📊 Form Guide

Elche CF

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Elche CF head into this match following a 1-1 La Liga 2 drawn game against Real Zaragoza.

In that match, Elche CF managed 59% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. The scorer for Elche CF was Mario Gaspar (53'). At the other end, Real Zaragoza had 15 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Ivan Azón (61') was the scorer for Real Zaragoza.

It has been seldom in recent games where Elche CF have shown defensive steel. In fact, Elche CF have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 matches, leaking 9 goals on the way.

Coming into this fixture, Elche CF haven't won against Sporting Gijón in their previous 5 matches in the league.

Sporting Gijón

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Sporting Gijón will go into the meeting following a 1-0 La Liga 2 win versus FC Cartagena in their previous outing.

In that game, Sporting Gijón had 56% possession and 13 shots on goal with 6 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Sporting Gijón was Mario González (33'). At the other end, Cartagena had 7 attempts on goal with 0 on target.

Miguel Ángel Ramírez's Sporting Gijón have fired home 8 times in the course of their previous 6 matches. The overall goals that they have conceded during the equivalent period equals 8.

Heading into this contest, Sporting Gijón remain undefeated by Elche CF when they've played them away from home in the last 2 league matches.

👥 Head to head

A glance at their past head-to-head meetings stretching back to 17/02/2013 shows us that Elche CF have won 1 of these and Sporting Gijón 3, with the number of draws being 2.

An aggregate of 8 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 3 for Los Franjiverdes and 5 being from Rojiblancos. That’s an average goals per game figure of 1.33.

The previous league clash featuring the two was La Liga 2 match day 9 on 04/10/2023 when the final score was Sporting Gijón 2-0 Elche CF.

On that day, Sporting Gijón managed 47% possession and 20 attempts on goal with 8 of them on target. The goals were scored by Gaspar Campos (31') and Alex Pașcanu (41').

Elche CF got 10 attempts at goal with 1 on target.

The referee was Daniel Trujillo Suárez.

📋 Team News: Elche CF

The Elche CF boss Sebastián Beccacece has no fitness worries at all coming into this match with a completely healthy squad to pick from.

We think that Los Franjiverdes may well use a 4-4-2 system this time featuring Matías Dituro, Sergio Carreira, Mario Gaspar, Pedro Bigas, Carlos Clerc, Josan, Nicolas Castro, John Donald Chetauya, Tete Morente, N. Fernandez Mercau and Mourad El Ghezouani.

📋 Team News: Sporting Gijón

Out of a mainly full-strength squad, there is just a single fitness problem for the Sporting Gijón gaffer Miguel Ángel Ramírez to be concerned about. Víctor Campuzano (Muscle injury) misses out for this game.

We are inclined to think that Rojiblancos appear most likely to play in a 4-4-2 lineup, giving starts to Rubén Yáñez, Rober Pier, Pablo Insua, Diego Sánchez, José Angel, Haissem Hassan, Nacho Méndez, Nacho Martín, Campos Gaspar, Mario González and Uros Djurdjevic.

💭 Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Elche CF should get a couple of goals in this one when they face Sporting Gijón, who might well find it a difficult task to get a goal of their own.

Our selection here is for a pretty comfortable 2-0 win for Elche CF at the end of this one.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 16:01 20/04/2024