Sporting Gijón vs Huesca match preview

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Mon 20.July
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal El Molinón (29600 seats)

Sporting Gijón will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 13 points behind Huesca.

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.

Gijón are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions.

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Sporting Gijón form and stats

When playing at home in the La Liga 2, Sporting Gijón have managed 10 wins, 5 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 20 games.

The fans are hoping that Gijón will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the La Liga 2 game against Extremadura UD (placed 21st). Ahead of that match, Gijón won a home game hosting Málaga (2-1).

Gijón are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 28 goals in 20 games. 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 16 from 20 matches.

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Huesca form and stats

There's been little loot from Huesca's travels as they have only collected 19 points from 20 away games in the La Liga 2. Huesca only have 5 wins to counter their 11 defeats and 4 draws. Huesca seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Huesca had fun at their own home (Estadio Municipal El Molinón) last time out, beating Numancia 3-0. Rafa Mir (2) and Shinji Okazaki scored. Prior to that match, the Huesca manager M. Sánchez Muñoz faced defeat when travelling to Racing Santander and losing 0-1.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Huesca as they have only managed to score 18 times from 20 away games in the league. 25 goals have been conceded by Huesca in these games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Huesca - Sporting Gijón 1-0 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Gijón two wins, one draw and Huesca two victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

HuescaS. Okazaki
S. Okazaki
12 goals
HuescaR. Mir Vicente
R. Mir Vicente
9 goals
HuescaM. Rico Moreno
M. Rico Moreno
7 goals

Sporting Gijón missing players

Huesca missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sporting Gijón Huesca
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
41 20 6 Played P 6 20 41
14 10 5 Won W 2 5 20
12 5 1 Drew D 2 4 7
15 5 0 Lost L 2 11 14
40 28 11 Scored S 4 18 54
37 16 2 Conceded C 5 25 42
88% 95% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 95% 98%
59% 60% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 55% 68%
22% 30% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 30% 39%
15% 25% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 22%
2% 5% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 7%
32% 35% 17% BTTS BTTS 17% 40% 46%
39% 45% 83% Clean Sheets C S 50% 25% 32%
41% 25% 17% Failed to Score F T 50% 40% 24%
 
4 3.8 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 5 5.2
4.3 4.4 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 4.5 3.8
2.9 2.8 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.9 2.4
6 2 0 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
435 224 67 Total Shots T S 57 190 454
162 90 26 Shots on Target S O 27 77 189
25% 31% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 15% 23% 29%
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Sporting Gijón has the fewest points from losing position (1)
  • Sporting Gijón has the fewest scored goals in the second half (19)
  • Sporting Gijón have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  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 41 19 12 10 50 38 20 10 6 4 28 19 21 9 6 6 22 19 12 69
2 Huesca 41 20 7 14 54 42 21 15 3 3 36 17 20 5 4 11 18 25 12 67
3 Almería 41 17 12 12 62 43 20 10 3 7 30 19 21 7 9 5 32 24 19 63
4 Girona 41 17 12 12 48 41 21 14 5 2 29 13 20 3 7 10 19 28 7 63
5 Real Zaragoza 41 17 11 13 57 52 20 8 4 8 28 26 21 9 7 5 29 26 5 62
6 Fuenlabrada 41 15 15 11 46 38 21 9 8 4 29 21 20 6 7 7 17 17 8 60
7 Elche 41 15 13 13 50 43 20 7 8 5 24 18 21 8 5 8 26 25 7 58
8 Rayo Vallecano 41 12 21 8 58 49 21 9 9 3 29 21 20 3 12 5 29 28 9 57
9 Mirandés 41 13 17 11 54 57 21 8 11 2 25 17 20 5 6 9 29 40 -3 56
10 Tenerife 41 14 13 14 49 44 21 7 9 5 25 21 20 7 4 9 24 23 5 55
11 Sporting Gijón 41 14 12 15 40 37 20 10 5 5 28 16 21 4 7 10 12 21 3 54
12 Alcorcón 41 12 18 11 50 50 20 5 6 9 22 29 21 7 12 2 28 21 0 54
13 Las Palmas 41 13 15 13 44 45 20 8 7 5 26 20 21 5 8 8 18 25 -1 54
14 Real Oviedo 41 13 14 14 48 51 21 7 11 3 24 20 20 6 3 11 24 31 -3 53
15 Málaga 41 11 19 11 35 33 21 8 9 4 25 18 20 3 10 7 10 15 2 52
16 Ponferradina 41 12 15 14 44 48 21 9 9 3 26 17 20 3 6 11 18 31 -4 51
17 Albacete 41 12 13 16 35 46 21 5 9 7 19 22 20 7 4 9 16 24 -11 49
18 Lugo 41 11 16 14 41 53 20 6 8 6 24 30 21 5 8 8 17 23 -12 49
19 Deportivo La Coruña 41 11 15 15 41 59 20 7 8 5 27 28 21 4 7 10 14 31 -18 48
20 Numancia 41 12 11 18 43 52 20 10 5 5 22 13 21 2 6 13 21 39 -9 47
21 Extremadura UD 41 10 13 18 42 54 21 6 4 11 21 26 20 4 9 7 21 28 -12 43
22 Racing Santander 41 5 18 18 38 54 20 3 9 8 24 27 21 2 9 10 14 27 -16 33

Table
  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 41 19 12 10 50 38 20 10 6 4 28 19 21 9 6 6 22 19 12 69
2 Huesca 41 20 7 14 54 42 21 15 3 3 36 17 20 5 4 11 18 25 12 67
3 Almería 41 17 12 12 62 43 20 10 3 7 30 19 21 7 9 5 32 24 19 63
4 Girona 41 17 12 12 48 41 21 14 5 2 29 13 20 3 7 10 19 28 7 63
5 Real Zaragoza 41 17 11 13 57 52 20 8 4 8 28 26 21 9 7 5 29 26 5 62
6 Fuenlabrada 41 15 15 11 46 38 21 9 8 4 29 21 20 6 7 7 17 17 8 60
7 Elche 41 15 13 13 50 43 20 7 8 5 24 18 21 8 5 8 26 25 7 58
8 Rayo Vallecano 41 12 21 8 58 49 21 9 9 3 29 21 20 3 12 5 29 28 9 57
9 Mirandés 41 13 17 11 54 57 21 8 11 2 25 17 20 5 6 9 29 40 -3 56
10 Tenerife 41 14 13 14 49 44 21 7 9 5 25 21 20 7 4 9 24 23 5 55
11 Sporting Gijón 41 14 12 15 40 37 20 10 5 5 28 16 21 4 7 10 12 21 3 54
12 Alcorcón 41 12 18 11 50 50 20 5 6 9 22 29 21 7 12 2 28 21 0 54
13 Las Palmas 41 13 15 13 44 45 20 8 7 5 26 20 21 5 8 8 18 25 -1 54
14 Real Oviedo 41 13 14 14 48 51 21 7 11 3 24 20 20 6 3 11 24 31 -3 53
15 Málaga 41 11 19 11 35 33 21 8 9 4 25 18 20 3 10 7 10 15 2 52
16 Ponferradina 41 12 15 14 44 48 21 9 9 3 26 17 20 3 6 11 18 31 -4 51
17 Albacete 41 12 13 16 35 46 21 5 9 7 19 22 20 7 4 9 16 24 -11 49
18 Lugo 41 11 16 14 41 53 20 6 8 6 24 30 21 5 8 8 17 23 -12 49
19 Deportivo La Coruña 41 11 15 15 41 59 20 7 8 5 27 28 21 4 7 10 14 31 -18 48
20 Numancia 41 12 11 18 43 52 20 10 5 5 22 13 21 2 6 13 21 39 -9 47
21 Extremadura UD 41 10 13 18 42 54 21 6 4 11 21 26 20 4 9 7 21 28 -12 43
22 Racing Santander 41 5 18 18 38 54 20 3 9 8 24 27 21 2 9 10 14 27 -16 33

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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.