Almería 1-3 Sporting Gijón: result and report

La Liga 2 · Sunday 1 April 2018

Result

Almería 1-3 Sporting Gijón

La Liga 2 · Sunday 1 April 2018, 16:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Almería · Sporting Gijón · La Liga 2 predictions

Almería 1-3 Sporting Gijón: match report

Almería lost to Sporting Gijón 1-3 in La Liga 2 on Sunday 1 April 2018. The half-time score was 0-1.

Michael Santos opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Almería's goal came from Rubén Alcaraz (90+2', penalty). Sporting Gijón scored through Michael Santos (10'), Hernán Santana (79') and Jony (90').

Discipline: Almería received 5 yellow cards; Sporting Gijón received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Almería were 17th on 37 points from 32 and Sporting Gijón 3rd on 55 points from 32. Almería went on to finish that season 18th with 48 points, and Sporting Gijón 5th with 71.

Almería lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sporting Gijón in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Rubén Alcaraz of Almería (8.2), ahead of Jony (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Almería wins, 1 draw and 6 for Sporting Gijón.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Michael SantosSporting Gijón · 0-1
  • 23'Yellow card · CanellaSporting Gijón
  • 30'Yellow card · Rubén AlcarazAlmería
  • 31'Yellow card · Pervis EstupiñánAlmería
  • 36'Yellow card · Michael SantosSporting Gijón
  • 66'Yellow card · José PozoAlmería
  • 70'Yellow card · Jorge MorcilloAlmería
  • 79'Goal · Hernán SantanaSporting Gijón · 0-2
  • 80'Yellow card · A. BangouraAlmería
  • 86'Yellow card · Sergio ÁlvarezSporting Gijón
  • 90'Goal · JonySporting Gijón · 0-3
  • 90+2'Penalty goal · Rubén AlcarazAlmería · 1-3
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Álex PérezSporting Gijón

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Almería 2, draws 1, Sporting Gijón 6.

Team news

Almería line-up (4-3-3)

Rene Roman, Angel Trujillo, Marco Motta, Jorge Morcillo, Pervis Estupiñán, Rubén Alcaraz, Sulayman Marreh, Gaspar Panadero, José Pozo, Lass Bangoura, Edoardo Soleri

Sporting Gijón line-up (4-2-3-1)

Diego Mariño, Roberto Canella, Alberto Guitián, Álex Pérez, Jordi Calavera, Álex Bergantiños, Sergio Álvarez, Carlos Carmona, Rubén García, Jony, Michael Santos