Villarreal B v Sporting Gijón
Segunda División | Estadio de la Cerámica
Saturday, 4 November 2023 @ 3.15pm
Villarreal B welcome Sporting Gijón to Estadio de la Cerámica on Saturday looking to pick up points to end their three-game losing streak.
Villarreal's struggles have left them with five points from their last six Segunda División matches, while their opponents have earned 13 from a possible 18.
Sporting are third in the table after 13 games, of which they have won seven and drawn three, earning 24 points.
Villarreal are 15 places behind Sporting Gijón in 18th, with three wins and four draws putting them on 13 points.
With 19 goals in 13 games so far this season, Villarreal B are scoring more than average in the league with 1.5 goals per game. But they are conceding more than average too, letting in 22 goals at a rate of 1.7 per game.
The away side are also above average scorers, with 1.5 goals per game, compared to a league average of 1.2. They have conceded 0.9 goals per game.
In Gaspar Campos Ansó Fernández, Sporting have one of the league's most on-form strikers so far this season. He has notched six goals in 12 appearances, to sit second in the scoring charts.
His goal rate of one every 139 minutes is quicker than that of Álex Forés Mendoza, the hosts' top scorer with a goal every 175 minutes, and a total of five goals in 13 games.
Villarreal's last match was on Sunday, a 1-0 loss against Leganés.
Sporting beat RCD Espanyol 2-0 last time out, on Saturday, with Juan Ferney Otero Tovar and Víctor Campuzano Bonilla on the scoresheet.