Sporting Gijón vs Osasuna Match Preview
Many people keep being surprised by Sporting Gijon’s La Liga campaign this season. They are well above the relegation zone, occupying the 11th position and with the prospect of breaking into the table’s top half after Day 24.
Sandwiched between Villarreal and Malaga, Sporting Gijon count 28 points compared to Osasuna’s 30 points.
Gijon can find inspiration through the experience which they earned after playing a 1-1 draw against Valencia on Day 22. Most recently, they enjoyed a vital 3-1 win away to Real Zaragoza to keep pace with other middle table placed teams in La Liga.
Perhaps, Sporting Gijon's statistics might put Osasuna under more pressure to bounce back from their thrilling 1-1 draw at home to Valladolid.
However, in the year 2010, Osasuna have actually pulled out good results. They began by holding Real Madrid to a goalless draw and despite losing to Deportivo La Coruna seven days later, Osasuna came back with a run of four victories on the trot.
Those were comprised of wins at home to Espanyol, away to Xerez and Valladolid, and at home again to Tenerife respectively.
February 14th saw them succumb to their second defeat of the year 2010 though and it could have been the same case again when Valladolid played them at El Molinon.
However, a late strike from Javier Camunas which cancelled out Haris Medunjanin’s 80th minute goal permitted Osasuna to grab at least a point from that encounter.
Will there be some more thrills on Sunday?