On the 18th of January, Sporting Gijón and Valencia will play a match in Gijón in a clash of the Copa Del Rey. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Sporting Gijón is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Rayo Vallecano. Uros Milovanovic struck first for Sporting Gijón in the 57th minute on a feed from Juan Otero, then Milovanovic added another in the 88th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Rayo Vallecano couldn’t manage to score, and Sporting Gijón took the shutout win. Sporting Gijón is looking for direction having 1 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Valencia recorded a 0-1 loss against Cádiz. Rubén Alcaraz scored the first goal for Cádiz in the 9th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Valencia was frustrated by Cádiz’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Cádiz ended the match with the shutout victory. Valencia looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season.
Both Hugo Duro and Ilaix Kourouma have been the hottest scorers for Valencia in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each. Sporting Gijón’s top weapon lately has been Uros Milovanovic, who has two goals in the last five matches.