La Liga 2 preview: Can Sporting Gijón edge out victory against Lugo?

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sun 02.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal El Molinón (29600 seats)

This is La Liga 2 and Sporting Gijón - Lugo. In this preview you'll get stats, scores, analysis, tendencies and stories!

Insights:
  • Sporting Gijón have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lugo have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in La Liga 2

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Sporting Gijón form and stats

Sporting Gijón have played 10 La Liga 2 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-2-3 (wins-draws-losses). Sporting Gijón have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

Gijón are returning here after visiting UD Ibiza in a La Liga 2 game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. García and Đurđević scored the goal(s). Goalkeeper Mariño got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.14 out of ten. Mariño stopped the opponent with four saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Ahead of that match, Sporting Gijón won a home game hosting Alcorcon (after extra-time) (2-1).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Gijón handle that role? We have found twelve games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are eight wins, three draws and one defeat.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Gijón, as the Copa Del Rey home game vs Villarreal is only four days away.

Sporting Gijón has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. Sporting 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 9 from 10 matches.

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Lugo form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Lugo so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 1-6-3 (win-draw-lose). The Lugo manager Albés Yáñez is a generous human being, having led his team to four draws in a row during the last 49 days.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Copa Del Rey home defeat versus Mirandés with 1-2 on the scoreboard. It is a bit worrying for Lugo that their goalkeeper Vieites made six saves in the Mirandés game, but still couldn't save them from a beating. Midfielder Rama was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.41. Rama hit six key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Ahead of that match was the La Liga 2 away draw versus Tenerife that ended 1-1.

We have checked recent matches where Lugo have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were two victories, five draws and seven defeats.

The visiting Lugo have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 10 games. Lugo have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Lugo - Sporting Gijón 1-1 was the story when these contenders previously played each other, some time ago this season. Last ten meetings involving these sides: Sporting Gijón won four, Lugo triumphed in two and we saw four draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

GijónU. Đurđević
U. Đurđević
6 goals
LugoJ. Carrillo Casamayor
J. Carrillo Casamayor
6 goals
LugoC. Ramos de la Flor
C. Ramos de la Flor
4 goals

Sporting Gijón missing players

Lugo missing players

Sporting Gijón Lugo
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 10 5 Played P 4 10 20
7 5 3 Won W 0 1 4
6 2 1 Drew D 2 6 11
8 3 1 Lost L 2 3 5
21 11 6 Scored S 4 13 24
24 9 4 Conceded C 6 14 24
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
67% 60% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 90% 80%
33% 40% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 35%
10% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 30% 25%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 10%
57% 60% 60% BTTS BTTS 75% 90% 70%
19% 20% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 20%
29% 20% 20% Failed to Score F T 25% 10% 20%
 
4 4.9 4.6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 3.2 4.2
5.7 4.3 4.6 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 4.7 4.5
2.2 2.1 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.8 2.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
13.8 16.8 15.4 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 10 10.8
4.3 5.6 6.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 3.5 3.5
23% 20% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 37% 34%
 
13.3 10 9.6 Shots against (avg) S A 12.5 13.6 13.6
4.3 3.9 3.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 4.1 3.6
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Lugo have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Lugo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Lugo have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in La Liga 2
  • Lugo have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Lugo haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Sporting Gijón have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • 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 20 14 3 3 37 13 10 8 2 0 20 5 10 6 1 3 17 8 24 45
2 Eibar 21 11 6 4 31 24 10 7 2 1 19 11 11 4 4 3 12 13 7 39
3 Tenerife 21 11 5 5 28 16 10 6 2 2 15 6 11 5 3 3 13 10 12 38
4 Ponferradina 21 10 7 4 28 18 11 6 4 1 19 9 10 4 3 3 9 9 10 37
5 Real Valladolid 21 11 4 6 33 24 10 7 2 1 18 6 11 4 2 5 15 18 9 37
6 Girona 21 9 4 8 29 25 11 6 2 3 18 10 10 3 2 5 11 15 4 31
7 Las Palmas 21 8 7 6 28 26 11 7 2 2 20 11 10 1 5 4 8 15 2 31
8 FC Cartagena 21 9 3 9 27 28 10 7 1 2 18 8 11 2 2 7 9 20 -1 30
9 Real Oviedo 21 6 11 4 23 19 10 4 5 1 14 9 11 2 6 3 9 10 4 29
10 Burgos 21 8 4 9 21 21 10 6 2 2 14 4 11 2 2 7 7 17 0 28
11 Huesca 21 6 9 6 22 20 11 3 5 3 10 9 10 3 4 3 12 11 2 27
12 Sporting Gijón 21 7 6 8 21 24 10 5 2 3 11 9 11 2 4 5 10 15 -3 27
13 Malaga 21 7 6 8 20 28 11 7 2 2 12 7 10 0 4 6 8 21 -8 27
14 Real Zaragoza 21 5 11 5 17 21 11 2 6 3 6 8 10 3 5 2 11 13 -4 26
15 Leganés 21 6 7 8 24 24 10 2 5 3 10 10 11 4 2 5 14 14 0 25
16 UD Ibiza 21 5 10 6 19 23 11 2 5 4 10 12 10 3 5 2 9 11 -4 25
17 Lugo 20 4 11 5 24 24 10 3 5 2 11 10 10 1 6 3 13 14 0 23
18 Mirandés 21 6 5 10 28 34 11 4 2 5 19 20 10 2 3 5 9 14 -6 23
19 Fuenlabrada 21 3 11 7 15 22 11 2 7 2 10 10 10 1 4 5 5 12 -7 20
20 Amorebieta 21 3 10 8 24 31 10 2 5 3 16 16 11 1 5 5 8 15 -7 19
21 Real Sociedad II 21 4 5 12 16 27 11 1 3 7 6 14 10 3 2 5 10 13 -11 17
22 Alcorcon 21 2 5 14 16 39 10 1 4 5 10 21 11 1 1 9 6 18 -23 11

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.