Tercera - Group 8 preview: Can Arandina edge out victory against Atlético Astorga?

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Competition: Spain Tercera - Group 8
Competition: Sun 19.December
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio El Montecillo (5000 seats)

Arandina greet Atlético Astorga for another engrossing Tercera - Group 8 match here at Estadio El Montecillo.

Insights:
  • Arandina have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Atlético Astorga have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This should be an absorbing game with lots of fun and energy as both sides are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Get this show on the road!

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Arandina form and stats

Last season, Arandina's league statistics were 18 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses, leading to 3rd spot in the Tercera - Group 8. During these 28 matches they scored 44 goals and gave away 17. Performing at their own stadium in the former season Arandina delivered 10-1-3 (win-draw-lost) with 24 goals and 10 conceded.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Arandina matches with similar probabilities have ended with one win, one draw and one defeat (from three games).

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Arandina, who have participated in one training match. Arandina have won 0 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 1 game.

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Atlético Astorga form and stats

Let's have a look at how Atlético Astorga performed last season in the Tercera - Group 8: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 5 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 46 and conceded 26 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 3 and lost 5 with 18/12 goals scored/conceded.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Atlético playing away, we found one game. Results were one away win, zero draws and zero home wins.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Atlético have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 0 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeats from two fixtures.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Arandina victories, four draws and two Atlético Astorga wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ArandinaS. Santa Cruz
S. Santa Cruz
4 goals
ArandinaV. Bravo Fernández
V. Bravo Fernández
3 goals
ArandinaA. El Battioui Aharchi
A. El Battioui Aharchi
3 goals

Arandina missing players

Atlético Astorga missing players

Arandina Atlético Astorga
Total Home vs Statistics Stat vs Away Total
15 7 0 Played P 0 7 15
7 4 0 Won W 0 3 4
5 2 0 Drew D 0 2 3
3 1 0 Lost L 0 2 8
21 12 0 Scored S 0 8 14
9 3 0 Conceded C 0 7 18
80% 71% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 86% 93%
73% 57% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 57% 53%
27% 43% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 43% 40%
13% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 13%
7% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 13%
33% 29% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 57% 53%
53% 57% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 13%
33% 43% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 40%
 
6.3 6.7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 5.2
2.7 2.3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.2 3.1
1.9 2.3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.6 2.5
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.1 10.3 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8.2 10.5
5.3 6.7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 4.3
31% 45% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 47% 23%
 
6.1 5.7 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 5.8 7.9
2.8 2.3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2.8 3.5
Key stats in Tercera - Group 8 this season:
  • Arandina have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Arandina have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Arandina have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Atlético Astorga have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Atlético Astorga have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Read more about Tercera - Group 8

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.