The football year has been a rollercoaster for these squads so far, ups and downs leading to mid-table positions so far. Make ready for FC Cartagena - Real Oviedo!
- FC Cartagena have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Real Oviedo have the fewest scored goals (17) in La Liga 2
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
FC Cartagena form and stats
5 victories, 3 draws and 6 defeats. That’s what FC Cartagena have to build on here at Estadio Municipal Cartagonova in the La Liga 2. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for FC Cartagena, their manager Delgado and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
It's back home for Cartagena, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Eibar away with the result 3-0. Blasis, Izquierdo and Valle found the net in that victory. What a relief, as that was the first three points in the league after going winless in eight games in a row. Blasis (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.83/10. Blasis scored one goal and hit two key passes.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Levante (1-2).This is expected to be a close game, with FC Cartagena perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with FC Cartagena as a small favourite), we find 13 games. FC Cartagena has won 5 of these, drawn 4 and lost 4.
It should be considered that a glance at the 10 latest league matches reveals that 8 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).
Cartagena have conceded 16 in these home matches.
Real Oviedo form and stats
3-5-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Real Oviedo, who have the fewest scored goals (17) in La Liga 2, in their La Liga 2 matches away.
The manager Díaz was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground Estadio Nuevo Carlos Tartiere. Real Oviedo suffered a 0-1 loss to Burgos (placed 7th). Luismi got a match rating of 7.44 in that game, top player of the team. Luismi hit one key pass.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Malaga at their stadium, the result 1-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Real Oviedo playing away and similar expectations, we found 9 relevant matches. Results were 3 Real Oviedo wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.
A tale of few goals? 12 of this club's most recent 13 league fixtures have had two or less goals.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Oviedo as they have only managed to score 9 times from 13 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Real Oviedo as they have only conceded 12 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The latest logged meeting featuring both these participants is the Real Oviedo - Cartagena 1-3 played not long ago this season. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: two - one - two (FC Cartagena wins - draws - Real Oviedo wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less. The games between these clubs have sometimes been a bit wild, having seen 3 sending-offs from the last five duels.
Top Goalscorers
  B. González Tomás 8 goals |   A. Sadiku 7 goals |  A. Ortuño Martínez 6 goals |
FC Cartagena missing players
Real Oviedo missing players
| FC Cartagena | Real Oviedo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 27 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 10 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 29 | 14 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 27 | 16 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 21 |
| 85% | 86% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 85% | 89% |
| 56% | 64% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 46% | 30% |
| 44% | 50% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 23% | 15% |
| 15% | 7% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 7% |
| 7% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 44% | 50% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 46% | 30% |
| 33% | 29% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 38% | 44% |
| 37% | 36% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 31% | 37% |
| 5.1 | 5.6 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
| 4.5 | 3.4 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 6.4 | 5.1 |
| 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 12.2 | 14.6 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 9.8 | 9.1 |
| 3.7 | 4.1 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| 29% | 24% | 6% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 26% | 23% |
| 12.2 | 10.2 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.3 | 12.5 | 10.5 |
| 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3 |
- FC Cartagena have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Real Oviedo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Real Oviedo have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in La Liga 2
- Real Oviedo have the fewest points from losing position (1) in La Liga 2
- Real Oviedo have the fewest scored goals (17) in La Liga 2
- Real Oviedo have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in La Liga 2
- Real Oviedo have the most matches under the total-line (23) 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 | Las Palmas | 27 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 33 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 18 | 52 |
| 2 | Levante | 27 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 32 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 50 |
| 3 | Deportivo Alaves | 27 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 49 |
| 4 | Granada | 27 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 34 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 47 |
| 5 | Eibar | 27 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 47 |
| 6 | Albacete | 27 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 35 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 45 |
| 7 | Burgos | 27 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 23 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 43 |
| 8 | Leganes | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 38 |
| 9 | FC Cartagena | 27 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 37 |
| 10 | Huesca | 27 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 16 | -1 | 35 |
| 11 | Tenerife | 27 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 26 | 28 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -2 | 34 |
| 12 | Real Oviedo | 27 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -4 | 34 |
| 13 | Villarreal II | 27 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 30 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 21 | -5 | 34 |
| 14 | Sporting Gijon | 27 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 25 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -2 | 33 |
| 15 | Mirandes | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 31 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 16 | -3 | 33 |
| 16 | Real Zaragoza | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 33 |
| 17 | FC Andorra | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 32 |
| 18 | Ponferradina | 27 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 33 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -9 | 28 |
| 19 | Racing Santander | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 13 | -5 | 27 |
| 20 | Malaga | 27 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 18 | -12 | 22 |
| 21 | Lugo | 27 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 36 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 26 | -17 | 22 |
| 22 | UD Ibiza | 27 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 40 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 21 | -22 | 19 |
