Sporting Gijón 0:0 Sabadell: Segunda División Match Result

Match report

Sporting Gijón and Sabadell played out a 0:0 draw in the opening Regular Season match of Segunda División at El Molinón on Monday evening. Neither side could find the breakthrough despite a penalty miss early in the game that might have changed everything. The result leaves Sporting five points off the pace in fifth place, while Sabadell remain ninth after their third consecutive clean sheet in all competitions.

And here's the thing about the thirteenth minute — Rahmani stepped up for Sporting and sent his spot-kick wide. The crowd fell silent. Sabadell had not even registered a shot on target at that point, and suddenly they were ahead in the most dramatic fashion possible. The miss was a relief for the visitors, though they would not have the chance to punish Sporting for the error.

To be fair, Sabadell created more from open play. They registered nine shots inside the penalty area compared to Sporting's five, and their expected goals figure of 1.78 told a different story from the scoreline. Sporting kept possession for 56 per cent but struggled to turn dominance into clarity. The home side managed only one big chance all evening, while Sabadell produced two.

The match was fractured by substitutions. Sporting brought on Sarco and Iosifov for the same change in the sixty-second minute, then doubled up again at sixty-three with Priego for Rahmani. Sabadell responded at eighty-four, bringing on both Gularte and Rodriguez together. By then the game had settled into a rhythm that neither manager wanted to upset.

Sporting will look at their recent form and see a team that has not won since July, losing four of their last five before this draw. Sabadell carried more certainty into the match, having drawn three of their previous five fixtures. The points shared at El Molinón keep both sides in the hunt, even if neither side will feel satisfied yet.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 56.00 – 44

Shots on target 5 – 2

Shots off target 3 – 8

Expected goals 0.37 – 1.78

✗ 13' Y. Rahmani — Penalty missed 🟨 40' O. Sanz — Yellow card 🟨 45' M. Rodriguez — Yellow card ⇄ 62' A. Sarco — Substitution ⇄ 62' N. Iosifov — Substitution ⇄ 63' J. Priego — Substitution ⇄ 63' Y. Rahmani — Substitution ⇄ 67' H. Guillamon — Substitution ⇄ 74' P. Pons — Substitution 🟨 78' Q. Liameed — Yellow card ⇄ 84' E. Gularte — Substitution ⇄ 84' M. Rodriguez — Substitution ⇄ 85' Bonaldo — Substitution 🟨 90+2' E. Gonzalez — Yellow card

Match events

13' 0:0 Sabadell Penalty missed Y. Rahmani assist: Y. Rahmani
40' 0:0 Sabadell Yellow card O. Sanz
45' 0:0 Sporting Gijón Yellow card M. Rodriguez
62' 0:0 Sporting Gijón Substitution A. Sarco off: K. de la Fuente
62' 0:0 Sporting Gijón Substitution N. Iosifov off: H. Guillamon
63' 0:0 Sabadell Substitution J. Priego off: X. Moreno
63' 0:0 Sabadell Substitution Y. Rahmani off: N. Gioacchini
67' 0:0 Sporting Gijón Substitution H. Guillamon off: P. Garcia
74' 0:0 Sabadell Substitution P. Pons off: E. Aguilar Elizalde
78' 0:0 Sabadell Yellow card Q. Liameed
84' 0:0 Sporting Gijón Substitution E. Gularte off: A. Dunabeitia
84' 0:0 Sporting Gijón Substitution M. Rodriguez off: Nacho Martin
85' 0:0 Sabadell Substitution Bonaldo off: J. Catala
90+2' 0:0 Sabadell Yellow card E. Gonzalez

Statistics

56.00 Possession, % 44

5 Shots on target 2

3 Shots off target 8

0.37 Expected goals 1.78

1 Big chances 2

85 Attacks 95

1 Corners 8

7 Fouls 20

20 Free kicks 7

2 Offsides 6

1 Yellow cards 3

0 Red cards 0

9 Goal kicks 6

26 Throw-ins 23

All statistics

21/3757% Aerial duels 16/3743%

66 Backward passes 60

0 Blocked shots 5

27 Clearances 25

4/1040% Crosses 6/1932%

4/757% Dribbles 4/1331%

0.31 Expected assists 0.91

96 Failed passes 91

2 Goalkeeper saves 5

5 Interceptions 8

4 Key passes 8

23/5740% Long passes 21/5638%

40 Passes into the final third 64

204 Passes in the opposition half 244

260 Passes in own half 119

0.63 Shot accuracy 0.13

3 Shots from outside the box 6

5 Shots inside the box 9

12/1771% Tackles 9/1182%

454 Total passes 344

Line-ups

Sporting Gijón

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Rubén Yáñez	1
2	Guillermo Rosas Alonso	2
4	Emanuel Gularte Méndez	4
5	Diego Sánchez Pérez	5
15	Pablo Vázquez	15
8	M. Rodriguez	8
10	César Gelabert	10
14	Alexandre Corredera Alardi	14
20	Nikita Igorevich Iosifov	20
16	Alejo Saco	16
19	Juan Otero	19

Substitutes
#	Player	number
13	Egoitz Arana	13
3	Pablo García	3
23	Jorge Sáenz	23
24	Aimar Dunabeitia	24
26	Iker Martinez	26
6	Ignacio Martín Gómez	6
11	Konrad de La Fuente	11
22	Hugo Guillamón	22
35	Christian Ferreres	35
27	Enol Prendes	27
28	Miguel Conde	28

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Sabadell

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Diego Fuoli	1
5	Bonaldo	5
6	Edgar González Estrada	6
14	Óscar Sanz	14
4	Miquel Codina Sayol	4
7	Ton Ripoll	7
8	Pere Pons Riera	8
20	Albert Orriols	20
22	K. Liamed	22
19	Yanis Moloud Rahmani Cordeiro	19
23	J. Priego	23

Substitutes
#	Player	number
15	Kaiser	15
27	Jose Luis Catala	27
24	Eneko Aguilar	24
30	Xavi Moreno	30
10	M. A. Ramirez Carrasco	10
12	Gaston Valles	12
16	Nicholas Selson Gioacchini	16
17	Agustín Coscia	17
18	Nikolay Obolskiy	18

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Sabadell

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Recent matches

All team matches

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Points
1	Castellón	6	5	1	0	16
2	Eibar	6	5	0	1	15
3	Mallorca	6	4	1	1	13
4	Almería	6	4	0	2	12
5	Burgos	6	3	2	1	11
6	Sabadell	6	3	2	1	11
7	Leganes	6	3	2	1	11
8	Girona	6	3	1	2	10
9	Sporting Gijón	6	3	1	2	10
10	Las Palmas	6	3	1	2	10

Sporting Gijón — Sabadell, Segunda División

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