Espanyol 1-1 Sporting Gijón: result and report

La Liga · Saturday 3 October 2015

Result

Espanyol 1-1 Sporting Gijón

La Liga · Saturday 3 October 2015, 18:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Espanyol 1-1 Sporting Gijón: match report

Espanyol drew with Sporting Gijón 1-1 in La Liga on Saturday 3 October 2015. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Alen Halilovic opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Espanyol's goal came from Felipe Caicedo (62'). Sporting Gijón scored through Alen Halilovic (10') and Álex Menéndez (90+2').

Discipline: Espanyol received 3 yellow cards; Sporting Gijón received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Espanyol were 8th on 9 points from 6 and Sporting Gijón 15th on 6 points from 6. Espanyol went on to finish that season 16th with 41 points, and Sporting Gijón 17th with 39.

Espanyol lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sporting Gijón in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Alberto Garcia of Sporting Gijón (8.7), ahead of Rubén Duarte Sánchez (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Espanyol wins, 1 draw and 4 for Sporting Gijón.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Yellow card · Víctor SánchezEspanyol
  • 6'Yellow card · CanellaSporting Gijón
  • 10'Goal · Alen HalilovicSporting Gijón · 0-1
  • 29'Yellow card · Bernardo EspinosaSporting Gijón
  • 30'Missed penalty · Felipe CaicedoEspanyol
  • 60'Yellow card · José Alberto CañasEspanyol
  • 62'Goal · Felipe CaicedoEspanyol · 1-1
  • 70'Yellow card · Rubén DuarteEspanyol
  • 90+2'Goal · Álex MenéndezSporting Gijón · 1-2
  • 90+2'Yellow card · LoraSporting Gijón

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Espanyol 3, draws 1, Sporting Gijón 4.

Team news

Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)

Pau López, Rubén Duarte Sánchez, Enzo Roco, Álvaro González, Anaitz Arbilla, Víctor Sánchez, Víctor Álvarez, José Alberto Cañas, Hernán Pérez, Marco Asensio, Felipe Caicedo

Sporting Gijón line-up (4-2-3-1)

Alberto Garcia, Luis Hernández, Bernardo Espinosa, Lora, Roberto Canella, Álex Menéndez, Sergio Álvarez, Nacho Cases, Jony, Alen Halilovic, Antonio Sanabria