Mid-Table Showdown: Sporting Gijón and Granada Clash in El Molinón
Two Segunda División heavyweights face off at El Molinón as Sporting Gijón host Granada, with both sides desperate to climb the table after underwhelming starts.
Two Segunda División heavyweights meet this Saturday afternoon as Sporting Gijón welcome Granada to El Molinón, with both sides looking to turn their seasons around after disappointing starts to their LaLiga Hypermotion campaigns.
Current Form
The hosts currently sit 9th in the table on 24 points, hovering just outside the promotion playoff places that many expected them to occupy from the season’s outset. Sporting come into this one off the back of a morale-boosting victory against Real Sociedad B, but their home form has been proper dog’s dinner lately – they haven’t tasted victory at El Molinón since October.
Granada, meanwhile, find themselves in a bit of bother down in 15th position with 20 points. The Andalusians are on a five-match unbeaten run, which sounds promising on paper, but they’ve struggled to turn draws into wins. Their most recent outing saw them share the spoils with AD Ceuta, and they’ll be desperate to put some daylight between themselves and the relegation scrap below.
What to Expect
Despite their middling positions, these are two of the division’s bigger fish, and both will feel they belong much higher up the table. Saturday’s clash represents a crucial opportunity for both sides:
- Sporting need to rediscover their home form if they’re serious about mounting a promotion challenge
- Granada must find some consistency to climb away from danger and potentially look upward
- Both managers will be under pressure to deliver a performance worthy of their club’s stature
Match Details
The game kicks off at 16:15 local time on Saturday, December 13th at El Molinón.
Viewers can catch all the action live on LaLiga TV Hypermotion, while Spanish fans can follow radio coverage on Radio MARCA.
The Bottom Line
While neither side is pulling up trees at the moment, this fixture features two clubs with serious pedigree in Spanish football. As my old man would say, form is temporary, class is permanent – and there’s plenty of the latter in both squads. Expect a tight affair between two sides desperate to kick-start their campaigns before the winter break.