Well, the truth is that it is surprising what we find with the quotas, or at least me. Yesterday the news was confirmed that 9 Sporting de Gijón players were affected by COVID19, and that of the 9 there were several important team players with the virus. Well … this game is set for January 10, that is, 6 days later. It seems very unlikely to me that players who are out today due to the virus within 6 days will be available due to the fact of exceeding the quarantine, but it is that, although they have passed it, they are players without competition rhythm, who leave a A disease that to a greater or lesser extent affects immediate physical performance once you overcome it and that the team has not been able to work at all with a view to either of these two matches. All this already makes us try at least with the quota that we find at “X2”. From there we can already analyze more circumstances that, possibly, under normal conditions, could also support an “X2” despite the good campaign of Sporting de Gijón. But don’t mess around, the main reason is the COVID issue at Sporting, of course.
If I choose the most conservative bet because Sporting de Gijón is liking me this season. At the very least it seemed that they could aspire to be up there, David Gallego has arrived without making noise and is placing them just one step below the two great coconuts of the competition (three if we put Mallorca, or even four if we include Leganés) .
Sporting de Gijón, in El Molinón, has not lost any match, a fact that would undoubtedly throw back our bet if it were not for the reason we have indicated in the first paragraph. However, there are data that should not make us pessimistic about the future of our bet. Remember that we are worth a tie to paint green and in El Molinón there have been ties, as many as four. Leganés, Albacete (relegation zone), Rayo Vallecano and Tenerife know what it is to add in Asturian lands this season, so a compact team that holds up well (we already experienced it against Leganés last day), like Fuenlabrada He could perfectly score on his visit to Gijón.
And that is where the optimistic data goes regardless of the health situation of one and the other. Fuenlabrada, of the ten games they have played as a visitor, only in three have they known defeat. That is, in 7 of the 10 games played away from Fernando Torres, we would have painted our bet green. If it is true that they miss Sekou Gassama’s goals, but this past weekend, when we were betting against them in the game against Leganés, I liked how they were, in fact they had it in their hand marching a penalty that would have given them victory, especially with a very active Iban Salvador in the Madrid attack. A good option for Sandoval’s men to try to get hooked on the train of play-off positions, from which they are separated by 5 points.
