Can Sporting Gijón beat Albacete in Estadio Municipal El Molinón clash?

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Thu 03.November
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal El Molinón (29600 seats)

Who will get all the points when Albacete go to play Sporting Gijón? In this pre-match guide you'll learn all the relevant news and data necessary to make a prediction.

Insights:
  • Sporting Gijón have the most scored goals in the first half (9) in La Liga 2
  • Albacete have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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.

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Sporting Gijón form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estadio Municipal El Molinón as Sporting Gijón have scored 11 goals to get 13 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the La Liga 2 are 4-1-1 (wins-draws-losses). There’s a good atmosphere here at Estadio Municipal El Molinón after three straight home wins.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 184 minutes without scoring a league goal. Cristo was the last player to find the net.

No payout for Sporting Gijón in their previous match, an away game at Levante that ended in defeat 0-1. Defender Izquierdoz got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.15/10. Izquierdoz hit one key pass and won 8 of 11 duels.

0-0 away at Deportivo Alaves before that.

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 Sporting Gijón have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 0 and lost 3.

The manager Antuña will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Málaga in only three days.

Gijón have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Municipal El Molinón with 11 goals in 6 league matches. From these home matches, Sporting Gijón have conceded only 5 goals.

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Albacete form and stats

Playing away, Albacete have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 1 defeat in the La Liga 2 this season. Two points from the last two away games for Albacete, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Albacete's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Villarreal II that finished 0-0. Midfield player Fuster was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.0/10. Fuster hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 38 successful passes (of 47 total).

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Eibar that ended 1-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Albacete playing away and similar expectations, we found 10 relevant matches. Results were 3 Albacete wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats.

Betting on few goals? 5 league games in a row with this club have had less than three (under 2.5) goals.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Levante in just three days.

Albacete are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 6 games (in the league).

Head 2 Head

Gijón have pulled off a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (2-2-0) when facing Albacete.

Top Goalscorers

AlbaceteJ. Dubasin
J. Dubasin
3 goals
AlbaceteM. Mesa Piñero
M. Mesa Piñero
3 goals
Sporting GijónJ. Gragera Amado
J. Gragera Amado
2 goals

Sporting Gijón missing players

Albacete missing players

Sporting Gijón Albacete
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 6 2 Played P 0 6 13
5 4 2 Won W 0 3 5
4 1 0 Drew D 0 2 6
4 1 0 Lost L 0 1 2
16 11 7 Scored S 0 8 13
15 5 2 Conceded C 0 6 10
85% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 83% 77%
69% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 83% 62%
38% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 38%
31% 33% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
15% 17% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
46% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 83% 62%
23% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 31%
46% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 31%
 
3.8 3.3 4 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 4.7
4.7 5 7 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.2 4.3
1.9 1.5 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.8 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
11.8 12.8 12 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11.8 11.8
3.5 4.2 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.7 3.9
36% 44% 64% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 36% 25%
 
12.5 11.5 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 0 13.2 10.8
3.9 3.3 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3.8 3.2
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Albacete have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sporting Gijón have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sporting Gijón have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Sporting Gijón have the most scored goals in the first half (9) 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 Levante 13 6 4 3 14 9 7 4 1 2 9 4 6 2 3 1 5 5 5 22
5 Eibar 13 6 4 3 16 12 6 4 2 0 10 3 7 2 2 3 6 9 4 22
6 Granada 13 6 3 4 15 10 6 5 1 0 13 1 7 1 2 4 2 9 5 21
7 FC Cartagena 13 6 3 4 16 12 7 3 2 2 9 7 6 3 1 2 7 5 4 21
8 FC Andorra 14 6 3 5 15 12 6 4 0 2 9 3 8 2 3 3 6 9 3 21
9 Albacete 13 5 6 2 13 10 7 2 4 1 5 4 6 3 2 1 8 6 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 13 5 4 4 16 15 6 4 1 1 11 5 7 1 3 3 5 10 1 19
12 Villarreal II 13 4 5 4 17 18 6 3 3 0 11 5 7 1 2 4 6 13 -1 17
13 Real Zaragoza 14 4 4 6 9 12 7 2 3 2 5 6 7 2 1 4 4 6 -3 16
14 Ponferradina 14 4 4 6 15 21 7 2 2 3 7 9 7 2 2 3 8 12 -6 16
15 Racing Santander 14 3 6 5 7 10 7 1 4 2 3 5 7 2 2 3 4 5 -3 15
16 Tenerife 13 3 5 5 13 15 7 3 3 1 8 5 6 0 2 4 5 10 -2 14
17 Leganes 13 4 2 7 10 13 7 3 2 2 7 6 6 1 0 5 3 7 -3 14
18 Lugo 13 3 4 6 14 17 7 2 2 3 5 5 6 1 2 3 9 12 -3 13
19 Real Oviedo 13 3 4 6 7 11 7 2 1 4 4 7 6 1 3 2 3 4 -4 13
20 UD Ibiza 13 3 2 8 10 20 6 2 1 3 7 9 7 1 1 5 3 11 -10 11
21 Mirandes 13 1 6 6 11 18 7 1 4 2 9 10 6 0 2 4 2 8 -7 9
22 Málaga 13 2 3 8 9 18 6 1 2 3 5 10 7 1 1 5 4 8 -9 9

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.