La Liga 2 preview: Can Levante edge out victory against Sporting Gijón?

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Mon 31.October
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Ciudad de Valencia (26354 seats)

Levante have outdone Sporting Gijón so far, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all the intelligence you need prior to kickoff:

Insights:
  • Sporting Gijón have the most scored goals in the first half (9) in La Liga 2

Sporting Gijón have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

Levante 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.

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Levante form and stats

3-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the La Liga 2 numbers at home for Levante so far this season.

A good away victory last time out for Levante, who won 2-1 against UD Ibiza (placed 20th). Things did not look good last match, when Martínez got a red card in the 40th minute. They were already behind at this time, but a tremendous finish from Levante resulted in a win! Montiel, who usually features in attack, was the best performer for the side in that game, earning a rating of 8.73 (out of 10). Montiel signed up for two assists, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Leganés in a game that was won 2-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Levante handle that role? We have found 6 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

The manager Revilla will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Granada in only three days.

The Levante fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 6 matches. Levante are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Ciudad de Valencia in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 6 matches.

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Sporting Gijón form and stats

There's been little loot from Sporting Gijón's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 6 away games in the La Liga 2. Sporting Gijón only have 1 win to counter their 2 defeats and 3 draws.

The Sporting Gijón goalkeeper Diego Marino Villar is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 185 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Sporting Gijón are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Deportivo Alaves (placed 2nd). Izquierdoz, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.63. Izquierdoz hit one key pass and won 8 of 12 duels.

Before that, Sporting Gijón secured a home win against Eibar with the score 2-0.

Gijón are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 5 matches.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Albacete in just three days.

The attacking power of Sporting Gijón when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 6 league matches away. In the opposite end, Sporting Gijón have conceded 9 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's three Levante victories, four draws and one Sporting Gijón win. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

LevanteR. Brugué Ayguadé
R. Brugué Ayguadé
2 goals
LevanteJ. Montiel Caballero
J. Montiel Caballero
2 goals

Levante missing players

Sporting Gijón missing players

Levante Sporting Gijón
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
12 6 4 Played P 2 6 12
5 3 3 Won W 0 1 5
4 1 1 Drew D 1 3 4
3 2 0 Lost L 1 2 3
13 8 8 Scored S 0 5 16
9 4 2 Conceded C 5 9 14
75% 83% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 83% 83%
50% 50% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 75%
33% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 42%
17% 17% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 33%
8% 17% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 17% 17%
42% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 50%
42% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 17% 25%
42% 50% 25% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 42%
 
5.2 4.7 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4 3.7
3 2.5 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 2.5 4.7 4.8
3.5 3.3 3.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.3 1.9
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.5 12 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11 11.3 12.1
3.9 4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 3.2 3.7
28% 33% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 26% 36%
 
11.8 11.2 10.8 Shots against (avg) S A 12.5 14 12.8
4 3.5 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.7 4
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Sporting Gijón have the most scored goals in the first half (9) in La Liga 2

  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 12 7 5 0 16 4 6 4 2 0 6 0 6 3 3 0 10 4 12 26
2 Deportivo Alaves 12 6 5 1 14 10 6 3 3 0 7 3 6 3 2 1 7 7 4 23
3 Burgos 12 5 6 1 8 3 6 4 2 0 7 1 6 1 4 1 1 2 5 21
4 Granada 12 6 2 4 15 10 6 5 1 0 13 1 6 1 1 4 2 9 5 20
5 FC Cartagena 12 6 2 4 16 12 6 3 1 2 9 7 6 3 1 2 7 5 4 20
6 Albacete 12 5 5 2 13 10 6 2 3 1 5 4 6 3 2 1 8 6 3 20
7 Levante 12 5 4 3 13 9 6 3 1 2 8 4 6 2 3 1 5 5 4 19
8 Eibar 12 5 4 3 15 12 6 4 2 0 10 3 6 1 2 3 5 9 3 19
9 Sporting Gijón 12 5 4 3 16 14 6 4 1 1 11 5 6 1 3 2 5 9 2 19
10 Huesca 12 4 5 3 12 9 6 3 2 1 8 4 6 1 3 2 4 5 3 17
11 Villarreal II 12 4 4 4 17 18 6 3 3 0 11 5 6 1 1 4 6 13 -1 16
12 FC Andorra 12 4 3 5 10 12 5 3 0 2 6 3 7 1 3 3 4 9 -2 15
13 Tenerife 12 3 5 4 13 13 6 3 3 0 8 3 6 0 2 4 5 10 0 14
14 Leganés 12 4 1 7 10 13 6 3 1 2 7 6 6 1 0 5 3 7 -3 13
15 Real Zaragoza 12 3 4 5 7 10 6 2 3 1 5 4 6 1 1 4 2 6 -3 13
16 Racing Santander 12 3 4 5 6 9 6 1 3 2 2 4 6 2 1 3 4 5 -3 13
17 Real Oviedo 12 3 4 5 6 9 7 2 1 4 4 7 5 1 3 1 2 2 -3 13
18 Ponferradina 12 3 4 5 14 18 6 1 2 3 6 9 6 2 2 2 8 9 -4 13
19 Lugo 12 3 3 6 14 17 6 2 1 3 5 5 6 1 2 3 9 12 -3 12
20 UD Ibiza 12 3 2 7 10 18 6 2 1 3 7 9 6 1 1 4 3 9 -8 11
21 Malaga 12 2 3 7 9 17 5 1 2 2 5 9 7 1 1 5 4 8 -8 9
22 Mirandés 12 1 5 6 11 18 7 1 4 2 9 10 5 0 1 4 2 8 -7 8

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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.