Game: REAL BETIS vs SPORTING GIJON
Type: SPANISH LA LIGA
Date: 19 April, 2009
PREVIEW
Its game on at Manuel Ruiz de Lopera Stadium as host Real Betis takes on newly promoted Sporting Gijon. Unbeaten in their last six matches, Betis has suddenly found their scoring boots as they retain only one loss in their last 10 matches. During that stretch, they have scored an whopping average of 1.90 goals while their back four have conceded an alarming 2.20 goals in return!
Sporting Gijon have been struggling of late, losing their last three consecutive matches. The visitors will be looking to exploit Betis' knack of conceding goals to hopefully secure a much needed win. Sporting Gijon remains as the only team in the league yet to draw both home and away. They have also conceded an average of 2.00 goals per game in their last ten matches.
AWAY > SPORTING GIJON

THE PICK
Past meetings between these two teams have always yielded a galore of goals. In the last nine meetings a total of 37 goals have been scored, which works out to an average of 4.11 goals per game! Hence, the obvious choice here is to go for the OVER 2.5 GOALS option.






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