Estadio Municipal El Molinón: Sporting Gijón vs Real Oviedo La Liga 2 preview

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Mon 22.June
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal El Molinón (29600 seats)

With their 8 point advantage in the league table, Sporting Gijón fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Real Oviedo.

The hosts Gijón saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the La Liga 2. That game was an away game at Alcorcón, so at least Gijón are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Sporting Gijón form and stats

Overall La Liga 2 stats at home this season for Sporting Gijón, who have the most clean sheets (14) in La Liga 2, are 8-4-4 (wins-draw-losses). Two home wins in a row for Gijón bring valid hopes of a third.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Diego Marino Villar not having conceded a league goal in 343 minutes.

Happy days for Gijón in their previous game, a La Liga 2 match away at Alcorcón (placed 11th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. A 0-0 draw away before that, with Deportivo La Coruna the opponent.

Diego Mariño loved the game against Alcorcón. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 2-0 victory.

This is expected to be a close game, with Sporting Gijón perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Gijón as a small favourite), we find nine games. Sporting Gijón has won six of these, drawn zero and lost three.

There will be little rest for Sporting Gijón after this match as they are travelling to Rayo Vallecano for a La Liga 2 game in only three days.

A decent goal production from Gijón in their home games so far, with 24 goals from 16 league matches. Sporting Gijón have only conceded 14 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Real Oviedo form and stats

There's been little loot from Real Oviedo's travels as they have only collected 15 points from 16 away games in the La Liga 2. Real Oviedo only have 4 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 3 draws.

Real Oviedo delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Deportivo La Coruna (placed 20th) in their previous match; a La Liga 2 game. Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Ponferradina.

It looked so good for Oviedo vs Deportivo La Coruna, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw.

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

After this away game Oviedo return home for a La Liga 2 game against Fuenlabrada. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Real Oviedo have scored 19 goals on their travels this season, from 16 away games in the league. Oviedo have conceded 26 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Real Oviedo - Gijón 0-0, played this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last five meetings): Gijón won one game, two matches ended with a draw and Real Oviedo has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / three

Top Goalscorers

Real OviedoA. Ortuño Martínez
A. Ortuño Martínez
12 goals
GijónU. Đurđević
U. Đurđević
6 goals
Real OviedoE. Bárcenas Herrera
E. Bárcenas Herrera
6 goals

Sporting Gijón missing players

Real Oviedo missing players

Sporting Gijón Real Oviedo
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
12 8 1 Won W 2 4 8
9 4 2 Drew D 0 3 13
12 4 2 Lost L 3 9 12
34 24 4 Scored S 7 19 39
30 14 4 Conceded C 8 26 45
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
58% 62% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 88% 82%
24% 31% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 62% 48%
18% 31% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 25% 24%
3% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 6%
30% 38% 40% BTTS BTTS 80% 81% 73%
42% 44% 20% Clean Sheets C S 20% 6% 15%
39% 19% 40% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 21%
 
4.3 4.2 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 2.8 3.6 4.1
4.4 4.2 3.6 Corners against (avg) C A 6.4 6.1 5.5
2.8 2.9 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 2.9 2.8
5 2 0 Red cards R C 1 4 7
 
358 189 61 Total Shots T S 44 136 311
128 74 19 Shots on Target S O 22 59 123
27% 32% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 32% 32% 32%
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Real Oviedo has the fewest clean sheets (5)
  • Real Oviedo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Real Oviedo haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Sporting Gijón has the fewest points from losing position (1)
  • Sporting Gijón has the most clean sheets (14)
  • Sporting Gijón have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sporting Gijón haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Sporting Gijón is in the best form (4-1-1)

  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 33 17 9 7 44 31 16 9 5 2 25 15 17 8 4 5 19 16 13 60
2 Real Zaragoza 33 16 10 7 49 34 16 8 4 4 24 15 17 8 6 3 25 19 15 58
3 Almeria 33 14 11 8 52 33 16 8 3 5 25 14 17 6 8 3 27 19 19 53
4 Huesca 33 16 5 12 43 35 17 12 2 3 29 15 16 4 3 9 14 20 8 53
5 Girona 33 13 10 10 40 35 17 10 5 2 23 12 16 3 5 8 17 23 5 49
6 Mirandés 33 11 15 7 46 45 17 6 10 1 20 13 16 5 5 6 26 32 1 48
7 Rayo Vallecano 33 10 17 6 41 33 17 8 6 3 23 16 16 2 11 3 18 17 8 47
8 Elche 33 12 11 10 43 36 16 5 7 4 21 17 17 7 4 6 22 19 7 47
9 Sporting Gijón 33 12 9 12 34 30 16 8 4 4 24 14 17 4 5 8 10 16 4 45
10 Ponferradina 33 10 14 9 38 35 17 8 8 1 23 11 16 2 6 8 15 24 3 44
11 Alcorcón 33 10 14 9 41 40 17 4 4 9 17 25 16 6 10 0 24 15 1 44
12 Fuenlabrada 33 10 12 11 33 34 16 6 6 4 20 17 17 4 6 7 13 17 -1 42
13 Las Palmas 33 10 12 11 35 39 16 5 6 5 20 19 17 5 6 6 15 20 -4 42
14 Tenerife 33 10 10 13 36 37 17 6 7 4 18 16 16 4 3 9 18 21 -1 40
15 Malaga 33 8 15 10 28 30 16 5 7 4 19 17 17 3 8 6 9 13 -2 39
16 Numancia 33 9 11 13 37 39 17 7 5 5 19 13 16 2 6 8 18 26 -2 38
17 Albacete 33 10 8 15 25 38 16 4 5 7 11 17 17 6 3 8 14 21 -13 38
18 Real Oviedo 33 8 13 12 39 45 17 4 10 3 20 19 16 4 3 9 19 26 -6 37
19 Lugo 33 8 13 12 31 44 17 5 6 6 19 27 16 3 7 6 12 17 -13 37
20 Deportivo La Coruna 33 8 13 12 30 48 16 5 7 4 18 20 17 3 6 8 12 28 -18 37
21 Extremadura UD 33 7 11 15 31 45 17 4 4 9 15 22 16 3 7 6 16 23 -14 32
22 Racing Santander 33 4 17 12 32 42 16 2 9 5 20 21 17 2 8 7 12 21 -10 29

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.