Málaga believe to sell many tickets for this fixture even though the season has been grim up to now with 9 points and a 22nd place in the La Liga 2 table. Opponents Sporting Gijón are in 11th place with 20 pts.
- Málaga have the fewest clean sheets (2) in La Liga 2
- Sporting Gijón have the most scored goals in the first half (10) in La Liga 2
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.
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.
Málaga form and stats
With 1 La Liga 2 win, 2 draws and 3 defeats from their home games, Málaga are certainly not brimming with confidence. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Málaga to get some points in this home game.
No payout for Málaga in their previous match, an away game at FC Cartagena that ended in defeat 1-2. Midfield player Gutiérrez got a match rating of 7.13 in that game, the max score being 10. Gutiérrez scored one goal.
Preceding that match was the home game against Eibar that was lost 0-1.Málaga aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio La Rosaleda in the league, with only {5 goals} from 6 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 10 goals have been conceded.
Sporting Gijón form and stats
There's been little loot from Sporting Gijón's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 7 away games in the La Liga 2. Sporting Gijón only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 3 draws.
Gijón played 2-2 against Albacete in their previous match. The draw against Albacete came from a losing position. The Sporting Gijón manager Antuña brought on González as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Defender Ángel was the best team player with a rating of 7.45. Ángel hit three key passes and won 4 of 5 duels.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Levante wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.The visitors have scored 5 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 10 goals have been conceded by Gijón in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head to head numbers (for the last ten meetings): Málaga won three games, four matches ended with a draw and Sporting Gijón managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Castro Martín 3 goals |   C. González Pérez 3 goals |  J. Gragera Amado 2 goals |
Málaga missing players
Sporting Gijón missing players
| Málaga | Sporting Gijón | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 5 | 18 |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 17 |
| 86% | 83% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 86% |
| 50% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 57% | 71% |
| 43% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 29% | 43% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 29% | 36% |
| 7% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 43% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 43% | 50% |
| 14% | 17% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 57% | 50% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 57% | 43% |
| 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
| 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.3 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.6 | 12.3 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 10.9 | 12.3 |
| 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 2.9 | 3.7 |
| 19% | 18% | 15% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 25% | 35% |
| 12.1 | 10.8 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.3 | 13.3 | 12.3 |
| 3.5 | 4.3 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.4 | 3.9 |
- Málaga have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Málaga have the fewest clean sheets (2) in La Liga 2
- Málaga have the fewest points (5) at home in La Liga 2
- Málaga have the the worst goal difference (-5) at home in La Liga 2
- Sporting Gijón have the most scored goals in the first half (10) 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 | Burgos | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 27 |
| 2 | Deportivo Alaves | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 27 |
| 3 | Las Palmas | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 26 |
| 4 | Eibar | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 25 |
| 5 | FC Cartagena | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 24 |
| 6 | Levante | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 23 |
| 7 | Granada | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 22 |
| 8 | Albacete | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 22 |
| 9 | FC Andorra | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 21 |
| 10 | Huesca | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 20 |
| 11 | Sporting Gijón | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 20 |
| 12 | Villarreal II | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 20 |
| 13 | Leganes | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 17 |
| 14 | Real Zaragoza | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 16 |
| 15 | Ponferradina | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -6 | 16 |
| 16 | Racing Santander | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 15 |
| 17 | Tenerife | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -3 | 14 |
| 18 | Lugo | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 13 |
| 19 | Real Oviedo | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 13 |
| 20 | Mirandes | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 12 |
| 21 | UD Ibiza | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -12 | 11 |
| 22 | Málaga | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | -10 | 9 |
