Evenly matched teams: Sporting Gijón vs Espanyol match preview

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sat 28.Oct
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal El Molinón (30000 seats)

Look no further! Here's all you need to know about the La Liga 2 fixture Sporting Gijón - Espanyol!

Insights:
  • Sporting Gijón have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Espanyol have the most scored goals (22) in La Liga 2

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Sporting Gijón form and stats

The story so far in the La Liga 2 for Sporting Gijón at their home stadium (Estadio Municipal El Molinón) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.

A strong away win for Gijón against Albacete the last match, as Campos, Campuzano and Hassan were on target. Pier, defender, was given a rating of 7.62/10 in that game, top of the team. Pier won 5 of 6 duels.

In the match before that, Sporting Gijón hosted Real Zaragoza and drew the game 2-2.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Sporting Gijón have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 2 and lost 6.

There will be little rest for Sporting Gijón after this match as they are travelling to Guijuelo for a Copa Del Rey game in only four days.

The Gijón manager Ramírez has got the team scoring with 11 from 5 home games in the league. Sporting Gijón have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Espanyol form and stats

As the visiting team matches, Espanyol, who have the most scored goals (22) in La Liga 2, have produced an overall stat of 3-1-2 so far.

Espanyol's previous game was their home loss versus Leganes (0-1). Midfielder Bare was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.81. Bare hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 69 successful passes (of 81 total).

That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Real Valladolid.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Espanyol in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Espanyol, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Copa Del Rey trip to Mensajero.

Espanyol has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 9 goals from 6 games.

Head 2 Head

Espanyol have won or drawn the last 5 fixtures (3-2-0) against Gijón.

Top Goalscorers

Sporting GijónG. Campos Ansó Fernández
G. Campos Ansó Fernández
6 goals
EspanyolM. Braithwait
M. Braithwait
6 goals
EspanyolJ. Puado Díaz
J. Puado Díaz
6 goals

Sporting Gijón missing players

Espanyol missing players

Sporting Gijón Espanyol
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
12 5 1 Played P 1 6 12
6 4 1 Won W 1 3 7
3 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
3 0 0 Lost L 0 2 3
17 11 2 Scored S 1 9 22
12 4 1 Conceded C 0 6 12
83% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 75%
50% 80% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 42%
25% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 33%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 25%
42% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 42%
42% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 33% 42%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 17%
 
4.8 6.8 6 Corners for (avg) C F 7 5.7 5.5
5.9 4.6 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.8 4.2
2.7 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.5 2.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.8 14.4 10 Shots (avg) S ( 17 13.8 14.5
4.1 5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.5 4.5
35% 44% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 33% 41%
 
13.2 11.6 8 Shots against (avg) S A 5 12.8 11
3.8 3.6 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1 4 3.5
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • All of Sporting Gijón's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Espanyol have the most scored goals (22) in La Liga 2
  • Espanyol haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sporting Gijón have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Sporting Gijón have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sporting Gijón have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Sporting Gijón have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Sporting Gijón have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Sporting Gijón haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leganes 12 8 1 3 19 5 6 4 1 1 12 2 6 4 0 2 7 3 14 25
2 Espanyol 12 7 2 3 22 12 6 4 1 1 13 6 6 3 1 2 9 6 10 23
3 Levante 12 6 5 1 15 9 6 3 2 1 9 8 6 3 3 0 6 1 6 23
4 Tenerife 12 7 2 3 13 8 7 5 1 1 8 2 5 2 1 2 5 6 5 23
5 SD Eibar 12 7 1 4 19 15 5 3 1 1 8 3 7 4 0 3 11 12 4 22
6 Real Valladolid 12 7 1 4 14 10 7 5 1 1 12 5 5 2 0 3 2 5 4 22
7 Racing Santander 12 6 3 3 19 13 6 5 1 0 13 3 6 1 2 3 6 10 6 21
8 Sporting Gijón 12 6 3 3 17 12 5 4 1 0 11 4 7 2 2 3 6 8 5 21
9 Real Zaragoza 12 6 2 4 15 11 7 3 1 3 8 7 5 3 1 1 7 4 4 20
10 Racing Ferrol 12 4 5 3 11 12 6 3 3 0 8 4 6 1 2 3 3 8 -1 17
11 Burgos 12 5 1 6 16 18 6 5 1 0 11 3 6 0 0 6 5 15 -2 16
12 Elche 12 4 4 4 9 13 6 3 2 1 5 3 6 1 2 3 4 10 -4 16
13 Real Oviedo 12 3 5 4 9 7 5 2 2 1 5 2 7 1 3 3 4 5 2 14
14 Mirandes 12 4 2 6 18 20 6 2 1 3 11 11 6 2 1 3 7 9 -2 14
15 Albacete 12 4 2 6 14 20 7 3 2 2 11 10 5 1 0 4 3 10 -6 14
16 Villarreal II 12 3 4 5 19 21 6 3 1 2 12 10 6 0 3 3 7 11 -2 13
17 Eldense 12 3 4 5 13 19 5 1 2 2 6 8 7 2 2 3 7 11 -6 13
18 FC Andorra 12 4 1 7 12 18 6 3 1 2 6 4 6 1 0 5 6 14 -6 13
19 Amorebieta 12 2 4 6 12 19 6 2 3 1 7 3 6 0 1 5 5 16 -7 10
20 Alcorcon 11 2 3 6 10 19 5 0 1 4 2 9 6 2 2 2 8 10 -9 9
21 Huesca 12 1 5 6 7 13 6 0 2 4 3 8 6 1 3 2 4 5 -6 8
22 FC Cartagena 11 1 2 8 9 18 6 0 0 6 4 12 5 1 2 2 5 6 -9 5

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Read more about La Liga 2

The Segunda División, also known as La Liga 2, is the second highest level of the football league pyramid in Spain. 22 teams play each other home and away for a 42 match season. Top two of the league table earns promotion and one more is promoted through playoff fixtures. The bottom four are relegated.