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

📏 Form Guide

Sporting Gijón

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Sporting Gijón will be hoping for a better result after a 2-1 La Liga 2 defeat last time out to Málaga.

In that game, Sporting Gijón had 47% possession and 10 shots at goal with 4 on target. The scorer for Sporting Gijón was Juan Ferney Otero (59'). On the other side, Malaga got 17 shots at goal with 6 on target. Chupe (67', 83') was the scorer 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 come into this game following a 1-0 La Liga 2 win over Tenerife in their previous fixture.

In that match, FC Cartagena managed 51% possession and 9 shots on goal with 2 on target. The scorer for FC Cartagena was Álex Millán (41'). Tenerife got 14 shots on goal with 1 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

A look at their past head to head meetings going back to 26/03/2022 tells us that Sporting Gijón have won 2 of these games & FC Cartagena 3, with the tally of draws standing at 1.

In all, 11 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 6 of them for Rojiblancos and 5 coming from Efesé. That’s an average goals per game figure of 1.83.

The last league clash between these sides was La Liga 2 match day 18 on 09/12/2024 when it ended FC Cartagena 1-0 Sporting Gijón.

In that game, FC Cartagena managed 45% possession and 11 shots on goal with 8 of them on target. Their only player to score was Luis Muñoz (71').

Sporting Gijón had 9 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target.

The referee was José Antonio Sánchez Villalobos.

ℹ️ Team News: Sporting Gijón

In all likelihood, Rojiblancos should employ a 4-2-3-1 system for this one featuring Rubén Yáñez, Guille Rosas, Nikola Maras, Rober Pier, Pablo García, Lander Olaetxea, Nacho Méndez, Campos Gaspar, César Gelabert, Nico Serrano and Juan Ferney Otero.

ℹ️ Team News: FC Cartagena

We are inclined to think that Efesé appear most likely to play in a 4-2-3-1 lineup with a starting lineup of 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 1.3, a wager on the draw is 5 and taking a punt on a win for FC Cartagena can be had at 10. These are the most competitive market prices that can be secured at the moment.

Renata Leite, 14:01 25/05/2025