Delightful dogfight as daring FC Cartagena duel with determined Eldense

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sun 13.Aug
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal Cartagonova (15105 seats)

It's the very first game of the new season for FC Cartagena and Eldense. The canvas is blank, the opportunities endless.

This football field uses grass, unlike Eldense's home ground. The latest 31 games by the away side on grass have generated 14 wins, 9 draws and 8 losses.

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FC Cartagena form and stats

Last season, FC Cartagena's league statistics were 16 wins, 10 draws and 16 losses, ending with 9th spot in the La Liga 2. Over these 42 matches they scored {47 goals} and gave away 49. Performing as the home side in the previous season FC Cartagena produced 9-4-8 (win-draw-lost) with {22 goals} and 25 conceded.

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 Cartagena have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won 9 times, drawn 2 and lost 3.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for FC Cartagena, who have participated in five training matches. FC Cartagena have won 1 of these, drawn 1 and were beaten in 3 games.

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Eldense form and stats

A job perfectly done for Eldense last season as they secured promotion from Primera Division RFEF: Group 2. With a grand total of 19 wins, 12 draws and 7 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 7 were in away matches.

Eldense 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, 3 draws and 1 defeat. From a total of 7 matches.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Eldense have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeats from two fixtures.

Head 2 Head

FC Cartagena missing players

Eldense missing players

Total First Half Second Half
FC Cartagena Eldense
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
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%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
FC Cartagena Last season Eldense
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
42 21   Played P   19 38
16 9   Won W   7 19
10 4   Drew D   5 12
16 8   Lost L   7 7
47 22   Scored S   18 50
49 25   Conceded C   16 28
86% 86%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   84% 87%
62% 67%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   53% 63%
48% 52%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   26% 34%
19% 10%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   16% 21%
10% 10%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
45% 48%   BTTS BTTS   32% 39%
33% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   42% 47%
36% 33%   Failed to Score F T   42% 26%
 
4.7 4.9   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 5.2
4.4 3.4   Corners against (avg) C A   4.1 3.8
2.6 2.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.7 2.5
7 2   Red cards R C   1 1
 
11.8 14.2   Shots (avg) S (   11.8 12.3
3.6 4.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.8 5.3
31% 24%   Goal Efficiency G E   20% 25%
 
12.1 10.3   Shots against (avg) S A   9.5 8.3
4.2 3.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.7 3.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Albacete 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Alcorcon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Amorebieta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Burgos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Elche 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Eldense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Espanyol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 FC Andorra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 FC Cartagena 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Huesca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Leganés 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Levante 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Mirandes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Racing Ferrol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Racing Santander 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Real Oviedo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Real Valladolid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Real Zaragoza 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 SD Eibar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Sporting Gijon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Tenerife 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Villarreal II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 SD 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 Leganés 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
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 Eldense 38 19 12 7 50 28 19 12 7 0 32 12 19 7 5 7 18 16 22 69
2 Amorebieta 38 19 12 7 48 29 19 13 4 2 29 12 19 6 8 5 19 17 19 69
3 Castellon 38 16 14 8 46 32 19 12 5 2 25 9 19 4 9 6 21 23 14 62
4 Barcelona II 38 16 13 9 45 38 19 12 4 3 29 16 19 4 9 6 16 22 7 61
5 Real Sociedad II 38 14 18 6 50 34 19 9 7 3 28 11 19 5 11 3 22 23 16 60
6 Real Murcia 38 14 14 10 49 33 19 7 8 4 23 15 19 7 6 6 26 18 16 56
7 Osasuna II 38 15 8 15 51 45 19 11 2 6 31 20 19 4 6 9 20 25 6 53
8 Gimnastic Tarragona 38 14 11 13 37 43 19 9 5 5 22 20 19 5 6 8 15 23 -6 53
9 SD Logrones 38 13 12 13 40 43 19 8 6 5 21 16 19 5 6 8 19 27 -3 51
10 Sabadell 38 13 11 14 42 43 19 8 5 6 21 16 19 5 6 8 21 27 -1 50
11 Intercity 38 12 13 13 45 44 19 7 8 4 30 23 19 5 5 9 15 21 1 49
12 Cornella 38 12 13 13 34 42 19 7 9 3 19 16 19 5 4 10 15 26 -8 49
13 Real Union 38 13 9 16 39 48 19 8 3 8 23 25 19 5 6 8 16 23 -9 48
14 Atletico Baleares 38 11 14 13 44 46 19 7 6 6 27 24 19 4 8 7 17 22 -2 47
15 Alcoyano 38 11 14 13 36 41 19 6 9 4 20 15 19 5 5 9 16 26 -5 47
16 Numancia 38 11 13 14 31 36 19 5 7 7 19 19 19 6 6 7 12 17 -5 46
17 La Nucia 38 9 19 10 39 45 19 5 12 2 20 16 19 4 7 8 19 29 -6 46
18 UD Logrones 38 7 15 16 25 33 19 4 7 8 12 14 19 3 8 8 13 19 -8 36
19 CD Calahorra 38 7 12 19 31 52 19 2 9 8 16 23 19 5 3 11 15 29 -21 33
20 Athletic Club II 38 5 11 22 27 54 19 3 6 10 15 25 19 2 5 12 12 29 -27 26

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Albacete 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Alcorcon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Amorebieta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Burgos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Elche 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Eldense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Espanyol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 FC Andorra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 FC Cartagena 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Huesca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Leganés 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Levante 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Mirandes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Racing Ferrol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Racing Santander 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Real Oviedo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Real Valladolid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Real Zaragoza 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 SD Eibar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Sporting Gijon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Tenerife 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Villarreal II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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