Espanyol 2-1 Sporting Gijón: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 11 December 2016

Result

Espanyol 2-1 Sporting Gijón

La Liga · Sunday 11 December 2016, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Espanyol 2-1 Sporting Gijón: match report

Espanyol beat Sporting Gijón 2-1 in La Liga on Sunday 11 December 2016. The half-time score was 0-0.

Going into the game Espanyol were 12th on 19 points from 14 and Sporting Gijón 18th on 12 points from 14. Espanyol went on to finish that season 8th with 56 points, and Sporting Gijón 18th with 31.

Espanyol lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sporting Gijón in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Léo Baptistão of Espanyol (7.8), ahead of Víctor Sánchez (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Espanyol wins, 2 draws and 4 for Sporting Gijón.

Going into the match Espanyol's last five read D-W-W-D-W and Sporting Gijón's W-L-L-L-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Espanyol 4, draws 2, Sporting Gijón 4.

Team news

Espanyol line-up (4-4-2)

Diego López, Víctor Sánchez, David López, Diego Reyes, Aarón Martín, Léo Baptistão, José Jurado, Javi Fuego, Hernán Pérez, Felipe Caicedo, Gerard Moreno

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