Cordoba
- Cordoba have failed to win any of their last two home games.
- Ivan Ania’s side are a more possession-based unit than Burgos, who prefer to be pragmatic and compact.
- Cordoba’s recent home form has dipped, with three wins, three draws and three defeats from nine outings.
- Their recent results show a couple of back-to-back goalless draws followed by a 2-1 away win over CD Mirandes.
Burgos
- Burgos CF have won three of their last five games and are unbeaten in two away.
- Burgos CF are in slightly better form than Cordoba, sitting eighth in LaLiga 2 with 29 points from 19 games compared to 26 for the hosts, but there’s not much between the two sides heading into Saturday’s early LaLiga 2 game.
- The visitors have won five of their nine away LaLiga 2 games this season, scoring 1.56 goals on average and conceding just 1.11.
- Ramis has Burgos set up in a compact 4-4-2/4-2-3-1 hybrid that can be hard to unlock when they sit in and can be lethal in transition, using the flanks to create numbers in the box.
- The only trouble is Luis Ramis has turned Burgos into a side that are tough to break down and dangerous on the counter, so this could be a chess match.
Key Players
- Adrian Fuentes (Cordoba)
- But Adrian Fuentes is the main man up top for Cordoba with seven goals in 18 appearances in Spain’s second tier so far.
- David Gonzalez (Burgos CF)
- David Gonzalez is the Castile and Leon club’s top scorer with five goals in 18 league appearances, of which two came in his last five.
- He is a clever player who knows how to use the space on the flanks when his team sit deep, so could be a threat on the day.
Betting Insights
- And the bookmakers have got this all wrong with Cordoba the slight favorites at 2.0 and Burgos at 4.1, which is a huge odds for the visitors given their impressive away form.
- The Both Teams to Score bet looks tempting at 2.0 given both sides have been scoring goals and both have attacking threats.
Prediction
A draw could be the most likely outcome as neither team will want to lose, but we’re going with Burgos CF to double up on their double chance odds by snatching the win.
