We have to say that both squads are sailing pretty smoothly so far, Ponferradina enjoying a 1 point edge on FC Cartagena in the standings. Game on!
- 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 Ponferradina have scored away.
FC Cartagena and Ponferradina should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Ponferradina, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.
FC Cartagena form and stats
Overall La Liga 2 stats at home this season for FC Cartagena are 4-0-1 (wins-draws-losses). Cartagena has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Estadio Municipal Cartagonova. We remember; it was Almeria.
In their previous game, the manager L. Carrión Delgado led his Cartagena to a defeat in the La Liga 2 match away at Eibar. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio Municipal Cartagonova. Álex Gallar (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.55/10. Gallar served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 56 successful passes (of 63 total).
Ahead of that match, Cartagena won a home game hosting Sporting Gijon (1-0).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does FC Cartagena handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are six wins, two draws and one defeat.
The manager L. Carrión Delgado will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Leganes in only three days.
The Cartagena manager L. Carrión Delgado has got the team scoring with 10 from 5 home games in the league. Cartagena's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Ponferradina form and stats
1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Ponferradina playing as the away team in the La Liga 2 this season. Two points from the last two away games for Ponferradina, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Ponferradina might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Real Oviedo proved too strong as Ponferradina slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Estadio El Toralín. Agus Medina got a match rating of 7.45 in that game, top player of the team. Medina hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 69 successful passes (of 80 total).
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Real Zaragoza.Ponferradina are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, three draws and nine defeats. From a total of 13 matches.
A quick return to home after this game, as Ponferradina are hosting Huesca in the La Liga 2 only three days away.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Ponferradina as they have only managed to score 4 times from 5 away games in the league. 6 goals have been conceded by Ponferradina in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last six games between these two teams, there's two Cartagena victories, two draws and two Ponferradina wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Castro Martín 7 goals |   Y. de Souza Fonseca 5 goals |  J. García Naranjo 3 goals |
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| FC Cartagena | Ponferradina | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 17 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 15 |
| 19 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 92% |
| 75% | 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 80% | 67% |
| 58% | 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 42% |
| 33% | 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 25% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 58% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 50% |
| 25% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 42% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 17% |
| 4.4 | 7.2 | 10.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2 | 3.8 |
| 4.1 | 3 | 1.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6.4 | 5.1 |
| 2.8 | 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11.2 | 15.2 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10 | 10.8 |
| 3.8 | 5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
| 38% | 40% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 24% | 33% |
- 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 Ponferradina have scored away.
- FC Cartagena have scored in all their home matches so far.
- 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.
- Ponferradina have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Ponferradina have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Ponferradina haven’t played a single 0-0 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 | Almeria | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 25 |
| 2 | Eibar | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 24 |
| 3 | Sporting Gijon | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 21 |
| 4 | Las Palmas | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| 5 | Tenerife | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 20 |
| 6 | Ponferradina | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 19 |
| 7 | Real Valladolid | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 19 |
| 8 | FC Cartagena | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -2 | 18 |
| 9 | Malaga | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -2 | 17 |
| 10 | Burgos | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 16 |
| 11 | Real Oviedo | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 16 |
| 12 | Huesca | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 15 |
| 13 | Lugo | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 15 |
| 14 | Fuenlabrada | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
| 15 | UD Ibiza | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -3 | 15 |
| 16 | Real Sociedad II | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -1 | 14 |
| 17 | Mirandes | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 14 |
| 18 | Real Zaragoza | 12 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 12 |
| 19 | Girona | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 12 |
| 20 | Leganes | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -5 | 10 |
| 21 | Amorebieta | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -7 | 8 |
| 22 | Alcorcon | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -15 | 7 |