Betting guide: FC Cartagena favourite to beat Lugo at Estadio Municipal Cartagonova

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Fri 24.March
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal Cartagonova (15105 seats)

FC Cartagena have enginereed 6 home victories so far, Lugo have won 2 away. Which team improves their records after this meeting?

Insights:
  • FC Cartagena have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lugo have the most conceded goals (29) away in La Liga 2

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

This should be an intriguing game with lots of action and excitement as both contenders are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Bring it on!

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FC Cartagena form and stats

The total La Liga 2 statistics playing at home this season for FC Cartagena are 6-3-7 (wins-draws-losses).

The supporters are hoping that FC Cartagena will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 2-5 away loss in the match against Villarreal II (after extra-time) (placed 8th). As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? The forward Valle was named "man of the match" for Cartagena with the rating of 7.34/10. Valle scored one goal and hit two key passes.

Preceding that match was a defeat to FC Andorra (after extra-time) (0-3).

20 goals have been conceded.

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Lugo form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Lugo so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-11 (win-draw-lose). With three draws in a row for Lugo the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment.

Lugo's last game was the home draw against Racing Santander (after extra-time) (1-1). The attacker Avilés got a match rating of 7.82 in that game. Avilés scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 6 times.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Deportivo Alaves (after extra-time) that ended 0-0.

Low on goals? 13 of this team's last 16 league matches have contained two or less goals.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Lugo as they have only managed to score 11 times from 16 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. Lugo have conceded 29 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The latest reported meeting involving both these contenders is the Lugo - Cartagena 1-1 played earlier this season. Previous five meetings between these participants: FC Cartagena won two, Lugo triumphed in two and we saw one draw. three games with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

FC CartagenaA. Sadiku
A. Sadiku
8 goals
FC CartagenaA. Ortuño Martínez
A. Ortuño Martínez
6 goals
FC CartagenaB. Valle Balonga
B. Valle Balonga
6 goals

FC Cartagena missing players

Lugo missing players

FC Cartagena Lugo
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 16 6 Played P 6 16 32
12 6 4 Won W 0 2 5
8 3 0 Drew D 2 3 10
12 7 2 Lost L 4 11 17
36 16 9 Scored S 3 11 21
36 20 8 Conceded C 12 29 42
84% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 84%
59% 69% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 69% 59%
50% 56% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 44% 31%
16% 6% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 31% 16%
9% 6% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 6%
44% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 44% 41%
34% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 28%
38% 38% 17% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 47%
 
5 5.5 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.3 3.4 3.6
4.7 3.4 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 7.5 7.8
2.6 2.8 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.3 2.6
6 1 1 Red cards R C 2 3 6
 
12.1 14.9 15.7 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 10.2 10.4
3.8 4.6 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.9 3
30% 22% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 24% 22%
 
12.3 10.1 8.7 Shots against (avg) S A 15.5 15.4 15
4.3 3.7 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 5.4 4.6
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • FC Cartagena have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lugo have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Lugo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Lugo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Lugo have the most conceded goals (29) away in La Liga 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 Eibar 31 17 8 6 34 23 16 11 4 1 20 8 15 6 4 5 14 15 11 59
2 Granada 32 17 7 8 43 23 16 13 3 0 31 4 16 4 4 8 12 19 20 58
3 Las Palmas 32 15 13 4 38 21 16 9 5 2 22 10 16 6 8 2 16 11 17 58
4 Levante 32 14 14 4 35 22 16 9 5 2 19 7 16 5 9 2 16 15 13 56
5 Deportivo Alaves 32 15 9 8 39 27 16 10 5 1 22 8 16 5 4 7 17 19 12 54
6 Albacete 32 13 12 7 40 34 16 8 5 3 22 13 16 5 7 4 18 21 6 51
7 Burgos 32 11 13 8 25 20 16 6 7 3 17 12 16 5 6 5 8 8 5 46
8 Villarreal II 32 12 8 12 38 40 16 8 5 3 26 17 16 4 3 9 12 23 -2 44
9 FC Cartagena 32 12 8 12 36 36 16 6 3 7 16 20 16 6 5 5 20 16 0 44
10 Huesca 32 9 15 8 29 27 16 8 7 1 19 8 16 1 8 7 10 19 2 42
11 Tenerife 32 10 11 11 31 31 16 8 5 3 19 10 16 2 6 8 12 21 0 41
12 FC Andorra 32 11 7 14 33 29 16 7 3 6 20 11 16 4 4 8 13 18 4 40
13 Mirandes 31 10 10 11 36 38 16 8 5 3 24 18 15 2 5 8 12 20 -2 40
14 Leganes 32 10 10 12 27 30 17 8 5 4 18 14 15 2 5 8 9 16 -3 40
15 Real Zaragoza 32 9 12 11 27 30 15 5 7 3 15 12 17 4 5 8 12 18 -3 39
16 Real Oviedo 32 10 9 13 20 25 16 6 4 6 9 10 16 4 5 7 11 15 -5 39
17 Racing Santander 32 9 11 12 26 29 15 4 6 5 12 13 17 5 5 7 14 16 -3 38
18 Sporting Gijón 32 8 13 11 30 34 16 6 7 3 22 16 16 2 6 8 8 18 -4 37
19 Ponferradina 32 7 12 13 27 40 16 5 5 6 14 18 16 2 7 7 13 22 -13 33
20 Malaga 32 5 12 15 26 37 16 4 7 5 14 16 16 1 5 10 12 21 -11 27
21 UD Ibiza 32 5 10 17 25 48 16 3 7 6 16 21 16 2 3 11 9 27 -23 25
22 Lugo 32 5 10 17 21 42 16 3 7 6 10 13 16 2 3 11 11 29 -21 25

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.