Tercera - Group 9 match prediction and preview for Polideportivo Almería vs El Palo clash

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Competition: Spain Tercera - Group 9
Date: Sun 22.December
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)

Struggling Polideportivo Almería will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying El Palo in the upcoming league round. It’s 16th vs 6th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Polideportivo Almería form and stats

Polideportivo Almería's struggle is real here with only 6 points collected from 8 Tercera - Group 9 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-3-4.

The home team returns after sharing the points with Huetor Vega (placed 17th) on their last time out; the Tercera - Group 9 game ended 1-1. Preceding that match was a defeat to Almeria II (1-3).

Polideportivo Almería have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 14 goals in 8 league matches. Polideportivo Almería are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (19 from 8 played).

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El Palo form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Tercera - Group 9 travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

The El Palo goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 268 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

The supporters enjoyed El Palo's previous game versus Atlético Porcuna (placed 19th), a Tercera - Group 9 1-0 win played at home. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Alhaurín.

El Palo are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 8 games (in the league). El Palo have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last two meetings: 0 - 1 - 1 (Polideportivo Almería wins - draws - El Palo wins). As for goals, 0 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

El Palo
Pepe Capitán
15 goals

Polideportivo Almería missing players

El Palo missing players

Polideportivo Almería El Palo
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 8 2 Played P 2 8 17
3 1 0 Won W 1 3 9
6 3 0 Drew D 0 1 3
8 4 2 Lost L 1 4 5
23 14 2 Scored S 2 9 27
38 19 7 Conceded C 2 11 21
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 75% 76%
76% 88% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 47%
53% 75% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 29%
18% 25% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 18%
71% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 62% 59%
6% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 25% 29%
24% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 12%
 
2.9 3 0 Corners For (avg) C F 2.5 1.7 3.6
2.5 1.5 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 1 4.3 4.7
2.2 1.8 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2 2.1
2 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
 
75 35 0 Total Shots T S 8 12 131
37 18 0 Shots on Target S O 2 3 50
41% 67% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 100% 36%
Key stats in Tercera - Group 9 this season:
  • All of Polideportivo Almería's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • El Palo have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • El Palo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • El Palo have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • El Palo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Polideportivo Almería has the most conceded goals (19) at home
  • Polideportivo Almería has the most conceded goals in the first half (20)
  • Polideportivo Almería have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Polideportivo Almería haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 17 15 1 1 37 10 9 8 0 1 21 3 8 7 1 0 16 7 27 46
2 Real Jaen 17 11 3 3 37 10 9 8 1 0 28 3 8 3 2 3 9 7 27 36
3 Almeria II 17 11 2 4 40 15 9 7 1 1 24 3 8 4 1 3 16 12 25 35
4 El Ejido 17 10 5 2 29 15 8 6 2 0 12 5 9 4 3 2 17 10 14 35
5 Motril 17 9 5 3 26 14 9 4 2 3 15 11 8 5 3 0 11 3 12 32
6 El Palo 17 9 3 5 27 21 9 6 2 1 18 10 8 3 1 4 9 11 6 30
7 Ciudad de Torredonjimeno 17 7 4 6 29 22 8 6 1 1 23 8 9 1 3 5 6 14 7 25
8 Malaga II 17 7 4 6 28 21 8 4 3 1 15 11 9 3 1 5 13 10 7 25
9 Antequera 17 7 4 6 23 20 8 3 2 3 8 9 9 4 2 3 15 11 3 25
10 Torreperogil 17 5 7 5 16 19 9 4 4 1 9 5 8 1 3 4 7 14 -3 22
11 Vélez 17 6 3 8 28 32 9 4 1 4 17 16 8 2 2 4 11 16 -4 21
12 Mancha Real 17 4 8 5 11 15 8 3 4 1 8 4 9 1 4 4 3 11 -4 20
13 Maracena 17 4 6 7 19 24 8 2 4 2 13 13 9 2 2 5 6 11 -5 18
14 Loja 17 4 6 7 28 34 8 3 3 2 15 9 9 1 3 5 13 25 -6 18
15 Huetor Tajar 17 4 6 7 23 32 9 4 3 2 16 13 8 0 3 5 7 19 -9 18
16 Polideportivo Almería 17 3 6 8 23 38 8 1 3 4 14 19 9 2 3 4 9 19 -15 15
17 Huetor Vega 17 3 4 10 19 30 9 3 1 5 13 18 8 0 3 5 6 12 -11 13
18 Melilla CD 16 3 4 9 12 38 8 2 3 3 5 11 8 1 1 6 7 27 -26 13
19 Atlético Porcuna 16 2 3 11 11 25 8 2 1 5 7 9 8 0 2 6 4 16 -14 9
20 Alhaurín 17 2 2 13 17 48 8 0 2 6 6 16 9 2 0 7 11 32 -31 8

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.