La Liga 2: The average league table placements illustrates the road Leganés and Sporting Gijón have been on so far. Both teams are up for it; bring it!
- Leganés have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Leganés have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sporting Gijón have scored away.
Leganés and Sporting Gijón should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Leganés form and stats
7-4-2 (win-draw-lost) are the La Liga 2 numbers at home for Leganés so far this season.
Leganés travelled for their previous game, a trip to SD Eibar that ended 0-0. Leganés's goalie Riesgo played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against SD Eibar with a stunning six saves. Goalkeeper Riesgo got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.14 out of ten. Riesgo topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Levante that ended 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 Leganés have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 2 and lost 3.
Leganés are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 13 games. From these home matches, Leganés have conceded only 12 goals.
Sporting Gijón form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sporting Gijón so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 2-5-5 (win-draw-lose). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Sporting Gijón have lost on their last two travels.
The Sporting Gijón goalkeeper Ivan Cuellar Sacristan is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 246 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Gijón's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Malaga that finished 0-0. Defender Pola was the best team player with a rating of 7.6. Pola won 8 of 9 duels.
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Real Zaragoza.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Sporting Gijón in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Sporting Gijón, 6 draws and 4 defeats.
Few goals the story here? 10 of this club's most recent 11 league fixtures have had two or less goals.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Sporting Gijón have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Sporting Gijón have pulled off a sequence of 9 consecutive games without defeat (5-4-0) when facing Leganés.Curiously enough, Sporting Gijón met Leganés the last time they played in a match with over 2.5 goals in total. That was the Sporting Gijón - Leganés 2-2 game ten league fixtures ago, and only "under 2.5" for the away team since then!
Top Goalscorers
  J. Arnáiz Díaz 6 goals |  J. Muñoz Muñoz 6 goals |   C. González Pérez 5 goals |
Leganés missing players
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| Leganés | Sporting Gijón | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 25 |
| 9 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 25 | 17 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 24 |
| 23 | 12 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 14 | 25 |
| 84% | 85% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 83% | 80% |
| 52% | 62% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 56% |
| 44% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 17% | 28% |
| 12% | 15% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 24% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 48% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 40% |
| 32% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 32% |
| 36% | 15% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 58% | 48% |
| 4.6 | 4.5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.8 | 4.1 |
| 3.7 | 3.8 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| 2.9 | 2.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.7 | 10.7 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 11.9 | 12.8 |
| 3.7 | 3.8 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
| 27% | 34% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 19% | 25% |
| 11.2 | 10.2 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 12.2 | 11.4 |
| 3.3 | 2.2 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.9 | 3.4 |
- Leganés have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Leganés 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 | Las Palmas | 25 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 48 |
| 2 | SD Eibar | 25 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 47 |
| 3 | Levante | 25 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 29 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 44 |
| 4 | Deportivo Alavés | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 43 |
| 5 | Albacete | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 32 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 42 |
| 6 | Granada | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 41 |
| 7 | Burgos | 25 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 39 |
| 8 | Leganés | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 35 |
| 9 | FC Cartagena | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 34 |
| 10 | Villarreal II | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 19 | -2 | 34 |
| 11 | FC Andorra | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 32 |
| 12 | Sporting Gijón | 25 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -1 | 32 |
| 13 | Tenerife | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 25 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -1 | 31 |
| 14 | Huesca | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -2 | 31 |
| 15 | Real Oviedo | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 31 |
| 16 | Mirandés | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 29 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -3 | 30 |
| 17 | Real Zaragoza | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 14 | -1 | 29 |
| 18 | Racing Santander | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 12 | -5 | 26 |
| 19 | Ponferradina | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -9 | 25 |
| 20 | Malaga | 25 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 19 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 15 | -10 | 22 |
| 21 | Lugo | 25 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 23 | -14 | 21 |
| 22 | UD Ibiza | 25 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 39 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 21 | -22 | 17 |
