La Liga 2 forecast and pre-match guide: Girona moderate expected to top FC Cartagena

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sun 14.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadi Municipal de Montilivi (14286 seats)

A traditional home win, the away team with a heroic away win or a point each? Anything can happen when the mid-table sides Girona and FC Cartagena battle at Estadi Municipal de Montilivi.

Insights:
  • Girona have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in La Liga 2
  • FC Cartagena have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.

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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Girona form and stats

Girona have collected 11 points from their La Liga 2 home games so far after 3-2-3.

The fans are hoping that Girona will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the La Liga 2 game against Tenerife (placed 3rd). The talented striker Alejandro Baena bettered all the other players in that fixture and got a match rating of 7.8 out of 10. Baena scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Alcorcon.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Girona matches with similar probabilities have ended with two wins, one draw and zero defeats (from three games).

Girona are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Girona have conceded 9 in these home matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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FC Cartagena form and stats

FC Cartagena have only collected 7 points from their away games in the La Liga 2, after 2-1-5 (8 played).

The supporters enjoyed Cartagena's previous game versus Malaga (placed 11th), a La Liga 2 3-1 win played at home. Attacker Rubén Castro got a player rating of 8.44 in the game. "Man of the match" Castro scored two goals.

Before that, FC Cartagena travelled to Leganes and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Cartagena playing away, we found five games. Results were zero away wins, one draw and four home wins.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far FC Cartagena have scored 8 goals in 8 league games away. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. FC Cartagena have conceded 15 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Girona two wins, three draws and FC Cartagena four victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FC CartagenaR. Castro Martín
R. Castro Martín
9 goals
GironaC. Stuani Curbelo
C. Stuani Curbelo
7 goals
GironaN. Bustos
N. Bustos
3 goals

Girona missing players

FC Cartagena missing players

Girona FC Cartagena
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 8 2 Played P 2 8 15
5 3 0 Won W 1 2 7
3 2 1 Drew D 0 1 1
7 3 1 Lost L 1 5 7
16 10 2 Scored S 1 8 21
18 9 3 Conceded C 2 15 22
87% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
73% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 88% 73%
53% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 53%
13% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 20%
60% 62% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 62% 60%
27% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 12% 20%
27% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 20%
 
5.3 5.9 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 2.2 4.4
3 2.5 3 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.1 4.3
2.9 2.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 3.9 2.7
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.3 13.6 18.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7 7.8 10.7
4.5 5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3 3.8
24% 25% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 33% 37%
 
12.4 12.4 13.5 Shots against (avg) S A 16.5 15.9 13.5
4.1 3.6 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 5.8 5
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • FC Cartagena have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • FC Cartagena have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • FC Cartagena haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Girona have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in La Liga 2
  • Girona have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Almeria 15 11 1 3 29 11 7 6 1 0 14 4 8 5 0 3 15 7 18 34
2 Eibar 15 8 4 3 20 16 7 5 1 1 11 6 8 3 3 2 9 10 4 28
3 Tenerife 15 8 3 4 21 13 7 4 1 2 11 5 8 4 2 2 10 8 8 27
4 Las Palmas 15 7 6 2 22 15 8 6 2 0 17 7 7 1 4 2 5 8 7 27
5 Ponferradina 15 7 5 3 19 13 8 4 3 1 12 6 7 3 2 2 7 7 6 26
6 Real Valladolid 15 7 4 4 21 17 7 4 2 1 11 5 8 3 2 3 10 12 4 25
7 UD Ibiza 15 5 7 3 18 18 7 2 4 1 9 7 8 3 3 2 9 11 0 22
8 Sporting Gijon 15 6 4 5 16 16 7 5 0 2 9 6 8 1 4 3 7 10 0 22
9 FC Cartagena 15 7 1 7 21 22 7 5 0 2 13 7 8 2 1 5 8 15 -1 22
10 Real Oviedo 15 4 8 3 16 15 8 2 5 1 9 8 7 2 3 2 7 7 1 20
11 Malaga 15 5 5 5 14 18 7 5 2 0 8 2 8 0 3 5 6 16 -4 20
12 Real Zaragoza 15 3 10 2 12 11 8 1 6 1 5 4 7 2 4 1 7 7 1 19
13 Girona 15 5 3 7 16 18 8 3 2 3 10 9 7 2 1 4 6 9 -2 18
14 Mirandes 15 5 3 7 23 26 8 3 1 4 16 18 7 2 2 3 7 8 -3 18
15 Huesca 15 4 5 6 17 17 8 2 3 3 7 7 7 2 2 3 10 10 0 17
16 Lugo 15 3 7 5 17 19 8 3 3 2 9 8 7 0 4 3 8 11 -2 16
17 Fuenlabrada 15 3 7 5 12 14 8 2 4 2 8 8 7 1 3 3 4 6 -2 16
18 Burgos 15 4 4 7 13 17 7 3 2 2 8 4 8 1 2 5 5 13 -4 16
19 Leganes 15 3 5 7 15 19 7 1 3 3 5 8 8 2 2 4 10 11 -4 14
20 Real Sociedad II 15 3 5 7 14 18 8 1 3 4 5 9 7 2 2 3 9 9 -4 14
21 Amorebieta 15 2 7 6 18 22 7 2 3 2 13 11 8 0 4 4 5 11 -4 13
22 Alcorcon 15 2 2 11 12 31 8 1 2 5 8 19 7 1 0 6 4 12 -19 8

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.