This season has been a rollercoaster for these contenders so far, both rise and fall giving mid-table positions so far. Get ready for FC Cartagena - Málaga!
- FC Cartagena have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Málaga have yet to win a game away.
The visiting Málaga played their last game only three days ago, a La Liga 2 match.
FC Cartagena form and stats
12 points is a decent return from 6 La Liga 2 games here at Estadio Municipal Cartagonova for FC Cartagena. The data says 4 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses.
The home team returns to Estadio Municipal Cartagonova after being equal after 90 minutes with Leganes (placed 21st) on their last time out; the La Liga 2 game ended 1-1. Marc Martinez, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.42 out of 10 in that game. Martinez stopped the opponent with five saves.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Ponferradina (0-1).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 Cartagena have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won six times, drawn two and lost two.
The Cartagena fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 10 goals in 6 league matches. FC Cartagena's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 6 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Málaga form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Málaga so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-4 (win-draw-lose).
Impressive finishing from Roberto Fernández and Paulino De la Fuente secured the home win 2-1 against Real Sociedad II in their previous game. Midfielder Antoñin was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.12. Antoñin signed up for two assists, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Real Oviedo wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.Málaga are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, three draws and six defeats. From a total of 13 matches.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Málaga's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 13 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
As for the last two games between these two teams, there's one Cartagena victory, one draw and zero Málaga wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Castro Martín 7 goals |  A. Ortuño Martínez 3 goals |   P. de la Fuente Gómez 3 goals |
FC Cartagena missing players
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 18 | 10 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 21 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 86% | 86% |
| 71% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 86% | 64% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 57% | 36% |
| 29% | 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 29% | 14% |
| 21% | 17% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 57% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 57% | 43% |
| 21% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 14% | 43% |
| 21% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 43% | 29% |
| 4.3 | 7 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.4 | 4.4 |
| 4.3 | 3.2 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 6 | 5.1 |
| 2.7 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 2.9 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10.6 | 14.5 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 9.7 | 12.6 |
| 3.7 | 4.7 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
| 35% | 36% | 71% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 23% | 24% |
| 13.8 | 11 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 15.4 | 12.7 |
| 5.1 | 4.3 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.9 | 3.9 |
- FC Cartagena have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- FC Cartagena have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- FC Cartagena haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Málaga have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Málaga have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Málaga have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Málaga 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 | Almería | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 31 |
| 2 | SD Eibar | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 27 |
| 3 | Las Palmas | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 26 |
| 4 | Tenerife | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 24 |
| 5 | Ponferradina | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | Real Valladolid | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 22 |
| 7 | Sporting Gijón | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 22 |
| 8 | Málaga | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -2 | 20 |
| 9 | Real Oviedo | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 19 |
| 10 | UD Ibiza | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 19 |
| 11 | FC Cartagena | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -3 | 19 |
| 12 | Mirandés | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -1 | 18 |
| 13 | Girona | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 18 |
| 14 | Huesca | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 17 |
| 15 | Lugo | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 16 |
| 16 | Real Zaragoza | 14 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -1 | 16 |
| 17 | Burgos | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 16 |
| 18 | Fuenlabrada | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 15 |
| 19 | Real Sociedad II | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -3 | 14 |
| 20 | Amorebieta | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -4 | 12 |
| 21 | Leganes | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -6 | 11 |
| 22 | Alcorcón | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -19 | 7 |