Valencia goalkeeper Diego Alves. (Photo : Getty Images)
Lowly teams Sporting de Gijon (2-4-1, 7 points) and Valencia CF (2-5-0, 6 points) are scheduled to square off with one another on Oct. 16, Sunday at the Estadio El Molinón as the 2016-2017 La Liga season moves forward.
Start Time and Streaming Info
The game starts at 12:30 p.m. ET. It can be viewed live online thru FuboTV.
Sporting Gijon and Valencia have both struggled to find wins early in the new season. After seven rounds of competitions, the two teams have only managed to score two wins each, which put them in the bottom quarter of the league table.
Sporting was nipped by Deportivo La Coruna, 1-2, on the road at the Estadio Municipal de Riazor during the last round on Oct. 1 before the international break, as per SkySports.
Costa Rican midfielder Celso Borges opened the scoring in the 35th minute for Deportivo, giving the hosts a one-point lead at the halftime break.
Head coach Abelardo Fernández's side was able to find the equalizer in the 65th with a six-yard header from midfielder Sergio Alvarez, but Deportivo grabbed back the lead in injury time courtesy of a goal from Dutch forward Ryan Babel.
It was the fourth consecutive defeat for Sporting which dropped them to the 16th spot in the overall standings.
Meanwhile, Valencia continues to be in the bottom three relegation zone after seven matches. After starting the new season with a four-game losing slide, they won two straight games to finally get on the board in the league table.
However, the two-game winning run was snapped on Oct. 2 as they were blanked by league leaders Atletico Madrid, 0-2, at their home field of Mestalla Stadium in the previous round, Goal reported.
The game was scoreless until the 63rd minute when Atleti forward Antoine Griezmann broke the deadlock with a left-footer off an assist by teammate Kevin Gameiro.
Gameiro then doubled the lead in stoppage time, this time with the pass coming from defender Juanfran.
It was the fifth loss of the season for head coach Cesare Prandelli's men as only Osasuna and Granada are lower than them in the standings.
Prediction and Predicted Lineup
The predicted result is a 1-0 win for Valencia.
Sporting Gijon starting lineup (4-2-3-1 formation): Cuellar; Lillo, Babin, Mere, Lopez; Picon, Gomez; Rodriguez, Ndi, Burgui; Cop
Valencia starting lineup (4-2-3-1 formation): Alves; Montoya, Santos, Mangala, Gaya; Perez, Suarez; Cancelo, Parejo, Nani; Rodrigo
