Amorebieta vs Ponferradina – After only one season in the Segunda Division, Amorebieta will return to the third division of Spanish football. With a tough 5-0 loss at FC Cartagena last weekend, they mathematically lost all hope of avoiding relegation. Haritz Mujika, who took over as manager from Inigo Velez in March, has thus far failed to save the squad. He was able to keep Amorebieta alive thanks to some outstanding home performances recently, but the team’s inability to replicate these on the road eventually cost them.
Nonetheless, when Amorebieta hosts Ponferradina in Matchday No 42 on Saturday afternoon, they will be looking for a winning goodbye from Segunda Division. Surprisingly, the hosts will be heavy favorites in this match (priced at 2.10 to win). Knowing that Amorebieta has won four and drawn one of their past five league matches on home soil, we can appreciate the bookmakers’ reasoning.
Also, as strange as it may seem after their 5-0 setback seven days earlier, the momentum will be on Amorebieta’s side because their opponents will be crushed after abandoning all aspirations of catching Leganes in the promotional playoffs.
Amorebieta vs Ponferradina – Betting Analysis
Despite registering nearly 30 efforts during the 90 minutes of play at Estadio El Toralin, Ponferradina succumbed 0-3 at home to Leganes (who had already lost all hope of making the playoffs earlier in the season).
Going into their fourth meeting, the two teams had a victory, a draw, and a loss between them. They met in the third level of Spanish football precisely a decade ago, with both teams winning at home in their head-to-head encounters.In the opposite encounter in this season’s Segunda Division, Ponferradina and Amorebieta drew 1-1 at Estadio El Toralin in mid-December last year.
Ponferradina is four points out of a playoff berth and has nothing to play for in this game. After back-to-back defeats to Real Valladolid and Leganes in the previous two rounds, manager Bolo is set to rotate his players heavily. At 2.10 odds, we’ll support Amorebieta to keep up their good home record and beat Ponferradina, while you may also find value in the Over 2.5 goals FT & Both Teams To Score bets.
Amorebieta vs Ponferradina – Head To Head
Our Prediction: Both Teams To Score
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