• Home
  • About La Liga Blog
    • Meet The Writers
    • La Liga Store
    • Partners
  • La Liga Table
  • La Liga Results
    • Real Madrid Results
    • FC Barcelona Results
    • Malaga FC Results
    • Atletico Madrid Results
  • La Liga Fixtures
    • FC Barcelona Fixtures
    • Real Madrid Fixtures
    • Malaga FC Fixtures
    • Atletico Madrid Fixtures
    • La Liga Live Scores
  • Write for La Liga Blog
  • Contact us

La Liga Blog

The Latest Spanish La Liga Soccer News

  • News
  • Views & Opinion
  • Barcelona
  • Ones to Watch
  • Real Madrid
  • Team of the week
  • Transfer News

Sporting Gijon vs Barcelona: Preview, Predicted Lineups and Prediction

16th February 2016 by sarads

Gijon Stadium

Venue: Estadio Municipal El Molinón, Gijon

Date: 17/02/2016

Kick-off: 05:30 PM GMT / 12:30 PM EST

Match

Sporting Gijon News

After looking doomed and gloomed earlier on in the season, Sporting Gijon have managed to give themselves a great chance of avoiding the drop following a run of four matches without a single defeat in La Liga.

The run has certainly given Gijon a lot of confidence but things remain very tight at the bottom of the Premier League table and manager Abelardo will not be allowing his players to get complacent anytime soon.

Now Sporting prepare for a huge test when they welcome champions Barcelona to the Estadio Municipal El Molinón this Wednesday and they will require a minor miracle to claim a victory on the night.

Injury Doubts: Roberto Canella, Juan Muniz, Hugo Fraile Martinez, Antonio Sanabria, Bernardo, Dani Ndi

Sporting Gijon Probable Lineup: Cuellar, Vranjes, Hernandez, Mere, Lopez; Alvarez, Ait-Atmane, Cases, Carmona; Guerrero, Jony

Barcelona Club News

Barcelona continued their rampant run of form with a stunning 6-1 victory over Celta Vigo last time out and it is looking virtually impossible to stop the Catalan giants at the moment. Nonetheless, things still remain tight in the table and Barcelona can ill afford to get complacent.

Now Luis Enrique’s men are handed an opportunity to extend their lead at the top of the table when they play their game in hand against Sporting Gijon in midweek but despite heading into the clash as favourites, the champions will have to be wary of a resurgent Sporting outfit.

Injury Doubts: Rafinha

Barcelona Probable Lineup: Bravo, Dani Alves, Pique, Macherano, Alba; Roberto, Rakitic, Turan; Turan, Suarez, Neymar

Prediction

Sporting Gijon have not beaten Barcelona in over 20 years and it seems very unlikely that they will be able to end the rut on Wednesday.

While Sporting are showing signs of improvement in recent times, Barcelona are in simply scintillating form and should be able to claim a comfortable victory on the night.

Sporting Gijon 0 – 3 Barcelona

Comments

comments

sarads

Filed Under: Barcelona, Match Previews, News, Views & Opinion Tagged With: Barcelona

About Us

Welcome to La Liga Blog. Your daily source of Spanish La Liga football results, and La Liga Soccer news, views, league tables, fixtures, results and opinion.

As featured on NewsNow: La Liga newsLa Liga News 24/7


Write for us

Copyright © 2023 · Magazine Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in