Home advantage could prove decisive in Sporting Gijón - Real Zaragoza battle

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sat 14.Oct
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal El Molinón (30000 seats)

La Liga 2: Two participants in reasonably good shape get together for this match. Real Zaragoza hold a tiny upper hand with their 5th spot in the standings?

Insights:
  • Sporting Gijón have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Real Zaragoza have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.

This has all the signs of an entertaining match with lots of spark and energy as both contenders are well recovered since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's start!

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Sporting Gijón form and stats

All-inclusive La Liga 2 results playing at home this season for Sporting Gijón are 4-0-0 (wins-draws-losses). Sporting Gijón has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Estadio Municipal El Molinón. We remember; it was hometeam_home_prestreak_win.

Sporting Gijón lost their last game at Racing Santander (placed 10th) after a 2-3 scoreline. Before that defeat this team had gone six consecutive league fixtures without a defeat. Midfielder Campos was the best player on the team with a rating of 9.02 (out of ten) in that game. Campos scored two goals, hit three key passes and had 19 successful passes (of 22 total).

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Elche.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sporting 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 3 wins, 9 draws and 5 defeats.

The Gijón manager Ramírez has got the team scoring with 9 from 4 home games in the league. From these home matches, Sporting Gijón have conceded only 2 goals.

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Real Zaragoza form and stats

As the visiting team in La Liga 2 matches, Real Zaragoza have produced an overall stat of 3-0-1 so far.

Real Zaragoza failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Alcorcon (placed 20th) that ended with defeat 0-2. Midfielder Moya was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.62. Moya hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 57 successful passes (of 68 total).

Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at FC Andorra.

We have checked recent matches where Zaragoza have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 0 victories, 5 draws and 1 defeat.

Few goals the story here? 9 of this club's most recent 10 league matches have contained two goals or less.

The visiting Real Zaragoza have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 5 goals from 4 games. It's not easy to score on Real Zaragoza as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - one - six (Gijón wins - draws - Real Zaragoza wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Sporting GijónG. Campos Ansó Fernández
G. Campos Ansó Fernández
5 goals
Sporting GijónJ. Otero Tovar
J. Otero Tovar
2 goals
Real ZaragozaV. Mollejo Carpintero
V. Mollejo Carpintero
2 goals

Sporting Gijón missing players

Real Zaragoza missing players

Sporting Gijón Real Zaragoza
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 4 1 Played P 1 4 10
5 4 1 Won W 0 3 6
2 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
3 0 0 Lost L 1 1 3
12 9 2 Scored S 0 5 11
9 2 1 Conceded C 1 2 6
80% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
70% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 25% 50%
40% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 10%
10% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 10%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
30% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 20%
50% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 50%
40% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 25% 30%
 
5.3 7.2 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4 2.8 3.9
5.7 5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4 6.2 3.7
2.6 1.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.2 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.1 14.8 10 Shots (avg) S ( 9 7.5 10
4.1 5.2 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.8 3.7
29% 43% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 30%
 
12 11.2 8 Shots against (avg) S A 10 12 10.9
3.7 3.8 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 2.8 2.7
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • All of Sporting Gijón's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Real Zaragoza have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Real Zaragoza have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Real Zaragoza have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Real Zaragoza have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Real Zaragoza haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sporting Gijón have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sporting Gijón have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Sporting Gijón have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Sporting Gijón have won all their matches at home so far.
  • 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 Tenerife 10 7 0 3 12 7 6 5 0 1 8 2 4 2 0 2 4 5 5 21
2 Espanyol 9 6 2 1 19 8 4 3 1 0 11 5 5 3 1 1 8 3 11 20
3 Leganes 10 6 1 3 12 5 5 3 1 1 6 2 5 3 0 2 6 3 7 19
4 Levante 10 5 4 1 14 9 5 2 2 1 8 8 5 3 2 0 6 1 5 19
5 Real Zaragoza 10 6 1 3 11 6 6 3 1 2 6 4 4 3 0 1 5 2 5 19
6 Real Valladolid 10 6 1 3 12 8 6 4 1 1 10 5 4 2 0 2 2 3 4 19
7 Eibar 10 6 0 4 15 12 4 3 0 1 7 2 6 3 0 3 8 10 3 18
8 Sporting Gijón 10 5 2 3 12 9 4 4 0 0 9 2 6 1 2 3 3 7 3 17
9 Racing Ferrol 10 4 4 2 10 10 5 3 2 0 7 3 5 1 2 2 3 7 0 16
10 Racing Santander 10 4 3 3 13 11 5 4 1 0 10 3 5 0 2 3 3 8 2 15
11 Albacete 10 4 2 4 13 14 6 3 2 1 10 7 4 1 0 3 3 7 -1 14
12 Burgos 10 4 1 5 13 13 5 4 1 0 8 1 5 0 0 5 5 12 0 13
13 Eldense 10 3 2 5 11 17 4 1 1 2 5 7 6 2 1 3 6 10 -6 11
14 Villarreal II 9 2 4 3 14 14 4 2 1 1 9 6 5 0 3 2 5 8 0 10
15 Real Oviedo 10 2 4 4 6 7 4 1 2 1 2 2 6 1 2 3 4 5 -1 10
16 Mirandés 10 3 1 6 14 19 5 2 0 3 10 10 5 1 1 3 4 9 -5 10
17 FC Andorra 9 3 1 5 9 14 5 2 1 2 4 4 4 1 0 3 5 10 -5 10
18 Amorebieta 10 2 3 5 12 13 5 2 2 1 7 3 5 0 1 4 5 10 -1 9
19 Elche 9 2 3 4 5 11 5 2 2 1 3 2 4 0 1 3 2 9 -6 9
20 Alcorcon 10 2 3 5 10 17 5 0 1 4 2 9 5 2 2 1 8 8 -7 9
21 Huesca 10 1 4 5 6 11 5 0 2 3 3 7 5 1 2 2 3 4 -5 7
22 FC Cartagena 10 1 2 7 7 15 5 0 0 5 2 9 5 1 2 2 5 6 -8 5

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.