Can Ponferradina beat Sporting Gijón in Estadio El Toralín clash?

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sun 07.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio El Toralín (8800 seats)

A key match in La Liga 2 as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Ponferradina in 7th position and Sporting Gijón placed 5th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

Insights:
  • Ponferradina have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sporting Gijón have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Ponferradina form and stats

The story so far in the La Liga 2 for Ponferradina at their home stadium (Estadio El Toralín) is 7 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Ponferradina after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Ponferradina travelled for their previous game, a trip to Rayo Vallecano that ended 1-1. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Mirandes in a game that was won 1-0.

The Ponferradina fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 13 matches. From these home matches, Ponferradina have conceded only 12 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Sporting Gijón form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their La Liga 2 travels is 5 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats. Sporting Gijón love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

Gijón's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Espanyol that finished 1-1. Preceding that game was the away victory against Albacete with the score of 1-0.

The visitors have scored 11 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Gijón are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 11 times in 13 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Sporting Gijón - Ponferradina 2-1 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Ponferradina, two draws and five wins for Sporting Gijón. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

Sporting GijónU. Đurđević
U. Đurđević
17 goals
PonferradinaÓ. Sielva Moreno
Ó. Sielva Moreno
6 goals
PonferradinaY. de Souza Fonseca
Y. de Souza Fonseca
6 goals

Ponferradina missing players

Sporting Gijón missing players

Ponferradina Sporting Gijón
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 2 Played P 3 13 27
12 7 2 Won W 1 5 13
5 3 0 Drew D 1 2 8
10 3 0 Lost L 1 6 6
28 16 6 Scored S 1 11 28
28 12 2 Conceded C 2 11 18
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 85% 85%
67% 69% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 38% 48%
33% 38% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 23% 22%
7% 8% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 15% 11%
4% 8% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 4%
37% 38% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 15% 33%
37% 46% 50% Clean Sheets C S 67% 46% 48%
30% 23% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 54% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 1.8 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.7 2 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
7.4 7.9 8.5 Shots (avg) S ( 5 7.8 8.1
3.6 4.1 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.3 3.1 3.4
29% 30% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 28% 31%
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Ponferradina have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sporting Gijón have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Mallorca 27 17 6 4 37 13 14 8 2 4 22 9 13 9 4 0 15 4 24 57
2 Espanyol 27 16 5 6 39 17 13 10 1 2 22 7 14 6 4 4 17 10 22 53
3 Almería 27 16 4 7 42 25 14 9 3 2 27 11 13 7 1 5 15 14 17 52
4 Leganes 27 15 4 8 31 21 14 12 0 2 21 8 13 3 4 6 10 13 10 49
5 Sporting Gijón 27 13 8 6 28 18 14 8 6 0 17 7 13 5 2 6 11 11 10 47
6 Rayo Vallecano 27 12 6 9 31 26 13 8 2 3 19 10 14 4 4 6 12 16 5 42
7 Ponferradina 27 12 5 10 28 28 13 7 3 3 16 12 14 5 2 7 12 16 0 41
8 Girona 27 10 8 9 23 25 13 6 3 4 10 8 14 4 5 5 13 17 -2 38
9 Mirandes 26 10 7 9 26 22 13 4 6 3 13 11 13 6 1 6 13 11 4 37
10 Tenerife 27 10 6 11 25 25 14 7 4 3 17 8 13 3 2 8 8 17 0 36
11 Real Oviedo 27 8 11 8 31 28 14 5 5 4 20 15 13 3 6 4 11 13 3 35
12 Fuenlabrada 27 7 14 6 29 29 14 2 10 2 11 11 13 5 4 4 18 18 0 35
13 Las Palmas 27 9 8 10 27 36 13 8 2 3 19 13 14 1 6 7 8 23 -9 35
14 Malaga 26 9 7 10 24 32 13 3 5 5 11 15 13 6 2 5 13 17 -8 34
15 Lugo 27 8 9 10 27 31 13 6 5 2 13 7 14 2 4 8 14 24 -4 33
16 UD Logrones 27 8 6 13 19 33 13 5 2 6 11 16 14 3 4 7 8 17 -14 30
17 FC Cartagena 27 7 7 13 28 37 14 5 3 6 18 17 13 2 4 7 10 20 -9 28
18 Real Zaragoza 27 7 6 14 21 26 13 5 4 4 13 11 14 2 2 10 8 15 -5 27
19 Sabadell 27 6 9 12 23 30 14 2 6 6 11 15 13 4 3 6 12 15 -7 27
20 Alcorcon 27 7 5 15 16 29 13 5 0 8 9 16 14 2 5 7 7 13 -13 26
21 Castellon 27 7 4 16 27 36 14 6 0 8 16 12 13 1 4 8 11 24 -9 25
22 Albacete 27 6 7 14 17 32 13 3 4 6 10 14 14 3 3 8 7 18 -15 25

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.