Hospitalet 19 12 3 4 42 22 10 6 2 2 25 14 9 6 1 2 17 8 20 39
2 Terrassa 19 11 4 4 32 16 9 8 0 1 20 4 10 3 4 3 12 12 16 37
3 Europa 19 9 7 3 43 19 9 5 3 1 22 8 10 4 4 2 21 11 24 34
4 Granollers 19 10 4 5 35 19 9 4 4 1 18 10 10 6 0 4 17 9 16 34
5 Sant Andreu 19 9 7 3 27 17 10 5 4 1 13 7 9 4 3 2 14 10 10 34
6 Pobla Mafumet 19 10 3 6 26 20 10 7 2 1 15 3 9 3 1 5 11 17 6 33
7 Vilafranca 19 9 4 6 27 18 10 6 2 2 19 10 9 3 2 4 8 8 9 31
8 Vilassar Mar 19 7 8 4 27 23 9 4 5 0 16 6 10 3 3 4 11 17 4 29
9 Horta 19 8 5 6 36 33 9 5 1 3 16 15 10 3 4 3 20 18 3 29
10 Manresa 19 8 3 8 25 20 10 4 3 3 13 8 9 4 0 5 12 12 5 27
11 Cerdanyola del Valles 19 6 8 5 26 23 9 4 3 2 16 8 10 2 5 3 10 15 3 26
12 Figueres 19 7 5 7 29 27 9 4 3 2 12 11 10 3 2 5 17 16 2 26
13 Castelldefels 19 8 2 9 26 32 10 5 0 5 13 16 9 3 2 4 13 16 -6 26
14 Peralada 19 6 7 6 24 23 10 3 3 4 10 12 9 3 4 2 14 11 1 25
15 Banyoles 19 7 3 9 21 25 9 6 0 3 14 7 10 1 3 6 7 18 -4 24
16 Santfeliuenc 19 6 5 8 23 29 9 3 4 2 14 10 10 3 1 6 9 19 -6 23
17 Sants 19 6 0 13 25 42 9 5 0 4 18 19 10 1 0 9 7 23 -17 18
18 San Cristobal 19 4 5 10 19 31 10 4 3 3 17 15 9 0 2 7 2 16 -12 17
19 Igualada 19 4 3 12 21 38 10 3 1 6 12 18 9 1 2 6 9 20 -17 15
20 Reus Deportiu 19 0 0 19 0 57 10 0 0 10 0 30 9 0 0 9 0 27 -57 0

Read more about Tercera - Group 5

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.