FC Cartagena believe to sell many tickets for this game even though the season has been difficult up to now with 5 points and a 22nd spot in the La Liga 2 table. Opponents Racing Santander have 10th place with 15 pts.
- FC Cartagena is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Racing Santander have yet to win a game away.
Racing Santander have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
FC Cartagena form and stats
0-0-5 (win-draw-lost) are the La Liga 2 numbers at home for FC Cartagena so far this season. The home stadium (Estadio Municipal Cartagonova) is supposed to be a fortress, but for FC Cartagena it's been a house of straw as the last five games here have all been lost. Can they turn things around?
The home team returns to Estadio Municipal Cartagonova after drawing with Racing Ferrol (placed 9th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. The attacking player Carlos was declared "man of the match" for Cartagena with the rating of 7.82/10. Carlos scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Ahead of that match, FC Cartagena lost 0-2 at home to Espanyol.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 FC Cartagena have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 3 and lost 5.
Cartagena have scored {2 goals} here in 5 league matches, a depressing statistic. FC Cartagena have conceded 9 from these games.
Racing Santander form and stats
As the visiting team in La Liga 2 matches, Racing Santander have produced an overall stat of 0-2-3 so far. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Santander have lost on their last two travels.
Racing Santander won their last game, 3-2 versus Sporting Gijón played at home. Racing Santander goalie Ezkieta was high and low in the Sporting Gijón game, contributing six saves towards the victory. Midfielder Vicente was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.6. Vicente served one assist, hit nine key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Tenerife wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Racing Santander in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Racing Santander, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Santander as they have only managed to score 3 times from 5 away games in the league. Racing Santander's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 8 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the former two meetings): FC Cartagena won zero games, zero matches ended with a draw and Racing Santander managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / zero.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Martín García 3 goals |   A. Ortuño Martínez 2 goals |  J. Real Ruiz 2 goals |
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| FC Cartagena | Racing Santander | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| 15 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 11 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 60% | 60% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 40% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 40% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 50% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 30% |
| 50% | 60% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 30% |
| 4.3 | 5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 5.8 | 5.4 |
| 5.4 | 5.8 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 6 | 5.9 |
| 2.7 | 2.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.3 | 11.4 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 12 | 11.6 |
| 3.3 | 3 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 21% | 13% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 18% | 33% |
| 12.3 | 9.8 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 24 | 16 | 15.5 |
| 4.6 | 4.2 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.8 | 4.1 |
- All of Racing Santander's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- FC Cartagena have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- FC Cartagena have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- FC Cartagena have lost all their home matches so far.
- FC Cartagena have the fewest points (0) at home in La Liga 2
- FC Cartagena have the the worst goal difference (-8) in La Liga 2
- FC Cartagena haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- FC Cartagena is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Racing Santander have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Racing Santander have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Racing Santander have yet to win a game away.
- Racing Santander 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 | Tenerife | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
| 2 | Espanyol | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 20 |
| 3 | Leganes | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 19 |
| 4 | Levante | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 |
| 5 | Real Zaragoza | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 |
| 6 | Real Valladolid | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 19 |
| 7 | Eibar | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 18 |
| 8 | Sporting Gijón | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| 9 | Racing Ferrol | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| 10 | Racing Santander | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 15 |
| 11 | Albacete | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -1 | 14 |
| 12 | Burgos | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 13 |
| 13 | Eldense | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 11 |
| 14 | Villarreal II | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 10 |
| 15 | Real Oviedo | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 16 | Mirandés | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 10 |
| 17 | FC Andorra | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 10 |
| 18 | Amorebieta | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 9 |
| 19 | Elche | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -6 | 9 |
| 20 | Alcorcon | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | -7 | 9 |
| 21 | Huesca | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 7 |
| 22 | FC Cartagena | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -8 | 5 |
