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UD Almería

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UD Almería are hoping to win again following the 0-1 La Liga 2 triumph against Tenerife.

In that game, UD Almería managed 59% possession and 20 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for UD Almería was Nico Melamed (64'). For their opponents, Tenerife got 11 shots at goal with 5 of them on target.

It’s been seldom in recent games where UD Almería have shown defensive steel. In fact, UD Almería have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 games, letting in 10 goals in the process. While that may be of interest, we must now wait to see whether that pattern will be sustained in this next match.

Going into this contest, UD Almería haven't been beaten in the league by Sporting Gijón in their last 3 matches.

Sporting Gijón

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In their last fixture, Sporting Gijón drew 0-0 in the La Liga 2 tie with Eldense.

In that match, Sporting Gijón had 57% possession and 18 shots on goal with 4 on target. For their opponents, Eldense had 11 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target.

Over the course of 5 of the previous 6 clashes involving Sporting Gijón, a notably low volume of goals have been scored between them and their opponents. The overall average goals scored per game during that period comes to a paltry 1, with the number of goals averaged by Rojiblancos standing at 0.5.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A look at their prior head-to-head clashes going back to 03/10/2019 tells us that UD Almería have won 4 of these and Sporting Gijón 2, with the number of drawn matches being 0.

In all, 12 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 7 of them for Almería and 5 for Rojiblancos. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.

The last league meeting featuring these sides was La Liga 2 match day 37 on 25/04/2022 when it ended UD Almería 1-0 Sporting Gijón.

On that occasion, UD Almería had 59% possession and 19 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Curro Sánchez (91').

Sporting Gijón had 7 shots on goal with 4 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Jon Ander González Esteban.

🗞️ Team News: UD Almería

It’s our opinion that UD Almería could use the 4-2-3-1 system for the game, beginning the first half with Luis Maximiano, Alex Centelles, Kaiky, Juan Brandariz, Alejandro Pozo, Arnau Puigmal, Nico Ribaudo, Sergio Arribas, Gonzalo Melero, Edgar Gonzalez and Luis Suarez.

📰 Team News: Sporting Gijón

We believe Rojiblancos will likely make use of a 4-3-3 lineup, starting Ruben Yanez, Jose Angel, Diego Sanchez, Eric Curbelo, Guille Rosas, Lander Olaetxea, Jesus Bernal, Nacho Mendez, Jonathan Dubasin, Gaspar Campos and Juan Otero.

🧠 Prediction

Here is a game where Sporting Gijón will really need to work well to score goals against this UD Almería lineup who we think will end up scoring and possibly keep a clean sheet as well.

That’s why our selection here is for a very competitive encounter with a 1-0 winning score for UD Almería at the end of this game.

Let’s see.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 19:08 31/08/2024