FC Cartagena are stalking the top spots while Málaga are more concerned with escaping relegation. Who will get the points?
- FC Cartagena have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Málaga have the fewest clean sheets (2) in La Liga 2
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 FC Cartagena and Málaga.
FC Cartagena form and stats
3 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what FC Cartagena have to build on here at Estadio Municipal Cartagonova in the La Liga 2.
Cartagena are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 187 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Sadiku).
FC Cartagena drew their last game, also a home match. Granada (placed 6th) was the opponent, 0-0 the score. Midfield player Blasis got a match rating of 8.21 in that game, the max score being 10. Blasis hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Prior to that, an away loss at Las Palmas.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 9 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 1 and lost 3.
There will be little rest for Cartagena after this match as they are travelling to Lugo for a La Liga 2 game in only four days.
The FC Cartagena fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 7 matches.
Málaga form and stats
There's been little loot from Málaga's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 7 away games in the La Liga 2. Málaga only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw. Málaga seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Málaga are looking to quickly end their 195 minutes long goal drought in the La Liga 2.
Málaga's previous game was their home loss versus Eibar (0-1). Juanfran was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.14. The defender Juanfran hit one key pass and won 2 of 5 duels.
A 0-1 defeat away at Real Oviedo before that.We have checked recent matches where Málaga have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 15 games were 2 victories, 3 draws and 10 defeats.
After this away game Málaga return home for a La Liga 2 game against Sporting Gijón. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Málaga have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Cartagena have managed a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (2-2-0) when playing Málaga.Top Goalscorers
  A. Sadiku 5 goals |   R. Castro Martín 3 goals |  P. Alcalá Guirado 2 goals |
FC Cartagena missing players
Málaga missing players
| FC Cartagena | Málaga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 16 | 9 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 18 |
| 85% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 85% |
| 54% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 29% | 46% |
| 38% | 43% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 29% | 38% |
| 23% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 31% |
| 15% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 46% | 57% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 38% |
| 38% | 43% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 15% |
| 31% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 71% | 62% |
| 5.2 | 5.9 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
| 4.3 | 3.3 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
| 2.9 | 3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.8 | 15.1 | 19.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 11.9 | 12.1 |
| 4.2 | 4.9 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.1 | 3.8 |
| 29% | 26% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 18% | 18% |
| 11.5 | 10.9 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 11.9 | 11.4 |
| 3.7 | 3.6 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.3 | 3.2 |
- FC Cartagena have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- FC Cartagena have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Málaga have scored away.
- Málaga have the fewest clean sheets (2) 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 | Burgos | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 27 |
| 2 | Deportivo Alaves | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 27 |
| 3 | Las Palmas | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 26 |
| 4 | Levante | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 |
| 5 | Eibar | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 22 |
| 6 | Granada | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 21 |
| 7 | FC Cartagena | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 21 |
| 8 | FC Andorra | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 21 |
| 9 | Albacete | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 21 |
| 10 | Huesca | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 20 |
| 11 | Sporting Gijón | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 19 |
| 12 | Villarreal II | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -1 | 17 |
| 13 | Real Zaragoza | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 16 |
| 14 | Ponferradina | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -6 | 16 |
| 15 | Racing Santander | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 15 |
| 16 | Tenerife | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 14 |
| 17 | Leganes | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 14 |
| 18 | Lugo | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 13 |
| 19 | Real Oviedo | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 13 |
| 20 | UD Ibiza | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -10 | 11 |
| 21 | Mirandes | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -7 | 9 |
| 22 | Málaga | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | -9 | 9 |
