FC Cartagena will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 3 points behind Las Palmas.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Cartagena and Las Palmas.
It's quite the trip for Las Palmas when visiting Cartagena as the cities are 1900 kilometers apart.
FC Cartagena form and stats
FC Cartagena have collected 4 points from their La Liga 2 home games so far after 1-1-1.
The home team returns to Estadio Municipal Cartagonova after being equal after 90 minutes with Almería (placed 21st) on their last time out; the La Liga 2 game ended 1-1. In the match before that, Cartagena hosted Fuenlabrada and drew the game 1-1.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Cartagena have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found three matches with the results: Won one, drawn two and lost zero.
The manager B. Jiménez Sáez will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Girona in only three days.
Cartagena has scored 3 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. Cartagena have conceded 3 in these home matches.
Las Palmas form and stats
The La Liga 2 season is young and Las Palmas, who have the most scored goals (11) in La Liga 2, have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 2 draws and 1 defeat so far. Two points from the last two away games for Palmas, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
The supporters enjoyed Palmas's previous game versus Castellón (placed 13th), a La Liga 2 2-1 win played at home. Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Almería.
Roberto Gonzalez Bayon came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Castellón last time out, making the manager J. Mel Pérez feel like a tactical genius.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Palmas in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Las Palmas, seven draws and four defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Palmas manager J. Mel Pérez as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Albacete.
The visitors have scored 2 goals from 3 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 3 goals have been conceded by Las Palmas in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last five meetings: three - one - one (Cartagena wins - draws - Las Palmas wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Araújo 4 goals |   R. Castro Martín 3 goals |
FC Cartagena missing players
Las Palmas missing players
| FC Cartagena | Las Palmas | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 86% |
| 71% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 71% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 57% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 57% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 57% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 29% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.9 | 3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3 | 3.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 57 | 21 | 12 | Total Shots | T S | 3 | 20 | 58 |
| 25 | 9 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 8 | 28 |
| 28% | 33% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 39% |
- Las Palmas has the most scored goals (11) in La Liga 2
- Las Palmas has the most scored goals in the second half (8) in La Liga 2
- Las Palmas have yet to win a game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Espanyol | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 2 | Fuenlabrada | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | Rayo Vallecano | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 4 | Sporting Gijon | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | Malaga | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 13 |
| 6 | Ponferradina | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | Las Palmas | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | Mallorca | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 9 | Leganes | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 10 | FC Cartagena | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 11 | Mirandes | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 12 | Lugo | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 9 |
| 13 | Castellón | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 14 | Real Oviedo | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 15 | Tenerife | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 7 |
| 16 | Girona | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 6 |
| 17 | Alcorcon | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 18 | Real Zaragoza | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 5 |
| 19 | UD Logroñés | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 5 |
| 20 | Albacete | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
| 21 | Almería | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 22 | Sabadell | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -8 | 0 |