Match details:

La Liga 2
Girona vs Sporting Gijon
Venue: Estadi Montilivi, Girona
September 04, 2021
12:30 am IST

Preview:

Both Girona and Sporting Gijon are clubs who have had their success stories in the first flight of Spanish football, but have been stuck in the second division for a few seasons now. Girona made a bright start to their season, as they defeated Amorebieta in their first match. However, Michels team then drew their next match, and lost their last match against Ponferradina. David Gallegos Sporting Gijon have looked a lot more convincing than their opponents. They are unbeaten in this tournament, and in their last match, they defeated Mirandes 2-1.

Recent form:

Girona – WDL
Central Cordoba de Santiago – WDW

Probable starting XI:

Girona

Juan Carlos, Juanpe, Bernardo Espinosa, D Junca, J Calavera, Aleix García, Ramón Terrats, A Baena, O Urena, Cristhian Stuani, N Bustos

Sporting Gijon

Diego Mariño, B Milovanov, Jean-Sylvain Babin, Vasyl Kravets, Marc Valiente, Pedro Díaz,  Aitor García, Francisco Villalba, José Gragera, Victor Campuzano, Gaspar Campos

Top picks:

Cristhian Stuani: Cristhian Stuani scored Gironas first goal of their 2021/22 La Liga 2 season. He will be looking to find his scoring boots back in this match. The highly experienced Uruguayan striker missed a lot of matches last season, but till the 2019/20 season, he used to score goals for fun. He has scored 77 goals in 123 appearances for Girona.

Victor Campuzano: Sporting Gijon will mostly rely on Victor Campuzano for goals. Gijon are without their main striker Uros Durdevic in this match. Campuzano, the 24-year-old Spanish striker, is an ex-Real Madrid B player, who joined Sporting Gijon only this season.

Captain and vice-captain options:

Cristhian Stuani

Fran Villalba

Victor Campuzano

Bernardo Espinosa

Fantasy team:

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