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Espanyol Barcelona will square off against Primera Division newcomers Sporting Gijon, with the hosts being the bookmakers’ favorites at odds of evens.
Espanyol is currently on the 9th place, winning 2 of their 3 home games but getting blown out 0-6 by Real Madrid in the other. The hosts are on the back of an ugly 3-0 win against Deportivo and will surely try to bounce back today, taking confidence from the fact that they were previously on a 2 match winning run, beating strong sides like Real Sociedad and Valencia.
Sporting Gijon started the season in a solid manner, but lost the previous 2 matches against fellow relegation battlers Rayo Vallecano and Betis, dropping dangerously close to the red zone. The big question about Gijon is if their start of the season was a fluke and they are not showing their limits or did they simply play two poor matches in the past two weeks.
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Team news & lineups:
Pape Diop is out for the hosts, with Abraham being a doubt. Gijon’s lineup will be widowed by the presence of Cuellar, while Sanabria and Castro will see late fitness tests.
Espanyol: Pau – Arbilla, Roco, Gonzalez, Duarte – Sanchez, Canas – Perez, Asensio, Alvarez – Caicedo
Gijon: Garcia – Lora, Bernardo, Hernandez, Canella – Halilovic, Cases, Jony, Alvarez – Sanabria, Guerrero
Both of Espanyol’s wins at home this season came by 1 goal and we know that Espanyol is not exactly the side to hand big beatings, preferring to play an organized and disciplined brand of football to get the job done. They will be very focused to bounce back after the ugly loss against Deportivo, but Sporting Gijon will also have plenty of focus after two consecutive losses.
Back Espanyol to win this, they should be too strong at home – but it will not be a walk in the park against a hard working Gijon side. My tip is Espanyol to win by 1 goal, specifically the draw in the -1 European Handicap market. Low-medium stakes would be my recommendation on this bet. Prediction: Espanyol – Sporting Gijon 2-1.
Pick: Draw (Espanyol -1 EH)
Odds: 3.70 @ Pinnacle
Stake: 4
Possible profit: 10.80
Event date: 3 October
