Sporting Gijón

17th in Spanish LaLiga 2

Sporting Gijón

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Cedric Bakambu bags brace as Villarreal maintain European push

Cedric Bakambu scored twice as Villarreal maintained their push for a European place next season with a comfortable 3-1 win over Sporting Gijon.

6Y
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Isco strikes late to keep Real Madrid in control of title race

A last-minute goal from Isco saw LaLiga leaders Real Madrid snatch a dramatic 3-2 win at relegation battlers Sporting Gijon.

6Y
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Real Sociedad up to sixth with win over struggling Sporting Gijon

Real Sociedad remained on course for European qualification after seeing off struggling Sporting Gijon 3-1.

6Y
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Sevilla frustrated in Sporting Gijon stalemate

Jorge Sampaoli's men remain in fourth place after a dismal run that also saw them exit the Champions League.

6Y
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Neymar, Messi, Suarez score as Barcelona thrash Sporting Gijon

Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez all scored as Barcelona thrashed Sporting Gijon 6-1 in La Liga on Wednesday night.

6Y
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Sporting Gijón

SOCCER

Pato on song as Villarreal sweep aside Sporting

Villarreal kept the pressure on LaLiga's top three as Alexandre Pato inspired them to a 3-1 victory away to Sporting Gijon.The Yellow Submarine had just won one of their previous seven matches away from home in the league and scored only five goals, but reversed the form guide in spectacular fashion at El Molinon.Jonathan dos Santos and Nicola Sansone put the visitors 2-0 up at the break and Pato got the goal he deserved with 16 minutes to go before Carlos Carmona pulled one back for Sporting, who remain in deep trouble and have won only one of their last 13 league games.Villarreal were ahead after 10 minutes as Roberto Soriano cut the ball across the area from the left to Dos Santos, who had the time and space to take a touch and rifle a shot high inside Pichu Cuellar's near post.Pato was a constant threat and some intricate footwork combined with a slice of luck took him through the centre of the Sporting defence, but Cuellar spread himself to block.The visitors' second arrived in the 19th minute as Pato's angled shot after a slaloming run seemed destined for the net, but Sansone made sure to tap home from a yard. The Brazilian looked somewhat put out that Sansone had stolen his thunder.Isma Lopez wasted Sporting's best chance when he fired high over the bar from Moi Gomez's cross and Sporting were at sixes and sevens defensively. Manu Trigueros released Sansone who rounded Cuellar, but Jorge Mere made a last-ditch tackle. Somehow Sporting gave the ball away again within seconds, and this time Pato's low drive was just off-target.Sansone made amends, if they were needed, to Pato as the Italian forward crossed low from the left to leave the Brazilian an easy job of sidefooting past Cuellar from close range for the third goal.Carmona added a consolation in the final minute as he got his head in the way of a Bruno Soriano clearance and the ball looped up and over Villarreal goalkeeper Sergio Asenjo.

6Y
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Espanyol 2-1 Sporting Gijón

Espanyol extended their unbeaten run in LaLiga to eight matches and climbed to ninth in the table with a 2-1 home victory over Sporting Gijon.Ecuador forward Felipe Caicedo opened the scoring in the 54th minute with a brave header before Leo Baptistao scored a cracker on the break in the final minute.Duje Cop's free-kick in injury time halved the deficit but it was another encouraging result for Quique Sanchez Flores' men.A turgid first half gave way to a more entertaining second and Espanyol forged ahead when Caicedo got away from his markers too easily and headed in Victor Sanchez's free-kick as Pichu Cuellar came out to punch clear.Cuellar breathed a sigh of relief in the 69th minute when a second Caicedo effort was disallowed. The Sporting defence got in a muddle and Cuellar's clearance ricocheted into the net off the South American forward, but he had used his hands to block the ball.Espanyol goalkeeper Diego Lopez made a stunning save to deny Cop an equaliser and Espanyol surged forward to score at the other end.Jurado's pass released Baptistao, who cut in from the right, skipped away from Jorge Mere and Douglas before slotting the ball calmly past Cuellar.Cop's goal was mere consolation for Sporting, who remain in the bottom three having now won just one of their last 12 LaLiga matches.ends

6Y
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Sporting Gijon move out of bottom three to add to Osasuna's problems

Sporting Gijon climbed out of LaLiga's relegation zone with their first win in three months as they condemned rock bottom Osasuna to a 3-1 defeat. Carlos Carmona's double and Pereira Douglas gave the hosts their first victory since September, ending an 11-game winless run. Miguel Flano scored a late consolation for the visitors, but Osasuna have won just once in the league this season and have now lost their last five games in all competitions and remain at the foot of the table.Victory left Sporting two points above Deportivo La Coruna, but they will drop back into the bottom three if Deportivo beat Real Sociedad on Monday.Sporting won two and drew one of their opening three games, yet had not tasted victory since, but Carmona's header three minutes before the break set them up for a much-needed triumph. The hosts dominated for long spells and Osasuna failed to register a shot on target before Douglas made sure of victory after 56 minutes.Carmona went close after 66 minutes and the former Barcelona B winger did grab his second at the Estadio El Molinon when he lobbed Nauzet Perez with 11 minutes left. Oriol Riera tried to net a late consolation, his long-range effort flying wide, but the visitors did finally pull a goal back with four minutes left. Flano converted from close range with Osasuna's first shot on target, but it was too late to salvage anything.

7Y
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Cristiano Ronaldo scores twice as Real Madrid beat Sporting Gijón

Real Madrid reeled off their sixth straight La Liga victory to remain in control at the top of the table, but were made to sweat by Sporting Gijon.

7Y
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Inigo Martinez's free-kick highlights Real Sociedad's win at Sporting Gijon

Inigo Martinez scored a fabulous free-kick as Real Sociedad beat Sporting Gijon away to make it five wins in six LaLiga matches.Xabi Prieto put the visitors in front but Sporting went in level at the break through Duje Cop's strike. David Zurutuza restored Real's lead before Martinez stole the show with a wickedly curling left-foot shot which gave Sporting goalkeeper Pichu Cuellar no chance.The visitors dominated possession and chances in the first period with Carlos Vela to the fore.The Mexican forward was clean through in the second minute but opted to check back rather than shoot, and Willian Jose's eventual shot was blocked.Seconds later Vela had a shot comfortably gathered by Cuellar, and then kick-started the move which led to the opening goal in the 18th minute.His pass released Yuri, whose cross from the left was headed goalwards by Martinez. Cuellar was able to keep out his effort with the aid of the post but Prieto scrambled in the rebound.Sporting levelled with their one and only effort on goal of the first half as Moi Gomez cushioned a header down to Cop who lashed in a right-foot shot from the edge of the area.Real restored their lead in the 51st minute when they won the ball back high up the pitch, Yuri crossed for Zurutuza who got ahead of his marker to sweep home.Six minutes later came Martinez's set-piece masterclass to take the game beyond the hosts, who have now lost seven of their last nine matches.They remain in the bottom three and face a tough trip to the Estadio Bernabeu to face league leaders Real Madrid next weekend.

7Y
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Team	GP	W	D	L	GD	P
Granada	42	22	9	11	+25	75
Las Palmas	42	18	18	6	+20	72
Levante	42	18	18	6	+16	72
Alavés	42	19	14	9	+14	71
Eibar	42	19	14	9	+9	71
Albacete	42	17	16	9	+11	67
FC Andorra	42	16	11	15	+10	59
Real Oviedo	42	16	11	15	-1	59
FC Cartagena	42	16	10	16	-2	58
Tenerife	42	14	15	13	+5	57
Burgos	42	13	15	14	-2	54
Racing Santander	42	14	12	16	-1	54
Real Zaragoza	42	12	17	13	+1	53
Leganés	42	14	11	17	-5	53
Huesca	42	11	19	12	0	52
Mirandés	42	13	13	16	-6	52
Sporting Gijón	42	11	17	14	-5	50
Villarreal B	42	13	11	18	-6	50
Ponferradina	42	9	17	16	-13	44
Málaga	42	10	14	18	-7	44
UD Ibiza	42	7	13	22	-33	34
Lugo	42	6	13	23	-30	31

Juan OteroF #19

Aitor GarcíaF #7

CristoF #12

Goal Difference

-5

Tied-15th

Goals Scored

43

11th

Assists

29

Tied-9th

Goals Conceded

48

16th