Our prediction for this Segunda Division match:
Sporting Gijon will look to climb to the playoffs berth when they host Real Sociedad B to their Estadio EL Molinon on Friday evening. Los Rojiblancos aim to make amends for back-to-back defeats to Almeria and Zaragoza, and they are likely to fight tooth and nail against the Basques. Uros Djurdjevic should continue to lead the line for the hosts despite failing to find the net in the last league match, while both Bertin and Mendez are pushing for a start.
Real Sociedad B, on the other hand, suffered yet another dip in form, with the team losing each of their last three league fixtures. Since Sporting Gijon will not have a better chance than this to return to winning ways in Segunda Division, we are tempted to put our money on the promotion-chasing hosts. You should know that the Basque outfit had no more than six goal attempts in the defeat to Ibiza.
Highlighted Player (Diego Marino):
Diego Marino is a Spanish goalkeeper who plays for Sporting Gijon. The 185-cm-tall shoot-stopper was born on 9 May, 1990 in Vigo and he played for the likes of Santa Marina, Rapido Bouzas, Sardoma, Areosa and Villarreal during his youth career. Between 2008 and 2010 he played for Villarreal C and in 2010 he started playing for Villarreal B.
Marino made 72 appearances for Villarreal B and in 2012 he joined the first team. He was not Villarreal’s first-choice goalkeeper in the 2012/2013 campaign and he made no more than nine appearances for the Yellow Submarine. In the 2015/2016 season he played for Levante, but following their relegation to Segunda Division, Diego Marino decided to sign a deal with Sporting Gijon on 1 July, 2016.
The goalkeeper has 6 caps for Spain U-21, while playing 3 games for Spain U23. It has to be noted that he won UEFA U-21 Championships in 2011 and 2013 with La Furia Roja. Back in 2007 he made it to the FIFA U-17 World Cup final with the Spanish national team.