Racing Santander vs Sporting Gijón betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Spanish Cup match on December 04th, 2024

Racing Santander and Sporting Gijón are scheduled to play against each other on December 04th, 2024, Wednesday, in a Spanish Cup match to be held in Spain, check the Racing Santander vs Sporting Gijón betting tip and prediction to win with your bets.

We are now at the tournament stage where the teams from the lower divisions that managed to win the past matches try to stay alive, having to face theoretically stronger teams from the La Liga 2 or even from the La Liga.

It's at this stage that the bettors can start paying attention to the surprise teams, which aren't usually favorites in their matches, studying their last games in the competition, in comparison with the current form of the teams from the upper echelons, which start their way in the Spanish Cup at this time.

Unlike other competitions, the Spanish Cup has a one-leg format per round, with the exception of the semi-final which is played two-legged. Thus, each game will be seen as a final and there is no room to let the guard down.

The game is set to be played in the Campos de Sport de El Sardinero stadium, in the city of Santander, with a capacity for 22222 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

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Introduction to the Racing Santander vs Sporting Gijón betting tip 2024/2025

Two teams from the national lower division will be playing in this match, which guarantees a competitive game, disputed until the last minute. The home factor in these qualifiers also influences and allows the home team to dream of advancing to the next phase.

In the matches for this competition, there are always different match facts. And, if wins are always needed to get to this stage (including overtime and/or penalties), we have to look at other criteria that makes them get here. Racing Santander performance to this stage is 4 goals scored and still 3 against.

On the other hand, Sporting Gijón come this far with 1 goals scored and 0 conceded.

The last time these teams faced each other was in a La Liga 2 match on 14-09-2024, during the 2024/2025 season, which resulted in a 1-0 victory for the Racing Santander team.

And while we're on the historical factor, it's important to point out that it's always pertinent to consider the history of relevance in the competition, so for this game it doesn't make that much difference, as neither team has had the honor of adding a Spanish Cup trophy to their respective trophy cabinet.

Regarding the current form of the teams, based on statistical data, we can assume that after five games, the Sporting Gijón team achieved more level results, accumulating 3 wins when compared to Racing Santander, which won 2 games.

Racing Santander

Trying to make the home advantage count in this game, the team coached by José Alberto López Menéndez should adopt an offensive stance in the match. After all, we know how much difference playing at home can make in a Cup match. Therefore, the tendency is to see the team in the offensive sector most of the time, thus causing a higher number of corners and shots.

At the moment, in the La Liga 2, the Racing Santander emblem has 11 wins, 2 defeats and 4 draws, making a total of 37 points after 17 rounds, ranking them in 1st place. Adding to this data, the Racing Santander team goes with a total of 25 goals scored and 13 goals conceded.

Racing Santander come from a defeat in the last match. The game against Mirandés, valid for the La Liga 2, ended with a 0-1. The team coached by J. López Menéndez lined up in the last match with a 4-2-3-1 formation.

As we are still in the initial phase of this great competition, there is no history of recent data of Racing Santander in this competition, information and statistical data regarding the performance of this team in its championship at the beginning of the season will be analyzed.In more depth later in this article. It should be noted that the data that will be presented relating to the early stages of competitions may vary depending on the opponents faced in the few games this season.

The point that needs to be analyzed now is the main objective of every team, which is to score goals. It's evident that Racing Santander, in both their major domestic competitions (La Liga 2 and Spanish Cup), has successfully scored a total of 29 goals in this 2024/2025 season.

On the other hand, the Racing Santander team's defense and goalkeeping now adds up to a total of 16 goals conceded this season in their two main domestic competitions.

Sporting Gijón

Playing away from home, it is possible that Sporting Gijón will adopt a slightly more defensive posture, aiming to get at least a draw from their rival. We know how difficult it is to score goals as an away team, especially in a Cup match, when the hosts try their best to take advantage of this factor. Therefore, the tendency is for few goals from the away team.

At the moment, in the La Liga 2, the Sporting Gijón team has 7 wins, 4 defeats and 5 draws, giving them a total of 26 points after 16 rounds, ranking them in 4th place. Also, the Sporting Gijón team goes with a total of 24 goals scored and 17 goals conceded.

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 Deportivo La Coruña team with a final score of 1-1.

On the last matchday of the premier competition of Spanish football, the team of Sporting Gijón faced and beat the team of Numancia, with a score of 1-0, in a game counting for the 1st Round putting them in the game against Racing Santander.

Let's evaluate the critical point that concerns the primary objective of all teams, which is to score goals. Sporting Gijón, in both their major domestic competitions (La Liga 2 and Spanish Cup), has scored a total of 25 goals in this 2024/2025 season.

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Score market betting suggestions

The beginning stages of a cup usually feature extremes. This means that we frequently witness matches between teams with significant technical differences or those with comparable abilities. To predict the match's trajectory, it's crucial to consider the division of the national league that each team plays in. This allows us to understand the gap between the two teams' levels and forecast the potential number of goals to be scored.

The best time to place bets is between 75-90 minutes as some study have shown this to be where most goals happen.

In order to generate a good prediction on the goal market for this match, we must first analyze the average number of goals in each team's games this season. Thus, we were able to obtain that in their matches, the Racing Santander team scores a total of 4 goals on average and accumulates a total of 3 goals conceded.

On the other hand, in the matches of Sporting Gijón, they score an average of 1 goals per match and conceed a total of 0 goals.

Corners market betting suggestions

The corners market can help a favorable return on your bets, the average team corners per game are 5.5 corners.

Individual Analysis of Corner Kicks

In order to generate a good prediction in the corner kicks market for this match, we must first analyze this average individually in each team's games in this season. Thus, we have that Racing Santander can obtain, on average, a total of 8 corners in its favor in each match.

On the other hand, in games where Sporting Gijón is present, this team obtains an average of 3 corners. Our analysis leads us to believe that this selection is a smart bet, as the combined average of corner kicks per match for both teams is greater than 9.5 corners this season.