Huesca favourites for feisty fight facing FC Cartagena

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sun 21.August
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio El Alcoraz (5500 seats)

It's game day two of the La Liga 2 campaign and important points to play for. Don't miss our complete preview of Huesca-FC Cartagena!

Huesca and FC Cartagena should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Huesca form and stats

The season before, Huesca's league results were 13 wins, 15 draws and 14 losses, providing 13th spot in the La Liga 2. In these 42 matches they scored 49 goals and conceded 44. Appearing as the host team in the former season Huesca managed 7-9-5 (win-draw-lost) with 23 goals and 17 conceded.

Stress levels are on the rise for Huesca's attacking players as they have now played 180 minutes without scoring in a league game. Carlos was their last goal scorer.

Huesca shared the glory with Levante in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Pulido was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.94 out of 10. The defender Pulido won 6 of 6 duels.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Real Valladolid.

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 Huesca have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 12 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 5 and lost 3.

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FC Cartagena form and stats

Let's have a look at how FC Cartagena performed last season in the La Liga 2: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 18 victories, 6 draws and 18 defeats. In total they scored 63 and conceded 57 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 4 and lost 12 with 21/37 goals scored/conceded.

Home advantage was not enough for FC Cartagena in their previous game as they lost hosting Ponferradina, 2-3. Midfielder Blasis was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.8. Blasis served one assist, hit six key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 41 successful passes (of 48 total).

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Tenerife at their stadium, the result 2-1.

We have checked recent matches where Cartagena have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 15 games were 3 victories, 4 draws and 8 defeats.

Head 2 Head

As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's three Huesca victories, one draw and five FC Cartagena wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

FC CartagenaM. Rico Moreno
M. Rico Moreno
1 goals
FC CartagenaB. Valle Balonga
B. Valle Balonga
1 goals

Huesca missing players

FC Cartagena missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Huesca FC Cartagena
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 3
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
2 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 9
10 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 2
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 18
3 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 3
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 67%
 
16 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 7
2 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 5
Huesca Last season FC Cartagena
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
42 21   Played P   21 42
13 7   Won W   5 18
15 9   Drew D   4 6
14 5   Lost L   12 18
49 23   Scored S   21 63
44 17   Conceded C   37 57
81% 76%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 98%
67% 62%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   86% 81%
40% 29%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   48% 57%
19% 14%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   19% 26%
12% 10%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   19% 19%
48% 43%   BTTS BTTS   67% 55%
40% 48%   Clean Sheets C S   10% 26%
31% 33%   Failed to Score F T   24% 21%
 
5.4 5.8   Corners for (avg) C F   3 4.1
5 4.4   Corners against (avg) C A   4.5 4.4
2.6 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3 2.4
5 2   Red cards R C   3 7
 
12.1 13   Shots (avg) S (   10 11.6
4 4.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.4 4.2
29% 24%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 35%
 
12.4 10.9   Shots against (avg) S A   14.6 13.7
4.4 3.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.9 4.3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Granada 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
2 Villarreal II 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Ponferradina 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
4 Albacete 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Deportivo Alaves 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Eibar 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Burgos 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 FC Andorra 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
9 Mirandes 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Sporting Gijón 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Huesca 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
12 Las Palmas 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Levante 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Real Zaragoza 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
15 FC Cartagena 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Leganés 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Lugo 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Tenerife 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
19 Malaga 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
20 Real Oviedo 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
21 Racing Santander 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
22 UD Ibiza 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Last season 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 42 24 9 9 68 35 21 14 4 3 38 15 21 10 5 6 30 20 33 81
2 Real Valladolid 42 24 9 9 71 43 21 14 4 3 40 15 21 10 5 6 31 28 28 81
3 Eibar 42 23 11 8 61 45 21 14 5 2 35 19 21 9 6 6 26 26 16 80
4 Las Palmas 42 19 13 10 57 47 21 12 5 4 34 23 21 7 8 6 23 24 10 70
5 Tenerife 42 20 9 13 53 37 21 9 5 7 27 18 21 11 4 6 26 19 16 69
6 Girona 42 20 8 14 57 42 21 13 3 5 36 16 21 7 5 9 21 26 15 68
7 Real Oviedo 42 17 17 8 57 41 21 11 8 2 38 19 21 6 9 6 19 22 16 68
8 Ponferradina 42 17 12 13 57 55 21 10 7 4 37 25 21 7 5 9 20 30 2 63
9 FC Cartagena 42 18 6 18 63 57 21 13 2 6 42 20 21 5 4 12 21 37 6 60
10 Real Zaragoza 42 12 20 10 39 46 21 7 10 4 16 15 21 5 10 6 23 31 -7 56
11 Burgos 42 15 10 17 41 41 21 10 7 4 27 12 21 5 3 13 14 29 0 55
12 Leganés 42 13 15 14 50 51 21 7 9 5 27 25 21 6 6 9 23 26 -1 54
13 Huesca 42 13 15 14 49 44 21 7 9 5 23 17 21 6 6 9 26 27 5 54
14 Mirandes 42 15 7 20 58 62 21 12 2 7 43 29 21 3 5 13 15 33 -4 52
15 UD Ibiza 42 12 16 14 53 59 21 6 10 5 30 25 21 6 6 9 23 34 -6 52
16 Lugo 42 10 20 12 46 52 21 9 8 4 22 19 21 1 12 8 24 33 -6 50
17 Sporting Gijón 42 11 13 18 43 48 21 8 3 10 24 24 21 3 10 8 19 24 -5 46
18 Malaga 42 11 12 19 36 57 21 7 7 7 18 24 21 4 5 12 18 33 -21 45
19 Amorebieta 42 9 16 17 44 63 21 8 8 5 29 25 21 1 8 12 15 38 -19 43
20 Real Sociedad II 42 10 10 22 43 61 21 4 4 13 19 32 21 6 6 9 24 29 -18 40
21 Fuenlabrada 42 6 15 21 39 65 21 4 10 7 23 26 21 2 5 14 16 39 -26 33
22 Alcorcon 42 6 11 25 37 71 21 3 7 11 17 34 21 3 4 14 20 37 -34 29

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 Granada 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
2 Villarreal II 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Ponferradina 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
4 Albacete 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Deportivo Alaves 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Eibar 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Burgos 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 FC Andorra 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
9 Mirandes 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Sporting Gijón 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Huesca 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
12 Las Palmas 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Levante 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Real Zaragoza 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
15 FC Cartagena 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Leganés 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Lugo 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Tenerife 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
19 Malaga 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
20 Real Oviedo 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
21 Racing Santander 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
22 UD Ibiza 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0

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