Match preview Tercera - Group 9: Melilla CD - Almería II at Estadio La Espiguera

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Competition: Spain Tercera - Group 9
Date: Sun 02.February
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio La Espiguera (2000 seats)

Struggling Melilla CD will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Almería II in the upcoming league round. It’s 18th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

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.

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Melilla CD form and stats

The story so far in the Tercera - Group 9 for Melilla CD at their home stadium (Estadio La Espiguera) is 3 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

The fans are hoping that Melilla CD will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Tercera - Group 9 game against Motril (placed 3rd). A defeat was the result before that one, 0-6 away at Linares Deportivo.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Melilla CD here at Estadio La Espiguera in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (9 from 10 games). On the other hand, Melilla CD have conceded 14 goals.

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Almería II form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Tercera - Group 9 travels is 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. In general it has been a productive period now for Almería II as they haven't lost any of their last 14 games. Almería II has drawn their two previous away games.

Impressive finishing secured the home win 4-2 against Real Jaén in their previous game. Before that, Almería II travelled to Loja and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Almería II, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?

Almería II are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 18 times in 10 away games so far. 14 goals have been conceded by Almería II in these games.

Head 2 Head

Melilla CD and Almería II have met before this season: Almería II - Melilla CD 4-0.

Top Goalscorers

 
J. Medina Galán
4 goals

Melilla CD missing players

Almería II missing players

Melilla CD Almería II
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 3 10 22
4 3 0 Won W 2 4 12
5 4 0 Drew D 1 3 6
12 3 3 Lost L 0 3 4
18 9 1 Scored S 7 18 47
52 14 9 Conceded C 3 14 20
90% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
86% 70% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 86%
76% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 70% 59%
43% 20% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 40% 41%
19% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 14%
57% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 90% 59%
14% 30% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 36%
38% 40% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 9%
 
3.7 5.9 2 Corners For (avg) C F 3 2.9 4.1
4.8 3.9 2 Corners Against (avg) C A 1.7 4.3 3.8
2.8 3 3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 2.4 2.4
2 2 0 Red Cards R C 0 3 3
 
76 64 10 Total Shots T S 3 34 106
37 35 7 Shots on Target S O 3 20 62
22% 17% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 233% 75% 47%
Key stats in Tercera - Group 9 this season:
  • All of Almería II's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Almería II has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7)
  • Almería II has the most scored goals in the second half (32)
  • Almería II have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Almería II have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Almería II have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Almería II have scored more than double the goals of Melilla CD.
  • Almería II have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Almería II haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Melilla CD has the fewest scored goals (9) at home
  • Melilla CD has the fewest scored goals in the first half (4)
  • Melilla CD have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Melilla CD 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 Linares Deportivo 22 19 2 1 51 13 11 10 0 1 28 3 11 9 2 0 23 10 38 59
2 El Ejido 22 14 6 2 40 20 10 8 2 0 17 7 12 6 4 2 23 13 20 48
3 Motril 22 12 7 3 33 17 12 6 3 3 21 14 10 6 4 0 12 3 16 43
4 Almería II 22 12 6 4 47 20 12 8 3 1 29 6 10 4 3 3 18 14 27 42
5 Real Jaén 21 11 4 6 42 21 11 8 2 1 29 7 10 3 2 5 13 14 21 37
6 Ciudad de Torredonjimeno 22 10 5 7 41 29 10 7 2 1 28 10 12 3 3 6 13 19 12 35
7 El Palo 22 9 7 6 34 29 12 6 4 2 23 16 10 3 3 4 11 13 5 34
8 Antequera 22 9 6 7 29 24 10 3 3 4 10 12 12 6 3 3 19 12 5 33
9 At. Malagueño 22 9 4 9 34 28 11 6 3 2 20 15 11 3 1 7 14 13 6 31
10 Vélez 22 8 3 11 33 40 12 5 1 6 19 21 10 3 2 5 14 19 -7 27
11 Huétor Tájar 22 6 8 8 30 37 12 5 4 3 20 16 10 1 4 5 10 21 -7 26
12 Mancha Real 22 5 10 7 15 20 11 4 5 2 10 6 11 1 5 5 5 14 -5 25
13 Maracena 22 5 9 8 26 31 10 3 5 2 18 16 12 2 4 6 8 15 -5 24
14 Loja 22 5 9 8 36 44 10 4 4 2 19 12 12 1 5 6 17 32 -8 24
15 Polideportivo Almería 22 5 9 8 28 41 10 1 5 4 16 21 12 4 4 4 12 20 -13 24
16 Torreperogil 22 5 8 9 19 29 12 4 5 3 10 9 10 1 3 6 9 20 -10 23
17 Huétor Vega 22 5 5 12 28 37 12 5 1 6 19 20 10 0 4 6 9 17 -9 20
18 Melilla CD 21 4 5 12 18 52 10 3 4 3 9 14 11 1 1 9 9 38 -34 17
19 Atlético Porcuna 22 4 4 14 17 32 10 4 1 5 11 11 12 0 3 9 6 21 -15 16
20 Alhaurín 22 2 3 17 23 60 11 0 3 8 10 22 11 2 0 9 13 38 -37 9

Read more about Tercera - Group 9

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.