La Liga 2 match preview and statistics: Sporting Gijón fight Real Oviedo

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sun 29.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal El Molinón (29600 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Sporting Gijón are in the 8th position while the guesting Real Oviedo worry at 17th.

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Sporting Gijón form and stats

Overall La Liga 2 stats at home this season for Sporting Gijón are 8-4-4 (wins-draw-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for Sporting Gijón after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Sporting Gijón's last game was hosting Las Palmas (placed 16th) and winning 4-0. Prior to that, an away loss at Ponferradina.

As mentioned above, Sporting Gijón "killed" Las Palmas in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.

A decent goal production from Sporting Gijón in their home games so far, with 24 goals from 16 league 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 14 from 16 matches.

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Real Oviedo form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Real Oviedo so far with only 15 points returning home. The records show 4-3-9 (win-draw-lose).

Real Oviedo play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Extremadura UD (placed 21st). That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Tenerife.

Real Oviedo are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 19 away goals from 16 games (in the league). Real Oviedo have conceded 26 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Real Oviedo - Sporting Gijón 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Sporting Gijón one win, two draws and Real Oviedo two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Real OviedoA. Ortuño Martínez
A. Ortuño Martínez
11 goals
Sporting GijónU. Đurđević
U. Đurđević
5 goals
Real OviedoE. Bárcenas Herrera
E. Bárcenas Herrera
5 goals

Sporting Gijón missing players

Real Oviedo missing players

Sporting Gijón Real Oviedo
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
31 16 5 Played P 5 16 31
11 8 2 Won W 2 4 8
8 4 2 Drew D 1 3 11
12 4 1 Lost L 2 9 12
32 24 8 Scored S 7 19 37
30 14 3 Conceded C 6 26 43
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
58% 62% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 88% 84%
26% 31% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 62% 48%
19% 31% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 25% 23%
3% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 6%
32% 38% 40% BTTS BTTS 80% 81% 74%
39% 44% 40% Clean Sheets C S 20% 6% 13%
39% 19% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 19%
 
4.3 4.2 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 2.6 3.6 4.2
4.2 4.2 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.6 6.1 5.5
3 2.9 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 2.9 2.8
5 2 0 Red cards R C 1 4 7
 
342 189 57 Total Shots T S 43 136 294
123 74 23 Shots on Target S O 19 59 118
26% 32% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 37% 32% 31%
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Real Oviedo has the fewest clean sheets (4)
  • 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 have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 Cádiz 31 16 8 7 41 29 15 9 4 2 24 14 16 7 4 5 17 15 12 56
2 Real Zaragoza 31 15 10 6 45 30 15 8 4 3 23 12 16 7 6 3 22 18 15 55
3 Almería 31 13 11 7 51 32 15 8 3 4 25 13 16 5 8 3 26 19 19 50
4 Huesca 31 15 5 11 39 32 16 12 2 2 28 13 15 3 3 9 11 19 7 50
5 Girona 31 13 8 10 40 35 16 10 4 2 23 12 15 3 4 8 17 23 5 47
6 Elche 31 12 10 9 41 33 15 5 6 4 20 16 16 7 4 5 21 17 8 46
7 Mirandés 31 9 15 7 42 43 16 5 10 1 18 12 15 4 5 6 24 31 -1 42
8 Sporting Gijón 31 11 8 12 32 30 16 8 4 4 24 14 15 3 4 8 8 16 2 41
9 Alcorcón 31 9 14 8 38 37 16 4 4 8 17 23 15 5 10 0 21 14 1 41
10 Rayo Vallecano 30 8 16 6 38 32 15 6 6 3 21 16 15 2 10 3 17 16 6 40
11 Ponferradina 31 9 13 9 36 34 16 7 8 1 21 10 15 2 5 8 15 24 2 40
12 Tenerife 31 10 9 12 36 36 16 6 6 4 18 16 15 4 3 8 18 20 0 39
13 Fuenlabrada 31 9 12 10 32 33 15 5 6 4 19 17 16 4 6 6 13 16 -1 39
14 Numancia 31 9 11 11 35 35 16 7 5 4 18 11 15 2 6 7 17 24 0 38
15 Málaga 31 8 14 9 27 27 15 5 7 3 18 14 16 3 7 6 9 13 0 38
16 Las Palmas 31 9 11 11 34 39 15 5 5 5 20 19 16 4 6 6 14 20 -5 38
17 Real Oviedo 31 8 11 12 37 43 15 4 8 3 18 17 16 4 3 9 19 26 -6 35
18 Albacete 30 9 8 13 24 36 15 4 5 6 11 16 15 5 3 7 13 20 -12 35
19 Deportivo La Coruña 31 8 11 12 28 46 15 5 6 4 18 20 16 3 5 8 10 26 -18 35
20 Lugo 31 7 13 11 28 40 16 5 6 5 18 24 15 2 7 6 10 16 -12 34
21 Extremadura UD 31 7 10 14 30 43 16 4 4 8 15 21 15 3 6 6 15 22 -13 31
22 Racing Santander 31 4 16 11 31 40 15 2 9 4 19 19 16 2 7 7 12 21 -9 28

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.