La Liga 2 match tips and news & stats for the Sporting Gijón vs Ponferradina meet

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sun 20.February
Match begins: 17:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal El Molinón (29600 seats)

Sporting Gijón will hope to employ their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opposition. The hosts are currently 9 points behind Ponferradina.

Insights:
  • Sporting Gijón have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ponferradina have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Sporting Gijón and Ponferradina should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Sporting Gijón form and stats

Sporting Gijón have played 13 La Liga 2 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-3-4 (wins-draws-losses).

A strong away win for Sporting Gijón against Mirandés the last match, as García, Đurđević and Rivera were on target. The goalie Mariño was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.82 out of ten. Mariño topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that match was the home game against Eibar that was lost 0-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sporting Gijón handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, seven draws and one defeat.

The Sporting Gijón fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 13 matches. 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 12 from 13 matches.

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Ponferradina form and stats

5-3-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Ponferradina in their La Liga 2 matches away.

Impressive finishing from Yuri, Espiau and Morán secured the home win 3-2 against Real Sociedad II in their previous game. Midfielder Morán was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.84. Morán scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 51 successful passes (of 60 total).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Girona wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.

Ponferradina are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, four draws and seven defeats. From a total of 14 matches.

The attacking power of Ponferradina when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 13 league matches away. As opposed to that, Ponferradina have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The duelists have battled before this season: Ponferradina - Gijón 4-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Sporting Gijón victories, one draw and two Ponferradina wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

PonferradinaY. de Souza Fonseca
Y. de Souza Fonseca
11 goals
GijónU. Đurđević
U. Đurđević
8 goals
Sporting GijónA. García Flores
A. García Flores
6 goals

Sporting Gijón missing players

Ponferradina missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sporting Gijón Ponferradina
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 6 13 27
9 6 0 Won W 4 5 12
8 3 0 Drew D 0 3 8
10 4 3 Lost L 2 5 7
29 14 1 Scored S 6 11 34
30 12 4 Conceded C 5 15 28
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
67% 62% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 69% 70%
37% 38% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 31% 44%
11% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 15%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
56% 62% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 46% 56%
19% 15% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 23% 30%
30% 23% 67% Failed to Score F T 33% 31% 22%
 
3.8 4.6 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 3.4 4.4
5.6 4.1 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5.2 4.5
2.2 1.9 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.3 2.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 4 6 7
 
13.9 16.9 15.3 Shots (avg) S ( 13.2 11.5 12.1
4.4 5.6 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3 3.9
24% 19% 7% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 28% 32%
 
14 11.1 13.7 Shots against (avg) S A 12.8 13.2 11.3
4.6 4 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.8 3.9
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Ponferradina have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Ponferradina 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 Eibar 27 15 8 4 40 28 13 9 3 1 24 14 14 6 5 3 16 14 12 53
2 Almería 27 16 4 7 42 21 13 9 2 2 22 8 14 7 2 5 20 13 21 52
3 Tenerife 27 14 7 6 37 19 13 7 3 3 19 7 14 7 4 3 18 12 18 49
4 Real Valladolid 27 14 7 6 38 26 14 10 3 1 23 8 13 4 4 5 15 18 12 49
5 Ponferradina 27 12 8 7 34 28 14 7 5 2 23 13 13 5 3 5 11 15 6 44
6 Girona 27 12 6 9 38 30 14 8 3 3 24 12 13 4 3 6 14 18 8 42
7 Las Palmas 27 10 9 8 34 32 14 7 4 3 21 14 13 3 5 5 13 18 2 39
8 FC Cartagena 27 12 3 12 34 36 13 8 1 4 21 13 14 4 2 8 13 23 -2 39
9 Burgos 27 11 5 11 32 26 13 8 3 2 23 7 14 3 2 9 9 19 6 38
10 UD Ibiza 27 9 11 7 36 31 14 4 6 4 20 17 13 5 5 3 16 14 5 38
11 Real Oviedo 27 8 14 5 32 28 14 6 7 1 22 13 13 2 7 4 10 15 4 38
12 Lugo 27 7 15 5 33 30 14 6 6 2 17 13 13 1 9 3 16 17 3 36
13 Sporting Gijón 27 9 8 10 29 30 13 6 3 4 14 12 14 3 5 6 15 18 -1 35
14 Huesca 27 8 10 9 34 28 14 4 5 5 15 12 13 4 5 4 19 16 6 34
15 Leganes 27 8 9 10 28 31 13 4 6 3 14 12 14 4 3 7 14 19 -3 33
16 Malaga 27 8 8 11 24 40 14 7 3 4 14 15 13 1 5 7 10 25 -16 32
17 Real Zaragoza 27 5 15 7 21 28 13 2 8 3 7 9 14 3 7 4 14 19 -7 30
18 Mirandés 27 8 6 13 34 43 14 6 2 6 24 23 13 2 4 7 10 20 -9 30
19 Amorebieta 27 4 14 9 31 38 13 3 7 3 19 18 14 1 7 6 12 20 -7 26
20 Fuenlabrada 27 4 13 10 20 31 14 3 8 3 14 14 13 1 5 7 6 17 -11 25
21 Real Sociedad II 27 4 8 15 23 37 13 1 4 8 8 17 14 3 4 7 15 20 -14 20
22 Alcorcón 27 2 6 19 19 52 13 1 5 7 10 24 14 1 1 12 9 28 -33 12

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 Eibar 27 15 8 4 40 28 13 9 3 1 24 14 14 6 5 3 16 14 12 53
2 Almería 27 16 4 7 42 21 13 9 2 2 22 8 14 7 2 5 20 13 21 52
3 Tenerife 27 14 7 6 37 19 13 7 3 3 19 7 14 7 4 3 18 12 18 49
4 Real Valladolid 27 14 7 6 38 26 14 10 3 1 23 8 13 4 4 5 15 18 12 49
5 Ponferradina 27 12 8 7 34 28 14 7 5 2 23 13 13 5 3 5 11 15 6 44
6 Girona 27 12 6 9 38 30 14 8 3 3 24 12 13 4 3 6 14 18 8 42
7 Las Palmas 27 10 9 8 34 32 14 7 4 3 21 14 13 3 5 5 13 18 2 39
8 FC Cartagena 27 12 3 12 34 36 13 8 1 4 21 13 14 4 2 8 13 23 -2 39
9 Burgos 27 11 5 11 32 26 13 8 3 2 23 7 14 3 2 9 9 19 6 38
10 UD Ibiza 27 9 11 7 36 31 14 4 6 4 20 17 13 5 5 3 16 14 5 38
11 Real Oviedo 27 8 14 5 32 28 14 6 7 1 22 13 13 2 7 4 10 15 4 38
12 Lugo 27 7 15 5 33 30 14 6 6 2 17 13 13 1 9 3 16 17 3 36
13 Sporting Gijón 27 9 8 10 29 30 13 6 3 4 14 12 14 3 5 6 15 18 -1 35
14 Huesca 27 8 10 9 34 28 14 4 5 5 15 12 13 4 5 4 19 16 6 34
15 Leganes 27 8 9 10 28 31 13 4 6 3 14 12 14 4 3 7 14 19 -3 33
16 Malaga 27 8 8 11 24 40 14 7 3 4 14 15 13 1 5 7 10 25 -16 32
17 Real Zaragoza 27 5 15 7 21 28 13 2 8 3 7 9 14 3 7 4 14 19 -7 30
18 Mirandés 27 8 6 13 34 43 14 6 2 6 24 23 13 2 4 7 10 20 -9 30
19 Amorebieta 27 4 14 9 31 38 13 3 7 3 19 18 14 1 7 6 12 20 -7 26
20 Fuenlabrada 27 4 13 10 20 31 14 3 8 3 14 14 13 1 5 7 6 17 -11 25
21 Real Sociedad II 27 4 8 15 23 37 13 1 4 8 8 17 14 3 4 7 15 20 -14 20
22 Alcorcón 27 2 6 19 19 52 13 1 5 7 10 24 14 1 1 12 9 28 -33 12

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