Alcorcon braced for tricky test against Sporting Gijon
Alcorcón vs Sporting Gijón - 18/11/2023
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Two sides at opposite ends of the Segunda Division table lock horns on Saturday as struggling Alcorcon welcome high-flying Sporting Gijon to the Estadio Municipal de Santo Domingo.
Alcorcon find themselves third from bottom in the standings, having managed to win just three of their 15 matches this season.
By contrast, Sporting Gijon occupy second place in the table following a strong start to the season, opening up a 15-point gap between them and Alcorcon.
The hosts head into Saturday’s clash of the back of a 4-2 thrashing at the hands of Burgos, despite scoring the opening two goals last weekend.
As a result, Alcorcon have lost three of their last five league matches, with six defeats coming in their previous 10 encounters.
Alcorcon have been especially weak on home soil this season, winning just one of their seven league games at the Estadio Municipal de Santo Domingo.
Having failed to keep a clean sheet in any of their last nine home matches, Alcorcon will struggle to keep in-form Sporting Gijon quiet on Saturday.
As for Sporting Gijon, they were held to a 1-1 draw by Amorebieta last time out, although that result extended their unbeaten streak to five games.
In fact, Gijon have won three of their previous four Segunda Division clashes, scoring nine goals while conceding just twice.
When you look at the bigger picture, Sporting Gijon have lost only three of their 15 league games this season, picking up eight wins and four draws in the process.
Having also won three of their previous four away league outings, Gijon will be confident of picking up another positive result this weekend.
Head-to-head: Alcorcon have failed to win any of their last six meetings with Sporting Gijon, recording three draws and three losses in that time.
To make matters worse for the hosts, they have managed to win just one of their previous 13 encounters with Gijon across all competitions.
Team news: Emmanuel Addai has bagged three goals and three assists for Alcorcon this season, while Jacobo Gonzalez has chipped in with three goals and two assists.
As for Sporting Gijon, top scorer Gaspar Campos has netted seven goals this season, while Cote has contributed six assists from left-back.
When you couple the contrasting form of these two sides with Alcorcon’s poor record against Sporting Gijon, all the signs point towards a straightforward away win.
Forebet predicts that Sporting Gijon will score over 2.5 goals and keep a clean sheet on their way to victory this weekend.
Home team
Away team
Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
Coef.
Score
Live
coef.
Es2
162955
2
0 - 3
2.60
17°
2.50
2.88
3.10
2.50
no
no
no
0 - 0(0 - 0)
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