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Valencia vs Gijon Prediction & Betting tips
The biggest surprise of the round of 16 knockout rounds in the Spanish Copa del Rey was definitely in Gijon last week. The second division side were able to beat the Champions League starters Valencia 2: 1 in front of their home crowd, keeping alive the dream of entering the quarter-finals. Next Tuesday, the return match at the Estadio de Mestalla, where the ambitious first division will logically go into the race as a favorite. In the match Valencia vs. Gijon implies the odds of a maximum of 1.26 for a home win a likelihood of a whopping 79%.
The clarity of these quotations is primarily due to the difference in class, although not much was seen of one already a week ago. Given that the “Blanquinegros” won only four of the 19 matches in the Spanish top flight and also won only two of the ten home games, between Valencia and Gijon the prognosis of many may turn in a different direction. In fact, the betting odds seem too high for a surprise move by the outsider, especially considering that in the past of the Spanish Cup competition unexpected results were often on the agenda. For this reason, in the eagerly awaited second round match Valencia vs. Gijon a tip on the entry into the next round of Sporting Gijon quite well made. In case of success, the payout of the 3.5-fold bet beckons.
Valencia:
Last season ended Valencia in strong fourth place and qualified for the first time since 2015/2016 for the UEFA Champions League. In the current season, however, the “bats” are clearly lagging behind their own expectations and have to settle for ten places after 19 matchdays. The back of the ranks, which entitle them to re-enter the premier class, has already reached ten points, making it a difficult task to make up for that gap. The yield is even so disappointing with only 23 counters that even the descent ghost should prophylactically book a hotel place in the east of the Iberian peninsula. Particularly shocking is the fact that the team of coach Marcelino throughout the season of La Liga only four games could decide for themselves. In contrast to eleven draws (league high) and four bankruptcies.
Especially interesting to our Valencia vs. To justify Gijon’s tip, the argument of the mostly harmless offensive appears. Indeed, in the highest Spanish league, there is not a single club that has scored fewer goals than the Champions League starter from Valencia (17). Only once succeeded the Marcelino-Elf a success with at least two goals advantage. Even in the fourth round of the Copa del Rey, the “Blanquinegros” did not sting with fame and struggled at home against the third division side CD Ebro to a meager 1-0 victory. Although this result would be sufficient on Tuesday evening against Gijon, but the form has increasingly suffered in recent days and weeks. In La Liga, Valencia is just one in three out of the last six matches. Despite the certainly higher quality compared to the second division, it is difficult – solely from a statistical approach – to make a prognosis in favor of the home side between Valencia and Gijon – also because of the low quotas. By the way, if the “bats” concede a goal in Mestalla, they will need three own goals to reach the quarter-finals after regular time. The offensively harmless Valencians scored three goals in one match only in two of the 28 competitive games 2018/2019.
Gijon:
Sporting Gijon is not a typical second division team. The club from the autonomous community of Asturias has been active in the upper house for six of the past ten seasons and missed the hairpin the previous resurgence in the previous year. The stadium is absolutely erstligatauglich with a capacity of 30,000 seats and the financial resources are likely to be present, the bottom line also to soon to take the next start-up to La Liga. In the current season, however, it is difficult to fix the return, especially since the gap to the playoff positions after 21 matchdays is eight points. On the one hand, on the one hand, of course, it has to be rated negative, but on the other hand, it also offers the opportunity to focus more on the Spanish Cup. A quarter-final entry would be a huge thing for the second division, which could lift up the disappointing performance in the dreary league everyday life something. Thanks to a 2-1 home win against Valencia a week ago, Gijon’s dream of progressing to the round of the last eight lives more than ever.
Similar to the Valencia counterpart, Sporting Gijon in the Segunda Division is usually more minimalistic. With 18 goals conceded the team of coach Jose Alberto Lopez has one of the best defensive players in the league. In general, the only 36-year-old trainer is THE guarantor of success of the former first division club. In mid-November Lopez was promoted from the second to the first team and can now show a strong average of 1.78 points per game. In nine competitive games under his leadership, the Red and White conceded only one defeat. The constitution is therefore very neat, especially since the table winners at the weekend even with the leaders in Albacete took a point (1: 1). It was already the fourth League away game in a row, which was not lost. It may also be important to note that Gijon already knocked out a qualitatively stronger opponent in the fourth round of the Copa del Rey with Eibar. At that time, the underdog – after a 2-0 first-leg win – fought a respectable 2-2 in Eibar. The same result would be enough on Tuesday to fill between Valencia and Gijon, the high rates to get on the score with life.
Valencia vs Gijon head to head matches
08.01.19 CDR Gijon Valencia 2 : 1
11.03.17 LL Valencia Gijon 1 : 1
16.10.16 LL Gijon Valencia 1 : 2
31.01.16 LL Valencia Gijon 0 : 1
12.09.15 LL Gijon Valencia 0 : 1