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La Liga: Girona vs Almeria – Betting preview

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Ace Football team offers the La Liga round 10 match preview for Girona and Almeria who meet up this coming Sunday. The pre-match analysis includes the latest fixture stats and facts and a free betting tip for our readers.

Title-chasing Girona are looking to continue their great run of results on Sunday. They face a bleak-looking Almeria, who don’t have the bearing of a team capable of threatening Girona at the moment.

Girona are chasing the first place in the La Liga standings after collecting 22 points from their initial nine encounters. Almeria trail them on three points after nine rounds, sitting as number 20 in the table.

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Team form: Girona vs Almeria

Girona Form

Girona have been a little inconsistent recently, as they beat Villarreal by 1-2. Following that up proved too difficult, as they lost 0-3 against Real Madrid, before claiming three points in a 0-1 win against Cadiz. Girona claimed a middle-of-the-road three wins in their previous six matches on home soil in the La Liga. They also drew zero and lost three, as they scored 11 and conceded ten goals.

Almeria Form

Almeria only managed to gain a single point in their past three games, which kicked off with a 5-1 defeat against Sevilla. A 3-3 draw with Granada followed, before Athletic Bilbao ran out 3-0 winners. Almeria didn’t manage a single away win in their last six La Liga matches, but managed two draws, while suffering four defeats. They conceded 15 and scored six goals themselves.

Betting stats for Girona and Almeria

Here are some interesting betting-relevant stats and facts. They take into account matches that Girona and Almeria played across all tournaments.

  • Girona have scored in 22 of the last 23 matches
  • Girona have not lost 14 of the last 15 matches
  • In 9 of the last 10 Girona home matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
  • Girona have won 7 of the last 8 matches
  • Girona have scored in 13 of the last 15 home matches
  • Almeria have not won 28 of the last 29 away matches
  • Almeria have conceded in 30 of the last 31 away matches
  • Almeria have not won 15 of the last 17 matches
  • In 7 of the last 8 matches Almeria played, both teams scored
  • In the last 6 Almeria matches the sum of goals was over 2.5

Players in form: Girona vs Almeria

David Lopez netted twice in his six last La Liga matches for Girona, who look to him to add a third this coming Sunday. Luis Suarez racked up four goals in his past three La Liga games going for Almeria.

Full-time result

Estadi Municipal de Montilivi saw Girona claiming six wins out of a possible 10 across all tournaments. They drew one and lost three. Visitors Almeria won one of their 10 latest away games, drew three and lost six as well.

Both teams to score

Girona scored the first goal in six out of their last ten games. Almeria scored the opening goal in four of a possible ten games. Girona probably enjoy the prospect of scoring on Sunday, as Almeria managed only one clean sheet in the previous 10 matches. The former claimed three clean sheets in their last 10 matches.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals came out seven times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Girona, who scored an average of 2.1 goals along the way. In the last ten games for Almeria, seven of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.2 times goals per game themselves. Almeria conceded a goal in their last 10 La Liga matches.

To sum up, the upcoming match between Girona and Almeria seems to be a good betting opportunity. Considering the above statements, we have come up with a betting prediction for this La Liga game.

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