La Liga 2 match guide: Leganés vs Sporting Gijón

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sun 20.March
Match begins: 17:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal de Butarque (11454 seats)

A total of 31 league fixtures are played and Leganés are 6 points in front of Sporting Gijón. What happens today?

Insights:
  • Sporting Gijón have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won 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.

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Leganés form and stats

The La Liga 2 results playing at home this season for Leganés are 5-7-3 (wins-draws-losses).

The home team returns to Estadio Municipal de Butarque after drawing with UD Ibiza (placed 8th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. The attacking player Arnáiz was announced as "man of the match" for Leganés with a rating of 7.24/10. Arnáiz hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Before that, Leganés had a home game versus Mirandes which ended with a victory 2-0.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Leganés have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won eight times, drawn three and lost three.

Leganés are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 15 games. From these home matches, Leganés have conceded only 13 goals.

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Sporting Gijón form and stats

Sporting Gijón have only collected 14 points from their away games in the La Liga 2, after 3-5-7 (15 played). With the Sporting Gijón losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.

Gijón's previous game was their home loss versus Tenerife (1-2). Rivera got a match rating of 7.51 in that game, top player of the team. Rivera hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 36 successful passes (of 41 total).

A 1-2 defeat away at Real Sociedad II before that.

We have checked recent matches where Sporting Gijón have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were zero victories, three draws and two defeats.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Sporting Gijón have scored 16 goals in 15 league games away. 20 goals have been conceded by Sporting Gijón in these games.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these two teams face each other this season, as the history books show this recent fixture: Sporting Gijón - Leganés 2-1. Leganés-Sporting Gijón H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Leganés zero wins, Sporting Gijón five wins, two draws. three of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Sporting GijónU. Đurđević
U. Đurđević
11 goals
Sporting GijónA. García Flores
A. García Flores
6 goals
LeganésJ. Arnáiz Díaz
J. Arnáiz Díaz
5 goals

Leganés missing players

Sporting Gijón missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Leganés Sporting Gijón
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 5 15 31
10 5 3 Won W 1 3 9
11 7 1 Drew D 1 5 8
10 3 0 Lost L 3 7 14
35 17 5 Scored S 3 16 34
34 13 1 Conceded C 5 20 39
90% 87% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 97%
74% 73% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 73% 71%
35% 27% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 45%
13% 7% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 13%
6% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 13% 10%
52% 60% 25% BTTS BTTS 20% 53% 61%
29% 33% 75% Clean Sheets C S 20% 20% 16%
29% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 60% 33% 26%
 
4.3 4.9 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.4 3 4.1
3.6 3 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 9.4 6.9 5.5
2.2 1.9 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.5 2.3
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
12.5 13.6 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 11.8 11.1 14.4
4.2 4.4 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.3 4.4
27% 26% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 33% 25%
 
10.6 9.2 11 Shots against (avg) S A 19 16.7 14
3.3 2.5 1.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 5.2 4.6
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Sporting Gijón have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • 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 SD Eibar 31 18 8 5 45 32 15 11 3 1 27 14 16 7 5 4 18 18 13 62
2 Almeria 31 18 5 8 50 28 16 11 3 2 30 13 15 7 2 6 20 15 22 59
3 Real Valladolid 31 17 7 7 50 33 15 11 3 1 28 9 16 6 4 6 22 24 17 58
4 Tenerife 31 16 7 8 43 26 15 8 3 4 22 11 16 8 4 4 21 15 17 55
5 Ponferradina 31 13 11 7 40 33 15 7 6 2 24 14 16 6 5 5 16 19 7 50
6 Girona 31 14 7 10 44 34 16 9 3 4 26 14 15 5 4 6 18 20 10 49
7 Real Oviedo 31 10 14 7 37 31 16 7 7 2 25 14 15 3 7 5 12 17 6 44
8 UD Ibiza 31 10 13 8 40 36 16 5 7 4 23 19 15 5 6 4 17 17 4 43
9 FC Cartagena 31 13 4 14 42 43 15 9 1 5 27 17 16 4 3 9 15 26 -1 43
10 Burgos 31 12 6 13 34 30 15 8 4 3 23 8 16 4 2 10 11 22 4 42
11 Real Zaragoza 31 9 15 7 29 31 16 5 8 3 13 11 15 4 7 4 16 20 -2 42
12 Lugo 31 8 17 6 39 36 15 7 6 2 18 13 16 1 11 4 21 23 3 41
13 Leganés 31 10 11 10 35 34 15 5 7 3 17 13 16 5 4 7 18 21 1 41
14 Las Palmas 31 10 11 10 38 39 16 7 5 4 24 19 15 3 6 6 14 20 -1 41
15 Huesca 31 9 11 11 36 31 16 5 6 5 16 12 15 4 5 6 20 19 5 38
16 Malaga 31 9 10 12 27 44 16 7 5 4 15 16 15 2 5 8 12 28 -17 37
17 Mirandes 31 10 6 15 39 49 16 8 2 6 28 25 15 2 4 9 11 24 -10 36
18 Sporting Gijón 31 9 8 14 34 39 16 6 3 7 18 19 15 3 5 7 16 20 -5 35
19 Real Sociedad II 31 7 9 15 28 38 15 3 4 8 12 18 16 4 5 7 16 20 -10 30
20 Amorebieta 31 4 14 13 34 49 15 3 7 5 21 23 16 1 7 8 13 26 -15 26
21 Fuenlabrada 31 4 14 13 25 40 16 3 9 4 17 18 15 1 5 9 8 22 -15 26
22 Alcorcón 31 3 8 20 24 57 15 2 6 7 13 26 16 1 2 13 11 31 -33 17

Leganés:
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 SD Eibar 31 18 8 5 45 32 15 11 3 1 27 14 16 7 5 4 18 18 13 62
2 Almeria 31 18 5 8 50 28 16 11 3 2 30 13 15 7 2 6 20 15 22 59
3 Real Valladolid 31 17 7 7 50 33 15 11 3 1 28 9 16 6 4 6 22 24 17 58
4 Tenerife 31 16 7 8 43 26 15 8 3 4 22 11 16 8 4 4 21 15 17 55
5 Ponferradina 31 13 11 7 40 33 15 7 6 2 24 14 16 6 5 5 16 19 7 50
6 Girona 31 14 7 10 44 34 16 9 3 4 26 14 15 5 4 6 18 20 10 49
7 Real Oviedo 31 10 14 7 37 31 16 7 7 2 25 14 15 3 7 5 12 17 6 44
8 UD Ibiza 31 10 13 8 40 36 16 5 7 4 23 19 15 5 6 4 17 17 4 43
9 FC Cartagena 31 13 4 14 42 43 15 9 1 5 27 17 16 4 3 9 15 26 -1 43
10 Burgos 31 12 6 13 34 30 15 8 4 3 23 8 16 4 2 10 11 22 4 42
11 Real Zaragoza 31 9 15 7 29 31 16 5 8 3 13 11 15 4 7 4 16 20 -2 42
12 Lugo 31 8 17 6 39 36 15 7 6 2 18 13 16 1 11 4 21 23 3 41
13 Leganés 31 10 11 10 35 34 15 5 7 3 17 13 16 5 4 7 18 21 1 41
14 Las Palmas 31 10 11 10 38 39 16 7 5 4 24 19 15 3 6 6 14 20 -1 41
15 Huesca 31 9 11 11 36 31 16 5 6 5 16 12 15 4 5 6 20 19 5 38
16 Malaga 31 9 10 12 27 44 16 7 5 4 15 16 15 2 5 8 12 28 -17 37
17 Mirandes 31 10 6 15 39 49 16 8 2 6 28 25 15 2 4 9 11 24 -10 36
18 Sporting Gijón 31 9 8 14 34 39 16 6 3 7 18 19 15 3 5 7 16 20 -5 35
19 Real Sociedad II 31 7 9 15 28 38 15 3 4 8 12 18 16 4 5 7 16 20 -10 30
20 Amorebieta 31 4 14 13 34 49 15 3 7 5 21 23 16 1 7 8 13 26 -15 26
21 Fuenlabrada 31 4 14 13 25 40 16 3 9 4 17 18 15 1 5 9 8 22 -15 26
22 Alcorcón 31 3 8 20 24 57 15 2 6 7 13 26 16 1 2 13 11 31 -33 17

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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.