FC Cartagena greet Racing Santander with hopes of landing all three points. Can they? Read our match preview!
- FC Cartagena have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Racing Santander have the fewest scored goals (10) in La Liga 2
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Racing Santander, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.
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
The overall La Liga 2 results at home this season for FC Cartagena are 5-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Cartagena haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 180 minutes ago. Jansson scored that one.
FC Cartagena shared the glory with Sporting Gijon in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. The FC Cartagena goalkeeper Escandell was crucial in the match against Sporting Gijon last time out, making seven saves. Escandell, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.6 out of 10 in that game. Escandell topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Villarreal II (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 12 games) they have won 8 times, drawn 1 and lost 3.
FC Cartagena are traveling soon after this match as the Copa Del Rey match at Alcorcon awaits in three days.
FC Cartagena are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 10 games.
Racing Santander form and stats
As the visiting team matches, Racing Santander, who have the fewest scored goals (10) in La Liga 2, have produced an overall stat of 3-2-5 so far. With the Santander losing streak of five defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.
The manager Romo was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground Campos de Sport de El Sardinero. Racing Santander suffered a 1-2 loss to Mirandes (placed 17th). Defender Moreno was the best team player with a rating of 7.23. Moreno won 9 of 9 duels.
A 0-1 defeat away at UD Ibiza before that.We have checked recent matches where Racing Santander have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 3 victories, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
A tale of few goals? 17 of this team's latest 20 league fixtures have had zero, one or two goals.
The attacking power of Racing Santander when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 10 league matches away. Santander are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Sadiku 7 goals |  A. Ortuño Martínez 5 goals |  P. Alcalá Guirado 2 goals |
FC Cartagena missing players
Racing Santander missing players
| FC Cartagena | Racing Santander | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 23 | 13 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 18 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 8 | 17 |
| 85% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 80% |
| 55% | 70% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 40% | 40% |
| 40% | 50% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 20% | 15% |
| 15% | 10% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 10% | 10% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 60% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 20% | 25% |
| 35% | 30% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 50% | 40% |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 50% | 55% |
| 5.2 | 5.7 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 3.9 | 5.2 |
| 4.2 | 3.5 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
| 2.5 | 2.7 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 12.9 | 15.8 | 19.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 10 | 11.1 |
| 4.2 | 5.1 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4 |
| 27% | 25% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 17% | 12% |
| 12.3 | 10.8 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.3 | 11.7 | 11.3 |
| 4.3 | 3.8 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
- FC Cartagena have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- FC Cartagena have scored more than double the goals of Racing Santander.
- Racing Santander have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Racing Santander have the fewest points from losing position (0) in La Liga 2
- Racing Santander have the fewest scored goals (10) in La Liga 2
- Racing Santander have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Racing Santander is in the worst form (1-0-5)
| 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 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 30 |
| 2 | Las Palmas | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 35 |
| 3 | Deportivo Alaves | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 34 |
| 4 | Burgos | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 34 |
| 5 | FC Cartagena | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 31 |
| 6 | Levante | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 31 |
| 7 | Granada | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 28 |
| 8 | Albacete | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 17 | -2 | 26 |
| 9 | Villarreal II | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -1 | 27 |
| 10 | FC Andorra | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 27 |
| 11 | Huesca | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -1 | 27 |
| 12 | Sporting Gijon | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 23 |
| 13 | Leganes | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 26 |
| 14 | Real Zaragoza | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 22 |
| 15 | Real Oviedo | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 24 |
| 16 | Tenerife | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -2 | 23 |
| 17 | Mirandes | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 20 |
| 18 | Ponferradina | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -8 | 17 |
| 19 | Lugo | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -9 | 18 |
| 20 | Racing Santander | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | -7 | 18 |
| 21 | UD Ibiza | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 14 | -14 | 12 |
| 22 | Malaga | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 13 | -10 | 14 |
