Delightful dogfight as daring FC Cartagena duel with determined Villarreal II

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Wed 07.December
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal Cartagonova (15105 seats)

FC Cartagena have been busy practising for this match following their 1-0 result versus FC Andorra, a match they learned a lot from. How will they do against Villarreal II?

Insights:
  • FC Cartagena have the most scored goals (23) in La Liga 2
  • Villarreal II have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Cartagena and Villarreal II.

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FC Cartagena form and stats

5 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what FC Cartagena, who have the most scored goals (23) in La Liga 2, have to build on here at Estadio Municipal Cartagonova in the La Liga 2. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Estadio Municipal Cartagonova.

A strong away win for FC Cartagena against FC Andorra the last match, as Jansson were on target. Escandell loved the game against FC Andorra. With a stunning ten saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 1-0 victory. Goalkeeper Escandell got the top rating on the team in that game; 9.2 out of ten. Escandell topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Eibar.

There will be little rest for FC Cartagena after this match as they are travelling to Sporting Gijon for a La Liga 2 game in only four days.

The FC Cartagena fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 9 matches.

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Villarreal II form and stats

There's been little loot from Villarreal II's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 9 away games in the La Liga 2. Villarreal II only have 1 win to counter their 6 defeats and 2 draws. Villarreal II has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Collado was the last player to score for the away team. Villarreal haven't scored a league goal in the last 216 minutes.

Villarreal II's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Leganés that finished 0-0. Defender Íñiguez was the best team player with a rating of 7.61. Íñiguez won 4 of 6 duels.

A 0-2 defeat away at Deportivo Alaves before that.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Villarreal II when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 4 times, drawing 0 and winning 0 games.

A new game in only three days for Villarreal II, the La Liga 2 home match versus Tenerife. Busy days.

The attacking power of Villarreal when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 9 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Villarreal II have conceded 16 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's three FC Cartagena victories, three draws and one Villarreal II win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

FC CartagenaA. Sadiku
A. Sadiku
7 goals
FC CartagenaA. Ortuño Martínez
A. Ortuño Martínez
5 goals
Villarreal IIS. Lozano Lluch
S. Lozano Lluch
3 goals

FC Cartagena missing players

Villarreal II missing players

FC Cartagena Villarreal II
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 3 9 18
9 5 1 Won W 0 1 6
4 2 0 Drew D 0 2 6
5 2 1 Lost L 3 6 6
23 13 3 Scored S 1 6 20
17 9 3 Conceded C 9 16 22
89% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 83%
61% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 67%
44% 56% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 44% 50%
17% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 22% 28%
11% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 11% 6%
56% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 44% 44%
33% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 39%
22% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 44% 33%
 
5.3 5.8 3 Corners for (avg) C F 1.7 4.7 4.5
4.3 3.6 2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 4.3 4.4
2.7 2.9 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.7 2.7 2.6
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
13.2 16 16 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 10.2 11.3
4.3 5.1 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.3 3 4.1
29% 28% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 22% 27%
 
11.8 10.3 11 Shots against (avg) S A 11.3 11.8 11.8
4.1 3.6 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.9 3.8
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • 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 Villarreal II have scored away.
  • FC Cartagena have the most scored goals (23) in La Liga 2
  • FC Cartagena have the most scored goals in the second half (16) in La Liga 2
  • Villarreal II have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored 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 Las Palmas 18 9 7 2 22 10 9 5 3 1 10 4 9 4 4 1 12 6 12 34
2 Deportivo Alaves 18 9 7 2 21 15 9 6 3 0 12 4 9 3 4 2 9 11 6 34
3 Burgos 17 8 7 2 15 6 9 5 3 1 11 4 8 3 4 1 4 2 9 31
4 Levante 18 8 7 3 20 13 9 5 2 2 11 5 9 3 5 1 9 8 7 31
5 FC Cartagena 18 9 4 5 23 17 9 5 2 2 13 9 9 4 2 3 10 8 6 31
6 Eibar 18 8 6 4 21 16 9 6 3 0 13 4 9 2 3 4 8 12 5 30
7 Granada 18 8 4 6 22 13 9 7 2 0 20 2 9 1 2 6 2 11 9 28
8 FC Andorra 18 8 3 7 20 14 9 5 0 4 13 5 9 3 3 3 7 9 6 27
9 Leganés 18 7 4 7 17 16 9 5 2 2 10 7 9 2 2 5 7 9 1 25
10 Albacete 18 6 7 5 21 24 9 3 4 2 9 8 9 3 3 3 12 16 -3 25
11 Huesca 18 6 6 6 15 14 9 5 3 1 10 4 9 1 3 5 5 10 1 24
12 Villarreal II 18 6 6 6 20 22 9 5 4 0 14 6 9 1 2 6 6 16 -2 24
13 Sporting Gijon 18 5 8 5 21 21 9 4 3 2 15 10 9 1 5 3 6 11 0 23
14 Real Oviedo 18 6 5 7 12 14 9 4 1 4 6 7 9 2 4 3 6 7 -2 23
15 Real Zaragoza 18 5 6 7 14 17 9 3 4 2 8 8 9 2 2 5 6 9 -3 21
16 Tenerife 18 5 5 8 17 20 9 4 3 2 10 6 9 1 2 6 7 14 -3 20
17 Mirandés 18 4 7 7 19 23 10 4 4 2 16 13 8 0 3 5 3 10 -4 19
18 Racing Santander 18 4 6 8 9 14 9 1 4 4 3 7 9 3 2 4 6 7 -5 18
19 Lugo 18 4 6 8 17 24 9 2 4 3 7 7 9 2 2 5 10 17 -7 18
20 Ponferradina 17 4 5 8 17 25 8 2 3 3 8 10 9 2 2 5 9 15 -8 17
21 Malaga 18 3 5 10 13 23 8 2 3 3 7 11 10 1 2 7 6 12 -10 14
22 UD Ibiza 18 3 3 12 12 27 9 2 2 5 8 13 9 1 1 7 4 14 -15 12

Read more about La Liga 2

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.