Sporting Gijón 2-1 Athletic Club: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 21 August 2016
Result
Sporting Gijón 2-1 Athletic Club
La Liga · Sunday 21 August 2016, 16:15 UTC · half-time 0-0
Sporting Gijón 2-1 Athletic Club: match report
Sporting Gijón defeated Athletic Club 2-1 in La Liga on Sunday 21 August 2016. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Duje Cop opened the scoring in the 50th minute. Sporting Gijón's goals came from Duje Cop (50') and Víctor Rodríguez (53'). Athletic Club scored through Borja Viguera (86').
Discipline: Sporting Gijón received 3 yellow cards; Athletic Club received 3 yellow cards.
Sporting Gijón went on to finish that season 18th with 31 points, and Athletic Club 7th with 63.
Sporting Gijón lined up in a 4-4-2 and Athletic Club in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sporting Gijón win, 5 draws and 4 for Athletic Club.
Key events
- 16'Yellow card · Isma López
- 45'Yellow card · Fernando Amorebieta
- 50'Goal · Duje Cop
- 53'Goal · Víctor Rodríguez
- 59'Yellow card · Aymeric Laporte
- 60'Yellow card · Bóveda
- 61'Missed penalty · Isma López
- 75'Yellow card · Iker Muniain
- 86'Goal · Borja Viguera
- 89'Yellow card · Iván Cuéllar
Head-to-head
Team news
Sporting Gijón expected line-up (4-4-2)
Iván Cuéllar, Luis Hernández, Isma López, Jorge Meré, Lora, Sergio Álvarez, Jony, Carlos Carmona, Nacho Cases, Antonio Sanabria
Athletic Club expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Gorka Iraizoz Moreno, Bóveda, Mikel Balenziaga, Xabier Etxeita, Óscar de Marcos, Iñigo Lekue, Raúl García, Mikel San José, Muniain, Beñat