Málaga and Sporting Gijón have both delivered a "par" performance until now, to use a golfing expression. The teams both have mid-table places in the La Liga 2.
- Sporting Gijón have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
These teams have little in common geographically as Sporting Gijón have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
The visiting Sporting Gijón played their last game only three days ago, a Copa Del Rey match.
Málaga form and stats
23 points is a decent return from 11 La Liga 2 games here at Estadio La Rosaleda for Málaga. The data says 7 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. The Málaga manager López Menéndez might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
Happy days for Málaga in their previous game, a La Liga 2 match away at Alcorcon (placed 22nd) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Midfielder Fuente was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.42 (out of ten) in that game. Fuente scored one goal and hit three key passes.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Leganes (0-2).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 Málaga have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won three, drawn five and lost three.
Málaga are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 11 games. From these home matches, Málaga have conceded only 7 goals. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Sporting Gijón form and stats
Sporting Gijón have only collected 10 points from their away games in the La Liga 2, after 2-4-5 (11 played).
The supporters enjoyed Gijón's previous game versus Villarreal, a Copa Del Rey 2-1 win played at home. Midfielder Rodríguez was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.43. Rodríguez hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times.
A draw for Sporting Gijón before that, at their own venue hosting Lugo (1-1).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 17 relevant matches. Results were five Gijón wins, two draws and ten defeats.
The attacking power of Sporting Gijón when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 11 league matches away. 15 goals have been conceded by Gijón in these games.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these two sides get together this season, as the records show this recent game: Sporting Gijón - Málaga 2-1. Last ten meetings involving these teams: Málaga won four, Sporting Gijón triumphed in three and we saw three draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  U. Đurđević 6 goals |   P. de la Fuente Gómez 4 goals |  B. Thomas Llamas 4 goals |
Málaga missing players
Sporting Gijón missing players
| Málaga | Sporting Gijón | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 0 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 8 | 7 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 21 | 12 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 22 |
| 28 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 15 | 25 |
| 91% | 91% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 95% |
| 68% | 55% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 73% | 68% |
| 45% | 27% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 27% | 32% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 9% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 9% |
| 45% | 36% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 55% | 59% |
| 36% | 55% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 18% | 18% |
| 27% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 36% | 27% |
| 4.3 | 4.9 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.3 | 3.2 | 4 |
| 5 | 4.1 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9.7 | 7 | 5.7 |
| 2.6 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.6 | 13.4 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 11.1 | 14.1 |
| 3.4 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.1 | 4.3 |
| 28% | 27% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 29% | 23% |
| 12.8 | 11.3 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 21 | 16.4 | 13.6 |
| 4 | 3.4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.7 | 4.4 |
- 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 | Almería | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 23 | 45 |
| 2 | Eibar | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 34 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 42 |
| 3 | Real Valladolid | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 40 |
| 4 | Tenerife | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 38 |
| 5 | Ponferradina | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 37 |
| 6 | Girona | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 34 |
| 7 | Las Palmas | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 34 |
| 8 | FC Cartagena | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 33 |
| 9 | Real Oviedo | 22 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 32 |
| 10 | Málaga | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -7 | 30 |
| 11 | Burgos | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 29 |
| 12 | Sporting Gijón | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -3 | 28 |
| 13 | UD Ibiza | 22 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 12 | -3 | 28 |
| 14 | Huesca | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 27 |
| 15 | Mirandes | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -4 | 26 |
| 16 | Real Zaragoza | 22 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 15 | -6 | 26 |
| 17 | Leganes | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 15 | -1 | 25 |
| 18 | Lugo | 21 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 24 |
| 19 | Amorebieta | 22 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 26 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -7 | 20 |
| 20 | Fuenlabrada | 22 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -8 | 20 |
| 21 | Real Sociedad II | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | -12 | 17 |
| 22 | Alcorcon | 22 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 40 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 18 | -24 | 11 |
