Our prediction for this Segunda Division match:
Amorebieta and Sporting Gijon square off against each other at Lezama Facilities in the opening match of Sunday’s program. Amorebieta aim to build on a hard-fought 1-0 win over Andorra and they need to keep on winning if they are to avoid relegation. There are no fresh injury worries in the home team ahead of the visit of Gijon.
Los Rojiblancos, on the other hand, quickly bounced back from a 1-0 loss to Levante, with the team beating Alcorcon thanks to Uros Djurdjevic’s goal from the penalty spot. Sporting Gijon are eager to stay in the playoffs berth and seeing that Amorebieta have suffered three defeats in the previous five home games, we are tempted to put our money on the promotion-chasing visitors. Midfielder Giovanni Zarfino continues to miss out with an ACL injury, but he should be the only absentee in the away team.
Highlighted Team (Gijon):
Sporting Gijon are a Spanish football club that competes in La Liga. Sporting Gijon’s home ground is El Molinon, the stadium that was built in 1908. El Molinon is the oldest football field in Spain and the capacity of the stadium is 30,000. Sporting Gijon’s home kit is red and white and the club’s main rivals are Real Oviedo.
The two teams take on each other in the Asturian derby. Sporting Gijon did remarkably well to finish the 1978/1979 La Liga campaign in second position in the standings and that is considered the club’s biggest success. Los Rojiblancos were runners-up in Spanish Copa Del Rey in 1981 and 1982, but they have yet to win the Spanish Cup.
The club was founded in 1905 and the club’s original name was Sporting Gijones. Sporting Gijon participated in the UEFA Cup on six occasions, but they did not record a good result in the European competition.