Sporting Gijon hosts Las Palmas in round 40 of Spanish LaLiga 2. The match will be played on Thursday, May 20th at Estadio El Molinón (Gijon)
Sporting Gijon is in 6th place in the standings (61 points after 39 games). The Red-and-Whites have 16 victories, 13 draws, and 10 defeats. But they are not showing the best results at the decisive moment of the season. In the last seven rounds, the men of David Gallego gained only one victory and scored five points. For this reason, the prospects of Sporting Gijon to compete for a place in LaLiga are quite vague. With three rounds to go to the end of the tournament, the Red-and-Whites are in the playoff zone, but they outrank the neighboring Rayo Vallecano only in terms of additional indicators. Last Saturday Sporting lost to Girona away (1-0). Juanpe scored the only goal shortly before halftime. The visitors had a good chance to equalize later — Aitor Garcia came off the loser in a one-on-one with the goalkeeper (he hit the crossbar).
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Las Palmas is in 13th position in the Segunda standings (50 points after 39 rounds). The Yellow-Blues have chalked up 12 wins, 14 draws, and 13 losses. Las Palmas has no tournament motivation in the final three matches of the championship. Pepe Mel's men have already made themselves safe from the relegation zone, coming off by nine points. At the same time, 11 points separate the Yellow-Blues from the position in the top six, which gives the chances to fight for a place in LaLiga. A streak of unsuccessful results prevented the Islanders from competing for higher places. In the last seven rounds, Las Palmas gained only one victory and scored seven points. On May 15, the club lost to Zaragoza at home (0-2). In the 8th minute, Luca Zaminacia converted a penalty, and Juan Manuel Sanabria increased the advantage at the end of the 2nd half.
The upcoming match is not so important for Las Palmas, which is frankly playing out the season. But for Sporting, which has a chance to finish in the playoff zone, the loss of points is now undesirable. On the other hand, the chances of winning are in doubt, despite the successful record of home matches against Las Palmas. The reason is Sporting's weak results in recent games. Both teams have notable problems with creation. Sporting now scores only once in a blue moon, but the statistics of Las Palmas are not much better (three goals in the last six games). The teams have scored no more than two goals in six of eight previous head-to-head matches, and it is highly likely they will not arrange goal extravaganza once again.
Prediction for the match: Under 2.0 goals scored
