Football betting preview: Almería odds-on when Sporting Gijón arrive

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Mon 25.April
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos (15000 seats)

Victory alone will do for the Almería fans in this Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos duel with Sporting Gijón, as they enjoy a healthy lead on them in the La Liga 2 standings.

Insights:
  • Almería have the the best goal difference (+25) in La Liga 2
  • Sporting Gijón have the fewest scored goals in the first half (11) in La Liga 2

It's quite the trip for Sporting Gijón when visiting Almería as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Almería form and stats

39 points is a decent return from 18 La Liga 2 games here at Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos for Almería. The data says 12 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses.

Almería drew their last game, 2-2 away at Real Valladolid (placed 3rd). Ely was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.34 out of 10. The defender Ely scored one goal and won 2 of 3 duels.

Before that, Almería had a home game versus Ponferradina which ended with a victory 3-0.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Almería matches with similar probabilities have ended with six wins, two draws and zero defeats (from eight games).

Almería have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos with 33 goals in 18 league matches. Almería have only conceded 14 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Sporting Gijón form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sporting Gijón so far with only 17 points returning home. The records show 3-8-7 (win-draw-lose). It's three draws from Sporting Gijón's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.

Home advantage was not enough for Sporting Gijón in their previous game as they lost hosting Real Oviedo, 0-1.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Alcorcon.

Gijón have conceded 22 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these two teams meet this season, as the fixture list show this recent match: Sporting Gijón - Almería 0-1. Almería-Sporting Gijón H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Almería four wins, Sporting Gijón six wins, zero draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

AlmeríaU. Sadiq Mesbah
U. Sadiq Mesbah
16 goals
Sporting GijónU. Đurđević
U. Đurđević
13 goals
AlmeríaL. Ramazani
L. Ramazani
8 goals

Almería missing players

Sporting Gijón missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Almería Sporting Gijón
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
36 18 5 Played P 6 18 36
20 12 4 Won W 1 3 10
7 3 1 Drew D 2 8 11
9 3 0 Lost L 3 7 15
57 33 12 Scored S 5 18 40
32 14 5 Conceded C 7 22 43
97% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 89% 94%
72% 78% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 72% 69%
44% 50% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 33% 42%
25% 28% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 17% 14%
6% 6% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 11% 11%
47% 44% 60% BTTS BTTS 50% 56% 61%
33% 39% 40% Clean Sheets C S 17% 22% 17%
22% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 28%
 
4.9 5.8 5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.3 3.2 4.1
4.2 4.2 6 Corners against (avg) C A 7 7 5.6
2.2 1.8 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.5 2.4
4 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
13.8 15.5 13.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 11.1 14.1
4.7 5.1 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.2 4.2
34% 36% 57% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 31% 26%
 
10.2 9.6 11.6 Shots against (avg) S A 17.3 16.1 13.8
3.2 2.9 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 4.8 4.5
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Almería have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Almería have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Almería have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (15) in La Liga 2
  • Almería have the the best goal difference (+25) in La Liga 2
  • Sporting Gijón have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Sporting Gijón have the fewest scored goals in the first half (11) in La Liga 2
  • Sporting Gijón have won significantly less corners away then 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 Eibar 36 19 11 6 51 39 18 12 5 1 31 17 18 7 6 5 20 22 12 68
2 Almería 36 20 7 9 57 32 18 12 3 3 33 14 18 8 4 6 24 18 25 67
3 Real Valladolid 36 19 9 8 60 40 18 12 4 2 34 13 18 7 5 6 26 27 20 66
4 Tenerife 36 18 8 10 49 31 18 9 4 5 26 14 18 9 4 5 23 17 18 62
5 Girona 36 18 7 11 53 36 19 12 3 4 34 15 17 6 4 7 19 21 17 61
6 Real Oviedo 36 14 15 7 45 33 18 9 7 2 29 14 18 5 8 5 16 19 12 57
7 Las Palmas 36 14 12 10 48 44 18 9 5 4 29 21 18 5 7 6 19 23 4 54
8 Ponferradina 36 14 12 10 47 44 18 8 7 3 30 19 18 6 5 7 17 25 3 54
9 Huesca 36 12 13 11 44 35 19 6 8 5 19 14 17 6 5 6 25 21 9 49
10 Burgos 36 14 7 15 38 35 18 10 5 3 26 9 18 4 2 12 12 26 3 49
11 FC Cartagena 36 15 4 17 50 51 18 11 1 6 34 20 18 4 3 11 16 31 -1 49
12 Real Zaragoza 36 10 18 8 33 37 18 6 9 3 15 12 18 4 9 5 18 25 -4 48
13 UD Ibiza 36 11 14 11 47 48 18 6 8 4 27 21 18 5 6 7 20 27 -1 47
14 Mirandes 36 13 7 16 49 54 18 10 2 6 34 27 18 3 5 10 15 27 -5 46
15 Lugo 36 9 18 9 43 45 17 8 7 2 20 14 19 1 11 7 23 31 -2 45
16 Leganes 36 11 12 13 41 45 18 6 8 4 21 19 18 5 4 9 20 26 -4 45
17 Sporting Gijón 36 10 11 15 40 43 18 7 3 8 22 21 18 3 8 7 18 22 -3 41
18 Malaga 36 10 11 15 32 50 18 7 6 5 17 20 18 3 5 10 15 30 -18 41
19 Amorebieta 36 6 16 14 39 52 18 5 8 5 25 24 18 1 8 9 14 28 -13 34
20 Real Sociedad II 36 7 10 19 34 51 18 3 4 11 16 27 18 4 6 8 18 24 -17 31
21 Fuenlabrada 36 5 14 17 31 52 18 4 9 5 20 21 18 1 5 12 11 31 -21 29
22 Alcorcon 36 4 10 22 31 65 17 2 7 8 15 29 19 2 3 14 16 36 -34 22

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Eibar 36 19 11 6 51 39 18 12 5 1 31 17 18 7 6 5 20 22 12 68
2 Almería 36 20 7 9 57 32 18 12 3 3 33 14 18 8 4 6 24 18 25 67
3 Real Valladolid 36 19 9 8 60 40 18 12 4 2 34 13 18 7 5 6 26 27 20 66
4 Tenerife 36 18 8 10 49 31 18 9 4 5 26 14 18 9 4 5 23 17 18 62
5 Girona 36 18 7 11 53 36 19 12 3 4 34 15 17 6 4 7 19 21 17 61
6 Real Oviedo 36 14 15 7 45 33 18 9 7 2 29 14 18 5 8 5 16 19 12 57
7 Las Palmas 36 14 12 10 48 44 18 9 5 4 29 21 18 5 7 6 19 23 4 54
8 Ponferradina 36 14 12 10 47 44 18 8 7 3 30 19 18 6 5 7 17 25 3 54
9 Huesca 36 12 13 11 44 35 19 6 8 5 19 14 17 6 5 6 25 21 9 49
10 Burgos 36 14 7 15 38 35 18 10 5 3 26 9 18 4 2 12 12 26 3 49
11 FC Cartagena 36 15 4 17 50 51 18 11 1 6 34 20 18 4 3 11 16 31 -1 49
12 Real Zaragoza 36 10 18 8 33 37 18 6 9 3 15 12 18 4 9 5 18 25 -4 48
13 UD Ibiza 36 11 14 11 47 48 18 6 8 4 27 21 18 5 6 7 20 27 -1 47
14 Mirandes 36 13 7 16 49 54 18 10 2 6 34 27 18 3 5 10 15 27 -5 46
15 Lugo 36 9 18 9 43 45 17 8 7 2 20 14 19 1 11 7 23 31 -2 45
16 Leganes 36 11 12 13 41 45 18 6 8 4 21 19 18 5 4 9 20 26 -4 45
17 Sporting Gijón 36 10 11 15 40 43 18 7 3 8 22 21 18 3 8 7 18 22 -3 41
18 Malaga 36 10 11 15 32 50 18 7 6 5 17 20 18 3 5 10 15 30 -18 41
19 Amorebieta 36 6 16 14 39 52 18 5 8 5 25 24 18 1 8 9 14 28 -13 34
20 Real Sociedad II 36 7 10 19 34 51 18 3 4 11 16 27 18 4 6 8 18 24 -17 31
21 Fuenlabrada 36 5 14 17 31 52 18 4 9 5 20 21 18 1 5 12 11 31 -21 29
22 Alcorcon 36 4 10 22 31 65 17 2 7 8 15 29 19 2 3 14 16 36 -34 22

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