Sporting Gijón - Tenerife: Small difference between teams clash

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sun 13.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal El Molinón (29600 seats)

Sporting Gijón will cross fingers that their home support is enough to get at least a draw from this difficult battle, versus gutsy Tenerife.

Insights:
  • Sporting Gijón have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Tenerife have the fewest conceded goals (14) away in La Liga 2

These teams have little in common geographically as Tenerife have to travel 2200 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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 story so far in the La Liga 2 for Sporting Gijón at their home stadium (Estadio Municipal El Molinón) is 6 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats. Game days at Estadio Municipal El Molinón have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Sporting Gijón as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.

Sporting Gijón lost their last game at Real Sociedad II (placed 19th) after a 1-2 scoreline. Defender Kravets got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.1/10. Kravets hit six key passes and won 6 of 9 duels.

Before that game, the home loss against Real Zaragoza with the scoreline 1-2.

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 three of these, drawn two and lost four.

Sporting Gijón has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. On the other hand, Sporting Gijón have conceded 17 goals.

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Tenerife form and stats

7 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Tenerife playing as the away team in the La Liga 2 this season.

Tenerife failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Real Valladolid (placed 3rd) that ended with defeat 1-4. Mellot was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.42. The defender Mellot hit five key passes and won 7 of 11 duels.

A 1-2 defeat away at Mirandés before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Tenerife in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Tenerife, five draws and five defeats.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Tenerife have scored 19 goals in 15 league games away. It's not easy to score on Tenerife as they have only conceded 14 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

These teams met each other earlier this match year: Tenerife - Sporting Gijón 0-0. Sporting Gijón-Tenerife H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sporting Gijón four wins, Tenerife four wins, two draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Sporting GijónU. Đurđević
U. Đurđević
10 goals
TenerifeE. Zorrilla Jiménez
E. Zorrilla Jiménez
10 goals
Sporting GijónA. García Flores
A. García Flores
6 goals

Sporting Gijón missing players

Tenerife missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sporting Gijón Tenerife
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 15 4 Played P 6 15 30
9 6 0 Won W 3 7 15
8 3 0 Drew D 1 4 7
13 6 4 Lost L 2 4 8
33 17 3 Scored S 8 19 41
37 17 7 Conceded C 6 14 25
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 87% 87%
70% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 80% 73%
43% 47% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 47% 43%
13% 7% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 7% 13%
10% 7% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
60% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 60% 47%
17% 13% 0% Clean Sheets C S 17% 33% 43%
27% 20% 50% Failed to Score F T 17% 20% 23%
 
4.1 5.1 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 2.7 3.4
5.5 4.1 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 5.1 4.7
2.4 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 2.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 5
 
14.5 17.8 17.2 Shots (avg) S ( 13 11 12.2
4.5 5.7 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.4 3.9
25% 20% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 37% 35%
 
13.9 11.1 13 Shots against (avg) S A 10.8 12.2 12.1
4.6 4.1 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 4.2 3.9
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Sporting Gijón have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sporting Gijón have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Sporting Gijón haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Tenerife have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Tenerife have the fewest conceded goals (14) away in La Liga 2
  • Tenerife have won significantly less corners away then 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 SD Eibar 30 17 8 5 44 32 14 10 3 1 26 14 16 7 5 4 18 18 12 59
2 Almería 30 18 4 8 47 25 15 11 2 2 27 10 15 7 2 6 20 15 22 58
3 Real Valladolid 30 17 7 6 50 30 15 11 3 1 28 9 15 6 4 5 22 21 20 58
4 Tenerife 30 15 7 8 41 25 15 8 3 4 22 11 15 7 4 4 19 14 16 52
5 Ponferradina 30 13 10 7 40 33 15 7 6 2 24 14 15 6 4 5 16 19 7 49
6 Girona 30 13 7 10 41 33 16 9 3 4 26 14 14 4 4 6 15 19 8 46
7 FC Cartagena 30 13 4 13 41 41 15 9 1 5 27 17 15 4 3 8 14 24 0 43
8 UD Ibiza 30 10 12 8 39 35 15 5 6 4 22 18 15 5 6 4 17 17 4 42
9 Burgos 30 12 5 13 34 30 14 8 3 3 23 8 16 4 2 10 11 22 4 41
10 Real Oviedo 30 9 14 7 34 31 15 6 7 2 22 14 15 3 7 5 12 17 3 41
11 Las Palmas 30 10 11 9 37 36 15 7 5 3 23 16 15 3 6 6 14 20 1 41
12 Lugo 30 8 16 6 36 33 15 7 6 2 18 13 15 1 10 4 18 20 3 40
13 Leganés 30 10 10 10 34 33 15 5 7 3 17 13 15 5 3 7 17 20 1 40
14 Real Zaragoza 30 8 15 7 27 30 15 4 8 3 11 10 15 4 7 4 16 20 -3 39
15 Huesca 30 9 11 10 36 30 16 5 6 5 16 12 14 4 5 5 20 18 6 38
16 Málaga 30 9 9 12 27 44 15 7 4 4 15 16 15 2 5 8 12 28 -17 36
17 Sporting Gijón 30 9 8 13 33 37 15 6 3 6 17 17 15 3 5 7 16 20 -4 35
18 Mirandés 30 9 6 15 37 48 15 7 2 6 26 24 15 2 4 9 11 24 -11 33
19 Real Sociedad II 30 7 8 15 28 38 15 3 4 8 12 18 15 4 4 7 16 20 -10 29
20 Amorebieta 30 4 14 12 34 48 15 3 7 5 21 23 15 1 7 7 13 25 -14 26
21 Fuenlabrada 30 4 14 12 24 38 16 3 9 4 17 18 14 1 5 8 7 20 -14 26
22 Alcorcón 30 2 8 20 23 57 14 1 6 7 12 26 16 1 2 13 11 31 -34 14

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 SD Eibar 30 17 8 5 44 32 14 10 3 1 26 14 16 7 5 4 18 18 12 59
2 Almería 30 18 4 8 47 25 15 11 2 2 27 10 15 7 2 6 20 15 22 58
3 Real Valladolid 30 17 7 6 50 30 15 11 3 1 28 9 15 6 4 5 22 21 20 58
4 Tenerife 30 15 7 8 41 25 15 8 3 4 22 11 15 7 4 4 19 14 16 52
5 Ponferradina 30 13 10 7 40 33 15 7 6 2 24 14 15 6 4 5 16 19 7 49
6 Girona 30 13 7 10 41 33 16 9 3 4 26 14 14 4 4 6 15 19 8 46
7 FC Cartagena 30 13 4 13 41 41 15 9 1 5 27 17 15 4 3 8 14 24 0 43
8 UD Ibiza 30 10 12 8 39 35 15 5 6 4 22 18 15 5 6 4 17 17 4 42
9 Burgos 30 12 5 13 34 30 14 8 3 3 23 8 16 4 2 10 11 22 4 41
10 Real Oviedo 30 9 14 7 34 31 15 6 7 2 22 14 15 3 7 5 12 17 3 41
11 Las Palmas 30 10 11 9 37 36 15 7 5 3 23 16 15 3 6 6 14 20 1 41
12 Lugo 30 8 16 6 36 33 15 7 6 2 18 13 15 1 10 4 18 20 3 40
13 Leganés 30 10 10 10 34 33 15 5 7 3 17 13 15 5 3 7 17 20 1 40
14 Real Zaragoza 30 8 15 7 27 30 15 4 8 3 11 10 15 4 7 4 16 20 -3 39
15 Huesca 30 9 11 10 36 30 16 5 6 5 16 12 14 4 5 5 20 18 6 38
16 Málaga 30 9 9 12 27 44 15 7 4 4 15 16 15 2 5 8 12 28 -17 36
17 Sporting Gijón 30 9 8 13 33 37 15 6 3 6 17 17 15 3 5 7 16 20 -4 35
18 Mirandés 30 9 6 15 37 48 15 7 2 6 26 24 15 2 4 9 11 24 -11 33
19 Real Sociedad II 30 7 8 15 28 38 15 3 4 8 12 18 15 4 4 7 16 20 -10 29
20 Amorebieta 30 4 14 12 34 48 15 3 7 5 21 23 15 1 7 7 13 25 -14 26
21 Fuenlabrada 30 4 14 12 24 38 16 3 9 4 17 18 14 1 5 8 7 20 -14 26
22 Alcorcón 30 2 8 20 23 57 14 1 6 7 12 26 16 1 2 13 11 31 -34 14

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