Sporting Gijón vs Leganés betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Fri 10.September
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal El Molinón (29600 seats)

This has all the signs of quite the engaging battle at Estadio Municipal El Molinón in the La Liga 2. Sporting Gijón is in 1st place and host Leganés in 19th spot. Learn more about the game here!

Insights:
  • Sporting Gijón is in the best form (3-1-0)

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Sporting Gijón form and stats

As mentioned below, Sporting Gijón are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 La Liga 2 games.

A good away victory last time out for Gijón, who won 2-1 against Girona (placed 14th). Midfield player Gaspar Campos got a match rating of 7.55 in that game, the max score being 10. Campos scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that, Sporting Gijón had a home game versus Mirandes which ended with a victory 2-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with Sporting Gijón perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sporting Gijón as a small favourite), we find ten games. Sporting Gijón has won six of these, drawn two and lost two.

Early season league goal statistics from Sporting Gijón's 2 home games: 3 goals, 1 conceded.

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Leganés form and stats

Still no away game victory in the La Liga 2 for Leganés with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.

Leganés are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Eibar (placed 15th). Rubén Pardo got a match rating of 7.42 in that game, top player of the team. Pardo hit three key passes.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against UD Ibiza.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Leganés playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were one Leganés win, five draws and four defeats.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Leganés has managed 1 goal and let in 2 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last six meetings: four - two - zero (Gijón wins - draws - Leganés wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Sporting GijónM. Valiente Hernández
M. Valiente Hernández
1 goals
GijónJ. Babin
J. Babin
1 goals
Sporting GijónP. Díaz Fanjul
P. Díaz Fanjul
1 goals

Sporting Gijón missing players

Leganés missing players

Sporting Gijón Leganés
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 0 2 4
3 2 1 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
5 3 1 Scored S 0 1 2
2 1 0 Conceded C 0 2 4
75% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 75%
50% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 50%
50% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 50%
50% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 50%
 
3 3.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2 4.2
5.2 3.5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3 2.2
1.2 2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15 18 14 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8.5 14
4.5 5 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 3.8
28% 30% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 17% 13%
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Sporting Gijón is in the best form (3-1-0)
Sporting Gijón Last season Leganés
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
42 21   Played P   22 44
17 11   Won W   6 21
14 7   Drew D   7 10
11 3   Lost L   9 13
37 22   Scored S   23 52
28 12   Conceded C   23 37
81% 86%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   82% 86%
43% 52%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   64% 57%
19% 19%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   41% 39%
10% 5%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   14% 14%
2% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   9% 7%
29% 38%   BTTS BTTS   45% 41%
50% 52%   Clean Sheets C S   32% 41%
40% 24%   Failed to Score F T   41% 32%
 
3.9 3.8   Corners for (avg) C F   4.5 4.5
4.4 4   Corners against (avg) C A   3.9 3.8
1.8 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2.2
3 3   Red cards R C   3 6
 
8.4 8.8   Shots (avg) S (   8.1 8.1
3.3 3.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.1 3.4
26% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 35%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sporting Gijón 4 3 1 0 5 2 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 10
2 Almeria 4 3 0 1 8 4 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 1 0 1 4 3 4 9
3 Ponferradina 4 3 0 1 4 3 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 9
4 Tenerife 4 2 2 0 4 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 8
5 Real Valladolid 3 2 1 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 3 1 4 7
6 Huesca 3 2 0 1 5 2 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 6
7 FC Cartagena 4 2 0 2 3 5 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 1 2 -2 6
8 Fuenlabrada 4 1 2 1 4 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 5
9 UD Ibiza 3 1 2 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 5
10 Las Palmas 3 1 2 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 5
11 Real Sociedad II 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 5
12 Malaga 4 1 2 1 3 4 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 4 -1 5
13 Mirandes 3 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 4
14 Girona 4 1 1 2 4 4 3 1 1 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 4
15 Eibar 4 1 1 2 2 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 -2 4
16 Lugo 4 0 3 1 3 5 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 3 3 -2 3
17 Amorebieta 3 1 0 2 2 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 4 -3 3
18 Real Oviedo 3 0 2 1 3 4 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 2
19 Leganés 4 0 2 2 2 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 -2 2
20 Burgos 3 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 -2 1
21 Real Zaragoza 3 0 1 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 1
22 Alcorcon 3 0 0 3 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 -4 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Espanyol 42 24 10 8 71 28 21 15 3 3 41 12 21 9 7 5 30 16 43 82
2 Mallorca 42 24 10 8 54 28 21 14 3 4 33 12 21 10 7 4 21 16 26 82
3 Almeria 42 21 10 11 61 40 21 10 8 3 34 18 21 11 2 8 27 22 21 73
4 Leganés 42 21 10 11 51 32 21 15 3 3 28 12 21 6 7 8 23 20 19 73
5 Girona 42 20 11 11 47 36 21 12 4 5 22 12 21 8 7 6 25 24 11 71
6 Rayo Vallecano 42 19 10 13 52 40 21 11 4 6 31 20 21 8 6 7 21 20 12 67
7 Sporting Gijón 42 17 14 11 37 28 21 11 7 3 22 12 21 6 7 8 15 16 9 65
8 Ponferradina 42 15 12 15 45 50 21 9 7 5 27 24 21 6 5 10 18 26 -5 57
9 Las Palmas 42 14 14 14 46 53 21 11 5 5 34 23 21 3 9 9 12 30 -7 56
10 Fuenlabrada 42 12 18 12 45 46 21 4 12 5 21 20 21 8 6 7 24 26 -1 54
11 Mirandes 42 14 12 16 38 41 21 6 10 5 19 18 21 8 2 11 19 23 -3 54
12 Malaga 42 14 11 17 37 47 21 6 7 8 20 22 21 8 4 9 17 25 -10 53
13 Tenerife 42 13 13 16 36 36 21 9 7 5 24 14 21 4 6 11 12 22 0 52
14 Real Oviedo 42 11 19 12 45 46 21 7 8 6 26 22 21 4 11 6 19 24 -1 52
15 Real Zaragoza 42 13 11 18 37 43 21 9 7 5 20 17 21 4 4 13 17 26 -6 50
16 FC Cartagena 42 12 13 17 44 52 21 8 7 6 27 23 21 4 6 11 17 29 -8 49
17 Alcorcon 42 13 9 20 32 42 21 9 2 10 20 23 21 4 7 10 12 19 -10 48
18 Lugo 42 11 14 17 38 53 21 8 8 5 20 16 21 3 6 12 18 37 -15 47
19 Sabadell 42 11 13 18 40 48 21 5 9 7 20 21 21 6 4 11 20 27 -8 46
20 UD Logrones 42 11 11 20 28 53 21 7 4 10 15 24 21 4 7 10 13 29 -25 44
21 Castellon 42 11 8 23 35 54 21 9 1 11 21 20 21 2 7 12 14 34 -19 41
22 Albacete 42 9 11 22 30 53 21 5 6 10 16 23 21 4 5 12 14 30 -23 38

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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.