Almería have played better than FC Cartagena so far, but every game begins at 0-0. Here's all the knowledge you require prior to kickoff:
- Almería have the most scored goals (37) in La Liga 2
- FC Cartagena have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Almería form and stats
8-2-0 is the performance here at Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos so far in the La Liga 2, giving Almería a total of 26 from their 10 games here. Outstanding results! In general it's been a long time since Almería tasted defeat here at Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league.
A strong away win for Almería against Amorebieta the last match, as Appiah and Sadiq were on target. The forward Appiah was announced as "man of the match" for Almería with the rating of 7.61/10. Appiah scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Before that, Almería had a La Liga 2 home game versus Real Zaragoza which ended with a victory 3-0.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Almería's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played eight games, won five matches, drawn two and lost one.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Almería, as the Copa Del Rey home game vs Elche is only four days away.
The Almería manager Ferrer Sicilia has got the team scoring with 20 from 10 home games in the league. Almería have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 5 goals.
FC Cartagena form and stats
FC Cartagena have only collected 8 points from their away games in the La Liga 2, after 2-2-7 (11 played).
FC Cartagena go into this game after a win, the home game against Mirandés that ended 3-0. Castro, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.93. Castro scored two goals, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Preceding that game was the away Copa Del Rey victory against Castellon with the score of 2-1.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Cartagena when being an outsider away as they are today, we find six matches with the visitors losing five times, drawing one and winning zero games.
A quick return to home after this game, as Cartagena are hosting Valencia in the Copa Del Rey only three days away.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Cartagena as they have only managed to score 9 times from 11 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Cartagena's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 20 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
This was the scoreline when the participants met earlier this campaign; FC Cartagena - Almería 1-3. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: one - three - one (Almería wins - draws - FC Cartagena wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Castro Martín 12 goals |   U. Sadiq Mesbah 8 goals |  L. Ramazani 5 goals |
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| Almería | FC Cartagena | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 21 |
| 14 | 8 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | 9 |
| 37 | 20 | 9 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 27 |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 10 | 20 | 28 |
| 95% | 90% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 70% | 80% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 91% | 76% |
| 50% | 50% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 36% | 43% |
| 30% | 30% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 18% | 24% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 18% | 14% |
| 50% | 50% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 55% | 52% |
| 40% | 50% | 80% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 24% |
| 15% | 10% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | 24% |
| 4.2 | 5.2 | 3.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 2.7 | 4.4 |
| 4.5 | 4.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.5 | 4.5 |
| 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3.6 | 2.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13.3 | 13.9 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 8.5 | 11.2 |
| 4.8 | 5.1 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 2.9 | 4 |
| 39% | 39% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 28% | 33% |
| 10.8 | 10.5 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.5 | 15.6 | 13.5 |
| 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 5.6 | 4.6 |
- Almería have not yet lost a game at home.
- Almería have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Almería have scored at least twice as many goals at home as FC Cartagena have scored away.
- Almería have the fewest conceded goals (13) in La Liga 2
- Almería have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in La Liga 2
- Almería have the most points (26) at home in La Liga 2
- Almería have the most scored goals (37) in La Liga 2
- Almería have the the best goal difference (+15) at home in La Liga 2
- Almería have the the best goal difference (+24) in La Liga 2
- Almería have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Almería is in the best form (4-2-0) in La Liga 2
- FC Cartagena have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- FC Cartagena have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- FC Cartagena have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- FC Cartagena haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Almería | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 37 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 24 | 45 |
| 2 | Eibar | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 39 |
| 3 | Tenerife | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 38 |
| 4 | Ponferradina | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 37 |
| 5 | Real Valladolid | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 37 |
| 6 | Girona | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 31 |
| 7 | Las Palmas | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 31 |
| 8 | FC Cartagena | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -1 | 30 |
| 9 | Real Oviedo | 21 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 29 |
| 10 | Burgos | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 28 |
| 11 | Huesca | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 27 |
| 12 | Sporting Gijón | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -3 | 27 |
| 13 | Malaga | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 21 | -8 | 27 |
| 14 | Real Zaragoza | 21 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 13 | -4 | 26 |
| 15 | Leganés | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 25 |
| 16 | UD Ibiza | 21 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -4 | 25 |
| 17 | Lugo | 20 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 23 |
| 18 | Mirandés | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -6 | 23 |
| 19 | Fuenlabrada | 21 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 20 |
| 20 | Amorebieta | 21 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -7 | 19 |
| 21 | Real Sociedad II | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -11 | 17 |
| 22 | Alcorcon | 21 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 39 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 18 | -23 | 11 |
