Real Sporting de Gijon

vs

FC Cartagena

Predictions & Betting Tips

Sporting can take the points in relegation fight

Two sides that are set to be fighting it out in the relegation battle of LaLiga 2 2024-2025 meet on Sunday with our Real Sporting de Gijon vs FC Cartagena prediction seeing Real Sporting de Gijon sitting 17th on 50 points after 40 games and FC Cartagena propping up the division on 23 points from 23 matches. The visitors have failed to pick up a point in their two away matches in LaLiga 2 against Real Sporting de Gijon this season, losing both, but they have the better recent head-to-head record after winning three of the last five clashes between the sides in all competitions. The Real Sporting de Gijon vs FC Cartagena prediction is complicated by the fact that Real Sporting de Gijon have one win in that sequence with one draw. Real Sporting de Gijon have won their last two LaLiga 2 games at El Molinón, but their form has been mixed across all competitions over the last few weeks with two wins and three defeats in their past five.

Cartagena could do without another away defeat

They have won nine, drawn five and lost only six of their 20 home LaLiga 2 matches this term and Asier Garitano has brought defensive solidity and some home resilience to the club since his appointment as head coach on April 8, 2025. This Real Sporting de Gijon vs FC Cartagena preview shows that Cartagena have a record of 2 wins and 3 defeats in their previous five LaLiga 2 games, but have not won in their previous two away fixtures, suffering consecutive defeats. Guillermo Fernandez Romo has managed FC Cartagena since January 14, 2025, but his team’s risk-taking 4-3-3 system is not as solid as the structured, pragmatic approach of Garitano’s 4-2-3-1 or 4-4-2 at the other end of the table.

Otero’s goals will keep Gijon in the hunt

Sporting have scored more goals at home than Cartagena have on the road in LaLiga 2 this season and the away team average a pitiful 0.90 goals per game on their travels. The Real Sporting de Gijon vs FC Cartagena betting tips highlight that Gijon’s Otero has found the net 12 times in 33 LaLiga 2 outings, scoring half of his team’s goals in their last five games, so he is their best goal scorer bet on Sunday. Cartagena’s Alex Millan, meanwhile, tops his side's scoring charts with five in 17, although he has notched three of his total in their last five LaLiga 2 contests. His resurgence has given Cartagena a lift, particularly as he has scored almost half of his side’s seven goals in the past five. Backing Under 2.5 goals in this game looks good because of the pragmatic nature of the hosts and the fact that Cartagena have been so poor on the attack away from home. The Real Sporting de Gijon vs FC Cartagena prediction is that Sporting are a low odds favorite at -454 and Cartagena are +1550 to win, but we’ll take the hosts to take all three points and move a little further up the table in this bottom-half battle.