The host team, Albacete, should be odds-on favourites in this fixture, but Sporting Gijón have displayed both flair and intrepidity. Learn more about the fixture!
- Sporting Gijón have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Albacete form and stats
The La Liga 2 results at home this season for Albacete are 7-5-2 (wins-draws-losses). After failing to beat Real Zaragoza here at Estadio Carlos Belmonte, Albacete has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.
Albacete shared the glory with Real Oviedo in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. The hometeam coach Yáñez made a successful contribution in the game against Real Oviedo, bringing on Rodríguez who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Burgos that finished 1-1.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 Albacete have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 10 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 3 and lost 1.
Albacete are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 14 games. Albacete have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Sporting Gijón form and stats
There's been little loot from Sporting Gijón's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 14 away games in the La Liga 2. Sporting Gijón only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 5 draws. It's all red in the travel logs of Sporting Gijón, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.
Impressive finishing from Queipo secured the home win 1-0 against Tenerife in their previous game. That win felt nice as this team had gone four league games without victory. Ángel was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.95. The defender Ángel hit one key pass and won 9 of 10 duels.
A 0-1 defeat away at FC Andorra before that.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sporting Gijón playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were 2 Sporting Gijón wins, 6 draws and 6 defeats.
Stats flash: 11 of the latest 13 league matches involving this side have had only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting terms).
Goals are few and far between in Gijón's away league games. Only {7 goals} from 14 travels. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Sporting Gijón have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Sporting Gijón have put together a streak of 5 consecutive games without defeat (2-3-0) when playing Albacete.The sides have played each other previously this season, with the match result Sporting Gijón - Albacete 2-2 written in the official records.
Top Goalscorers
  H. Marín Escavy 8 goals | M. Fuster Lázaro 7 goals | J. Dubasin 7 goals |
Albacete missing players
Sporting Gijón missing players
| Albacete | Sporting Gijón | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 29 |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 37 | 19 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 26 |
| 31 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 6 | 16 | 28 |
| 86% | 79% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 86% | 83% |
| 69% | 57% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 43% | 52% |
| 45% | 36% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 14% | 24% |
| 21% | 21% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 14% | 21% |
| 10% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 7% | 7% |
| 59% | 43% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 38% |
| 31% | 50% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 21% | 31% |
| 24% | 29% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 64% | 48% |
| 4.6 | 5.1 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| 4.6 | 3.8 | 5.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.7 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
| 2.3 | 1.9 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | 12.1 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 12.1 | 12.9 |
| 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 3 | 3.8 |
| 32% | 33% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 17% | 24% |
| 11.7 | 9.1 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 11.9 | 11 |
| 3.7 | 2.9 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.9 | 3.2 |
- Albacete have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sporting Gijón have scored away.
- Sporting Gijón have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Las Palmas | 29 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 35 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 20 | 56 |
| 2 | Levante | 29 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 35 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 54 |
| 3 | Deportivo Alaves | 29 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 39 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 53 |
| 4 | Eibar | 29 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 23 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 53 |
| 5 | Granada | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 16 | 48 |
| 6 | Albacete | 29 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 37 | 31 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 47 |
| 7 | Burgos | 29 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 24 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 45 |
| 8 | FC Cartagena | 29 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 28 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 41 |
| 9 | Leganés | 29 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 27 | 25 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 40 |
| 10 | Huesca | 29 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 24 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 18 | -1 | 37 |
| 11 | Tenerife | 29 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 27 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 21 | -2 | 37 |
| 12 | Villarreal II | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 32 | 38 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 23 | -6 | 37 |
| 13 | Sporting Gijón | 29 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 26 | 28 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 16 | -2 | 36 |
| 14 | FC Andorra | 29 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 28 | 27 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 35 |
| 15 | Real Oviedo | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 24 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 14 | -5 | 35 |
| 16 | Mirandes | 29 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 31 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 17 | -4 | 34 |
| 17 | Real Zaragoza | 29 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 23 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 17 | -6 | 34 |
| 18 | Racing Santander | 29 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 23 | 27 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 15 | -4 | 33 |
| 19 | Ponferradina | 29 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 24 | 35 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 20 | -11 | 29 |
| 20 | Malaga | 28 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 24 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 18 | -9 | 25 |
| 21 | Lugo | 29 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 41 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 29 | -21 | 22 |
| 22 | UD Ibiza | 29 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 46 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 25 | -24 | 20 |
