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

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sat 27.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal El Molinón (29600 seats)

La Liga 2: We're looking at an absorbing and highly important duel starring Sporting Gijón and Ponferradina at Estadio Municipal El Molinón. Both teams need the win!

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

Gijón are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. For Ponferradina it's their last days at this level as relegation is a fact.

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

When playing at home in the La Liga 2, Sporting Gijón have managed 8 wins, 9 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 20 games. When Sporting Gijón hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like UD Ibiza, Villarreal II, Lugo, Mirandes, Sporting Gijón, Racing Santander and Malaga), they have won 3 of 6 matches!

The home team returns to Estadio Municipal El Molinón after drawing with Eibar (placed 5th) on their last time out; the game ended 2-2. The result was somewhat lucky as the match had an xG (expected goals) of 3.34 - 1.21. A disappointing finish for Sporting Gijón in their match versus Eibar as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 2-2 full time score. Otero, a striker, was the declared top performer for the side in that game, receiving a rating of 7.02 (out of 10). Otero hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Before that, Sporting Gijón drew at home versus Real Oviedo.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Gijón handle that role? We have found 17 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 9 draws and 4 defeats.

Low-scoring affair? In this team's last 25 league games, 19 have seen two goals or less.

Sporting Gijón has scored 27 league goals at home this season, in 20 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 18 from 20 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Ponferradina form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Ponferradina so far with only 16 points returning home. The records show 2-10-8 (win-draw-lose). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in 17 away games in a row.

Ponferradina played 1-1 against Albacete in their previous match. As mentioned above, Ponferradina drew the match against Albacete. Manager García brought on Yuri to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Huesca.

We have checked recent matches where Ponferradina have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were 4 victories, 5 draws and 5 defeats.

The visitors have scored 18 goals from 20 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Ponferradina have conceded 28 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The squads have met each other previously this season, with the result Ponferradina - Gijón 1-3 written in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sporting Gijón five wins, two draws and Ponferradina three victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

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

Sporting Gijón missing players

Ponferradina missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sporting Gijón Ponferradina
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
41 20 6 Played P 6 20 41
11 8 3 Won W 0 2 8
17 9 1 Drew D 4 10 17
13 3 2 Lost L 2 8 16
42 27 11 Scored S 5 18 36
44 18 9 Conceded C 7 28 52
83% 80% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 80% 83%
59% 60% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 65% 61%
32% 35% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 45% 41%
24% 30% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 30% 22%
7% 10% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 7%
46% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 55% 51%
29% 40% 17% Clean Sheets C S 17% 25% 29%
41% 30% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 40% 37%
 
4.4 4.7 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 3.3 3.9
4.6 4.1 5.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 6.8 5.6
2.5 2.1 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.8 3.5 3.3
8 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 6
 
12 12.9 12 Shots (avg) S ( 13 9.3 10.4
3.7 4.3 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 2.8 3
28% 31% 39% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 32% 29%
 
11.5 10.1 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 12 14.5 12.9
3.7 2.8 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.3 5.5 4.8
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Ponferradina have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Ponferradina 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 Granada 41 21 9 11 53 30 20 16 4 0 37 6 21 5 5 11 16 24 23 72
2 Las Palmas 41 18 17 6 49 29 20 9 8 3 24 13 21 9 9 3 25 16 20 71
3 Deportivo Alaves 41 19 13 9 47 33 21 13 7 1 28 11 20 6 6 8 19 22 14 70
4 Levante 41 17 18 6 44 29 20 10 7 3 23 10 21 7 11 3 21 19 15 69
5 Eibar 41 18 14 9 44 36 21 11 8 2 24 13 20 7 6 7 20 23 8 68
6 Albacete 41 16 16 9 56 46 20 9 7 4 28 18 21 7 9 5 28 28 10 64
7 Real Oviedo 41 16 11 14 33 33 21 10 5 6 18 15 20 6 6 8 15 18 0 59
8 FC Cartagena 41 16 10 15 46 46 21 9 4 8 22 25 20 7 6 7 24 21 0 58
9 FC Andorra 41 15 11 15 43 34 20 10 3 7 23 12 21 5 8 8 20 22 9 56
10 Tenerife 41 14 14 13 41 36 21 12 6 3 28 12 20 2 8 10 13 24 5 56
11 Burgos 41 13 15 13 33 34 20 8 8 4 22 18 21 5 7 9 11 16 -1 54
12 Leganes 41 14 11 16 37 40 21 10 6 5 23 19 20 4 5 11 14 21 -3 53
13 Real Zaragoza 41 12 16 13 39 38 20 8 9 3 24 15 21 4 7 10 15 23 1 52
14 Huesca 41 11 19 11 36 35 20 9 9 2 23 12 21 2 10 9 13 23 1 52
15 Mirandes 41 13 13 15 47 52 21 9 7 5 32 28 20 4 6 10 15 24 -5 52
16 Racing Santander 41 13 12 16 36 39 20 8 6 6 19 15 21 5 6 10 17 24 -3 51
17 Sporting Gijón 41 11 17 13 42 44 20 8 9 3 27 18 21 3 8 10 15 26 -2 50
18 Villarreal II 41 13 11 17 46 51 21 9 6 6 32 24 20 4 5 11 14 27 -5 50
19 Malaga 41 10 13 18 36 43 20 7 8 5 19 16 21 3 5 13 17 27 -7 43
20 Ponferradina 41 8 17 16 36 52 21 6 7 8 18 24 20 2 10 8 18 28 -16 41
21 UD Ibiza 41 7 12 22 32 65 21 5 7 9 21 31 20 2 5 13 11 34 -33 33
22 Lugo 41 5 13 23 26 57 21 3 10 8 13 19 20 2 3 15 13 38 -31 28

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 Granada 41 21 9 11 53 30 20 16 4 0 37 6 21 5 5 11 16 24 23 72
2 Las Palmas 41 18 17 6 49 29 20 9 8 3 24 13 21 9 9 3 25 16 20 71
3 Deportivo Alaves 41 19 13 9 47 33 21 13 7 1 28 11 20 6 6 8 19 22 14 70
4 Levante 41 17 18 6 44 29 20 10 7 3 23 10 21 7 11 3 21 19 15 69
5 Eibar 41 18 14 9 44 36 21 11 8 2 24 13 20 7 6 7 20 23 8 68
6 Albacete 41 16 16 9 56 46 20 9 7 4 28 18 21 7 9 5 28 28 10 64
7 Real Oviedo 41 16 11 14 33 33 21 10 5 6 18 15 20 6 6 8 15 18 0 59
8 FC Cartagena 41 16 10 15 46 46 21 9 4 8 22 25 20 7 6 7 24 21 0 58
9 FC Andorra 41 15 11 15 43 34 20 10 3 7 23 12 21 5 8 8 20 22 9 56
10 Tenerife 41 14 14 13 41 36 21 12 6 3 28 12 20 2 8 10 13 24 5 56
11 Burgos 41 13 15 13 33 34 20 8 8 4 22 18 21 5 7 9 11 16 -1 54
12 Leganes 41 14 11 16 37 40 21 10 6 5 23 19 20 4 5 11 14 21 -3 53
13 Real Zaragoza 41 12 16 13 39 38 20 8 9 3 24 15 21 4 7 10 15 23 1 52
14 Huesca 41 11 19 11 36 35 20 9 9 2 23 12 21 2 10 9 13 23 1 52
15 Mirandes 41 13 13 15 47 52 21 9 7 5 32 28 20 4 6 10 15 24 -5 52
16 Racing Santander 41 13 12 16 36 39 20 8 6 6 19 15 21 5 6 10 17 24 -3 51
17 Sporting Gijón 41 11 17 13 42 44 20 8 9 3 27 18 21 3 8 10 15 26 -2 50
18 Villarreal II 41 13 11 17 46 51 21 9 6 6 32 24 20 4 5 11 14 27 -5 50
19 Malaga 41 10 13 18 36 43 20 7 8 5 19 16 21 3 5 13 17 27 -7 43
20 Ponferradina 41 8 17 16 36 52 21 6 7 8 18 24 20 2 10 8 18 28 -16 41
21 UD Ibiza 41 7 12 22 32 65 21 5 7 9 21 31 20 2 5 13 11 34 -33 33
22 Lugo 41 5 13 23 26 57 21 3 10 8 13 19 20 2 3 15 13 38 -31 28

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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.