Real Valladolid v CD Tenerife
Segunda División | Estadio Municipal José Zorrilla
Saturday, 4 November 2023 @ 5.30pm
CD Tenerife travel to Real Valladolid on late Saturday in the Segunda División.
The visitors come into the game on the back of a defeat in their last match, having lost to Elche CF 2-1 away, with a goal from Jérémy Mellot.
Real Valladolid also lost their last match, 5-1 against SD Eibar, with their goal scored by Mamadou Sylla Diallo.
In Juan Soriano Oropesa, Tenerife can rely on one of the league's safest pair of hands. He has kept seven clean sheets in his 13 appearances this season, and no 'keeper has prevented the opposition scoring more often in the Segunda División.
In Valladolid's net, John has five clean sheets in 11 games. He has conceded a goal every 90 minutes, 60% more often than the 146 minutes between goals for Soriano Oropesa.
In the last 10 years, Valladolid and Tenerife have played each other on 12 occasions. They won five each, and they drew twice.
On average, Real Valladolid scored 1.4 goals and CD Tenerife 1.2 in those matches.
Their last meeting was on March 5 2022, when Valladolid won 4-1 away.
CD Tenerife are fifth in the table after 13 games, of which they have won seven and drawn two, earning 23 points.
Real Valladolid are two places behind the visitors in seventh, with seven wins and one draw putting them on 22 points.
With 14 goals in 13 games so far this season, Tenerife are scoring at below the league average rate with 1.1 goals per game. But they are conceding fewer than average too, letting in 10 goals at a rate of 0.8 per game.
The home side, meanwhile, are average scorers, with 1.2 goals per game. They have also conceded 1.2 goals per game.
Valladolid are in reasonable form in the Segunda División, with four wins and two losses from their last six games.
With two wins and two draws over that period, Tenerife's form is worse – they have taken eight points from 18, compared to Valladolid's 12.