Sporting Gijón arrive at Estadio Municipal de A Malata on Saturday for the La Liga 2 fixture with home team Racing Ferrol.
Full predictions, pre-match stats and user poll for Racing Ferrol v Sporting Gijón are shown on this page including the latest game odds.
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Racing Ferrol
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Racing Ferrol will be looking to improve on their last outing here after a 2-0 La Liga 2 loss in their previous game against Albacete.
In that match, Racing Ferrol had 46% possession and 12 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. At the other end, Albacete Balompie got 12 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Nabil Touaizi (9') and Higinio Marín (89') scored for Albacete.
Racing Ferrol have struggled with their forward play in more recent games. Their goals record stands at just 4 against opposing sides over their last six matches. In those meetings, Racing Ferrol have also seen the tally of goals scored against them come to 6. Still, we will just have to wait and see if the trend shall persist in this upcoming game or not.
Coming into this meeting, Racing Ferrol are unbeaten in the league by Sporting Gijón in their last 5 matches.
Sporting Gijón
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Sporting Gijón come into this encounter after a 3-2 La Liga 2 win to defeat FC Cartagena in their most recent outing.
In that match, Sporting Gijón had 67% possession and 25 shots on goal with 8 on target. For Sporting Gijón, goals were scored by César Gelabert (45'), Gaspar Campos (59') and Nacho Martín (63'). On the other side, Cartagena had 9 attempts on goal with 6 on target. Daniel Luna (25') and Nacho Martínez (85') scored for FC Cartagena.
In a total of 5 of the previous 6 clashes featuring Sporting Gijón, three or more goals have been hit. The overall average number of goals per game within that time is 3.83, with the number of goals averaged by Sporting Gijón standing at 2.
Leading up to this clash, Sporting Gijón:
- have not registered a win against Racing Ferrol when they have played them away from home in the previous 5 matches in the league. Not good.
- are without a win away from home in their last 3 league games.
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Head to head
Looking at their prior head-to-head meetings going back to 03/06/2006 shows that Racing Ferrol have won 3 of these games and Sporting Gijón 1, with the tally of draws standing at 2.
A total of 17 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 10 of them for Ferrol and 7 being from Rojiblancos. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.83.
The last league encounter featuring these sides was La Liga 2 match day 19 on 15/12/2024 which ended up with the score at Sporting Gijón 1-3 Racing Ferrol.
That time, Sporting Gijón had 71% possession and 22 attempts at goal with 7 on target. The scorer was Olaetxea (33').
Racing Ferrol got 7 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Nacho Sánchez (15'), Josué Dorrio (27') and Aitor Buñuel (44') scored.
The match was refereed by Andrés Fuentes Molina.
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Team News: Racing Ferrol
It’s our opinion that Racing Ferrol will probably make use of the 4-2-3-1 formation in the match, handing starts to Jesus Ruiz Suarez, Roberto Correa, Fran Manzanara, Naldo Gomes, Brais Martinez, Aitor Gelardo, Josep Señe, Josué Dorrio, Álvaro Sanz, Héber Pena and Álvaro Giménez.
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Team News: Sporting Gijón
We’re of the thinking that Rojiblancos will likely play in a 4-2-3-1 formation, starting Rubén Yáñez, Guille Rosas, Diego Sánchez, Rober Pier, José Angel, Nacho Martín, Nacho Méndez, Dani Queipo, César Gelabert, Campos Gaspar and Juan Ferney Otero.
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Prediction
Our assessment here is that Racing Ferrol will need to put in a solid display to score against this Sporting Gijón team who we think will likely score one, at least.
Our tip is therefore for a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 0-1 win for Sporting Gijón at the conclusion of the game.
It should be a good one.
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⚽️ What are the best odds for this match?
Looking at what the bookmakers’ view is of this game on the win-draw-win market, backing Racing Ferrol can be had for 3.7, a wager on the draw is 3.1 and taking a punt on the winner to be Sporting Gijón comes in at 2.1. Those are the best of the bets being offered right now.
Andre Moura,
18:01 27/05/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
Racing Ferrol
Formed: 1919
Stadium: Estadio Municipal de A Malata (12,043)
Captain: David Castro
Chairman: Manolo Ansede
Manager: Alejandro Menéndez
Competitions: La Liga 2 position 21
⭐ Star Player: Aitor Gelardo
Typically played in the Centre Midfield position, Aitor Gelardo was born in Catral, Spain. Having made his senior debut playing for Villarreal CF B in the 2023 - 2024 season, the talented Midfielder has scored a sum of 2 league goals in the Segunda División 2024 - 2025 campaign to date in 23 appearances.