Sporting Gijón have been busy practising for this match after their 2-3 result vs SD Eibar, a match they learned a lot from. What will happen against Málaga?
- Sporting Gijón have won all their matches at home so far.
- Málaga have the most conceded goals (8) away in La Liga 2
Both teams have had sufficient rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's trust this will be an active game!
These teams have little in common geographically as Málaga have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Sporting Gijón form and stats
Perfect La Liga 2 season at home so far for Sporting Gijón 3 wins from 3 appearances.
The fans are hoping that Gijón will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 2-3 away loss in the La Liga 2 game against SD Eibar (placed 6th). Midfield player Francisco Villalba got a match rating of 7.85 in that game, the max score being 10. Villalba scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled passed the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 36 successful passes (of 40 total).
Ahead of that match, Gijón won a home game hosting Leganés (2-1).The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Gijón have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won eight times, drawn four and lost two.
The Gijón fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 5 goals in 3 league matches. Gijón have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Málaga form and stats
The La Liga 2 season is young and Málaga have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far. Málaga seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
It might be tough going out on the road again for Málaga, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-4 versus Ponferradina (placed 1st). As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Ponferradina was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind. Attacker Brandon got a player rating of 6.72 in the game. "Man of the match" Brandon hit one key pass and had 24 successful passes (of 27 total).
That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Girona.We have checked recent matches where Málaga have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were five victories, three draws and five defeats.
The attacking power of Málaga when travelling is not overwhelming with 2 goals scored from 3 league matches away. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Málaga's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 8 goals in 3 travels.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings involving these sides: Sporting Gijón won three, Málaga were winners in four and we saw three draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Villalba Rodrigo 2 goals |   P. de la Fuente Gómez 2 goals |  M. Valiente Hernández 1 goals |
Sporting Gijón missing players
Málaga missing players
| Sporting Gijón | Málaga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 6 | 8 | 8 |
| 83% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 33% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 67% | 33% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 3.2 | 3.3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3 | 3.7 |
| 5.7 | 3.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.3 | 4.8 |
| 1.3 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14.5 | 17.3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 10.7 | 14.3 |
| 5.2 | 6.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 4.7 |
| 29% | 26% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 22% | 18% |
- All of Málaga's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Málaga have the most conceded goals (8) away in La Liga 2
- Málaga have the the worst goal difference (-6) away in La Liga 2
- Málaga have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Málaga have yet to win a game away.
- Sporting Gijón have won all their matches at home so far.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ponferradina | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 2 | Sporting Gijón | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | Almeria | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 12 |
| 4 | Tenerife | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | Mirandés | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | SD Eibar | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 7 | Real Oviedo | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | FC Cartagena | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 9 |
| 9 | UD Ibiza | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 10 | Málaga | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -3 | 8 |
| 11 | Huesca | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 12 | Fuenlabrada | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 13 | Girona | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 14 | Real Valladolid | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 15 | Las Palmas | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 16 | Real Sociedad II | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 6 |
| 17 | Lugo | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 18 | Real Zaragoza | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 19 | Burgos | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 20 | Leganés | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 21 | Amorebieta | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 5 |
| 22 | Alcorcon | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | -7 | 3 |