Soccer betting preview: Jove Espanol welcomes Acero in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Spain Tercera - Group 6
Competition: Sun 19.February
Match begins: 11:15 (UTC)
Venue: Ciudad Deportiva de San Vicente del Raspeig (2500 seats)

Jove Espanol are impatient to improve their points total at their own stadium in this soon-to-be-played match vs Acero.

Insights:
  • Jove Espanol have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Acero have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Tercera - Group 6

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Jove Espanol and Acero.

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Jove Espanol form and stats

The total Tercera - Group 6 results playing at home this season for Jove Espanol are 3-4-2 (wins-draws-losses). When Jove Espanol hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Hércules II, Silla, Rayo Ibense, Castellon II and Jove Espanol), they have won 2 of 3 matches!

Stress levels are on the rise for Espanol's attacking players as they have now played 454 minutes without scoring in a league game. Pérez was their last goal scorer.

The Jove Espanol regulars enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Acero and win 3-1. This was their first victory after 15 consecutive league games without winning!

Heartbreak before that as Espanol lost 0-1 at Silla's place.

Low-scoring affair? In this team's last 16 league games, 13 have contained less than three goals (under 2.5).

Jove Espanol are not conceding a lot of goals here at Ciudad Deportiva de San Vicente del Raspeig in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 9 matches. Jove Espanol has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.

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Acero form and stats

There's been little loot from Acero's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 10 away games in the Tercera - Group 6. Acero only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 4 draws. Acero has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Acero, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-3 versus Jove Espanol (placed 13th).

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Levante II.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Acero as they have only managed to score 6 times from 10 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. When Acero is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Hércules II, Silla, Rayo Ibense, Acero and Castellon II.

Head 2 Head

The latest recorded match between these participants is the Acero - Jove Espanol 1-0 played earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the prior ten meetings): Espanol won four games, two matches ended in a draw and Acero managed four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six.

Top Goalscorers

AceroV. Prieto Cantoral
V. Prieto Cantoral
7 goals
Jove EspanolA. Pérez Hernández
A. Pérez Hernández
5 goals
AceroK. Karamokoba
K. Karamokoba
4 goals

Jove Espanol missing players

Acero missing players

Jove Espanol Acero
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 3 11 21
5 4 2 Won W 0 1 6
8 4 1 Drew D 0 4 6
8 2 0 Lost L 3 6 9
16 12 4 Scored S 2 7 18
19 8 0 Conceded C 5 13 22
76% 70% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 82% 81%
48% 60% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 55% 52%
24% 40% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 36% 43%
14% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 9% 14%
5% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
29% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 55% 52%
38% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 33%
57% 40% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 36% 33%
 
3.1 4.4 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 4.5 4.1
4.3 4 6 Corners against (avg) C A 2.7 3.3 3.2
3 3.5 3.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3.1 2.7
3 2 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
6.1 7.5 5.3 Shots (avg) S ( 6.7 7.6 7.5
2.7 3.3 2.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 3.5 3.6
28% 36% 57% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 18% 25%
 
9.3 8.3 8 Shots against (avg) S A 8.3 8.1 6.8
4.2 3.2 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.4 3.2
Key stats in Tercera - Group 6 this season:
  • Acero have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Tercera - Group 6
  • Jove Espanol have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Jove Espanol 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 Orihuela 20 12 3 5 31 13 11 7 1 3 21 6 9 5 2 2 10 7 18 39
2 Torrent 21 11 5 5 22 13 10 5 2 3 8 6 11 6 3 2 14 7 9 38
3 Atzeneta 21 9 10 2 34 17 11 5 5 1 21 10 10 4 5 1 13 7 17 37
4 Levante II 21 9 8 4 18 11 11 5 5 1 10 3 10 4 3 3 8 8 7 35
5 Roda 21 9 6 6 21 16 10 5 3 2 13 8 11 4 3 4 8 8 5 33
6 Torrellano 20 8 5 7 19 18 10 5 4 1 9 4 10 3 1 6 10 14 1 29
7 Gandia 21 8 5 8 20 20 11 6 3 2 13 6 10 2 2 6 7 14 0 29
8 Villarreal III 21 8 5 8 24 28 11 5 2 4 15 12 10 3 3 4 9 16 -4 29
9 Patacona 20 7 5 8 17 20 10 5 1 4 8 7 10 2 4 4 9 13 -3 26
10 Elche II 21 6 8 7 15 18 10 4 4 2 9 6 11 2 4 5 6 12 -3 26
11 Acero 20 6 6 8 17 21 10 5 2 3 11 9 10 1 4 5 6 10 -4 24
12 Silla 21 5 7 9 18 28 10 2 5 3 8 10 11 3 2 6 10 18 -10 22
13 Jove Espanol 20 4 8 8 15 18 9 3 4 2 9 7 11 1 4 6 4 11 -3 20
14 Rayo Ibense 20 5 5 10 18 29 9 4 2 3 14 12 11 1 3 7 4 17 -11 20
15 Castellon II 20 4 7 9 16 27 10 2 3 5 9 13 10 2 4 4 7 14 -11 19
16 Hércules II 20 4 5 11 19 27 11 3 3 5 12 13 9 1 2 6 7 14 -8 17

Read more about Tercera - Group 6

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.