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

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Mon 13.July
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal El Molinón (29600 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Sporting Gijón in 12th and Málaga in 14th place.

Gijón have less rest than Málaga in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a La Liga 2 game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Albacete, so at least Gijón are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

Málaga have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

Málaga are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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Sporting Gijón form and stats

9-5-5 (win-draw-lost) are the La Liga 2 numbers at home for Sporting Gijón so far this season.

An away draw last time out for Sporting Gijón, facing Albacete in a game that ended 1-1. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Girona that ended 0-0.

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 Sporting Gijón have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won six, drawn zero and lost four.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Gijón as they are travelling to their away game against Extremadura UD in the La Liga 2. That match is one day after this one.

Gijón are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 26 goals in 19 games. From these home matches, Gijón have conceded only 15 goals.

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Málaga form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Málaga, who have the most clean sheets (17) in La Liga 2, so far with only 19 points returning home. The records show 3-10-6 (win-draw-lose). It's been quite a sequence of draws for Málaga when traveling as their last four away games have all ended all square. Not since the Cádiz match has the points been distributed unevenly.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Málaga goalkeeper Munir Mohand Mohamedi is eager to challenge this, with his 476 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Hicham Boussefiane scored in Málaga's previous match, the home game against Deportivo La Coruña that ended 1-0. A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Albacete.

Hicham Boussefiane came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Deportivo La Coruña last time out, making the manager S. Pellicer García feel like a tactical genius.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Málaga in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Málaga, eight draws and four defeats.

After this away game Málaga return home for a La Liga 2 game against Alcorcón. That game is only one sleeps after this.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Málaga's away games in the league this season with only 9 goals from 19 matches. It's not easy to score on Málaga as they have only conceded 13 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Málaga - Gijón 0-0. Last ten meetings between the teams: Sporting Gijón won two, Málaga won five and three draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

MálagaA. Sadiku
A. Sadiku
13 goals
GijónU. Đurđević
U. Đurđević
6 goals
MálagaA. González Morales
A. González Morales
6 goals

Sporting Gijón missing players

Málaga missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sporting Gijón Málaga
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
39 19 5 Played P 5 19 39
13 9 2 Won W 0 3 10
12 5 1 Drew D 4 10 19
14 5 2 Lost L 1 6 10
38 26 8 Scored S 2 9 32
34 15 7 Conceded C 3 13 31
87% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 60% 68% 77%
56% 58% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 37% 51%
21% 26% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 5% 18%
15% 26% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 5% 10%
3% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
31% 32% 40% BTTS BTTS 40% 21% 36%
41% 47% 40% Clean Sheets C S 40% 47% 44%
41% 26% 20% Failed to Score F T 60% 63% 44%
 
4.1 3.9 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 2.4 4.5 5.3
4.3 4.3 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 5.2 4.3
2.9 2.8 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.5 2.7
6 2 1 Red cards R C 1 2 5
 
409 215 63 Total Shots T S 39 150 396
150 86 26 Shots on Target S O 9 51 135
25% 30% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 18% 24%
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Málaga has the fewest conceded goals (13) away
  • Málaga has the fewest conceded goals (31)
  • Málaga has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (17)
  • Málaga has the fewest matches over the total-line (7)
  • Málaga has the fewest scored goals (9) away
  • Málaga has the most clean sheets (17)
  • Málaga has the most clean sheets (9) away
  • Sporting Gijón has the fewest points from losing position (1)
  • Sporting Gijón have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sporting Gijón have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Málaga have scored 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 Cádiz 39 19 12 8 49 35 19 10 6 3 28 18 20 9 6 5 21 17 14 69
2 Huesca 39 19 7 13 51 41 20 14 3 3 33 17 19 5 4 10 18 24 10 64
3 Real Zaragoza 39 17 11 11 54 44 19 8 4 7 26 22 20 9 7 4 28 22 10 62
4 Almería 39 16 12 11 58 39 19 9 3 7 27 17 20 7 9 4 31 22 19 60
5 Girona 39 16 11 12 44 38 20 13 5 2 27 12 19 3 6 10 17 26 6 59
6 Rayo Vallecano 39 12 20 7 54 44 20 9 8 3 27 19 19 3 12 4 27 25 10 56
7 Elche 39 14 13 12 47 40 19 6 8 5 22 18 20 8 5 7 25 22 7 55
8 Tenerife 39 14 12 13 48 42 20 7 9 4 24 19 19 7 3 9 24 23 6 54
9 Fuenlabrada 39 13 15 11 42 37 20 8 8 4 26 20 19 5 7 7 16 17 5 54
10 Alcorcón 39 12 17 10 50 48 19 5 5 9 22 29 20 7 12 1 28 19 2 53
11 Mirandés 39 12 17 10 53 56 20 7 11 2 24 17 19 5 6 8 29 39 -3 53
12 Sporting Gijón 39 13 12 14 38 34 19 9 5 5 26 15 20 4 7 9 12 19 4 51
13 Las Palmas 39 12 14 13 41 43 19 7 7 5 25 20 20 5 7 8 16 23 -2 50
14 Málaga 39 10 19 10 32 31 20 7 9 4 23 18 19 3 10 6 9 13 1 49
15 Ponferradina 39 11 15 13 42 46 20 8 9 3 24 16 19 3 6 10 18 30 -4 48
16 Deportivo La Coruña 39 11 15 13 39 55 19 7 8 4 25 25 20 4 7 9 14 30 -16 48
17 Real Oviedo 39 11 14 14 43 49 20 6 11 3 23 20 19 5 3 11 20 29 -6 47
18 Albacete 39 11 13 15 31 43 20 4 9 7 15 21 19 7 4 8 16 22 -12 46
19 Lugo 39 10 15 14 37 50 19 6 7 6 22 28 20 4 8 8 15 22 -13 45
20 Numancia 39 11 11 17 42 49 19 9 5 5 21 13 20 2 6 12 21 36 -7 44
21 Extremadura UD 39 8 13 18 37 52 20 5 4 11 19 26 19 3 9 7 18 26 -15 37
22 Racing Santander 39 4 18 17 37 53 19 2 9 8 23 27 20 2 9 9 14 26 -16 30

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cádiz 39 19 12 8 49 35 19 10 6 3 28 18 20 9 6 5 21 17 14 69
2 Huesca 39 19 7 13 51 41 20 14 3 3 33 17 19 5 4 10 18 24 10 64
3 Real Zaragoza 39 17 11 11 54 44 19 8 4 7 26 22 20 9 7 4 28 22 10 62
4 Almería 39 16 12 11 58 39 19 9 3 7 27 17 20 7 9 4 31 22 19 60
5 Girona 39 16 11 12 44 38 20 13 5 2 27 12 19 3 6 10 17 26 6 59
6 Rayo Vallecano 39 12 20 7 54 44 20 9 8 3 27 19 19 3 12 4 27 25 10 56
7 Elche 39 14 13 12 47 40 19 6 8 5 22 18 20 8 5 7 25 22 7 55
8 Tenerife 39 14 12 13 48 42 20 7 9 4 24 19 19 7 3 9 24 23 6 54
9 Fuenlabrada 39 13 15 11 42 37 20 8 8 4 26 20 19 5 7 7 16 17 5 54
10 Alcorcón 39 12 17 10 50 48 19 5 5 9 22 29 20 7 12 1 28 19 2 53
11 Mirandés 39 12 17 10 53 56 20 7 11 2 24 17 19 5 6 8 29 39 -3 53
12 Sporting Gijón 39 13 12 14 38 34 19 9 5 5 26 15 20 4 7 9 12 19 4 51
13 Las Palmas 39 12 14 13 41 43 19 7 7 5 25 20 20 5 7 8 16 23 -2 50
14 Málaga 39 10 19 10 32 31 20 7 9 4 23 18 19 3 10 6 9 13 1 49
15 Ponferradina 39 11 15 13 42 46 20 8 9 3 24 16 19 3 6 10 18 30 -4 48
16 Deportivo La Coruña 39 11 15 13 39 55 19 7 8 4 25 25 20 4 7 9 14 30 -16 48
17 Real Oviedo 39 11 14 14 43 49 20 6 11 3 23 20 19 5 3 11 20 29 -6 47
18 Albacete 39 11 13 15 31 43 20 4 9 7 15 21 19 7 4 8 16 22 -12 46
19 Lugo 39 10 15 14 37 50 19 6 7 6 22 28 20 4 8 8 15 22 -13 45
20 Numancia 39 11 11 17 42 49 19 9 5 5 21 13 20 2 6 12 21 36 -7 44
21 Extremadura UD 39 8 13 18 37 52 20 5 4 11 19 26 19 3 9 7 18 26 -15 37
22 Racing Santander 39 4 18 17 37 53 19 2 9 8 23 27 20 2 9 9 14 26 -16 30

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