Girona vs Extremadura Predictions

• Only one Segunda team has claimed more points at home than Girona this season.
• Girona are the sixth-best team in Segunda when it comes to touches in the opposition box.
• Girona have kept a clean sheet in 45% of their home games during the current campaign.

Girona below par

As a side relegated from the top division at the end of last season, Girona would’ve approached this campaign with an eye on promotion, though as things stand, they’re not quite on course to achieve that goal. Fortunately, Thursday’s hosts are within touching distance of the play-off places, as they’re only two points behind Las Palmas, who current occupy 6^th position.

They may not be in and among the top six at present, but that doesn’t mean that Girona aren’t one of the best home teams in the Spanish second division. Only one team has accumulated more home points than Juan Carlos Unzué’s men, who’ve seven, drawn two and lost two at Montilivi.

When last in action at this venue, Girona were beaten, but we shouldn’t read too much into that. Prior to that defeat, they’d won three on the bounce at home, beating a top six side in the process. They’ll fancy themselves to do the business against an Extremadura side that is no stranger to struggling on the road.

Visitors getting tougher

While Girona are only a few points shy of being on course to complete their goal, Extremadura are only a few points away from achieving what they set out to, which was of course to stay in the division. Thursday’s visitors are in the drop-zone at present, which is never really a good thing, but they are just a point away from being safe, so all is not lost just yet.

Moreover, in recent times, Extremadura have toughened up, none of their last four fixtures, keeping three clean sheets in the process. However, they have tended to struggle against the top teams, losing each of their six matches against teams that currently reside in the top six. Girona aren’t quite in the top six, but they’re certainly in that bracket in terms of quality, while they beat Extremadura by three goals to one when the pair met earlier in the campaign.

Hosts hard to oppose

The visitors have improved of late, getting some good result against teams lower down the table, but their overall efforts against the better team in the division do not bode well. In the betting, ‘Girona to Win & Over 1.5 Goals’ stands out as a viable option. Not only did Girona notch three times on route to a relatively comfortable victory in the reverse of this fixture, but they’ve generally been solid at home. Add in that Extremadura have found it tough to go up against the better teams, losing six out of six against the current top six, conceding two or more in each of their away games against such opposition, and backing the hosts to come out on top becomes hard to avoid.

‘Correct Score’ punters can try a 3-1 win for the hosts. For all they struggle against top teams, the visitors have scored in each of their three away games against top-six teams this term, even if none of those goals counted for anything. Not only did Extremadura lose by three goals to one in the reverse of this fixture, but they’ve also conceded three on several occasions against the big teams.