Girona and Sporting de Gijón you see the faces in a key duel for both teamss in his aspirations to qualify for the plaoyff for promotion to First Division. This duel of the in the thirty-ninth day of the Smartbank League It seems vital with only four dates to play in the regular phase of the competition.
The team trained by Francisco currently occupies the seventh place in the standings with 61 points, thanks to his excellent streak of four consecutive victories, with the option of entering the promotion playoff zone if he scores in this match. Now he faces a Sporting, fifth, with which it has practically total parity (it also adds 61 points after beating Lugo 1-0), so it can be considered a six-point duel, so the Girona team can add and stop adding your rival.
Both teams are now tied with the Vallecano Ray, who put pressure on them this Sunday after their victory in Fuenlabrada (1-2). Therefore, the team that takes the victory can separate two direct rivals with just three games left in the regular phase.
The Girona comes from winning Saragossa by 3-0 in Montilivi, to the Real
Oviedo by 0-1 in the Carlos Tartiere, to the Tenerife at home 1-0 and at Logroñés on Las Gaunas by a resounding 1-4. The return of Christian Stuani has given a quality leap to the attack front of the Girona, who wants to return to promotion playoff to achieve the goal that eluded him in the final match last season, where he yielded to the Elche de Pache
ta (back then), against the one who lost in Montilivi by 0-1.
The GironaTherefore, he has scored 9 goals in the last four games, a scoring average of more than two per game. Taking into account that you have written down 43 goals in 38 gamesIt can be said that the Catalan team is going through its best moment of the season.
Precisely, far from this dynamic from less to more that leads the Girona is the Sporting de Gijón, despite winning Lugo last day at his stadium in El Molinón. The Asturian team, trained by David gallego (former Espanyol coach), is even on points with the Girona team, also with 61 points, but they have only won this match in the last six games.
The Gijon team, yes, has a Djurdjevic which is in full dispute of the top scorer in the Smartbank League with Raúl de Tomás, forward of Spanish. The Montenegrin striker wants to add more goals to his account, after a significant run of drought in front of the opposite goal.
In the first round, both teams met at the stadium of the El Molinón, where he Sporting de Gijón was imposed by 2-0, thanks to the goals of Uros Djurdjevic, which was decisive for the victory of the Asturian team, which had Stuani was absent at the time due to injury.
When do you play Girona – Sporting de Gijón?
The game is played today, Monday, May 17, at 21.00 hours
Where to see Girona – Sporting de Gijón?
The meeting can be seen openly through GOAL TV. You can follow all the information about the match by Mundo Deportivo website.