Evenly matched teams: Real Oviedo vs Sporting Gijón match preview

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sat 17.December
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Nuevo Carlos Tartiere (3000 seats)

Real Oviedo are trying to overlook the league table before this match vs Sporting Gijón. Here's all you need to know before the game!

Insights:
  • Sporting Gijón have the most scored goals in the first half (13) in La Liga 2

Real Oviedo 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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Real Oviedo form and stats

Overall La Liga 2 statistics playing at home this season for Real Oviedo are 4-2-4 (wins-draws-losses).

Real Oviedo haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 218 minutes ago. Costas scored that one.

Oviedo lost their last game at Eibar (placed 1st) after a 0-1 scoreline. The first setback in the shape of a loss after going undefeated in five league games.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Las Palmas.

This is expected to be a close game, with Real Oviedo perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Real Oviedo as a small favourite), we find 6 games. Real Oviedo has won 1 of these, drawn 3 and lost 2.

Trench warfare? In this team's last 20 league matches, 17 have contained zero, one or two goals.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Real Oviedo here at Estadio Nuevo Carlos Tartiere in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 10 games). Oviedo have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Sporting Gijón form and stats

2 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Sporting Gijón playing as the away team in the La Liga 2 this season.

Sporting Gijón have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Diego Marino Villar. It's been 244 minutes since they last conceded in La Liga 2.

Gijón delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against FC Cartagena (placed 5th) in their previous fixture. Midfield player Rivera was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.33/10. Rivera had 52 successful passes (of 60 total).

Prior to that result Sporting Gijón won their away game at Lugo. The scoreline was 1-0.

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 13 relevant matches. Results were 3 Sporting Gijón wins, 6 draws and 4 defeats.

Low-scoring game? 8 of this side's latest 10 league fixtures have contained two or less goals.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Copa Del Rey trip to Numancia.

The attacking power of Gijón when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 10 league matches away. Sporting Gijón have conceded 11 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Real Oviedo have won or drawn the last 6 matches (4-2-0) facing Sporting Gijón.

Top Goalscorers

OviedoB. González Tomás
B. González Tomás
7 goals
Sporting GijónC. González Pérez
C. González Pérez
5 goals
Sporting GijónJ. Zarfino Calandria
J. Zarfino Calandria
3 goals

Real Oviedo missing players

Sporting Gijón missing players

Real Oviedo Sporting Gijón
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 5 10 20
6 4 1 Won W 2 2 6
6 2 0 Drew D 3 5 9
8 4 2 Lost L 0 3 5
12 6 1 Scored S 7 7 22
15 7 2 Conceded C 4 11 21
85% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 80%
30% 20% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 50% 60%
15% 10% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 20% 35%
5% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 20% 30%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 10%
30% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 80% 40% 45%
45% 50% 33% Clean Sheets C S 20% 30% 30%
40% 40% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 45%
 
4.3 4.5 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.2 3.9
5.7 4.3 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 4.6 4.4
2.5 2.5 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 2.6 2.4
2 2 1 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
9.1 8.4 10.3 Shots (avg) S ( 11.2 11.2 12.8
2.8 3 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 2.7 4
22% 20% 10% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 26% 28%
 
10.8 8.8 6.3 Shots against (avg) S A 14.6 12.7 11.5
3 2.4 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 3.7 3.4
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Sporting Gijón have the most scored goals in the first half (13) 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 Eibar 20 10 6 4 24 17 10 7 3 0 14 4 10 3 3 4 10 13 7 30
2 Las Palmas 20 9 8 3 23 12 10 5 3 2 11 6 10 4 5 1 12 6 11 35
3 Deportivo Alaves 19 9 7 3 22 17 9 6 3 0 12 4 10 3 4 3 10 13 5 34
4 Burgos 20 9 7 4 18 10 10 5 3 2 12 6 10 4 4 2 6 4 8 34
5 FC Cartagena 20 9 5 6 23 18 10 5 2 3 13 10 10 4 3 3 10 8 5 31
6 Levante 19 8 8 3 20 13 10 5 3 2 11 5 9 3 5 1 9 8 7 31
7 Granada 20 9 5 6 24 14 10 8 2 0 21 2 10 1 3 6 3 12 10 28
8 Albacete 20 7 8 5 23 25 10 3 5 2 9 8 10 4 3 3 14 17 -2 26
9 Villarreal II 20 7 7 6 23 24 10 5 5 0 16 8 10 2 2 6 7 16 -1 27
10 FC Andorra 20 8 4 8 21 16 10 5 1 4 14 6 10 3 3 4 7 10 5 27
11 Huesca 20 7 6 7 16 17 10 6 3 1 11 4 10 1 3 6 5 13 -1 27
12 Sporting Gijón 20 6 9 5 22 21 10 4 4 2 15 10 10 2 5 3 7 11 1 23
13 Leganes 20 7 6 7 20 19 10 5 3 2 12 9 10 2 3 5 8 10 1 26
14 Real Zaragoza 20 6 7 7 17 17 10 4 4 2 11 8 10 2 3 5 6 9 0 22
15 Real Oviedo 20 6 6 8 12 15 10 4 2 4 6 7 10 2 4 4 6 8 -3 24
16 Tenerife 20 6 6 8 21 23 10 5 3 2 12 7 10 1 3 6 9 16 -2 23
17 Mirandes 20 5 8 7 23 26 10 4 4 2 16 13 10 1 4 5 7 13 -3 20
18 Ponferradina 20 5 6 9 19 27 10 3 3 4 10 12 10 2 3 5 9 15 -8 17
19 Lugo 20 4 6 10 17 26 10 2 4 4 7 8 10 2 2 6 10 18 -9 18
20 Racing Santander 20 4 6 10 10 17 10 1 4 5 4 9 10 3 2 5 6 8 -7 18
21 UD Ibiza 20 4 4 12 14 28 11 3 3 5 10 14 9 1 1 7 4 14 -14 12
22 Malaga 20 3 7 10 15 25 9 2 4 3 8 12 11 1 3 7 7 13 -10 14

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.