FC Cartagena vs Sporting Gijón: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sat 22.April
Match begins: 14:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal Cartagonova (15105 seats)

There's seemingly a considerable difference in quality between these sides based on the league table so far, with FC Cartagena in front of Sporting Gijón by 8 points.

Insights:
  • FC Cartagena have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

It's quite the trip for Sporting Gijón when visiting FC Cartagena as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.

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.

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FC Cartagena form and stats

The story so far in the La Liga 2 for FC Cartagena at their home stadium (Estadio Municipal Cartagonova) is 8 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Estadio Municipal Cartagonova.

FC Cartagena faced defeat in their previous match, away at Malaga (0-1). The first loss after going unbeaten in three league games. Midfield player Eteki got a match rating of 7.64 in that game, the max score being 10. Eteki hit three key passes and had 35 successful passes (of 43 total).

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Mirandes in a game that was won 1-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Cartagena handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

The FC Cartagena fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 18 matches. Cartagena have conceded 20 in these home matches.

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Sporting Gijón form and stats

There's been little loot from Sporting Gijón's travels as they have only collected 16 points from 18 away games in the La Liga 2. Sporting Gijón only have 3 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 7 draws.

There were no winners in Sporting Gijón's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Deportivo Alaves (placed 4th). Defender González was the best team player with a rating of 7.6. González won 3 of 4 duels.

Prior to that result Sporting Gijón won their away game at UD Ibiza. The scoreline was 3-1.

We have checked recent matches where Sporting Gijón have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 5 games were 0 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

Low-scoring game? 17 of this team's latest 20 league fixtures have seen two or less goals.

The visitors have scored 12 goals from 18 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Gijón have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Sporting Gijón - FC Cartagena 0-0 was the end result in these contenders' latest H2H game, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): FC Cartagena one win, two draws and Sporting Gijón three victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less. The matches between these teams sometimes lean towards being ill-tempered, having seen 3 red cards from the last six encounters.

Top Goalscorers

FC CartagenaA. Ortuño Martínez
A. Ortuño Martínez
8 goals
CartagenaA. Sadiku
A. Sadiku
8 goals
FC CartagenaB. Valle Balonga
B. Valle Balonga
6 goals

FC Cartagena missing players

Sporting Gijón missing players

Total First Half Second Half
FC Cartagena Sporting Gijón
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
36 18 7 Played P 5 18 36
15 8 4 Won W 0 3 10
8 3 0 Drew D 2 7 15
13 7 3 Lost L 3 8 11
42 19 10 Scored S 2 12 35
38 20 9 Conceded C 9 20 36
86% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 83% 81%
58% 67% 86% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 50% 53%
47% 50% 57% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 22% 28%
17% 6% 14% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 17% 22%
8% 6% 14% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 6% 8%
42% 44% 43% BTTS BTTS 40% 39% 42%
36% 33% 43% Clean Sheets C S 20% 22% 33%
36% 33% 14% Failed to Score F T 60% 56% 44%
 
4.7 5.2 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 4.6 4.5
4.6 3.6 3.4 Corners against (avg) C A 3.4 4.8 4.5
2.7 2.8 3.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.7 2.4
6 1 0 Red cards R C 1 5 5
 
12 14.7 16.4 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 11.5 12.2
3.8 4.6 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.8 3.1 3.6
31% 23% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 22% 27%
 
11.9 9.8 8.7 Shots against (avg) S A 13.6 12.4 11.4
4.1 3.6 3.9 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.8 4.4 3.6
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • FC Cartagena have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 Eibar 36 18 11 7 40 30 18 11 6 1 21 9 18 7 5 6 19 21 10 65
2 Granada 36 19 7 10 46 26 18 15 3 0 34 5 18 4 4 10 12 21 20 64
3 Las Palmas 36 16 14 6 42 26 18 9 6 3 23 12 18 7 8 3 19 14 16 62
4 Deportivo Alaves 36 17 11 8 41 27 18 11 6 1 23 8 18 6 5 7 18 19 14 62
5 Levante 35 15 16 4 38 24 17 9 6 2 20 8 18 6 10 2 18 16 14 61
6 Albacete 36 14 13 9 46 42 18 9 5 4 26 16 18 5 8 5 20 26 4 55
7 FC Cartagena 36 15 8 13 42 38 18 8 3 7 19 20 18 7 5 6 23 18 4 53
8 Burgos 36 12 14 10 30 27 18 7 8 3 21 15 18 5 6 7 9 12 3 50
9 FC Andorra 36 13 9 14 35 29 18 9 3 6 22 11 18 4 6 8 13 18 6 48
10 Real Zaragoza 36 11 14 11 34 33 18 7 8 3 21 14 18 4 6 8 13 19 1 47
11 Tenerife 36 11 13 12 36 33 18 9 6 3 24 11 18 2 7 9 12 22 3 46
12 Huesca 36 10 16 10 31 30 18 9 7 2 21 10 18 1 9 8 10 20 1 46
13 Villarreal II 36 12 10 14 40 44 18 8 6 4 27 19 18 4 4 10 13 25 -4 46
14 Real Oviedo 36 12 10 14 24 28 18 7 5 6 12 12 18 5 5 8 12 16 -4 46
15 Leganes 36 12 10 14 30 35 19 9 5 5 20 17 17 3 5 9 10 18 -5 46
16 Sporting Gijón 36 10 15 11 35 36 18 7 8 3 23 16 18 3 7 8 12 20 -1 45
17 Mirandes 35 10 12 13 40 44 18 8 6 4 28 23 17 2 6 9 12 21 -4 42
18 Racing Santander 36 10 11 15 32 37 17 5 6 6 16 15 19 5 5 9 16 22 -5 41
19 Malaga 36 8 12 16 31 39 18 6 7 5 17 16 18 2 5 11 14 23 -8 36
20 Ponferradina 36 7 15 14 29 43 18 5 6 7 14 19 18 2 9 7 15 24 -14 36
21 UD Ibiza 36 6 11 19 30 57 18 4 7 7 19 24 18 2 4 12 11 33 -27 29
22 Lugo 36 5 12 19 22 46 18 3 9 6 10 13 18 2 3 13 12 33 -24 27

Table
  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 36 18 11 7 40 30 18 11 6 1 21 9 18 7 5 6 19 21 10 65
2 Granada 36 19 7 10 46 26 18 15 3 0 34 5 18 4 4 10 12 21 20 64
3 Las Palmas 36 16 14 6 42 26 18 9 6 3 23 12 18 7 8 3 19 14 16 62
4 Deportivo Alaves 36 17 11 8 41 27 18 11 6 1 23 8 18 6 5 7 18 19 14 62
5 Levante 35 15 16 4 38 24 17 9 6 2 20 8 18 6 10 2 18 16 14 61
6 Albacete 36 14 13 9 46 42 18 9 5 4 26 16 18 5 8 5 20 26 4 55
7 FC Cartagena 36 15 8 13 42 38 18 8 3 7 19 20 18 7 5 6 23 18 4 53
8 Burgos 36 12 14 10 30 27 18 7 8 3 21 15 18 5 6 7 9 12 3 50
9 FC Andorra 36 13 9 14 35 29 18 9 3 6 22 11 18 4 6 8 13 18 6 48
10 Real Zaragoza 36 11 14 11 34 33 18 7 8 3 21 14 18 4 6 8 13 19 1 47
11 Tenerife 36 11 13 12 36 33 18 9 6 3 24 11 18 2 7 9 12 22 3 46
12 Huesca 36 10 16 10 31 30 18 9 7 2 21 10 18 1 9 8 10 20 1 46
13 Villarreal II 36 12 10 14 40 44 18 8 6 4 27 19 18 4 4 10 13 25 -4 46
14 Real Oviedo 36 12 10 14 24 28 18 7 5 6 12 12 18 5 5 8 12 16 -4 46
15 Leganes 36 12 10 14 30 35 19 9 5 5 20 17 17 3 5 9 10 18 -5 46
16 Sporting Gijón 36 10 15 11 35 36 18 7 8 3 23 16 18 3 7 8 12 20 -1 45
17 Mirandes 35 10 12 13 40 44 18 8 6 4 28 23 17 2 6 9 12 21 -4 42
18 Racing Santander 36 10 11 15 32 37 17 5 6 6 16 15 19 5 5 9 16 22 -5 41
19 Malaga 36 8 12 16 31 39 18 6 7 5 17 16 18 2 5 11 14 23 -8 36
20 Ponferradina 36 7 15 14 29 43 18 5 6 7 14 19 18 2 9 7 15 24 -14 36
21 UD Ibiza 36 6 11 19 30 57 18 4 7 7 19 24 18 2 4 12 11 33 -27 29
22 Lugo 36 5 12 19 22 46 18 3 9 6 10 13 18 2 3 13 12 33 -24 27

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The Segunda División, also known as La Liga 2, is the second highest level of the football league pyramid in Spain. 22 teams play each other home and away for a 42 match season. Top two of the league table earns promotion and one more is promoted through playoff fixtures. The bottom four are relegated.