Sporting Gijon vs FC Barcelona Preview 30/01/2010 La liga Primera Division

In spite of the fact that they suffered two straight defeats, Gijon are still in the top part of the standings, way ahead of endangered teams.

Sporting Gijon vs FC Barcelona Preview 30/01/2010 La liga Primera Division

Sporting Gijon vs FC Barcelona Watch live Spanish La Liga (Primera Division) Sporting Gijon vs FC Barcelona kicks off at 20:00 CET football online on a free tv live stream here Barcelona Reporter - Last weekend Gijon suffered second successive defeat, this time at home by Santander. Barca kept their five-point lead over Real, after a routine win over Valladolid (3:0).


Lola Smiljanic, Gijon’s new signing

In spite of the fact that they suffered two straight defeats, Gijon are still in the top part of the standings, way ahead of endangered teams. During the winter transfer window, the club signed Miljan Smiljanic, who came from Espanyol to spend the rest of the season in Sporting on loan. The team lost only six games in the first twelve rounds, mostly away, while they are pretty dangerous at home. After eight years, Gijon and Barca met last season twice and both times Catalans won, while the only time when Gijon managed to win Barca was back in 1994. Santander became the only team after Sevilla that managed to record a minimum win on this ground and having in mind that Barca seem unstoppable, we think that it is about time for Gijon to suffer the first high defeat, which is why we think that Expekt's offer of 1.70 for the host to lose by two or more goals.

A problem for coach Manolo Preciado will certainly be the absence of two regular defenders, Alberto Botia and Jose Angel, who earned serious injuries, s Arnolin and Gerard Autet will play instead. Gijon defense fielded the same line-up in the last round against Santander and they can be satisfied for not conceding more goals, as the visitors missed plenty of chances. Also a big handicap will be the absence of Cannella, Bilic, De Las Cuevas, Gregory and Anderu that will miss the match against Barcelona through injuries, or flu. Having in mind that Barca scored six goals in two games against Gijon last season, we think that Sporting bet's offer of 1.30 for the hosts to concede over 1.5 goals seems tempting.


After Valladolid, Barca set to beat Gijon

The previous clash between Barcelona and Valladolid can be described as cat and mouse play. Actually, Catalans were two up front already after twenty minutes, so we can say that they had an easier practice against Valladolid, who they beat 3:0 with minimum effort. After 19 rounds Leo Messi finally beat David Villa to the top of the score sheet with fifteen goals. Last season Messi missed both games against Sporting through injury, while now we expect him to join the starting line-up. Having in mind that he terrorizes opposing defenders, we have no doubts that short Argentinean will improve his scoring record, so we suggest that you useVictor Chandler's offer of 1.83 for Messi to score.


Barcelona completely deserve the top position on the standings and they are the only unbeaten team in Primera and their form is excellent both at home and away. In the last five away games, the Catalans scored fourteen goals, while Valdez saw only two balls inside his net, which speaks enough of defense's quality. Having in mind that the visitors will take over initiative from the start, we think that defense lead by captain Puyol won’t have much work to do, so think about Betfair’s offer of 1.82 for Barcelona to keep a clean sheet.


Betting verdict


In the last month Sporting suffered two home defeats, so their confidence is shaken. On the other hand Catalans are flawless visitors, but having in mind that the odds on the visitors are too low, we suggest betting on over 2.5 goals.

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