Balanced ball game between Ponferradina and Sporting Gijón expected

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sat 03.September
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio El Toralín (8800 seats)

Sporting Gijón have travelled here for an entertaining duel versus the home side Ponferradina. Get ready for the game with this full La Liga 2 preview!

Both squads have had ample time to rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's have faith in that this will be an energetic match!

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Ponferradina form and stats

Ponferradina have only played one La Liga 2 game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 10 wins, 7 draws and 4 defeats from 21 matches.

In their previous game, the manager Mendes led his Ponferradina to a defeat away at SD Eibar. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio El Toralín. The first setback in the shape of a loss after going unbeaten through three league matches.

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

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 Ponferradina have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 5 and lost 2.

At Estadio El Toralín, Ponferradina has the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Sporting Gijón form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first La Liga 2 away game of the season. During their previous season 21 away games resulted in 3 wins, 10 draws and 8 defeats.

Gijón delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Burgos (placed 10th) in their previous fixture. Izquierdoz was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.94. The defender Izquierdoz hit three key passes and won 9 of 10 duels.

A home win before that, celebrating 4-1 vs FC Andorra.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Sporting Gijón in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Sporting Gijón, 4 draws and 6 defeats.

1 goal so far away for Sporting Gijón, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

PonferradinaD. Ojeda Saranova
D. Ojeda Saranova
2 goals
PonferradinaY. de Souza Fonseca
Y. de Souza Fonseca
2 goals
Sporting GijónU. Đurđević
U. Đurđević
2 goals

Ponferradina missing players

Sporting Gijón missing players

Ponferradina Sporting Gijón
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 1 3
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
5 2 0 Scored S 0 1 5
4 1 0 Conceded C 0 1 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 67%
67% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 67%
67% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 33%
67% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 33%
 
3 4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2 2.3
7.7 4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3 3.7
2 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12 19 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8 13.3
4.7 8 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 3.7
36% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 25% 45%
 
13.3 10 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 16 10
4.3 5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3 2
Ponferradina Last season Sporting Gijón
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
42 21   Played P   21 42
17 10   Won W   3 11
12 7   Drew D   10 13
13 4   Lost L   8 18
57 37   Scored S   19 43
55 25   Conceded C   24 48
93% 90%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   86% 93%
76% 81%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 64%
55% 67%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   29% 38%
29% 38%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   14% 12%
12% 14%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   10% 10%
60% 71%   BTTS BTTS   52% 57%
21% 24%   Clean Sheets C S   24% 17%
26% 14%   Failed to Score F T   38% 33%
 
4.5 5.3   Corners for (avg) C F   3.3 4.1
4.8 4.2   Corners against (avg) C A   6.9 5.6
2.3 2.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.3
9 3   Red cards R C   1 2
 
12.1 12.8   Shots (avg) S (   10.8 13.6
3.7 4.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.2 4.1
37% 41%   Goal Efficiency G E   28% 25%
 
12.6 11.4   Shots against (avg) S A   15.9 13.7
4.6 4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.9 4.6

  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 3 2 1 0 5 3 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 7
2 Albacete 3 2 1 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 7
3 Deportivo Alaves 3 2 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 7
4 Granada 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 6
5 FC Cartagena 3 2 0 1 6 5 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 6
6 Ponferradina 3 2 0 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 6
7 Real Oviedo 3 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 6
8 Sporting Gijón 3 1 2 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 5
9 Levante 3 1 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 5
10 Burgos 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 5
11 Las Palmas 2 1 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 4
12 Villarreal II 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
13 Lugo 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 4
14 FC Andorra 2 1 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 4 -2 3
15 Malaga 3 1 0 2 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 4 2 1 0 1 3 2 -3 3
16 Real Zaragoza 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 -1 2
17 Huesca 3 0 1 2 3 5 1 0 0 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 -2 1
18 Mirandes 3 0 1 2 2 5 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 1
19 Tenerife 3 0 1 2 2 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 4 -3 1
20 UD Ibiza 3 0 1 2 2 5 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -3 1
21 Leganés 3 0 0 3 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 -3 0
22 Racing Santander 3 0 0 3 0 5 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 -5 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Almeria 42 24 9 9 68 35 21 14 4 3 38 15 21 10 5 6 30 20 33 81
2 Real Valladolid 42 24 9 9 71 43 21 14 4 3 40 15 21 10 5 6 31 28 28 81
3 SD Eibar 42 23 11 8 61 45 21 14 5 2 35 19 21 9 6 6 26 26 16 80
4 Las Palmas 42 19 13 10 57 47 21 12 5 4 34 23 21 7 8 6 23 24 10 70
5 Tenerife 42 20 9 13 53 37 21 9 5 7 27 18 21 11 4 6 26 19 16 69
6 Girona 42 20 8 14 57 42 21 13 3 5 36 16 21 7 5 9 21 26 15 68
7 Real Oviedo 42 17 17 8 57 41 21 11 8 2 38 19 21 6 9 6 19 22 16 68
8 Ponferradina 42 17 12 13 57 55 21 10 7 4 37 25 21 7 5 9 20 30 2 63
9 FC Cartagena 42 18 6 18 63 57 21 13 2 6 42 20 21 5 4 12 21 37 6 60
10 Real Zaragoza 42 12 20 10 39 46 21 7 10 4 16 15 21 5 10 6 23 31 -7 56
11 Burgos 42 15 10 17 41 41 21 10 7 4 27 12 21 5 3 13 14 29 0 55
12 Leganés 42 13 15 14 50 51 21 7 9 5 27 25 21 6 6 9 23 26 -1 54
13 Huesca 42 13 15 14 49 44 21 7 9 5 23 17 21 6 6 9 26 27 5 54
14 Mirandes 42 15 7 20 58 62 21 12 2 7 43 29 21 3 5 13 15 33 -4 52
15 UD Ibiza 42 12 16 14 53 59 21 6 10 5 30 25 21 6 6 9 23 34 -6 52
16 Lugo 42 10 20 12 46 52 21 9 8 4 22 19 21 1 12 8 24 33 -6 50
17 Sporting Gijón 42 11 13 18 43 48 21 8 3 10 24 24 21 3 10 8 19 24 -5 46
18 Malaga 42 11 12 19 36 57 21 7 7 7 18 24 21 4 5 12 18 33 -21 45
19 Amorebieta 42 9 16 17 44 63 21 8 8 5 29 25 21 1 8 12 15 38 -19 43
20 Real Sociedad II 42 10 10 22 43 61 21 4 4 13 19 32 21 6 6 9 24 29 -18 40
21 Fuenlabrada 42 6 15 21 39 65 21 4 10 7 23 26 21 2 5 14 16 39 -26 33
22 Alcorcon 42 6 11 25 37 71 21 3 7 11 17 34 21 3 4 14 20 37 -34 29

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.