Tense top table potboiler in La Liga 2 as Almería have come the 621 miles required to meet Sporting Gijón at their Estadio Municipal El Molinón.
- Sporting Gijón have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Almería have the most scored goals (26) in La Liga 2
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sporting Gijón and Almería.
These teams have little in common geographically as Almería have to travel 1000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Sporting Gijón form and stats
Sporting Gijón have been very solid at home in the La Liga 2 so far, with 15 points collected from 6 matches (5-0-1). This has contributed greatly to their 5th position in the table.
The home team returns to Estadio Municipal El Molinón after being equal after 90 minutes with Lugo (placed 13th) on their last time out; the La Liga 2 game ended 1-1. Bogdan Milovanov was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.5 out of 10. The defender Milovanov scored one goal, hit three key passes and won 8 of 15 duels.
Before that game, the home loss against Real Valladolid with the scoreline 1-2.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 Gijón have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won six, drawn two and lost three.
Gijón have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Municipal El Molinón with 9 goals in 6 league matches. Gijón have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Almería form and stats
The visitors, who have the most scored goals (26) in La Liga 2, are W4-D0-L3 on the road this term. That's in the La Liga 2.
The supporters enjoyed Almería's previous game versus Leganés (placed 20th), a La Liga 2 1-0 win played at home. Fernando Martínez (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.92. Martínez stopped the opponent with five saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Mirandes with the score of 4-1.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Almería playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were four Almería wins, two draws and one defeat.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Almería are regular goalscorers on their travels. 7 goals have been conceded by Almería in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - zero - three (Sporting Gijón wins - draws - Almería wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  U. Sadiq Mesbah 7 goals |   U. Đurđević 5 goals |  F. Villalba Rodrigo 3 goals |
Sporting Gijón missing players
Almería missing players
| Sporting Gijón | Almería | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 16 | 9 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 14 | 26 |
| 13 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 69% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 71% | 77% |
| 46% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 71% | 62% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 43% | 38% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 8% |
| 69% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 57% | 62% |
| 23% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 23% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 29% | 15% |
| 4.3 | 5 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 2.9 | 4 |
| 6.2 | 4.5 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.4 | 4.8 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.4 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15.2 | 19.7 | 21 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 12.7 | 12.7 |
| 4.8 | 6.2 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
| 26% | 24% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 45% | 47% |
- Almería have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Almería have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Almería have the most scored goals (14) away in La Liga 2
- Almería have the most scored goals (26) in La Liga 2
- Almería have the most scored goals in the first half (14) in La Liga 2
- Almería have the the best goal difference (+15) in La Liga 2
- Almería have the the best goal difference (+7) away in La Liga 2
- Almería have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Almería haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sporting Gijón have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sporting Gijón have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Sporting Gijón haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 28 |
| 2 | Eibar | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 24 |
| 3 | Las Palmas | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 23 |
| 4 | Ponferradina | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 22 |
| 5 | Sporting Gijón | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 22 |
| 6 | Tenerife | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 20 |
| 7 | Real Valladolid | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 19 |
| 8 | FC Cartagena | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -3 | 18 |
| 9 | Malaga | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -2 | 17 |
| 10 | Burgos | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 16 |
| 11 | Huesca | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 16 |
| 12 | Real Oviedo | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 16 |
| 13 | Lugo | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 16 |
| 14 | Fuenlabrada | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
| 15 | UD Ibiza | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -3 | 15 |
| 16 | Mirandes | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 14 |
| 17 | Real Sociedad II | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -2 | 14 |
| 18 | Real Zaragoza | 12 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 12 |
| 19 | Girona | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 12 |
| 20 | Leganés | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -6 | 10 |
| 21 | Amorebieta | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 9 |
| 22 | Alcorcon | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -15 | 7 |