Sporting Gijón v CD Eldense
Segunda División | Estadio Municipal El Molinón
Monday, 27 November 2023 @ 8.00pm
CD Eldense face Sporting Gijón on Monday seeking to protect their long unbeaten run in the Segunda División.
CD Eldense are unbeaten in seven, with four wins and three draws, ahead of the 8pm kick-off.
They face a Sporting team who have won three and drawn three over the same number of games.
Sporting are second in the table after 16 games, of which they have won eight and drawn five, earning 29 points.
Eldense are seven places behind Sporting Gijón in ninth, with six wins and five draws putting them on 23 points.
In Orlando Rubén Yáñez Alabart, the home team can rely on one of the league's safest pair of hands. He has kept eight clean sheets in his 16 appearances this season, and no 'keeper has prevented the opposition scoring more often in the Segunda División.
In CD Eldense's net, Andoni Zubiaurre has three clean sheets in eight games.
With 23 goals in 16 games so far this season, Sporting are scoring more than average in the league with 1.4 goals per game. And they are conceding fewer than average, letting in 13 goals at a rate of 0.8 per game.
The visitors are also above average scorers, with 1.4 goals per game, compared to a league average of 1.2. They have also conceded 1.4 goals per game.
Sporting's last match was on November 18, a 0-0 draw against AD Alcorcón.
Eldense drew 2-2 with Mirandés last time out, on November 19, with Mario Soberón Gutiérrez on the scoresheet.