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Delightful dogfight as daring Sporting Gijón duels with determined Lugo

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 Lugo.

Best bookmaker betting odds:

Sporting Gijón have less rest than Lugo in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a La Liga 2 game only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Rayo Vallecano.

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Sporting Gijón form and stats

Sporting Gijón have collected 28 points from their La Liga 2 home games so far after 8-4-5.

Gijón drew their last game, 1-1 away at Rayo Vallecano (placed 7th). Before that game, the home loss against Real Oviedo with the scoreline 0-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Gijón handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are six wins, five draws and four defeats.

Sporting Gijón are traveling soon after this match as the La Liga 2 match at Almería awaits in three days.

Sporting Gijón has scored 24 league goals at home this season, in 17 matches. Gijón have only conceded 15 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Lugo form and stats

There's been little loot from Lugo's travels as they have only collected 16 points from 17 away games in the La Liga 2. Lugo only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 7 draws.

Lugo are looking to quickly end their 180 minutes long goal drought in the La Liga 2.

There were no winners in Lugo's previous match, a La Liga 2 home game that ended 0-0 vs Málaga (placed 15th). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Las Palmas wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

Ander Cantero had red hot gloves after the game against Málaga, shaping the outcome of the game with six saves made.

We have checked recent matches where Lugo have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 15 games were three victories, six draws and six defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Lugo are hosting Numancia in the La Liga 2 only three days away.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Lugo as they have only managed to score 12 times from 17 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Lugo have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Lugo - Gijón 1-2, played this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: six wins for Gijón, two draws and two wins for Lugo. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

LugoC. Herrera Pérez
C. Herrera Pérez
8 goals
GijónU. Đurđević
U. Đurđević
6 goals
LugoM. Barreiro Bustelo
M. Barreiro Bustelo
5 goals

Sporting Gijón missing players

Lugo missing players

Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sun 28.June
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal El Molinón (29600 seats)
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  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 35 17 11 7 46 33 17 9 6 2 26 16 18 8 5 5 20 17 13 62
2 Real Zaragoza 35 17 10 8 51 37 17 8 4 5 24 17 18 9 6 3 27 20 14 61
3 Almería 35 15 11 9 54 34 17 8 3P 3 11 23
12 5 0 Won W 0 3 8
6 5 1 Drew D 0 2 6
5 1 1 Lost L 3 6 9
34 21 1 Scored S 1 12 29
26 15 3 Conceded C 8 18 32
96% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 87%
70% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 73% 65%
39% 55% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 45% 48%
22% 36% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 36% 35%
17% 27% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 17%
43% 55% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 45% 48%
43% 36% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 22%
17% 18% 50% Failed to Score F T 67% 45% 43%
 
4.6 4.5 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 4.8 5.4
5.2 4.5 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 4.5 3.8
2.6 2.1 5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.5 2.9
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 3 5
 
197 96 14 Total Shots T S 22 64 187
85 40 5 Shots on Target S O 8 27 78
34% 45% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 26% 31%
Key stats in Persha Liga this season:
  • Obolon'-Brovar have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Inhulets 23 14 5 4 38 18 11 8 3 0 22 9 12 6 2 4 16 9 20 47
2 Ahrobiznes Volochysk 23 15 1 7 42 25 11 9 1 1 25 6 12 6 0 6 17 19 17 46
3 Minai 23 13 5 5 37 23 12 9 2 1 22 10 11 4 3 4 15 13 14 44
4 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 23 13 5 5 35 22 11 7 2 2 16 7 12 6 3 3 19 15 13 44
5 Volyn 23 12 6 5 41 31 12 9 2 1 24 12 11 3 4 4 17 19 10 42
6 Obolon'-Brovar 23 12 6 5 34 26 11 5 5 1 21 15 12 7 1 4 13 11 8 42
7 Rukh Vynnyky 22 12 5 5 35 19 10 7 1 2 17 7 12 5 4 3 18 12 16 41
8 Avanhard 23 11 5 7 32 27 12 7 3 2 20 12 11 4 2 5 12 15 5 38
9 Hirnyk-Sport 23 10 3 10 33 34 12 6 1 5 19 16 11 4 2 5 14 18 -1 33
10 Chornomorets 23 8 6 9 29 32 12 5 4 3 17 14 11 3 2 6 12 18 -3 30
11 Prykarpattia 23 7 3 13 34 40 12 4 1 7 16 16 11 3 2 6 18 24 -6 24
12 Mykolaiv 23 5 8 10 30 35 12 4 3 5 20 17 11 1 5 5 10 18 -5 23
13 Kremin' 23 5 5 13 30 43 11 4 2 5 18 19 12 1 3 8 12 24 -13 20
14 Balkany Zorya 23 4 6 13 18 39 11 3 4 4 9 8 12 1 2 9 9 31 -21 18
15 Metalurh Zaporizhya 21 3 2 16 17 39 10 2 1 7 8 19 11 1 1 9 9 20 -22 11
16 Cherkashchyna-Akademiya 22 1 3 18 17 49 12 1 2 9 13 28 10 0 1 9 4 21 -32 6

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 Inhulets 23 14 5 4 38 18 11 8 3 0 22 9 12 6 2 4 16 9 20 47
2 Ahrobiznes Volochysk 23 15 1 7 42 25 11 9 1 1 25 6 12 6 0 6 17 19 17 46
3 Minai 23 13 5 5 37 23 12 9 2 1 22 10 11 4 3 4 15 13 14 44
4 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 23 13 5 5 35 22 11 7 2 2 16 7 12 6 3 3 19 15 13 44
5 Volyn 23 12 6 5 41 31 12 9 2 1 24 12 11 3 4 4 17 19 10 42
6 Obolon'-Brovar 23 12 6 5 34 26 11 5 5 1 21 15 12 7 1 4 13 11 8 42
7 Rukh Vynnyky 22 12 5 5 35 19 10 7 1 2 17 7 12 5 4 3 18 12 16 41
8 Avanhard 23 11 5 7 32 27 12 7 3 2 20 12 11 4 2 5 12 15 5 38
9 Hirnyk-Sport 23 10 3 10 33 34 12 6 1 5 19 16 11 4 2 5 14 18 -1 33
10 Chornomorets 23 8 6 9 29 32 12 5 4 3 17 14 11 3 2 6 12 18 -3 30
11 Prykarpattia 23 7 3 13 34 40 12 4 1 7 16 16 11 3 2 6 18 24 -6 24
12 Mykolaiv 23 5 8 10 30 35 12 4 3 5 20 17 11 1 5 5 10 18 -5 23
13 Kremin' 23 5 5 13 30 43 11 4 2 5 18 19 12 1 3 8 12 24 -13 20
14 Balkany Zorya 23 4 6 13 18 39 11 3 4 4 9 8 12 1 2 9 9 31 -21 18
15 Metalurh Zaporizhya 21 3 2 16 17 39 10 2 1 7 8 19 11 1 1 9 9 20 -22 11
16 Cherkashchyna-Akademiya 22 1 3 18 17 49 12 1 2 9 13 28 10 0 1 9 4 21 -32 6

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The Persha Liga, also called the Ukrainian First League, is the second highest level of football in Ukraine. It currently has 16 teams playing each other home and away for a final league table after 30 fixtures. The winner promotes to the Ukraine Premier League, another possibly following through a playoff.