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› Users favouring homewin: 0     › Users favouring over 2.5: 0
› Users favouring awaywin: 0     › Users favouring under 2.5: 0
› Users favouring draw: 0

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Sporting Gijon - Espanyol (1 - 0):

Primera Division (Spain)
2009/2010

Vital Stats and Trends Summary:

› Trends favouring homewin (Sporting Gijon) (Trends: 2 Stars: 4)
› Trends favouring awaywin (Espanyol) (Trends: 0 Stars: 0)
› Trends favouring draw (Trends: 9 Stars: 17)
› Trends favouring over (Trends: 3 Stars: 3)
› Trends favouring under (Trends: 6 Stars: 7)

› Sporting Gijon home: 2-2-0 6-2
› Sporting Gijon form: 2-3-1 8-5
› Home form: 4-2-0 10-4

› Espanyol away: 1-2-1 3-3
› Espanyol form: 2-4-0 5-3
› Away form: 2-2-2 8-6

News:

Sporting Gijon

2010-01-07 Africa Cup Of Nations Player Profile: Fredi Kanoute – Mali

With the African Cup of Nations tournament in Angola only a few weeks away, Goal.com takes a look at some of the stars who are expected to shine brightly…

2010-01-06 Sporting Gijon agree to sell Michel

Sporting Gijon have accepted a bid from Birmingham City for their star player Michel. But the Primera Division side have requested more time to find a replacement before finalising the deal.

2010-01-06 Sporting agree Michel sale

Sporting Gijon have accepted a bid from Birmingham for Michel, but have requested time to find a replacement.

2010-01-06 Wigan Athletic Trailing Niall McGinn & Roberto Canella, Could Sell Maynor Figueroa - Report

The Latics are looking to make some moves in the transfer market...

2010-01-05 Birmingham revive £3m bid for Sporting's Michel

Birmingham are closing in on the signing of Sporting Gijon midfielder Michel in a £3 million deal.

2010-01-04 Sporting weigh up Michel bid

Sporting Gijon are reported to be mulling over an offer from Birmingham for midfield ace Michel.

2010-01-03 Malaga Coach Juan Ramon Lopez Muniz Satisfied With Sporting Gijon Draw (Goal.com)

The former Racing coach was happy to leave with a priceless point...

2010-01-03 Malaga Coach Juan Ramon Lopez Muniz Satisfied With Sporting Gijon Draw

The former Racing coach was happy to leave with a priceless point...

2010-01-02 Blues close on Michel

Skysports.com understands that Birmingham City are closing in on a deal for Sporting Gijon star Michel.

2009-12-31 Sporting rule out Michel sale

Sporting Gijon have no plans to sell highly-rated midfielder Michel during the January transfer window.

Espanyol

2010-01-07 Santa Cruz mag alweer vertrekken bij Man. City

Roque Santa Cruz mag op zoek gaan naar een nieuwe werkgever. De Paraguayaanse aanvaller heeft van Manchester City-trainer Roberto Mancini te horen gekregen dat hij mag vertrekken. Espanyol heeft inmiddels zich gemeld om de speler te huren, meldt The Daily Mail. Santa Cruz werd afgelopen zomer...

2010-01-06 Mauricio Pochettino Bemoans Espanyol's Bad Luck

The Espanyol coach believes all his side needs is a little luck...

2010-01-04 Marqués y Tamudo se entrenan con normalidad

Los futbolistas del Espanyol Fernando Marqués y Raúl Tamudo han superado los problemas musculares que arrastraban desde hace semanas y este lunes se han entrenado al mismo ritmo que el resto de compañeros.  Leer

2010-01-03 Pochettino Proud Of Espanyol Despite Valencia Loss (Goal.com)

Los Periquitos lost in the last minute...

2010-01-03 Pochettino Proud Of Espanyol Despite Valencia Loss

Los Periquitos lost in the last minute...

2010-01-03 Emery: Valencia Deserved To Beat Espanyol (Goal.com)

Los Che triumphed in the last minute...

2010-01-02 Primera Liga round-up

Barcelona dropped points at home for the first time this season as Valencia snatched a last-gasp win over Espanyol.

2010-01-02 Pochettino: "Albelda debió ver la segunda amarilla en la primera parte"

El entrenador del Espanyol afirmó que duele perder en el tiempo de prolongación, pero que el "fútbol tiene esas cosas" y que lo que le deja satisfecho es la actuación de su equipo, ya que con ese juego "habrá más alegrías que tristezas".  Leer

2010-01-02 Zigic rescata el Valencia en el descuento

Un gol buen remate de cabeza del delantero serbio en el tiempo de prolongación ha dado el triunfo al Valencia ante el Espanyol (1-0) en Mestalla.  Leer. Escuchar

2010-01-02 Valencia 1-0 Espanyol: Nikola Zigic Heads Los Che To Victory With Late Goal

The Blanc-i-Blau goalkeeper and the woodwork had denied Los Che for 92 minutes until the towering Serb popped up...

Team Status:

We compare a team's form to their natural cyclus over their last 30 games.

Overall

› Sporting Gijon: Uptrend
Form: 2-3-1 (9 points, 1.50 avg)
Last 30 matches: 10-5-15 (35 points, 1.17 avg)

› Espanyol: Neutral
Form: 2-4-0 (10 points, 1.67 avg)
Last 30 matches: 12-10-8 (46 points, 1.53 avg)

Home/Away

› Sporting Gijon: Uptrend
Home form: 4-2-0 (14 points, 2.33 avg)
Last 15 homematches: 7-3-5 (24 points, 1.60 avg)

› Espanyol: Neutral
Away form: 2-2-2 (8 points, 1.33 avg)
Last 15 awaymatches: 4-6-5 (18 points, 1.20 avg)

Table:

Home Away All
Matches Goals Matches Goals Matches Goals
AllWDLForAgaPts AllWDLForAgaPts AllWDLForAgaPts
1 Barcelona 4 4 0 0 15 3 12 5 3 2 0 9 2 11 9 7 2 0 24 5 23
2 Real Madrid 5 5 0 0 17 4 15 4 2 1 1 6 2 7 9 7 1 1 23 6 22
3 Sevilla 4 3 1 0 8 2 10 5 3 0 2 8 3 9 9 6 1 2 16 5 19
4 Mallorca 5 5 0 0 13 1 15 4 0 2 2 3 8 2 9 5 2 2 16 9 17
5 Deportivo 5 3 1 1 6 4 10 4 2 0 2 6 7 6 9 5 1 3 12 11 16
6 Valencia 4 1 3 0 6 4 6 5 3 0 2 9 6 9 9 4 3 2 15 10 15
7 Sporting Gijon 4 2 2 0 6 2 8 5 1 2 2 5 8 5 9 3 4 2 11 10 13
8 Espanyol 5 2 2 1 5 6 8 4 1 2 1 3 3 5 9 3 4 2 8 9 13
9 Athletic Bilbao 5 3 0 2 6 8 9 4 1 1 2 3 5 4 9 4 1 4 9 13 13
10 Osasuna 5 2 2 1 6 4 8 4 1 1 2 5 6 4 9 3 3 3 11 10 12
11 Getafe 4 3 0 1 7 4 9 5 1 0 4 5 10 3 9 4 0 5 12 14 12
12 Real Zaragoza 5 3 1 1 9 5 10 4 0 1 3 4 13 1 9 3 2 4 13 18 11
13 Villarreal 5 2 2 1 8 4 8 4 0 1 3 4 7 1 9 2 3 4 12 11 9
14 Real Valladolid 4 1 1 2 9 8 4 5 1 2 2 5 9 5 9 2 3 4 14 17 9
15 Almeria 4 1 2 1 3 5 5 5 1 1 3 5 7 4 9 2 3 4 8 12 9
16 Tenerife 4 3 0 1 4 2 9 5 0 0 5 1 15 0 9 3 0 6 5 17 9
17 Malaga 5 2 0 3 6 6 6 4 0 1 3 3 6 1 9 2 1 6 9 12 7
18 Racing Santander 4 0 1 3 3 10 1 5 1 3 1 7 7 6 9 1 4 4 10 17 7
19 Atletico Madrid 4 1 3 0 6 5 6 5 0 1 4 4 14 1 9 1 4 4 10 19 7
20 Xerez 5 1 1 3 3 8 4 4 0 1 3 0 8 1 9 1 2 6 3 16 5

Simulator:

The simulator uses vital stats, trends, history, systems, form and other data to give a strength factor between the teams. Value odds is indicated after the estimation.

› Homewin: 33% (value odds 3.02)

› Awaywin: 21% (value odds 4.67)

› Draw: 45% (value odds 2.20)

› Over: 41% (value odds 2.42)

› Under: 59% (value odds 1.70)

Expected Score:

› Sporting Gijon: 1.02

› Espanyol: 0.73

› Total: 1.75


› Over: 35%

› Under: 65%

Team Trends:

When a team has been into action we track how they have done in tens of different situations. If a trend emerge and the team is facing such a situation, we present it to you. The more significant the trend is, the more stars we add.

Trends favouring homewin (Sporting Gijon) (Trends: 2 Stars: 4)

› Sporting Gijon playing against offensively poor awayteams the last 3 seasons. [won 13/ 19] [68.42%] [1*]
› Sporting Gijon after drawing in their last homematch the last 3 seasons. [won 6/ 7] [85.71%] [3*]

Trends favouring awaywin (Espanyol) (Trends: 0 Stars: 0)

No trends favouring awaywin.

Trends favouring draw (Trends: 9 Stars: 17)

› Sporting Gijon playing against good teams the current season. [draw 3/ 6] [50.00%] [3*]
› Sporting Gijon playing against teams with average elo rating the current season. [draw 4/ 9] [44.44%] [2*]
› Sporting Gijon playing in weekend the current season. [draw 3/ 7] [42.86%] [2*]
› Espanyol playing against teams with average elo rating the current season. [draw 4/ 9] [44.44%] [2*]
› Espanyol playing in weekend the current season. [draw 4/ 8] [50.00%] [3*]
› Espanyol playing in weekend at away the last 3 seasons. [draw 14/ 39] [35.90%] [1*]
› Espanyol playing against defensively good hometeams the last 3 seasons. [draw 4/ 10] [40.00%] [2*]
› Espanyol playing against offensively average teams the last 3 seasons. [draw 9/ 24] [37.50%] [1*]
› Espanyol playing against offensively average hometeams the last 3 seasons. [draw 4/ 11] [36.36%] [1*]

Trends favouring over (Trends: 3 Stars: 3)

› Sporting Gijon playing against good teams the current season. [over 4/ 6] [66.67%] [1*]
› Sporting Gijon playing against good teams the last 3 seasons. [over 18/ 30] [60.00%] [1*]
› Espanyol playing against good teams the last 3 seasons. [over 21/ 34] [61.76%] [1*]

Trends favouring under (Trends: 6 Stars: 7)

› Sporting Gijon playing against defensively good teams the last 3 seasons. [under 12/ 19] [63.16%] [1*]
› Sporting Gijon playing against defensively good awayteams the last 3 seasons. [under 9/ 13] [69.23%] [1*]
› Espanyol playing in weekend the current season. [under 5/ 8] [62.50%] [1*]
› Espanyol playing in November the last 3 seasons. [under 6/ 10] [60.00%] [1*]
› Espanyol playing against defensively good hometeams the last 3 seasons. [under 7/ 10] [70.00%] [2*]
› Espanyol playing against offensively average teams the last 3 seasons. [under 16/ 24] [66.67%] [1*]

ELO Ratings:

The rating was originally developed by Arpad Elo for rating chess players. The basic idea is that you should be rated by how you do versus the strength of your opponent. A poor team winning against a strong team will recieve a better rating than if the strong team won against a poor team. Each team start with 1500 in rating at the start of each season.

Sporting Gijon
› ELO Rating 10 matches ago: 0.0
› ELO Rating 6 matches ago: 1488.6
› ELO Rating 3 matches ago: 1502.5

› Current ELO Rating: 1494.9

Espanyol
› ELO Rating 10 matches ago: 0.0
› ELO Rating 6 matches ago: 1489.2
› ELO Rating 3 matches ago: 1490.4

› Current ELO Rating: 1481.7

ELO Trend
Match 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Sporting Gijon 1485.0 1495.4 1493.6 1488.6 1473.0 1487.8 1502.5 1495.5 1494.9
Espanyol 1485.0 1464.8 1478.5 1489.2 1482.6 1480.8 1490.4 1487.5 1481.7

Power Ratings:

A rating system based not only on results, but also how they are achieved. It is based on the ELO Rating system, but teams are also rewarded for scoring or conceeding goals.

Sporting Gijon
› Power Rating 10 matches ago: 0.00
› Power Rating 6 matches ago: 9.95
› Power Rating 3 matches ago: 10.03

› Current Power Rating: 10.03

Espanyol
› Power Rating 10 matches ago: 0.00
› Power Rating 6 matches ago: 9.95
› Power Rating 3 matches ago: 9.98

› Current Power Rating: 9.98

Power Rating Trend
Match 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Sporting Gijon 9.93 9.95 9.95 9.95 9.93 10.00 10.03 10.03 10.03
Espanyol 9.97 9.90 9.93 9.95 9.95 9.95 9.98 9.98 9.98

Systems:

Easy systems based on performances like winning matches and scoring goals. The systems have proven value with years of testing. Look for corresponding systems forecasting same results. Estimated results are shown.

› Point Ratio System: 0.75 (indicates awaywin)

› Game Form System: 3 (indicates homewin)

› Weighted Form System: 6 (indicates homewin)

› Goal Superiority System: 0 (indicates draw) (last 10)

› Goal Superiority System: 1 (indicates draw) (last 6)

› Scoring Ability System: 2 (indicates draw) (last 10)

› Scoring Ability System: 3 (indicates draw) (last 6)

› Percentage Win System: 38% (homewin) 50% (draw) 13% (awaywin)

› Defensor System: 0.33 (indicates awaywin)

Stats for hometeam (Sporting Gijon):

Table: (games played, won-drawn-lost, scored-conceeded, points)
› Overall: 9 3-4-2 11-10 13
› At home: 4 2-2-0 6-2 8

Total Goal Score: (over, under)
› Overall: 4-5
› At home: 1-3

Scoring:
› Overall: scoring 1.22 goals per match
› At home: scoring 1.50 goals per match

Conceding:
› Overall: allowing 1.11 goals per match
› At home: allowing 0.50 goals per match

Form:
› Overall: DLWWDD 2-3-1
› Home: WWWDWD 4-2-0

ELO Rating: 1494.9

Last 10 Matches Overall:

Nov 01 2009 away Deportivo 1-1 draw under
Oct 24 2009 home Real Madrid 0-0 draw under
Oct 18 2009 away Athletic Bilbao 2-1 won over
Oct 04 2009 home Mallorca 4-1 won over
Sep 27 2009 away Osasuna 0-1 lost under
Sep 24 2009 home Real Zaragoza 1-1 draw under
Sep 20 2009 away Valencia 2-2 draw over
Sep 13 2009 home Almeria 1-0 won under
Aug 31 2009 away Barcelona 0-3 lost over
May 31 2009 home Recreativo Huelva 2-1 won over

Summary: 4-4-2 O-U: 5-5 Avg. score: 2.40 Median score: 3.00 Goals: 13-11

Last 10 Matches At Home:

Oct 24 2009 home Real Madrid 0-0 draw under
Oct 04 2009 home Mallorca 4-1 won over
Sep 24 2009 home Real Zaragoza 1-1 draw under
Sep 13 2009 home Almeria 1-0 won under
May 31 2009 home Recreativo Huelva 2-1 won over
May 17 2009 home Malaga 2-1 won over
May 03 2009 home Athletic Bilbao 1-1 draw under
Apr 23 2009 home Espanyol 0-3 lost over
Apr 12 2009 home Valencia 2-3 lost over
Apr 05 2009 home Racing Santander 0-2 lost under

Summary: 4-3-3 O-U: 5-5 Avg. score: 2.60 Median score: 3.00 Goals: 13-13

Stats for awayteam (Espanyol):

Table: (games played, won-drawn-lost, scored-conceeded, points)
› Overall: 9 3-4-2 8-9 13
› At away: 4 1-2-1 3-3 5

Total Goal Score: (over, under)
› Overall: 4-5
› At away: 1-3

Scoring:
› Overall: scoring 0.89 goals per match
› At away: scoring 0.75 goals per match

Conceding:
› Overall: allowing 1.00 goals per match
› At away: allowing 0.75 goals per match

Form:
› Overall: WDDWDD 2-4-0
› Away: LWLWDD 2-2-2

ELO Rating: 1481.7

Last 10 Matches Overall:

Nov 01 2009 home Real Valladolid 1-1 draw under
Oct 24 2009 away Sevilla 0-0 draw under
Oct 18 2009 home Tenerife 2-1 won over
Oct 04 2009 away Villarreal 0-0 draw under
Sep 27 2009 home Xerez 0-0 draw under
Sep 23 2009 home Malaga 2-1 won over
Sep 19 2009 away Deportivo 3-2 won over
Sep 12 2009 home Real Madrid 0-3 lost over
Aug 30 2009 away Athletic Bilbao 0-1 lost under
May 31 2009 home Malaga 3-0 won over

Summary: 4-4-2 O-U: 5-5 Avg. score: 2.00 Median score: 3.00 Goals: 11-9

Last 10 Matches Away:

Oct 24 2009 away Sevilla 0-0 draw under
Oct 04 2009 away Villarreal 0-0 draw under
Sep 19 2009 away Deportivo 3-2 won over
Aug 30 2009 away Athletic Bilbao 0-1 lost under
May 23 2009 away Almeria 3-0 won over
May 10 2009 away Atletico Madrid 2-3 lost over
Apr 23 2009 away Sporting Gijon 3-0 won over
Apr 12 2009 away Numancia 0-0 draw under
Mar 22 2009 away Osasuna 0-1 lost under
Mar 07 2009 away Villarreal 0-1 lost under

Summary: 3-3-4 O-U: 4-6 Avg. score: 1.90 Median score: 1.00 Goals: 11-8

History:

Overall History

Nov 20 1994 Espanyol - Sporting Gijon 1-1 draw under
Apr 23 1995 Sporting Gijon - Espanyol 0-0 draw under
Oct 08 1995 Espanyol - Sporting Gijon 0-0 draw under
Feb 25 1996 Sporting Gijon - Espanyol 2-3 awaywin over
Sep 02 1996 Espanyol - Sporting Gijon 2-3 awaywin over
Feb 02 1997 Sporting Gijon - Espanyol 4-3 homewin over
Nov 24 1997 Espanyol - Sporting Gijon 1-1 draw under
Apr 05 1998 Sporting Gijon - Espanyol 1-0 homewin under
Nov 30 2008 Espanyol - Sporting Gijon 0-1 awaywin under
Apr 23 2009 Sporting Gijon - Espanyol 0-3 awaywin over

Summary (overall): 2-4-4 O-U: 4-6 Avg. score: 2.60 Median score: 2.00

Summary (3 years): 0-0-2 O-U: 1-1 Avg. score: 2.00 Median score: 2.00

Trend: Sporting Gijon is 4-4-2

Trend 3 years: Neither team is favoured based on history.

Home - Away History

Apr 23 1995 Sporting Gijon - Espanyol 0-0 draw under
Feb 25 1996 Sporting Gijon - Espanyol 2-3 awaywin over
Feb 02 1997 Sporting Gijon - Espanyol 4-3 homewin over
Apr 05 1998 Sporting Gijon - Espanyol 1-0 homewin under
Apr 23 2009 Sporting Gijon - Espanyol 0-3 awaywin over

Summary (overall): 2-1-2 O-U: 3-2 Avg. score: 3.20 Median score: 3.00

Summary (3 years): 0-0-1 O-U: 1-0 Avg. score: 3.00 Median score: 3.00

Trend: Neither team is favoured based on history.

Trend 3 years: Espanyol is 1-0-0