La Liga 2 duel: Close contest expected between Sporting Gijón and Levante

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Fri 06.January
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal El Molinón (29600 seats)

Levante go to Sporting Gijón and Estadio Municipal El Molinón packed with optimism, but the home team is not a walk in the park. More info on the game here!

Insights:
  • Sporting Gijón have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Levante have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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.

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Sporting Gijón form and stats

The total La Liga 2 statistics playing at home this season for Sporting Gijón are 4-4-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Sporting Gijón are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 188 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Zarfino).

Gijón's previous match was a Copa Del Rey game also played at their home, finishing 2-0 versus Rayo Vallecano. The home side are looking to continue in that form. The attacking player Milovanović was announced as "man of the match" for Sporting Gijón with the rating of 8.22/10. Milovanović scored two goals.

In the game before, a nice away victory at Numancia. A Copa Del Rey match. 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 12 games. Gijón has won 2 of these, drawn 1 and lost 9.

It should be considered that a look at the 12 most recent league matches shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

The Sporting Gijón fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 10 league matches.

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Levante form and stats

The visitors are W4-D5-L1 on the road this term. That's in the La Liga 2. In general it has been a productive period now for Levante as they haven't lost any of their last twelve games.

The Levante goalkeeper Daniel Cardenas Lindez is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 438 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

The supporters enjoyed Levante's previous fixture versus Getafe, a Copa Del Rey win (3-2) played at home. Postigo was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.3. The defender Postigo scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and won 2 of 2 duels.

Before that match, the victory at home hosting FC Andorra in the Copa Del Rey (2-1). As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 6 similar matches played by Levante in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Levante, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Low on goals? 8 of this team's last 10 league rounds have seen zero, one or two goals.

Levante have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 11 goals have been scored. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far).

Head 2 Head

The teams involved played each other before this season: Levante - Gijón 1-0. Last nine meetings featuring these teams: Sporting Gijón won one, Levante were winners in four and we saw four draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Sporting GijónC. González Pérez
C. González Pérez
5 goals
LevanteM. Bouldini
M. Bouldini
4 goals
Sporting GijónJ. Zarfino Calandria
J. Zarfino Calandria
3 goals

Sporting Gijón missing players

Levante missing players

Sporting Gijón Levante
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 10 4 Played P 2 10 21
6 4 1 Won W 0 4 9
9 4 2 Drew D 1 5 9
6 2 1 Lost L 1 1 3
22 15 4 Scored S 2 11 22
22 10 3 Conceded C 4 8 13
81% 80% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 70% 71%
57% 70% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 48%
33% 50% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 30% 24%
29% 40% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 20% 14%
10% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 10%
43% 50% 25% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 38%
29% 30% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 52%
48% 40% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 30% 38%
 
3.8 3.6 4 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 4.9 5.1
4.4 4.2 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.4 4.1
2.4 2.2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 6 3.8 3.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
12.8 14.5 15 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 10.5 11.8
4 5.2 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.6 3.9
27% 29% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 31% 27%
 
11.2 10.3 10 Shots against (avg) S A 7.5 12.5 11.3
3.3 3.1 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 3.7 3.4
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Levante have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • 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 Las Palmas 21 10 8 3 24 12 10 5 3 2 11 6 11 5 5 1 13 6 12 38
2 Eibar 21 10 7 4 24 17 10 7 3 0 14 4 11 3 4 4 10 13 7 37
3 Levante 21 9 9 3 22 13 11 5 4 2 11 5 10 4 5 1 11 8 9 36
4 Burgos 21 9 8 4 19 11 11 5 4 2 13 7 10 4 4 2 6 4 8 35
5 Deportivo Alaves 21 9 7 5 22 20 10 6 3 1 12 6 11 3 4 4 10 14 2 34
6 Granada 21 9 5 7 24 15 10 8 2 0 21 2 11 1 3 7 3 13 9 32
7 Albacete 21 8 8 5 27 25 11 4 5 2 13 8 10 4 3 3 14 17 2 32
8 FC Cartagena 21 9 5 7 23 21 11 5 2 4 13 13 10 4 3 3 10 8 2 32
9 Leganes 21 8 6 7 22 20 11 6 3 2 14 10 10 2 3 5 8 10 2 30
10 FC Andorra 21 8 5 8 22 17 10 5 1 4 14 6 11 3 4 4 8 11 5 29
11 Huesca 21 7 7 7 17 18 10 6 3 1 11 4 11 1 4 6 6 14 -1 28
12 Villarreal II 21 7 7 7 23 25 11 5 5 1 16 9 10 2 2 6 7 16 -2 28
13 Sporting Gijón 21 6 9 6 22 22 10 4 4 2 15 10 11 2 5 4 7 12 0 27
14 Real Oviedo 21 7 6 8 13 15 11 5 2 4 7 7 10 2 4 4 6 8 -2 27
15 Mirandes 21 6 8 7 25 27 11 5 4 2 18 14 10 1 4 5 7 13 -2 26
16 Real Zaragoza 21 6 7 8 18 19 10 4 4 2 11 8 11 2 3 6 7 11 -1 25
17 Tenerife 21 6 7 8 22 24 11 5 4 2 13 8 10 1 3 6 9 16 -2 25
18 Racing Santander 21 5 6 10 13 17 10 1 4 5 4 9 11 4 2 5 9 8 -4 21
19 Lugo 21 5 6 10 18 26 11 3 4 4 8 8 10 2 2 6 10 18 -8 21
20 Ponferradina 21 5 6 10 20 29 10 3 3 4 10 12 11 2 3 6 10 17 -9 21
21 Malaga 21 4 7 10 16 25 10 3 4 3 9 12 11 1 3 7 7 13 -9 19
22 UD Ibiza 21 4 4 13 14 32 11 3 3 5 10 14 10 1 1 8 4 18 -18 16

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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.