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- Cadiz have won 5, drawn 2 and lost 3 of their 10 home LaLiga 2 matches this season, conceding 0.90 goals per game.
- Cadiz sit 7th with 31 points after 20 matches, one point ahead of Sporting Gijon in eighth after the same number of games.
- Cadiz play a compact, low-risk style of soccer.
- Gaizka Garitano’s side are patient in possession, sitting in a mid-block, and can be a nuisance when they get the ball, having good width in the wide areas and overloading the half-spaces when they can.
Away - Sporting Gijon
- Sporting Gijon have won 4 and lost 5 of their 9 away matches in LaLiga 2, averaging 1.00 away goals per match.
- The visitors come into the fixture in slightly better form, having won their last two matches on the road.
- Sporting Gijon, on the other hand, have a more vertical approach and can be a threat on the counter-attack and from set-pieces.
Key Players
- Cadiz
- Iuri Tabatadze has been a reliable goal scorer for Cadiz, leading their scoring charts with 5 goals in 16 LaLiga 2 appearances so far.
- But Dawda Camara has been in a red-hot form, scoring four of Cadiz’s nine goals over the past five matches.
- Alvaro Pascual is their assist king and a creative spark, setting up 3 goals in the same five-match spell.
- Sporting Gijon
- Jonathan Dubasin is Sporting Gijon’s man of the moment, topping their scoring chart with 8 goals in 16 league appearances, while Juan Otero is the assist king, picking up 8 assists in 17 games.
Betting Insights
- Therefore, it is no surprise that Sporting are a little longer at 2.9, with Cadiz narrow favorites at 2.65 and the draw paying 3.12.
- The 1.62 odds for under 2.5 goals here represents a good option, as neither side is likely to be too adventurous and both play in a similar style.
- Cadiz have won 5 of their 10 home matches, and Sporting have won 4 of their 9 on the road, scoring exactly one goal per away outing this season.
- There’s a good chance that the under bet lands here, making it a cagey chess match that could go either way.
Prediction
Sporting have been more free-scoring than their opponents of late, but Cadiz are a more solid outfit with a home record that makes them a slight favorite for the win on Friday.
