Struggling Sporting Gijón will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Almería in the upcoming league round. It’s 15th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
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.
It's quite the trip for Almería when visiting Sporting Gijón as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.
Sporting Gijón form and stats
When playing at home in the La Liga 2, Sporting Gijón have managed 1 win, 3 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 4 games. Two draws in a row at home now for Sporting Gijón.
The home team returns to Estadio Municipal El Molinón after sharing the points with Málaga (placed 18th) on their last time out; the La Liga 2 game ended 0-0. In the match before that, Sporting Gijón hosted Racing Santander and drew the game 1-1.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Sporting Gijón have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 16 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 5 and lost 4.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sporting Gijón as they are travelling to their away game against Fuenlabrada in the La Liga 2. That match is three days after this one.
Sporting Gijón has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. Sporting Gijón are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Municipal El Molinón in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 4 matches.
Almería form and stats
2 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Almería, who have the most scored goals (14) in La Liga 2, playing as the away team in the La Liga 2 this season.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a La Liga 2 home defeat versus Cádiz with 1-2 on the scoreboard. A 1-1 draw at Rayo Vallecano's stadium before that.
Almería are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of nine matches.
Almería has another fixture away, a La Liga 2 game, against Deportivo La Coruña in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Almería are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 6 times in 4 away games so far. Almería are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 2 away goals have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 7 Sporting Gijón victories, 1 draw and 2 Almería wins. 4 of these games ended with three goals or more, 6 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  U. Đurđević 11 goals / 4 assists |
Sporting Gijón missing players
Almería missing players
| Sporting Gijón | Almería | ||||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistics | Stat | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 75% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 75% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 25% | 25% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 38% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2.8 | 2.2 | 3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3 | 2.8 | 3.2 |
| 5.6 | 4.8 | 3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4.8 | 4.4 |
| 3.2 | 4 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.8 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- All of Sporting Gijón's home matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Almería have not yet lost a game away.
- Almería have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Almería have scored in all their matches so far.
- Almería have scored more than double the goals of Sporting Gijón.
- Almería haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sporting Gijón have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Sporting Gijón have not yet lost a game at home.
- Sporting Gijón have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Sporting Gijón have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Sporting Gijón haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 08-09-19 | | Huesca | 1 - 0 | Sporting Gijón |
| 15-09-19 | | Sporting Gijón | 1 - 1 | Deportivo La Coruña |
| 19-09-19 | | Las Palmas | 1 - 0 | Sporting Gijón |
| 22-09-19 | | Sporting Gijón | 1 - 1 | Racing Santander |
| 29-09-19 | | Málaga | 0 - 0 | Sporting Gijón |
| 03-10-19 | | Sporting Gijón | 17:00 | Almería |
| 06-10-19 | | Fuenlabrada | 10:00 | Sporting Gijón |
| 12-10-19 | | Sporting Gijón | 14:00 | Alcorcon |
| 19-10-19 | | Elche | 16:00 | Sporting Gijón |
| 27-10-19 | | Sporting Gijón | - | Real Zaragoza |
| 07-09-19 | | Málaga | 0 - 1 | Almería |
| 14-09-19 | | Las Palmas | 0 - 3 | Almería |
| 17-09-19 | | Almería | 3 - 1 | Girona |
| 21-09-19 | | Rayo Vallecano | 1 - 1 | Almería |
| 29-09-19 | | Almería | 1 - 2 | Cádiz |
| 03-10-19 | | Sporting Gijón | 17:00 | Almería |
| 06-10-19 | | Deportivo La Coruña | 16:30 | Almería |
| 12-10-19 | | Almería | 14:00 | Lugo |
| 19-10-19 | | Alcorcon | 14:00 | Almería |
| 27-10-19 | | Almería | - | Extremadura UD |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cádiz | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| 2 | Almería | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 3 | Real Zaragoza | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 4 | Huesca | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| 5 | Fuenlabrada | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| 6 | Elche | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 7 | Albacete | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 12 |
| 8 | Rayo Vallecano | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 11 |
| 9 | Tenerife | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 11 |
| 10 | Alcorcón | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 11 | Ponferradina | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 10 |
| 12 | Numancia | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 13 | Girona | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -2 | 10 |
| 14 | Las Palmas | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 9 |
| 15 | Sporting Gijón | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 16 | Lugo | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 8 |
| 17 | Racing Santander | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 18 | Málaga | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 19 | Deportivo La Coruña | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 7 |
| 20 | Mirandés | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 7 |
| 21 | Extremadura UD | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
| 22 | Real Oviedo | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 3 |
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