Soccer betting preview: Girona welcomes Sporting Gijón in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Fri 03.September
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadi Municipal de Montilivi (14286 seats)

Girona will do battle with Sporting Gijón in this La Liga 2 match. All you can learn about the game is here!

This could be an interesting game with lots of fun and bustle as both crews are well revitalized since they last played a game. Let's go!

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Girona form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Girona's two home games in the La Liga 2 so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Estadi Municipal de Montilivi.

Girona lost their last game at Ponferradina (placed 1st) after a 1-2 scoreline. Midfield player Aleix García got a match rating of 7.81 in that game, the max score being 10. García hit one key pass and had 83 successful passes (of 94 total).

In the match before that, Girona hosted Las Palmas and drew the game 0-0.

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 Girona have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won seven, drawn zero and lost zero.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Girona at home in the league. 2 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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Sporting Gijón form and stats

One match played away so far in the La Liga 2 for Sporting Gijón and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 6 wins, 7 draws and 8 losses from 21 games.

Gijón are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the La Liga 2 against Mirandes (placed 13th). Midfield player Pedro Díaz was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.44/10. Díaz scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 47 successful passes (of 58 total).

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Tenerife.

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 18 relevant matches. Results were five Sporting Gijón wins, four draws and nine defeats.

0 goals so far away for Sporting Gijón, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Girona victories, four draws and three Sporting Gijón wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

GironaN. Bustos
N. Bustos
2 goals
GironaC. Stuani Curbelo
C. Stuani Curbelo
1 goals
Sporting GijónJ. Babin
J. Babin
1 goals

Girona missing players

Sporting Gijón missing players

Girona Sporting Gijón
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
3 2 1 Played P 1 1 3
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 2
1 1 1 Drew D 1 1 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
3 2 0 Scored S 0 0 3
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
67% 50% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 67%
67% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 33%
67% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 100% 100% 67%
33% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 100% 100% 33%
 
5.3 5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3 3.3
1.3 1 1 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5 4
3.3 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 9.5 7 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9 15
3.3 2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 1 3.7
30% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 27%
Girona Last season Sporting Gijón
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   21 42
22 13   Won W   6 17
12 4   Drew D   7 14
12 6   Lost L   8 11
52 25   Scored S   15 37
39 14   Conceded C   16 28
91% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   76% 81%
57% 48%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   33% 43%
33% 26%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   19% 19%
11% 4%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   14% 10%
4% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 2%
37% 26%   BTTS BTTS   19% 29%
39% 48%   Clean Sheets C S   48% 50%
33% 35%   Failed to Score F T   57% 40%
 
4.2 4.4   Corners for (avg) C F   3.9 3.9
4.3 4   Corners against (avg) C A   4.7 4.4
2.3 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.8
12 5   Red cards R C   0 3
 
8 8.3   Shots (avg) S (   8.1 8.4
3.2 3.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.3 3.3
36% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   22% 26%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ponferradina 3 3 0 0 4 1 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 9
2 Real Valladolid 3 2 1 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 3 1 4 7
3 Sporting Gijón 3 2 1 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 7
4 Huesca 3 2 0 1 5 2 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 6
5 Almeria 3 2 0 1 6 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 6
6 UD Ibiza 3 1 2 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 5
7 Las Palmas 3 1 2 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 5
8 Malaga 3 1 2 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 5
9 Tenerife 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 5
10 Real Sociedad II 3 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 5
11 Fuenlabrada 3 1 1 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 4
12 Girona 3 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 4
13 Mirandes 3 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 4
14 Eibar 3 1 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 2 -2 3
15 Amorebieta 3 1 0 2 2 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 4 -3 3
16 Real Oviedo 3 0 2 1 3 4 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 2
17 Lugo 3 0 2 1 2 4 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 -2 2
18 Leganes 3 0 1 2 1 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 1
19 Burgos 3 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 -2 1
20 Real Zaragoza 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 1
21 FC Cartagena 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 0
22 Alcorcon 3 0 0 3 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 -4 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Espanyol 42 24 10 8 71 28 21 15 3 3 41 12 21 9 7 5 30 16 43 82
2 Mallorca 42 24 10 8 54 28 21 14 3 4 33 12 21 10 7 4 21 16 26 82
3 Almeria 42 21 10 11 61 40 21 10 8 3 34 18 21 11 2 8 27 22 21 73
4 Leganes 42 21 10 11 51 32 21 15 3 3 28 12 21 6 7 8 23 20 19 73
5 Girona 42 20 11 11 47 36 21 12 4 5 22 12 21 8 7 6 25 24 11 71
6 Rayo Vallecano 42 19 10 13 52 40 21 11 4 6 31 20 21 8 6 7 21 20 12 67
7 Sporting Gijón 42 17 14 11 37 28 21 11 7 3 22 12 21 6 7 8 15 16 9 65
8 Ponferradina 42 15 12 15 45 50 21 9 7 5 27 24 21 6 5 10 18 26 -5 57
9 Las Palmas 42 14 14 14 46 53 21 11 5 5 34 23 21 3 9 9 12 30 -7 56
10 Fuenlabrada 42 12 18 12 45 46 21 4 12 5 21 20 21 8 6 7 24 26 -1 54
11 Mirandes 42 14 12 16 38 41 21 6 10 5 19 18 21 8 2 11 19 23 -3 54
12 Malaga 42 14 11 17 37 47 21 6 7 8 20 22 21 8 4 9 17 25 -10 53
13 Tenerife 42 13 13 16 36 36 21 9 7 5 24 14 21 4 6 11 12 22 0 52
14 Real Oviedo 42 11 19 12 45 46 21 7 8 6 26 22 21 4 11 6 19 24 -1 52
15 Real Zaragoza 42 13 11 18 37 43 21 9 7 5 20 17 21 4 4 13 17 26 -6 50
16 FC Cartagena 42 12 13 17 44 52 21 8 7 6 27 23 21 4 6 11 17 29 -8 49
17 Alcorcon 42 13 9 20 32 42 21 9 2 10 20 23 21 4 7 10 12 19 -10 48
18 Lugo 42 11 14 17 38 53 21 8 8 5 20 16 21 3 6 12 18 37 -15 47
19 Sabadell 42 11 13 18 40 48 21 5 9 7 20 21 21 6 4 11 20 27 -8 46
20 UD Logrones 42 11 11 20 28 53 21 7 4 10 15 24 21 4 7 10 13 29 -25 44
21 Castellon 42 11 8 23 35 54 21 9 1 11 21 20 21 2 7 12 14 34 -19 41
22 Albacete 42 9 11 22 30 53 21 5 6 10 16 23 21 4 5 12 14 30 -23 38

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.