Sporting Gijón vs Ponferradina Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Sporting Gijón

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Sporting Gijón head into this game following a 2-2 La Liga 2 drawn match versus Eibar.

In that match, Sporting Gijón had 30% possession and 8 shots at goal with 2 on target. For Sporting Gijón, goals were scored by Uroš Đurđević (19') and Aitor García (52'). Eibar had 18 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. Stoichkov (68') and Gustavo Blanco (90') scored for Eibar.

It has been a rare occasion in recent times where Sporting Gijón have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The reality is that Sporting Gijón have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 8 goals on the way. Historical results aside, we’ll just have to find out whether the trend shall persist in this match.

Coming into this meeting, Sporting Gijón have not been beaten in their last 4 league matches at home.

Ponferradina

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In their last game, Ponferradina drew 1-1 in the La Liga 2 tie with Albacete.

In that match, Ponferradina managed 52% possession and 6 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target. The only player to score for Ponferradina was Yuri de Souza (69'). For their opponents, Albacete got 13 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Dani Escriche (15') was the scorer for Albacete.

Ponferradina have been good when going forward in their most recent fixtures, scoring 9 goals in their previous 6 matches. While their manager David Gallego will no doubt take that as a positive sign, Ponferradina have had their own issues at the back, also conceding in 5 of those same outings.

Going into this one, Ponferradina are without an away win for the past 17 league games. They must be getting so desperate.

👥 Head to head

Inspecting their past head to head clashes dating back to 29/02/2020 shows that Sporting Gijón have won 2 of these games & Ponferradina 3, with the tally of drawn games being 1.

Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 22 overall at an average of 3.67 goals per meeting.

The previous league fixture between these clubs was La Liga 2 match day 4 on 03/09/2022 which finished with the scoreline of Ponferradina 1-3 Sporting Gijón.

In that game, Ponferradina had 66% possession and 13 shots on goal with 5 on target. Their only player to score was Agustín Medina (71').

At the other end, Sporting Gijón had 8 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Juan Ferney Otero (19'), José Gragera (24') and Giovanni Zarfino (94') scored.

The match was refereed by Iván Caparrós Hernández.

ℹ️ Team News: Sporting Gijón

The Sporting Gijón manager Miguel Ángel Ramírez has a full complement, with no fitness worries at all before this match thanks to a completely injury-free group available for selection.

It seems likely that Rojiblancos will probably employ a 4-4-2 system for this one, handing starts to Ivan Cuellar, Guille Rosas, Jordi Pola, Bruno González, José Angel, Aitor Garcia, Nacho Martín, Jonathan Varane, Dani Queipo, Juan Ferney Otero and Uros Djurdjevic.

📋 Team News: Ponferradina

Owing to a completely healthy squad available to choose from, the Ponferradina boss Juan Juanfran has no fitness concerns to speak of ahead of this match.

We reckon that La Ponfe will likely play in a 5-3-2 system with a starting lineup of Miguel San Roman, Álex Díez, Soufiane Chakla, José Amo, Adrián Diéguez, Moi Delgado, Daniel Ojeda, Sabit Abdulai, Erik Morán, Hugo Vallejo and Edu Espiau.

🔮 Prediction

We think that Ponferradina could well find it tough to get anything against this Sporting Gijón side who will likely end up scoring and possibly keep a clean sheet as well.

That’s why we have predicted a narrow 1-0 victory for Sporting Gijón at the end of the match.

It should be a good one.

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Lucas Pereira, 00:16 24/05/2023