Match preview La Liga 2: Alcorcón - FC Cartagena at Estadio Santo Domingo

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sun 20.December
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Santo Domingo (6000 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the La Liga 2, with both Alcorcón and FC Cartagena experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 20th and the visitors in 16th place.

Insights:
  • Alcorcón has the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in La Liga 2
  • FC Cartagena has the most conceded goals in the second half (19) in La Liga 2

It's no vacation for neither Alcorcón nor FC Cartagena as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Alcorcón form and stats

Alcorcón's struggle is real here at Estadio Santo Domingo with only 9 points collected from 9 La Liga 2 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-0-6.

A good away victory last time out for Alcorcón, who won 2-1 against Lealtad. Preceding that game was the away draw at Las Palmas that finished 0-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Alcorcón perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Alcorcón as a small favourite), we find twelve games. Alcorcón has won three of these, drawn three and lost six.

Alcorcón have scored 5 league goals here from 9 matches, not a lot. On the other hand, Alcorcón have conceded 12 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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FC Cartagena form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for FC Cartagena so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-4 (win-draw-lose).

Cartagena are travelling again after losing away to Pontevedra in their previous match (1-2). A 1-2 loss hosting Sabadell before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by FC Cartagena in our archives, and the results are: seven wins for Cartagena, two draws and four defeats.

Cartagena have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. 13 goals have been conceded by Cartagena in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last six meetings: three - two - one (Alcorcón wins - draws - FC Cartagena wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FC CartagenaR. Castro Martín
R. Castro Martín
9 goals
FC CartagenaE. Zorrilla Jiménez
E. Zorrilla Jiménez
5 goals
AlcorcónH. Fraile Martín
H. Fraile Martín
3 goals

Alcorcón missing players

FC Cartagena missing players

Alcorcón FC Cartagena
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 8 1 Played P 1 9 18
4 3 1 Won W 0 2 5
4 0 0 Drew D 0 3 4
9 5 0 Lost L 1 4 9
9 5 2 Scored S 1 9 21
15 9 0 Conceded C 2 13 25
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 78% 89%
41% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 78%
12% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 56% 61%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 22%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 6%
18% 12% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 67%
35% 38% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 22%
59% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 22%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.4 1.1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.6 2.7
7 3 0 Red cards R C 0 3 5
 
7.7 8.4 9 Shots (avg) S ( 5 7.2 7.6
3.1 2.8 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.1 3.3
17% 23% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 32% 36%
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Alcorcón has the fewest scored goals (5) at home in La Liga 2
  • Alcorcón has the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in La Liga 2
  • Alcorcón has the the worst goal difference (-7) at home in La Liga 2
  • Alcorcón have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Alcorcón haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • FC Cartagena has the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in La Liga 2
  • FC Cartagena has the most conceded goals in the second half (19) in La Liga 2
  • FC Cartagena has the most matches over the total-line (14) in La Liga 2
  • FC Cartagena have scored more than double the goals of Alcorcón.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Mallorca 18 12 5 1 24 4 9 6 2 1 16 3 9 6 3 0 8 1 20 41
2 Espanyol 18 12 3 3 28 8 9 7 1 1 15 3 9 5 2 2 13 5 20 39
3 Almeria 18 12 2 4 24 12 9 5 2 2 12 5 9 7 0 2 12 7 12 38
4 Leganes 18 10 2 6 18 13 10 8 0 2 12 4 8 2 2 4 6 9 5 32
5 Sporting Gijon 18 9 4 5 18 13 9 6 3 0 12 4 9 3 1 5 6 9 5 31
6 Rayo Vallecano 18 8 4 6 18 14 8 6 1 1 13 4 10 2 3 5 5 10 4 28
7 Girona 18 8 4 6 15 14 9 4 2 3 7 5 9 4 2 3 8 9 1 28
8 Mirandes 18 7 6 5 17 12 9 3 5 1 8 4 9 4 1 4 9 8 5 27
9 Ponferradina 18 8 3 7 19 21 9 4 2 3 11 11 9 4 1 4 8 10 -2 27
10 Lugo 18 7 5 6 18 17 9 5 2 2 9 5 9 2 3 4 9 12 1 26
11 Real Oviedo 18 6 7 5 22 18 10 3 4 3 14 11 8 3 3 2 8 7 4 25
12 Malaga 18 7 4 7 18 25 8 2 3 3 7 10 10 5 1 4 11 15 -7 25
13 Fuenlabrada 18 5 8 5 18 19 9 2 5 2 7 7 9 3 3 3 11 12 -1 23
14 Las Palmas 18 5 8 5 20 23 9 5 2 2 14 11 9 0 6 3 6 12 -3 23
15 UD Logrones 18 7 2 9 16 23 9 4 1 4 9 10 9 3 1 5 7 13 -7 23
16 FC Cartagena 18 5 4 9 21 25 9 3 1 5 12 12 9 2 3 4 9 13 -4 19
17 Castellon 18 5 3 10 17 24 9 4 0 5 9 8 9 1 3 5 8 16 -7 18
18 Sabadell 18 5 2 11 17 24 9 2 1 6 8 12 9 3 1 5 9 12 -7 17
19 Tenerife 18 4 5 9 13 20 9 3 3 3 7 6 9 1 2 6 6 14 -7 17
20 Alcorcón 18 4 4 10 9 18 9 3 0 6 5 12 9 1 4 4 4 6 -9 16
21 Real Zaragoza 18 3 4 11 13 20 9 2 4 3 9 10 9 1 0 8 4 10 -7 13
22 Albacete 18 2 5 11 9 25 9 2 3 4 8 11 9 0 2 7 1 14 -16 11

Read more about La Liga 2

The Segunda División, also known as La Liga 2, is the second highest level of the football league pyramid in Spain. 22 teams play each other home and away for a 42 match season. Top two of the league table earns promotion and one more is promoted through playoff fixtures. The bottom four are relegated.