Almería vs Sporting Gijón betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the La Liga 2 match on August 31st, 2024

Almería and Sporting Gijón will play on Saturday, August 31st, 2024, at 19:30h (UTC), in a La Liga 2 game to be held in Spain, check the Almería vs Sporting Gijón betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Almería vs Sporting Gijón will occur

The game takes place in the small Anexo Estadio de los Juegos del Mediterráneo stadium, in the city of Almeria, with a capacity for 15000 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

See everything about the match live on Betarena, including statistics, events and odds, and everything that can help with your sports betting.

Introduction to the Almería vs Sporting Gijón betting tip 2024/2025

Almería comes from a win in the last match played. On that occasion the opponent was Tenerife, in a match valid for La Liga 2, and the match ended 0-1. Coach J. Ferrer Sicilia's team lined up with this formation: 4-2-3-1.

The forecast was that the match between the two teams would be quite close, hence the home win had odds of 3.10.

A key player in the victory Almería, Luis Javier Suárez was one of the few athletes who achieved any individual prominence in the contest. In a performance without much inspiration from the team, he helped a lot for a positive result.

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a draw in the last round. In a dispute valid for La Liga 2, Sporting Gijón, who used a 4-3-3 formation, faced the Eldense team with a final score of 0-0.

Prior to the match, there were signs indicating that the game would be evenly matched between the two teams. As a result, a draw with odds around 3.30 seemed like a plausible and expected outcome.

Almería was in 3rd place in the La Liga 2 while Sporting Gijón was in 17th place, the last time these teams faced each other. Almería team entered the field with the 4-2-3-1 formation, the same tactic Sporting Gijón used in the match.

The previous match between these teams was a cliffhanger.

The most recent precedent between these two clubs was in 25-04-2022, in the 2021/2022 season of the La Liga 2, which ended with a 1-0 win for Almería.

Almería

Current leaderboard

Up until 3rd round, Almería are currently ranked 6th place in the table, on 4 points.

Almería analysis

Currently, in the La Liga 2, Almería sums 3 goals for and a total of 2 goals against, after 2 rounds played.

As we approach the Regular Season, Almería is set for another intriguing match. In the inaugural game, the team had 5.5 shots on target, providing a glimpse into their attacking potential. This statistic adds an element of anticipation for the upcoming match, as we await to see how Almería will navigate their offensive strategies in this encounter.

The last game saw Almería goalkeeper, Luís Maximiano, who was brought on board this season, play a crucial role in the team's triumph. He made an impressive 5 saves during the match against Tenerife, once again validating the team's decision to hire him and establishing his place as a regular starter.

Sporting Gijón

Current leaderboard

Sporting Gijón is actually in 16th place winning 1 point from their matches so far this season, in the 3rd round.

Sporting Gijón analysis

Sporting Gijón counted 1 goals scored and 2 conceded at the end of La Liga 2 day number 2.

Teams with ball possession above 50% typically have some control over the opponents. Therefore, the Sporting Gijón team usually tries to control the game with an average ball possession of 63%.

One of the team's signings for the season still seems to be in a slow pace of adaptation. Eric Curbelo played another underwhelming game in the club's last appearance, against Eldense. He failed to show the expected security and did not help Sporting Gijón to come out with the victory.

For bettors some entries may be relevant for this game, namely:

As we are at the beginning of the competition, there is still little data to be studied, that allows suggestions for good bets. However, it is important to note that, usually, in the first games of a tournament, the matches have goals in the first half. The teams are still getting familiar, and there is no interest in maintaining any specific result due to the leaderboard.

Corners Top Betting Tips

Although the sample is still small, and therefore less accurate, due to the tournament being in the initial rounds, it is already possible to have an average of corners won by these teams. Adding the number of corner shots of these two teams, we reach an average of 7 per game.

Sporting Gijón is usually quite offensive in their matches, and this has resulted in a high average of corner kicks in the competition. Currently, the team averages 6.5 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Sporting Gijón in this match.

Goals Top Betting Tips

A good betting parameter could be the number of goals scored and conceded by both teams at the start of the championship round. Almería didn't score any goal in the last round of the competition and conceded in 2 opportunities, while Sporting Gijón scored 1 time and conceded 2 goals as well.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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