FC Andorra supporters put their faith in manager Armesto to deliver victory against FC Cartagena

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Fri 18.Aug
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadi Nacional (5000 seats)

It's round two of the La Liga 2 campaign and all to play for. Read our in-depth preview of FC Andorra-FC Cartagena!

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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FC Andorra form and stats

The previous season, FC Andorra's league results were 16 wins, 11 draws and 15 losses, resulting in 7th position in the La Liga 2. From these 42 matches they scored {47 goals} and let in 37. Playing as the host team in the last season FC Andorra generated 11-3-7 (win-draw-lost) with {27 goals} and 15 conceded.

Happy days for Andorra in their previous game, a fixture away at Leganes (placed 18th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Pampín was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.32 out of 10. The defender Pampín hit two key passes and won 6 of 7 duels.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Villarreal II in a game that was won 4-3.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how FC Andorra have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won 8 times, drawn 0 and lost 5.

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FC Cartagena form and stats

Let's have a look at how FC Cartagena performed last season in the La Liga 2: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 16 victories, 10 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 47 and conceded {49 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 6 and lost 8 with 25/24 goals scored/conceded.

Home advantage was not enough for FC Cartagena in their previous game as they lost hosting Eldense, 0-1. Izquierdo was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.45. The defender Izquierdo hit two key passes and won 4 of 4 duels.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Racing Santander wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.

FC Cartagena are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 11 matches.

Head 2 Head

Andorra-FC Cartagena H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: FC Andorra one win, FC Cartagena one win, zero draws. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

FC AndorraR. Bover Izquierdo
R. Bover Izquierdo
1 goals

FC Andorra missing players

FC Cartagena missing players

FC Andorra FC Cartagena
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
2 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 6
2 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 6
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 12
4 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 2
25% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
12 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 8
4 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 2
FC Andorra Last season FC Cartagena
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
42 21   Played P   21 42
16 11   Won W   7 16
11 3   Drew D   6 10
15 7   Lost L   8 16
47 27   Scored S   25 47
37 15   Conceded C   24 49
90% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   86% 86%
50% 38%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   57% 62%
29% 29%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   43% 48%
19% 24%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 19%
7% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   10% 10%
33% 24%   BTTS BTTS   43% 45%
38% 43%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 33%
38% 38%   Failed to Score F T   38% 36%
 
5 5.9   Corners for (avg) C F   4.5 4.7
3.6 3.5   Corners against (avg) C A   5.4 4.4
1.6 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.7 2.6
8 2   Red cards R C   5 7
 
12.5 14   Shots (avg) S (   9.4 11.8
4.2 4.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.9 3.6
27% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   42% 31%
 
10 9.1   Shots against (avg) S A   13.9 12.1
3.3 2.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.6 4.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Racing Santander 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Real Zaragoza 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Real Valladolid 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Racing Ferrol 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
5 Eldense 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 FC Andorra 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Amorebieta 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Huesca 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Espanyol 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 Albacete 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Levante 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
12 Burgos 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Real Oviedo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Alcorcon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Tenerife 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Mirandes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 FC Cartagena 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Leganes 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
19 Elche 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
20 Villarreal II 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
21 Sporting Gijon 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
22 Eibar 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Granada 42 22 9 11 55 30 21 17 4 0 39 6 21 5 5 11 16 24 25 75
2 Las Palmas 42 18 18 6 49 29 21 9 9 3 24 13 21 9 9 3 25 16 20 72
3 Levante 42 18 18 6 46 30 21 11 7 3 25 11 21 7 11 3 21 19 16 72
4 Deportivo Alaves 42 19 14 9 47 33 21 13 7 1 28 11 21 6 7 8 19 22 14 71
5 Eibar 42 19 14 9 45 36 21 11 8 2 24 13 21 8 6 7 21 23 9 71
6 Albacete 42 17 16 9 58 47 21 10 7 4 30 19 21 7 9 5 28 28 11 67
7 FC Andorra 42 16 11 15 47 37 21 11 3 7 27 15 21 5 8 8 20 22 10 59
8 Real Oviedo 42 16 11 15 34 35 21 10 5 6 18 15 21 6 6 9 16 20 -1 59
9 FC Cartagena 42 16 10 16 47 49 21 9 4 8 22 25 21 7 6 8 25 24 -2 58
10 Tenerife 42 14 15 13 42 37 21 12 6 3 28 12 21 2 9 10 14 25 5 57
11 Racing Santander 42 14 12 16 39 40 21 9 6 6 22 16 21 5 6 10 17 24 -1 54
12 Burgos 42 13 15 14 33 35 21 8 8 5 22 19 21 5 7 9 11 16 -2 54
13 Real Zaragoza 42 12 17 13 40 39 21 8 10 3 25 16 21 4 7 10 15 23 1 53
14 Leganes 42 14 11 17 37 42 21 10 6 5 23 19 21 4 5 12 14 23 -5 53
15 Huesca 42 11 19 12 36 36 21 9 9 3 23 13 21 2 10 9 13 23 0 52
16 Mirandes 42 13 13 16 48 54 21 9 7 5 32 28 21 4 6 11 16 26 -6 52
17 Sporting Gijon 42 11 17 14 43 48 21 8 9 4 28 22 21 3 8 10 15 26 -5 50
18 Villarreal II 42 13 11 18 49 55 21 9 6 6 32 24 21 4 5 12 17 31 -6 50
19 Malaga 42 10 14 18 37 44 21 7 9 5 20 17 21 3 5 13 17 27 -7 44
20 Ponferradina 42 9 17 16 40 53 21 6 7 8 18 24 21 3 10 8 22 29 -13 44
21 UD Ibiza 42 7 13 22 33 66 21 5 7 9 21 31 21 2 6 13 12 35 -33 34
22 Lugo 42 6 13 23 27 57 21 3 10 8 13 19 21 3 3 15 14 38 -30 31

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.