Spanish Second Division "A": La Liga Hypermotion 2023-2024.

[AlanK]

This midweek gives us the halfway point of LaLiga2, beginning today

Tues. 19 Dec.

1900 Albacete 1, Eldense 1 #16 hosts #15 Scoreless approaching the half. Higinio scores for el Alba at 70'; Ortuño ties for Eldense at 92'. And 1-1 is the final.

1900 Racing Santander 2, Andorra 0 #8 hosts #17 At 32', Vicente scores for Racing--1-0 nearing the half. Alves makes it 2-0 at 83'. And that's the final.

2130 Elche 0, Mirandés 0 #12 hosts #13 Scoreless first half in the Martínez Valero. And the game ends scoreless.

2130 Espanyol 3, Burgos 3 #5 hosts #11 At 12', Appin gives Burgos the lead; at 20', Braithwaite ties it 1-1, but at 45'+5', Grego gives Burgps the lead--1-2 at the half. At 64', Sergi ties for Espanyol--2-2. At 75', Curro puts Burgos back ahead--2-3. At 81', Puado scores to make the final score 3-3.

Wed. 20 Dec.

1900 Zaragoza 2, Levante 2 #14 hosts #7 Is Zaragoza returning to early-season form At 42', Mollejo gives los maños the lead; at 45'+1', Maikel makes it 2-0. Halftime. No, Zaragoza isn't--they concede twice in the second half--by Fabricio at 62' and Brugué at 70'--so Zaragoza wins only one point.

2130 Eibar 1, Sporting 1 #6 hosts #3. Campuzano gives Sporting the lead at 22'--0-1. Halftime. At 66', Aketxe converts a pk for Eibar to tie it at 1-1. And that's the final.

2130 Leganés 1, Tenerife 1 #1 hosts #9 Scoreless first half. Teto puts Tete on the board at 57'--0-1. At 84', Sergio scores for Lega to tie the score--1-1. And that's the final.

Thurs. 21 Dec.

1900 Huesca 3, Cartagena 0 #19 hosts #22 Vilarrasa at 30', Vallejo at 35', and Kortajarena give Huesca a lead of 3-0. Halftime. And it ends 3-0. Huesca is still in the drop, although closer to escaping therefrom..

1900 Villarreal "B"- 1, Oviedo 1 Forés gives the Mini-Sub the lead at 9'--1-0. Halftime. At 93', Cardero ties it for Oviedo, and that's the final.

2130 Amorebieta 1, Alcorcón 2 #21 hosts # 20. Félix scores for Amorebieta at 34'; Obi scores for Alcor at 37'--1-1 at the half. At 64', Víctor gives Alcor the lead--1-2. And that's how it ends.

2130 Valladolid 0, Ferrol 1 #2 hosts #4 Big game for bolh Giménez gives Ferrol the advantage at 39'--0-1 at the half. And 0-1 at full time.

[AlanK]

After Jornada 21 of LaLiga2, each and every team has played exactly one half of the seasons games. Here are The Top and The Drop

1. Leganés--------------39 points; +31-13 Next at Andorra.
2. Ferrol----------------37 points; +29-23 Hosts Espanyol.
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3. Sporting--------------35 points; +27-16 Hosts Huesca.
4. Valladolid-------------35 points; +25-23 At Burgos.
5. Espanyol--------------34 points; +34-24 At Ferrol.
6. Racing Sant.---- ------33 points; +36-29 At Eibar.
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7. Eibar-----------------32 points; +34-27 Hosts Racing Sant.
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19. Huesca--------------22 points; +16-18 At Sporting.
20. Alcorcón-------------20 points; +19-33 Hosts Mirandés.
21. Amorebieta----------15 points; +18-31 At Oviedo.
22. Cartagena-----------15 points; +17-34 Hosts Villarreal "B".

Only six points between first place and the last playoff spot

[AlanK]

¡FELICES FIESTAS A TODOS

[AlanK]

Excelsior--onward and upward, as the Second Division plunges into the second half of the season this weekend, to wit

Fri. 12 Jan. 2030 Eibar 2, Racing Santander 0 #7 hosts #6. Goals for Eibar by Stoichkov at 10' and Aketxe at 83; the latter was a pk.

Sat. 13 Jan.

1400 Alcorcón 0, Mirandés 0 #20 hosts #13. Scoreless first half. Game ends scoreless.

1615 Levante 3, Albacete 2 in progress. #8 hosts #16. Bouldini at 38' and Pablo at 45'+3' give Levante a 2-0 lead at the half and lift Levante to fifth place at the moment. At 64', Juanma cuts the lead to 2-1 for el Alba. At 69', Andrés of Levante scores an own goal--2-2. At 78', Bouldini puts Levante back ahead--3-2. And that's the final.

1830 Oviedo 1, Amorebieta 1 #10 hosts #21. At 3', Sebas gives Oviedo the lead--1-0. At 32', Jauregi ties for Amore--1-1. Halftime. No goals in the second half.

1830 Tenerife 0, Elche 1 #9 hosts #12. At 3', Rodri gives Elche the lead--0-1. And still 0-1 at the half. Elche holds on to win.

2100 Burgos 1, Valladolid 0 #11 hosts #4. Ander scores for Burgos at 4'--1-0, now at the half. And Burgos holds on to win 1-0.

2100 Ferrol 0, Espanyol 0 #2 hosts #5. Scoreless first half. Scoreless tie in Ferrol.

Sun, 14 Jan. Abbreviated schedule to avoid interference with SuperCup final

1400 Andorra 2, Leganés 3 #18 hosts #1. Scoreless at the half. At 46', Jandro gives Andorra the lead--1-0. At 62', Sergio ties it for Lega--1-1. At 75', Gil converts a pk for Andorra, but at 77', Sáenz ties it for Lega--2-2. And at 95', Diego wins it with a pk for Leganés--2-3 the final.

1615 Cartagena 4, Villarreal "B" 1 #22 hosts #17. At 38', Ontiveros converts a pk to give Villarreal the lead--0-1 at the half. At 59', Ortuño converts a pk to tie for Cartagena--1-1. An own goal by Del Moral makes it 2-1 at 69' and a goal by Narváez at 72' makes it 3-1 for Cartagena. And Alarcón adds another and it's 4-1. That's the final.

1615 Sporting Gijón 0, Huesca 0 #3 hosts #19. Scoreless first half in the Molinón. And scoreless second half.

Mon. 15 Jan. 2030 Eldense-Zaragoza #15 hosts #14.

[AlanK]

The Top and The Drop are locked in after Jornada 22 with only one game remaining to be played which will not change The Top or The Drop; to wit

1. Leganés-------------42 points; +34-15 Next hosts Burgos.
2. Ferrol---------------38 points; +29-23 Hosts Oviedo.
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3. Sporting------------36 points; +27-16 At Tenerife.
4. Espanyol------------35 points; +34-24 Hosts Villarreal "B".
5. Eibar---------------35 points; +36-27 At Huesca.
6. Levante-------------35 points; +30-28 At Mirandés.
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7. Valladolid-----------35 points; +25-24 At Elche.
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18. Huesca------------23 points; +16-18 Hosts Eibar.
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19. Andorra-----------23 points; +21-30 At Zaragoza.
20. Alcorcón-----------21 points; +19-33 At Albacete.
21. Cartagena----------18 points; +21-35 At Racing Santander.
22. Amorebieta---------16 points; +19-32 Hosts Eldense.

[AlanK]

Jornada 23 begins

Fri. 19 Jan. 2030 Zaragoza 2, Andorra 0 in progress. GAME POSTPONED DUE TO SNOW Game now underway after yesterday's postponement. At 44', Francho gives Zaragoza the lead--1-0 at the half. Gámez at 67' makes it 2-0 for Zaragoza.

Sat. 20 Jan.

1400 Albacete 0, Alcorcón 1 Scoreless first half. At 89', Sousa scores what looks to be a winner at 89'. And indeed it is--0-1 the final.

1615 Amorebieta 0, Eldense 2 Juanto gives Eldense the lead at 8'--0-1. Now at the half. At 75', Soberón makes it 0-2, which is the final score.

1830 Espanyol 2, Villarreal "B" 1 At 17', Braithwaite gives Epanyol the lead--1-0. Braithwaite scores again at 32', this time with a pk--2-0. Forés cuts the margin to 2-1 at 38', and that takes the game to halftime. And also to the final whistle. Espanyol, for the moment, is in third place.

1830 Tenerife 1, Sporting Gijón 2 Alexandre gives Tete the lead at 23'--1-0. Juan ties at 44' for Sporting. Halftime. At 85', Queipo scores what proves to be the winner for Sporting, which is now in second place, but they can be passed by Ferrol in the next game up.

2100 Ferrol 1, Oviedo 3 Scoreless first half; any win takes Ferrol into second place. Losada gives Ferrol the lead at 48'; Masca ties for Oviedo at 57'--1-1. At 70', Sebas scores to give Oviedo the lead--1-2. And at 90'+14, Alemao makes the final 1-3 for Oviedo.

Sun. 21 Jan.

1400 Racing Santander 0, Cartagena 2 At 6', Ortuño gives Cartagena the lead--0-1. Halftime. At 95', Olivas makes it 0-2, and Cartagena wins it.

1615 Mirandés 1, Levante 1 Carlos gives Levante the lead at 43'--0-1. Now in the second half. At 92', Martín scores--1-1, and Mirandés takes a point.

1830 Huesca 2, Eibar 3 Berrocal at 38' and Soriano at 42' give Eibar a lead of 0-2, but Vallejo at 46' and Hashimoto at 65' even it up at 2-2. The winner is by Stoichkov at 71'--2-3 the final.

2100 Elche 0, Valladolid 0 Scoreless first half. And scoreless second half.

Mon. 22 Jan. 2030 Leganés 2, Burgos 0 An unlikely win would lift Burgos to sixth place. At 14', Diego García gives Lega the lead--1-0. And at 20', Diego García scores another, and it's 2-0. And no changes at halftime. And no change in the second half. Lega leads second-place Sporting by six points.

[AlanK]

The Top and The Drop after Jornada 23

1. Leganés-------------45 points; next at Oviedo.
2. Sporting-------------39 points; hosts Ferrol.
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3. Espanyol-------------38 points; at Eldense.
4. Eibar----------------38 points; hosts Mirandés.
5. Ferrol---------------38 points; at Sporting.
6. Levante--------------36 points; hosts Tenerife.
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7. Valladolid------------36 points; hosts Racing Santander.
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18. Alcorcón------------24 points; hosts Zaragoza.
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19. Huesca--------------23 points; at Villarreal "B".
20. Andorra-------------23 points; hosts Elche.
21. Cartagena-----------21 points; hosts Amorebieta.
22. Amorebieta----------16 points; at Cartagena.

[AlanK]

Jornada 24 kicks off

Fri. 26 Jan. 2030 Eibar 1, Mirandés 0 León scored the winner at 72' for Eibar.

Sat. 27 Jan.

1615 Alcorcón 0, Zaragoza 0 Scoreless, now in second half. Ends in a scoreless tie.

1615 Cartagena 1, Amorebieta 0 Scoreless, now in second half. A pk converted by Andy at 76' gives Cartagena the win.

1830 Oviedo 1, Leganés 0 Can Oviedo beat the leaders Scoreless first half. At 88', Paulino scores the winner for Oviedo--1-0; the win lifts Oviedo to sixth place.

2100 Levante 0, Tenerife 0 full time.

Sun. 28 Jan.

1400 Eldense 3, Espanyol 2 At 9', Chapela scores for Eldense--1-0. At 19', Piña of Eldense scores an own goal--1-1. At 45', Braithwaite converts a pk to give Espanyol the lead--1-2 at the half. Bit of confusion in futbolme--they credit Eldense with the tying goal at 45'+14'-- At 55', Ortuño gives Eldense the lead--3-2. And Eldense holds on to win.

1615 Andorra 0, Elche 1 Scoreless first half. At 81', Nico scores for Elche--0-1. And that proves to be the winner.

1615 Villarreal "B" 1, Huesca 1 At 12', Iñiguez of Villarreal scores an own goal--0-1. And 0-1 at the half. At 73, Pascual ties it for the Mini-Sub--1-1. And that's the final.

1830 Burgos 2, Albacete 1 At 8', Niño gives Burgos the lead--1-0. Alvaro ties at 38' for el Alba--1-1. Curro scores at 84' for Burgos--2-1. And that's the final.

2100 Sporting 1, Ferrol 2 Game of the Week. Scoreless first half in the Molinón. At 52', Róber gives Sporting the lead--1-0, lifting his team into second place, at least for the moment. But at 70', Alvaro Jiménez ties it for Ferrol--1-1. At 96', Róber scores an own goal--1-2. And Ferrol wins it

Mon. 29 Jan. 2030 Valladolid 3, Racing Santander 1 At 30', Anuar gives Valladolid the lead--1-0. At 59', Peque ties for Racing--1-1. At 67' and 72', Meseguer scores for Valladolid--3-1 is the final.

[AlanK]

Each and every team has played 24 games; here are The Top and The Drop

1. Leganés----------45 points. Next hosts Valladolid.
2. Eibar-------------41 points. At Ferrol.
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3. Ferrol------------41 points. Hosts Eibar.
4. Sporting---------39 points. At Zaragoza.
5. Valladolid--------39 points. At Leganés.
6. Espanyol---------38 points. Hosts Levante.
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19. Huesca---------24 points. Hosts Alcorcón.
20. Cartagena------24 points. At Albacete.
21. Andorra--------23 points. At Tenerife.
22. Amorebieta-----16 points. Hosts Racing Santander.

[AlanK]

Jornada 25 begins

Fri. 2 Feb. 2030 Elche 2, Burgos 0 Scoreless first half. At 59', Bigas gives Elche the lead--1-0. At 99', Mourad converts a pk to make the final 2-0 for Elche.

Sat. 3 Feb.

1400 Albacete 1, -Cartagena 1 At 16', Alvaro Rodríguez gives el Alba the lead--1-0. Now at the half. At 73', Fontán ties for Cartagena with a header--1-1, And that's the final.

1615 Huesca 1, Alcorcón 0 in progress. Scoreless at the half. At 93'. Obeng scores the winner for Huesca--1-0 the final.

1615 Mirandés 3, Villarreal "B" 0 Carlos Martín gives the home team the lead at 29'--1-0 at the half. Lachuer at 67' and Gabri Marrtínez at 74' increase the home team's lead to 3-0, which is the final score.

1830 Leganés 0, Valladolid 0 #1 hosts #5. Scoreless first half. And scoreless second half.

2100 Tenerife 0, Andorra 0 in progress Scoreless first half in the Heliodoro. And scoreless second half.

Sun. 4 Feb

1400 Ferrol 1, Eibar 1 #3 hosts #2. Scoreless first half. At 53', Bautista gives Eibar the lead--0-1. At 94', Sabin converts a pk for Ferrol to tie 1-1, which is the final score.

1615 Oviedo 1, Eldense 1 At 23', Chapela gives Eldense the lead--0-1. At 71', Borja converts a pk to tie for Oviedo--1-1. That's the final.

1615 Amorebieta 0, Racing Santander 1. At 15', Fernández gives Santander the lead--0-1. The goal proves to be a winner--0-1 the ffinal.

1830 Espanyol 2, Levante 1 Braithwaite gives Espanyol the lead at 2'--1-0. And it's still 1-0 at the half. At 59', Dela ties for Levante--1-1. At 99', Braithwaite finds the winner as he converts a pk--2-1 the final.

Mon. 5 Feb. 2030 Zaragoza 3, Sporting 0 At 39', Ixquierdoz of Sporting scores an own goal--1-0 for the maños. Halftime. At 66', Maikel makes it 2-0 for the maños. At 70', Francho makes it 3-0. That's the final.

[AlanK]

25 games per team in the books The Top and The Drop:

1. Leganés-----------46
2. Eibar--------------42
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3. Ferrol-------------42
4. Espanyol----------41
5. Valladolid---------40
6. Elche-------------40
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19. Villarreal "B"------25
20. Alcorcón---------25
21. Andorra---------24
22. Amorebieta------16

[AlanK]

Jornada 26 comin' up real soon

Fri. 9 Feb. 2030 Levante 0, Leganés 0 Can Levante beat the pacesetters Scoreless first half. A tie would lift Lega, for the moment, five points clear of second and third place. And the game ends scoreless.

Sat 10 Feb

1615 Amorebieta 1, Elche 0 Good chance for Elche to move up on the leading teams . . . But after a scoreless first half, Amore takes the lead at 56' on a goal by Dorrio--1-0. And 1-0 is the final.

1615 Eldense 0, Huesca 0 Scoreless first half. And scoreless second half.

1830 Sporting 1, Oviedo 0 Huge regional rivalry At 2', Ignacio Méndez gives Sporting the lead--1-0. And at the half in the Molinón, it's still 1-0. And that's the final--big win for Sporting

2100 Racing Santander 2, Espanyol 0 Can Espanyol win this one At 1' , Juan Carlos Arana gives Racing the lead--1-0. At 29', Peque makes it 2-0 for the home team. And 2-0 is the final score.

Sun. 11 Feb.

1400 Villlarreal "B" 1, Tenerife 0 Scoreless first half. At 57', Forés gives Villarreal the lead--1-0. And that's the winner

1615 Alcorcón 1, Andorra 0 Javi scores for Alcor at 5'--1-0, now in the second half. And 1-0 is the final.

1615 Cartagena 1, Mirandés 0 Dario scores for Cartagena at 34'--1-0. Now in the second half. Scoreless second half--1-0 the final.

1830 Eibar 1, Zaragoza 0 Bautista scores at 7' to give Eibar the lead--1-0. Still 1-0 at the half. Eibar holds on to win and strengthen their hold on second place.

2100 Burgos 2, Ferrol 0 At 14', Ojeda gives Burgos the lead; at 39', Barja makes it 2-0. Halftime in El Plantío. The final is 2-0.

Mon. 12 Feb. 2030 Valladolid 0, Albacete 0 Still scoreless at 60'. And it ends scoreless.

[AlanK]

How time does fly Jornada 27 is practically upon us

Fri. 16 Feb. 2030 Zaragoza 1, Cartagena 2 Darío gives the visitors the lead at 11'--0-1. And still 0-1 well into the second half. At 75', Francés scores to tie it for Zaragoza--1-1. At 89', Fontán scores for Cartagena--1-2 with little time left . . . And it's a big win for Cartagena

Sat. 17 Feb.

1615 Andorra 1, Villarreal "B" 1 At 77', Collado gives the Mini-Sub the lead--0-1. At 91, Scheidler ties for Andorra--1-1. That's the final.

1615 Oviedo 5 Burgos 0 At 14', Moyano scores for Oviedo--1-0. At 42', Seoane makes it 2-0; Moyano adds a third at 45', and it's halftime. At 51', Moyano completes a hat trick, and it's 4-0. Borja adds a pk at 89'--the final is 5-0.

1830 Sporting 1, Valladolid 1 Amath gives Valladolid the lead at 27'--0-1. At 51', Cote ties it for Sporting--1-1. And that's the final score.

2100 Espanyol 3, Mirandés 0 Braithwaite scores for Espanyol at 27'--1-0. Halftime. Goals by Aguado at 71' and a pk converted by Braithwaite at 81' give Espanyol a comfortable 3-0 lead. And that's the final.

Sun. Feb. 18

1400 Albacete 2, Racing Santander 0 Scoreless at the half. At 56', Fuster gives Albacete the lead--1-0. Silva seals the win for el Alba with a goal at 91'--2-0 the final.

1615 Leganés 3, Alcorcón 0 Diego scores at 18' to give Lega the lead--1-0. Portillo makes it 2-0 at 67'. Raba makes it 3-0 at 82'. And that's the final.

1615 Ferrol 0, Levante 0 Scoreless at the half. Scoreless at full time.

1830 Huesca 0, Amorebieta 0 Scoreless first half. Scoreless second half.

2100 Elche 0, Eibar 0 Scoreless first half in the Martínez Valero. Game ends scoreless.

Mon. 19 Feb. 2030 Tenerife 1, Eldense 0 León scores for Tete at 10'--1-0. And still 1-0 at the half. And at the final whistle.

[AlanK]

With Jornada 27 complete, here are The Top and The Drop

1. Leganés------------50 points
2. Eibar---------------46
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3. Espanyol------------44
4. Ferrol---------------43
5. Sporting------------43
6. Valladolid-----------42
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7. Oviedo-------------41
8. Elche--------------41
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18. Huesca-----------29
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19. Villarreal "B"-------29
20. Alcorcón----------28
21. Andorra-----------25
22. Amorebieta--------20

[AlanK]

Jornada 28 begins

Fri. 23 Feb. 2030 Valladolid 3, Oviedo 0 #6 hosts #7. Monchu scores for Valladolid at 18'--1-0. And still 1-0 at halftime. Amath scores for Valladolid at 48' and again at 50', and suddenly it's a blowout--3-0. And that's the final. Valladolid climbs, for the moment, to third place.

Sat. 24 Feb.

1615 Racing Santander 2, Leganés 1 At 7', Diego gives the league leaders the advantage--0-1. At 45'+2', Vicente ties for Racing--1-1 at the half. At 64', Peque converts a pk to give Racing the lead--2-1. Are the leaders going to lose Yes, indeed, things tighten up at the top.

1830 Eibar 2, Espanyol 3 #2 hosts #3. Bautista scores for Eibar at 39'--1-0 at the half. At 65', Nolaskoain makes it 2-0 for the home team. At 77', it's game on, as Braithwaite scores to make itt 2-1. Wow, Espanyol comes back to win At 97', Salvi ties it for the visitors--2-2; at 98', Lazo scores the winner for Espanyol; 2-3 the final. The latter thus passes Eibar and is alone in second place, albeit by only a point

1830 Villarreal "B" 0, Zaragoza 0 Scoreless at the half. And it ends scoreless.

2100 Levante-Andorra POSTPONED

Sun. 25 Feb.

1400 Eldense 2, Ferrol 0 Dumic at 33' and Juanto at 42' have given Elldense the lead--2-0 at the half. And at full time.

1615 Alcorcón 1, Tenerife 1. Scoreless first half. Jacobo at 78' gives Alccor the lead; Sergio at 88' ties it--1-1 the final.

1615 Burgos 1, Sporting 0 At 29', Ojeda scores for Butgos--1-0, now at the half. Second half ends scoreless, so Burgos wins it 1-0.

1830 Cartagena 0, Elche 1 Scoreless at the half. At 57', Nico gives Elche the lead--0-1. And that's the final.

2100 Amorebieta 1, Albacete 1 At 31', Bustinza of Amore scores an own goal--0-1 at the half. Unzuela ties it for Amore at 66', and 1-1 proves to be the final.

Mon. 26 Feb. 2030 Mirandés 0, Huesca 3 Scoreless, now in the second half. At 67', Vilarrasa gives Huesca the lead; at 68', Elady makes it 0-2. At 90', Sielva makes it 0-3, which is the final score.