Sevilla FC B – Gijon Prediction & Picks (04.03.2018)

Sevilla II and Sporting Gijón meet at Ciudad Deportiva José Ramón Cisneros Palacios, in a match for the 29th round of the Second Division. In the last head-to-head for this edition of the league, played on 07-10-2017, Sporting Gijón won at home (3-0). The condition home / away deserves particular attention, because despite this being a match between 22nd and 7th of the league table, it is actually a match between the 22nd classified in home games and the 16th as a visitor.

Sevilla II:

After 2 wins, 10 draws and 16 losses, the home team is currently in the 22 th position of the league, with 16 points won. In the last match, they have lost in an away match against Reus Deportiu by (2-0), after in the previous match they have lost (0-3) at home, against Almería. This is a team little affected by the home factor, that is, usually conquer as many points at home as outside. In his last games he scored 10 goals and suffered 18 at home, against 7 scored and 23 suffered as a visitor. In the last 10 home matches for the championship Sevilla II won 1, tied 5 and lost 4, for which they won 8 points out of 30 possible. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-0 (6 out of 14 matches). The team has not been very strong defensively, as they have suffered goals in the last 10 matches, and their attack needs to improve, as they have not scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency for few goals, since 6 of the last 14 matches for this competition have ended with Under 1,5 goals. This is a team that usually scores a few times first: it only opened the scoring in 5 of its last 28 matches for the Second Division, of these 5 it reached the break in advantage in 3 and won at the end of the 90 ‘in 1. In 28 matches in the competition, suffered the first goal 19 times and only got 1 comeback.

As the rounds are happening things are becoming more complicated for Sevilla II, as the opponents are opening a greater distance and the team fails to show power of reaction. He is currently in the relegation zone and will need to improve a lot if he wants to win, and if he continues in this way he will most likely suffer with negative results and fall at the end of the season. For this game coach Luis Tevenet will not be able to count on Jose Amo, who is in the medical department, in addition to C. Fernandez, who will serve a suspension.

Gijón:

After 12 wins, 7 draws and 9 losses, the away team is currently in the 7 th position of the league, with 43 points won. In the last match, they have won at home against Osasuna by (2-0), after in the previous match they have tied tied in an away match against Lorca, by (0-0). This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, since they have won 10 points in away matches and 33 at their stadium, with 13 goals scored and 18 conceded at home, against 26 goals scored and 9 conceded at home. In the last 10 away league matches Sporting Gijón has a record of 1 win, 3 draws and 6 losses, so they have won 6 points out of 30 possible.

For this competition, they have not won any of the last 8 away matches. In their away league matches the most frequent final result at halftime was 0-0 (5 out of 15 matches). Their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 28 matches in this competition, he never got the comeback in the 9 games in which he suffered the first goal. There is 1 period that stands out in the last 13 away matches for this competition: they have scored 5 of their 13 goals between minutes (61’-75 ‘).

Currently Sporting Gijón is very close to the playoffs zone of promotion and if it manages to maintain a good sequence of results it is possible that it ends up entering that area. The visiting team will have a great opportunity to achieve it in this round, or at least to do their part, since they have all the conditions to win, bearing in mind that ahead of time they will have the worst team in the championship. For this game coach Rubén Baraja will not be able to count on Álex López, who is in the medical department.