Sporting Gijon vs Eibar: Preview and Prediction

As the end of Spanish La Liga season draws near, Sporting Gijon continues their relegation battle when they take on Eibar at El Molinon on Friday 29th April 2016, kick-off at 19:30 GMT. They will be looking to get back to wining ways and grab the three priceless points to extend their stay in Spanish flight beyond the current season.

Sporting Gijon were brutalised by leaders Barcelona in their last game to push them down to 18th place in the table, they are now on same points with Getafe in the 19th place and a point below Granada in the 17th position.

Eibar’s decline continued in their last game when they were held to a stalemate by Deportivo la Coruna at home, they will need to be on their toes in this game to avoid a defeat.

Form Comparison

• Eibar are having a decline as the season is coming to an end, they have lost 3 of their last 6 games, won 1 and drew 2.
• Eibar have been without a win in their last 8 away games.
• Eibar are also unable to keep a single away clean sheet since January.
• Sporting Gijon has a fair home record as they managed two wins from their last three matches and can depend on to lift them out of the relegation zone.

Sporting Gijon: Team News

Bernado Espinosa remains out of the fixture while Ognjen Vranjes is on suspension following his red card in the last game.

Sporting Gijon: Predicted Line up (4-2-3-1)

Cuellar
Lopez, Mere, Hernandez, Lora
Cases, Alvarez
Jony, Halilovic, Carmona
Sanabria.

Eibar: Team News

Shot stopper Jaime Jimenez will be missing and also Borja Ekiza will be out of this one too. Eibar is expected to repeat their line up for last game.

Eibar: predicted Line up (4-4-1-1)

Riesgo
Capa, Ramis, Santos, Junca
Escalante, Keko, Adrian, Hajrovic
Enrich
Baston

Sporting Gijon vs Eibar: Head-To-Head stats

Sporting Gijon have won the better part of their 22 meetings, they have won 9 times, lost 5 times and drew 8 times.

Sporting Gijon are unbeaten at home against Eibar, they have won 6 times at home and drew 4 times loosing none.

They have kept clean sheets in 6 of their 10 game against Eibar at home.

Sporting Gijon vs Eibar: Prediction

The odds seems to be against Eibar considering the statistics, S.Gijon are also in a battle for survival while Eibar seem to have nothing to loose.

Gijon will fight with a bold spirit and will also strive to maintain their unbeaten record at home against Eibar. I think the game will favour the home team and my score prediction is 2:1.