Sporting de Gijón vs RCD Espanyol Prediction 9 June 2024
Added on 07 June, 2024
In the first round of a two-stage playoff, Sporting Gijon and Espanyol will compete for the right to compete in La Liga!
Sporting Gijon have not been among the elite for a whole decade, and now they have finally come as close as possible to this achievement. After games with Espanyol (0:0), Andorra (5:2), Leganes (1:2), Eibar (1:0) and Eldense (1:0), the Asturians finished the Segunda regular season in fifth place with 65 points and a goal difference 51:42.
Espanyol earned 69 points with goal statistics of 59:40 and finished fourth. Not the best result, given the Parrots' ambitions and the accident of their relegation from La Liga last year. Over the past month, the Catalans got victories over Real Oviedo (2:1) and Cartagena (3:0), and also recorded ties 0:0 with Sporting Gijon, 0:0 with Valladolid and 0:0 with Amorebieta.
We think that the teams will play as carefully as they did in the recent head-to-head league match. Still, there is too much at stake to take unnecessary risks, and the level of the opponents is approximately identical.
Under 2.5 goals in the match 1.60