Sporting Gijón look to Estadio Municipal El Molinón supporters for inspiration before Real Sociedad II match

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Fri 12.November
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal El Molinón (29600 seats)

Sporting Gijón have won 22 points running out as the home team. Real Sociedad II have claimed 14 points using the away locker rooms. Could we look at anything else than a home win?

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

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Sporting Gijón form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estadio Municipal El Molinón as Sporting Gijón have scored 9 goals to get 15 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the La Liga 2 are 5-0-2 (wins-draws-losses). Gijón are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Estadio Municipal El Molinón, having lost their two previous games here.

Gijón are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 192 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by B. Milovanov).

The fans are hoping that Sporting Gijón will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the La Liga 2 game against Real Zaragoza (placed 12th). Midfield player Francisco Villalba got a match rating of 7.05 in that game, the max score being 10. Villalba hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 29 successful passes (of 33 total).

Before that game, the home loss against Almeria with the scoreline 0-1.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Gijón's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played nine games, won five matches, drawn one and lost three.

The Sporting Gijón fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 7 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 6 from 7 matches.

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Real Sociedad II form and stats

The visitors are W2-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the La Liga 2. Three has not been a lucky number for Sociedad as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Amorebieta match.

Real Sociedad II's previous game was their home loss versus UD Ibiza (0-1). Jon Ander Olasagasti got a match rating of 7.41 in that game, top player of the team. Olasagasti hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 41 successful passes (of 51 total).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Malaga wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Real Sociedad II playing away, we found three games. Results were zero away wins, one draw and two home wins.

Sociedad have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. Sociedad have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

GijónU. Đurđević
U. Đurđević
5 goals
Real Sociedad IIX. Alkain Mitxelena
X. Alkain Mitxelena
5 goals
Real Sociedad IIJ. Karrika
J. Karrika
4 goals

Sporting Gijón missing players

Real Sociedad II missing players

Sporting Gijón Real Sociedad II
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 7 3 Played P 3 7 15
6 5 3 Won W 0 2 3
4 0 0 Drew D 1 2 5
5 2 0 Lost L 2 3 7
16 9 4 Scored S 2 9 14
16 6 1 Conceded C 4 9 18
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 87%
67% 57% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 71% 60%
40% 57% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 57% 33%
7% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 20%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 13%
60% 57% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 71% 53%
20% 29% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 20%
27% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 29% 40%
 
4.2 4.6 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 3.9 4.5
5.7 4.3 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 5.7 4.5
2.2 1.9 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 1.9 1.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
14.9 18.3 16.3 Shots (avg) S ( 9 10.3 10.1
4.5 5.9 6.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3 2.9
24% 22% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 43% 33%
 
12.6 10 11 Shots against (avg) S A 14 13.9 11.5
4.1 3.6 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.7 5.6 4.4
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Real Sociedad II have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • 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 Almeria 15 11 1 3 29 11 7 6 1 0 14 4 8 5 0 3 15 7 18 34
2 Eibar 15 8 4 3 20 16 7 5 1 1 11 6 8 3 3 2 9 10 4 28
3 Las Palmas 15 7 6 2 22 15 8 6 2 0 17 7 7 1 4 2 5 8 7 27
4 Ponferradina 15 7 5 3 19 13 8 4 3 1 12 6 7 3 2 2 7 7 6 26
5 Real Valladolid 15 7 4 4 21 17 7 4 2 1 11 5 8 3 2 3 10 12 4 25
6 Tenerife 14 7 3 4 19 12 6 3 1 2 9 4 8 4 2 2 10 8 7 24
7 UD Ibiza 15 5 7 3 18 18 7 2 4 1 9 7 8 3 3 2 9 11 0 22
8 Sporting Gijón 15 6 4 5 16 16 7 5 0 2 9 6 8 1 4 3 7 10 0 22
9 FC Cartagena 15 7 1 7 21 22 7 5 0 2 13 7 8 2 1 5 8 15 -1 22
10 Real Oviedo 15 4 8 3 16 15 8 2 5 1 9 8 7 2 3 2 7 7 1 20
11 Malaga 15 5 5 5 14 18 7 5 2 0 8 2 8 0 3 5 6 16 -4 20
12 Real Zaragoza 15 3 10 2 12 11 8 1 6 1 5 4 7 2 4 1 7 7 1 19
13 Girona 14 5 3 6 15 16 8 3 2 3 10 9 6 2 1 3 5 7 -1 18
14 Mirandes 15 5 3 7 23 26 8 3 1 4 16 18 7 2 2 3 7 8 -3 18
15 Huesca 15 4 5 6 17 17 8 2 3 3 7 7 7 2 2 3 10 10 0 17
16 Lugo 15 3 7 5 17 19 8 3 3 2 9 8 7 0 4 3 8 11 -2 16
17 Fuenlabrada 15 3 7 5 12 14 8 2 4 2 8 8 7 1 3 3 4 6 -2 16
18 Burgos 15 4 4 7 13 17 7 3 2 2 8 4 8 1 2 5 5 13 -4 16
19 Leganes 15 3 5 7 15 19 7 1 3 3 5 8 8 2 2 4 10 11 -4 14
20 Real Sociedad II 15 3 5 7 14 18 8 1 3 4 5 9 7 2 2 3 9 9 -4 14
21 Amorebieta 15 2 7 6 18 22 7 2 3 2 13 11 8 0 4 4 5 11 -4 13
22 Alcorcon 15 2 2 11 12 31 8 1 2 5 8 19 7 1 0 6 4 12 -19 8

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.