Clinical Edge
Sporting Gijon
Sporting Gijon finished well above what their chances were worth — 3 goals from 0.52 xG.
- Goals
- 3
- Expected goals
- 0.52
- Overperformance
- +2.48

FC Andorra
J. Cano 48'
1 – 3
FT
HT 0–1

Sporting Gijon
A. Dunabeitia 7'
A. Casas 66'
N. Iosifov 90'
Segunda División
Matchday 61.46
Expected goals
0.52
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: AND 1.46, SG 0.52.
Match report
Sporting Gijon saw off FC Andorra 3-1 at Estadi de la FAF in Segunda División. Dunabeitia opened the scoring for Sporting Gijon on 7', Cano levelled for FC Andorra on 48', Casas put Sporting Gijon back in front on 66' and Iosifov made it 3-1 to Sporting Gijon on 90'.
Expected goals finished FC Andorra 1.46, Sporting Gijon 0.52. On the balance of chances FC Andorra had enough to take something from it, which makes this a result Sporting Gijon will take more happily than the performance deserved. FC Andorra held 61.0% of the ball.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Sporting Gijon graded out for clinical edge — 3 goals and 0.52 expected goals. FC Andorra graded out for set-piece siege — 9 corners.
Nikita Iosifov came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.0 for Sporting Gijon from 1 goal, 1 shot and 2 tackles.
It was a niggly afternoon: 25 fouls between them and 4 yellow cards, with FC Andorra conceding the most free-kicks (16).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
Sporting Gijon
Sporting Gijon finished well above what their chances were worth — 3 goals from 0.52 xG.
Both teams
The game was still moving in the closing minutes — Sporting Gijon scored on 90′.
FC Andorra
FC Andorra turned the game into a dead-ball contest with 9 corners.
A. Dunabeitia — assist: A. Corredera
Guille Rosas
Foul
Nikita Iosifov
Foul
J. Cano ↑ H. Lopez ↓
J. Cano
Quintana Nacho ↑ J. Rijkhoff ↓
B. Rubio ↑ C. Gelabert Pina ↓
A. Casas ↑ P. Garcia ↓
A. Casas — assist: J. Otero
Aimar Duñabeitia
Foul
D. Diaz ↑ Lauti ↓
M. Sidibe ↑ D. Alende ↓
M. Loum ↑ M. Rodriguez ↓
A. Sarco ↑ J. Otero ↓
D. Sanchez ↑ A. Cuenca ↓
R. Schneider ↑ E. Akman ↓
Sergio Molina
Argument
N. Iosifov — assist: D. Sanchez
Match info
FC Andorra
#19
6 pts · 7 played
Sporting Gijon
#12
10 pts · 7 played