A key match in La Liga 2 as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Espanyol in 2nd position and Sporting Gijón placed 5th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!
- Espanyol has the most scored goals (23) in La Liga 2
- Espanyol have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sporting Gijón have scored away.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Sporting Gijón, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.
Espanyol form and stats
Espanyol, who have the most scored goals (23) in La Liga 2, are steadily winning La Liga 2 games and points here at RCDE Stadium. 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 8 games.
A good away victory last time out for Espanyol, who won 3-1 against FC Cartagena (placed 16th). Ahead of that match, Espanyol won a home game hosting Real Zaragoza (2-0).
Espanyol's victory against FC Cartagena could easily have been with a bigger margin than 3-1 as they hit the posts three times.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Espanyol's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played four games, won three matches, drawn one and lost zero.
A decent goal production from Espanyol in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 8 league matches. Defensively Espanyol have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 8 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Sporting Gijón form and stats
The visitors are W3-D1-L4 on the road this term. That's in the La Liga 2.
Gijón delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Albacete (placed 21st) in their previous match; a La Liga 2 game. Preceding that game, the 2-3 loss visiting Las Palmas's place.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Gijón playing away, we found one game. Results were zero away wins, zero draws and one home win.
The attacking power of Gijón when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 8 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far). It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Espanyol victories, two draws and four Sporting Gijón wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. de Tomás Gómez 9 goals |   U. Đurđević 8 goals |  A. Embarba Blázquez 5 goals |
Espanyol missing players
Sporting Gijón missing players
| Espanyol | Sporting Gijón | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 23 | 13 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 17 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 88% | 88% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 88% | 88% |
| 69% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 25% | 44% |
| 31% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 62% | 75% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 38% | 44% |
| 25% | 12% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 31% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1.9 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9.2 | 9.4 | 4.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 8.6 | 8.9 |
| 3.7 | 4.4 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 39% | 37% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 26% | 30% |
- Espanyol has the most scored goals (23) in La Liga 2
- Espanyol have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Espanyol have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Espanyol have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sporting Gijón 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 | Mallorca | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 35 |
| 2 | Espanyol | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 33 |
| 3 | Leganes | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 31 |
| 4 | Almería | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 29 |
| 5 | Sporting Gijón | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 28 |
| 6 | Ponferradina | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 26 |
| 7 | Malaga | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -4 | 25 |
| 8 | Rayo Vallecano | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 24 |
| 9 | Mirandes | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 23 |
| 10 | Fuenlabrada | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 23 |
| 11 | UD Logrones | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 23 |
| 12 | Lugo | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 22 |
| 13 | Las Palmas | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -3 | 21 |
| 14 | Girona | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 21 |
| 15 | Real Oviedo | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 19 |
| 16 | FC Cartagena | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 16 |
| 17 | Tenerife | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 16 |
| 18 | Alcorcón | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -5 | 15 |
| 19 | Castellon | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -8 | 15 |
| 20 | Sabadell | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -7 | 13 |
| 21 | Albacete | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 11 | -11 | 11 |
| 22 | Real Zaragoza | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | -9 | 8 |