Soccer betting preview: Sporting Gijón welcomes Leganés in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Mon 21.December
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal El Molinón (29600 seats)

The Sporting Gijón & Leganés managers D. Gallego Rodríguez and J. Martí Soler are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the La Liga 2 league table.

Insights:
  • Sporting Gijón have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Leganés have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Sporting Gijón form and stats

Sporting Gijón are steadily winning La Liga 2 games and points here at Estadio Municipal El Molinón. 6 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 9 games.

Gijón are returning here after visiting Quintanar del Rey in a Copa Del Rey game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. N. Čumić scored the goal(s). Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Real Zaragoza.

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 twelve matches with the results: Won seven, drawn one and lost four.

Gijón has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Sporting Gijón have only let in 4 goals at home.

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Leganés form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Leganés so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-4 (win-draw-lose).

Leganés aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 266 league minutes without a goal. A. Jose was the last player to find the net.

Two travels in a row for Leganés, whose manager J. Martí Soler could celebrate last time after the Copa Del Rey win against Ourense CF (after extra-time). The game before that, in the La Liga 2, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Mallorca.

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 two Leganés wins, three draws and five defeats.

The visitors have scored 6 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Leganés have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Last four meetings between the teams: Gijón won four, Leganés won zero and zero draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Sporting GijónU. Đurđević
U. Đurđević
9 goals
LeganésS. Merino Zuloaga
S. Merino Zuloaga
5 goals
LeganésJ. Arnáiz Díaz
J. Arnáiz Díaz
4 goals

Sporting Gijón missing players

Leganés missing players

Sporting Gijón Leganés
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 0 8 18
9 6 1 Won W 0 2 10
4 3 1 Drew D 0 2 2
5 0 0 Lost L 0 4 6
18 12 3 Scored S 0 6 18
13 4 1 Conceded C 0 9 13
89% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 75% 89%
44% 56% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 39%
22% 22% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 38% 28%
11% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 11%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 6%
33% 44% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 38% 28%
44% 56% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 38% 50%
33% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 0.9 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.4 2.3
2 2 2 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
8.6 9.2 8 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8.2 7.6
3.5 4.3 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.2 3.3
29% 31% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 23% 30%
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Leganés have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sporting Gijón have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Sporting Gijón have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 Mallorca 18 12 5 1 24 4 9 6 2 1 16 3 9 6 3 0 8 1 20 41
2 Espanyol 18 12 3 3 28 8 9 7 1 1 15 3 9 5 2 2 13 5 20 39
3 Almería 18 12 2 4 24 12 9 5 2 2 12 5 9 7 0 2 12 7 12 38
4 Leganés 18 10 2 6 18 13 10 8 0 2 12 4 8 2 2 4 6 9 5 32
5 Sporting Gijón 18 9 4 5 18 13 9 6 3 0 12 4 9 3 1 5 6 9 5 31
6 Rayo Vallecano 18 8 4 6 18 14 8 6 1 1 13 4 10 2 3 5 5 10 4 28
7 Girona 18 8 4 6 15 14 9 4 2 3 7 5 9 4 2 3 8 9 1 28
8 Mirandés 18 7 6 5 17 12 9 3 5 1 8 4 9 4 1 4 9 8 5 27
9 Ponferradina 18 8 3 7 19 21 9 4 2 3 11 11 9 4 1 4 8 10 -2 27
10 Lugo 18 7 5 6 18 17 9 5 2 2 9 5 9 2 3 4 9 12 1 26
11 Real Oviedo 18 6 7 5 22 18 10 3 4 3 14 11 8 3 3 2 8 7 4 25
12 Málaga 18 7 4 7 18 25 8 2 3 3 7 10 10 5 1 4 11 15 -7 25
13 Fuenlabrada 18 5 8 5 18 19 9 2 5 2 7 7 9 3 3 3 11 12 -1 23
14 Las Palmas 18 5 8 5 20 23 9 5 2 2 14 11 9 0 6 3 6 12 -3 23
15 UD Logroñés 18 7 2 9 16 23 9 4 1 4 9 10 9 3 1 5 7 13 -7 23
16 FC Cartagena 18 5 4 9 21 25 9 3 1 5 12 12 9 2 3 4 9 13 -4 19
17 Castellón 18 5 3 10 17 24 9 4 0 5 9 8 9 1 3 5 8 16 -7 18
18 Sabadell 18 5 2 11 17 24 9 2 1 6 8 12 9 3 1 5 9 12 -7 17
19 Tenerife 18 4 5 9 13 20 9 3 3 3 7 6 9 1 2 6 6 14 -7 17
20 Alcorcon 18 4 4 10 9 18 9 3 0 6 5 12 9 1 4 4 4 6 -9 16
21 Real Zaragoza 18 3 4 11 13 20 9 2 4 3 9 10 9 1 0 8 4 10 -7 13
22 Albacete 18 2 5 11 9 25 9 2 3 4 8 11 9 0 2 7 1 14 -16 11

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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.