Sporting Gijón vs Las Palmas: Full pre-match guide and statistics

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sun 29.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal El Molinón (29600 seats)

Sporting Gijón have found it difficult to get points this season. Will they get some when Las Palmas stop by Estadio Municipal El Molinón?

Insights:
  • Sporting Gijón have the fewest scored goals in the first half (13) in La Liga 2
  • Las Palmas have the most scored goals in the first half (32) in La Liga 2

Sporting Gijón are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Palmas are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

This could be an action-packed fixture with lots of action and energy as both contenders are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Sporting Gijón form and stats

Sporting Gijón have played 20 La Liga 2 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 8-3-9 (wins-draws-losses).

The home team returns to Estadio Municipal El Molinón after drawing with Fuenlabrada (placed 21st) on their last time out; the game ended 0-0. The goalie Cuéllar was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.65 out of ten. Cuéllar topped it up with a clean sheet.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Girona in a game that was won 2-1.

Sporting Gijón are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 24 goals in 20 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Gijón's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 23 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Las Palmas form and stats

Playing away, Las Palmas, who have the most clean sheets (8) away in La Liga 2, have won 6 games, drawn 8 and suffered 6 defeats in the La Liga 2 this season. In general it has been a productive period now for Las Palmas as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.

The fans enjoyed Las Palmas's previous fixture versus Real Oviedo (placed 7th), a 2-1 win played at home. Viera has bagged at least one goal for the away team five matches in a row. The flair! Lemos, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.6. Lemos hit two key passes and won 9 of 12 duels.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Alcorcón at their stadium, the result 2-0.

Palmas are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 22 away goals from 20 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Las Palmas have seen the ball go into their own net 24 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The newest past meeting involving both these teams is the Las Palmas - Gijón 1-0 played earlier this season. Last ten meetings between these teams: Sporting Gijón won four, Las Palmas were winners in five and we saw one draw. two games with over 2,5 goals, eight matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Sporting GijónU. Đurđević
U. Đurđević
14 goals
Las PalmasJ. Viera Ramos
J. Viera Ramos
13 goals
Las PalmasJ. Rodríguez Ruiz
J. Rodríguez Ruiz
11 goals

Sporting Gijón missing players

Las Palmas missing players

Sporting Gijón Las Palmas
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
41 20 6 Played P 7 20 41
11 8 1 Won W 2 6 18
13 3 0 Drew D 1 8 13
17 9 5 Lost L 4 6 10
43 24 4 Scored S 9 22 56
47 23 8 Conceded C 12 24 47
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 85% 90%
66% 65% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 86% 70% 73%
39% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 43% 35% 46%
12% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 29% 20% 22%
10% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 29% 15% 15%
59% 65% 50% BTTS BTTS 57% 55% 61%
17% 10% 0% Clean Sheets C S 29% 40% 32%
32% 25% 50% Failed to Score F T 14% 20% 17%
 
4.2 5.2 5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 5.1 5.3
5.6 4.2 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3.6 4.3 3.8
2.3 2.2 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.5 2.7
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 4
 
13.8 17 15.3 Shots (avg) S ( 13.4 13.4 13.5
4.1 5.2 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 5.1 5.5
25% 23% 16% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 22% 25%
 
13.7 11.4 13.2 Shots against (avg) S A 9.3 10.7 10
4.6 4.2 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.6 3.1 3.5
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Las Palmas have the most clean sheets (8) away in La Liga 2
  • Las Palmas have the most scored goals in the first half (32) in La Liga 2
  • Sporting Gijón have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sporting Gijón have the fewest clean sheets (2) at home in La Liga 2
  • Sporting Gijón have the fewest scored goals in the first half (13) in La Liga 2
  • Sporting Gijón have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • 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 41 24 8 9 66 33 21 14 4 3 38 15 20 10 4 6 28 18 33 80
2 SD Eibar 41 23 11 7 61 44 21 14 5 2 35 19 20 9 6 5 26 25 17 80
3 Real Valladolid 41 23 9 9 68 43 20 13 4 3 37 15 21 10 5 6 31 28 25 78
4 Tenerife 41 20 9 12 52 35 20 9 5 6 26 16 21 11 4 6 26 19 17 69
5 Girona 41 20 7 14 57 42 21 13 3 5 36 16 20 7 4 9 21 26 15 67
6 Las Palmas 41 18 13 10 56 47 21 12 5 4 34 23 20 6 8 6 22 24 9 67
7 Real Oviedo 41 16 17 8 54 39 20 10 8 2 35 17 21 6 9 6 19 22 15 65
8 Ponferradina 41 17 12 12 57 54 21 10 7 4 37 25 20 7 5 8 20 29 3 63
9 FC Cartagena 41 17 6 18 61 56 21 13 2 6 42 20 20 4 4 12 19 36 5 57
10 Huesca 41 13 15 13 49 41 21 7 9 5 23 17 20 6 6 8 26 24 8 54
11 Burgos 41 15 9 17 41 41 20 10 6 4 27 12 21 5 3 13 14 29 0 54
12 Leganés 41 13 14 14 48 49 20 7 8 5 25 23 21 6 6 9 23 26 -1 53
13 Real Zaragoza 41 11 20 10 37 45 21 7 10 4 16 15 20 4 10 6 21 30 -8 53
14 UD Ibiza 41 12 16 13 51 56 21 6 10 5 30 25 20 6 6 8 21 31 -5 52
15 Mirandés 41 14 7 20 53 61 20 11 2 7 38 28 21 3 5 13 15 33 -8 49
16 Lugo 41 9 20 12 45 52 20 8 8 4 21 19 21 1 12 8 24 33 -7 47
17 Sporting Gijón 41 11 13 17 43 47 20 8 3 9 24 23 21 3 10 8 19 24 -4 46
18 Málaga 41 11 12 18 36 56 21 7 7 7 18 24 20 4 5 11 18 32 -20 45
19 Real Sociedad II 41 10 10 21 42 59 20 4 4 12 18 30 21 6 6 9 24 29 -17 40
20 Amorebieta 41 8 16 17 43 63 20 7 8 5 28 25 21 1 8 12 15 38 -20 40
21 Fuenlabrada 41 6 15 20 38 60 21 4 10 7 23 26 20 2 5 13 15 34 -22 33
22 Alcorcón 41 5 11 25 36 71 20 2 7 11 16 34 21 3 4 14 20 37 -35 26

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.