Gijon take on the visitors Rayo Vallecano in the round of 1/16-finals of Spanish Copa del Rey. The match will be played on Tuesday, January 3rd at Estadio El Molinón (Gijón).
Sporting Gijon can throw maximum strength into the fight just in the Spanish Cup. The "Red-white" in recent years have spent a lot of time in the LaLiga. But in the spring it almost came to relegation from a lower division: it turned out to take only 17th place in the Segunda. Abelardo's return to the coaching post helped, which took place at the finish line in May. In the new temporade, it turned out to rise a little in the table: at the moment, Gijon have completely equal statistics: 6 wins and losses in 21 matches with an equal number of goals - 22 scored and conceded each. Well, there is no real threat of relegation, and why not fight in the cup? Numancia was beaten on the road there on December 21st.
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Rayo Vallecano looks pretty good under Iraola. The "Bees" in 2020 made a bet on Andoni, the legend of Athletic as a football player. And the ex-midfielder with the experience of playing for the Spanish national team first raised his new wards, albeit through the playoffs, and then spent an interesting last season there. First there was a powerful first round. As a result, in La Liga they slipped to 12th position, but reached the semi-finals in the last cup competition. Now this team looks like a strong middle team in La Liga. So with Girona, twice going ahead in the score, the hosts were allowed to equalize, scoring from the penalty spot.
Sporting hasn't lost in 7 recent head-to-head fights. Including finally, in March last year, it turned out to get 2-1 on the road. Rayo Vallecano is not bad, and he treats the cup responsibly. We bet on their victory on the road, but we will insure ourselves with a “zero” handicap.
Prediction for the match: Rayo Vallecano to win with 0.0 handicap.
