Sporting Gijón vs Racing Santander Match Preview
Racing Santander confirmed its permanence in the Primera Division upon defeating Atletico in the last game, and must now visit Gijon to take on Sporting, who could reach the upper half of the positions table upon a victory.
No one has defied Sporting's superiority at the Molinon in the second half of the tournament. "We've defeated Real Madrid and Atletico, and stopped Barcelona and Villarreal from taking the full scoring" said Sporting's coach Manolo Preciado prior to this game.
Racing's coach Marcelino Garcia Toral misses Mexican international striker Giovanni Dos Santos, Oscar Serrano, Gonzalo Colsa and Kennedy Bakircioglu due to injuries, while Antonio Martínez received his fifth yellow card last week and won't be able to perform.
The category is at stake for Sporting this week at the Molinon. Racing has nothing to fight for. Garcia Toral wants to celebrate a fourth consecutive victory to show how much Racing has grown in the course of the last few months, will he succeed and deliver a fatal blow to Sporting in Gijon?