Sporting Gijón vs FC Cartagena Live Stream, Predictions (May 25)

📏 Form Guide

Sporting Gijón

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Sporting Gijón won’t want a repeat of their last result here after a 2-1 La Liga 2 losing effort in their last game against Málaga.

In that game, Sporting Gijón managed 47% possession and 10 shots on goal with 4 on target. The only player to score for Sporting Gijón was Juan Ferney Otero (59'). For their opponents, Malaga had 17 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. Chupe (67', 83') scored for Málaga.

Fixtures featuring Sporting Gijón have usually been exciting ones of late with a lot of goalmouth action anticipated. Over their past six games alone, the sum total of 21 goals have flown in for both sides combined (at an average of 3.5 goals per game) with 11 of them belonging to Sporting Gijón.

Heading into this fixture, Sporting Gijón are undefeated in their previous 2 home league matches.

FC Cartagena

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FC Cartagena will go into the encounter following on from a 1-0 La Liga 2 win vs Tenerife in their previous game.

In that game, FC Cartagena managed 51% possession and 9 shots on goal with 2 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for FC Cartagena was Álex Millán (41'). On the other side, Tenerife got 14 shots at goal with 1 of them on target.

In their last half-dozen clashes, FC Cartagena have amassed a total of 8 goals. FC Cartagena have also scored in every single one of those games. During those fixtures, they have seen 11 goals scored by their opponents. We shall soon find out whether or not that trend will be sustained into this next match.

Going into this contest, FC Cartagena are without an away win for the past 16 league games. They clearly need to do something about it.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking on their most recent head to head meetings dating back to 26/03/2022 tells us that Sporting Gijón have won 2 of them & FC Cartagena 3, with the tally of drawn games being 1.

A combined total of 11 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 6 of them from Rojiblancos and 5 created by Efesé. That’s an average goals per game figure of 1.83.

The previous league match featuring these sides was La Liga 2 match day 18 on 09/12/2024 which finished with the scoreline of FC Cartagena 1-0 Sporting Gijón.

In that match, FC Cartagena had 45% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 8 on target. The scorer was Luis Muñoz (71').

For their opponents, Sporting Gijón had 9 shots on goal with 3 on target.

The match was refereed by José Antonio Sánchez Villalobos.

🗞️ Team News: Sporting Gijón

In all likelihood, Rojiblancos should kick off with a 4-2-3-1 formation, handing starts to Rubén Yáñez, Guille Rosas, Nikola Maras, Rober Pier, Pablo García, Lander Olaetxea, Nacho Méndez, Campos Gaspar, César Gelabert, Nico Serrano and Juan Ferney Otero.

🗞️ Team News: FC Cartagena

From our viewpoint, Efesé seem likely to make use of a 4-2-3-1 system, giving starts to Toni Fuidias, M. Aguirregabiria, Jorge Moreno, Pedro Alcala, Nacho Martínez, Assane Ndiaye, Andy Rodriguez, Daniel Luna, Jose Machin, Salim El Jebari and Álex Millán.

💡 Prediction

We’re of the view that FC Cartagena will surely be able to break down this Sporting Gijón outfit, but that probably shouldn’t be enough to prevent defeat.

We are anticipating a very close game with a 2-1 win for Sporting Gijón at the end of this one. It should be a decent one.

📖 ⚽️ What are the top odds for this match?

Turning to the betting odds in the WDW market, the win for Sporting Gijón can be had for 1.29, a wager on the draw is 5 and taking a punt on a win for FC Cartagena can be had at 11. These are the most competitive market prices that can be secured at the moment.

Renata Leite, 09:04 25/05/2025