La Liga 2 game research: Las Palmas against FC Cartagena

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sun 23.October
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de Gran Canaria (31250 seats)

A total of eleven rounds of games have gone by and both Las Palmas and FC Cartagena are high up in the table. Game on!

Insights:
  • Las Palmas have the the best goal difference (+11) in La Liga 2

These teams have little in common geographically as FC Cartagena have to travel 1900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

Both teams have had a decent time to rest since their last competitive action. Let's agree to expect an enthusiastic match!

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Las Palmas form and stats

Overall La Liga 2 stats playing at home this season for Las Palmas are 3-2-0 (wins-draws-losses).

Las Palmas are confident in defense, having played 270 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Palmas are returning here after visiting Ponferradina and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Andone scored the goal(s). Midfield player Loiodice got a match rating of 7.45 in that game, the max score being 10. Loiodice dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 55 successful passes (of 65 total).

In the game before, an away victory match versus Lugo with a 1-0 scoreline.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Las Palmas matches with similar probabilities have ended with 5 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats (from 6 games).

It should be added that a glance at the 11 latest league fixtures reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

Early season league goal statistics from Las Palmas's 5 home games: {5 goals}, 0 conceded.

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FC Cartagena form and stats

As the visiting team in La Liga 2 matches, FC Cartagena have produced an overall stat of 3-1-1 so far.

FC Cartagena have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Aaron Escandell Banacloche. It's been 196 minutes since they last conceded in La Liga 2.

Sadiku and Calero scored in Cartagena's previous match, the home game against UD Ibiza that ended 2-0. Goalkeeper Escandell got the top player rating of the team with 8.15/10. Escandell topped it up with a clean sheet.

A 0-0 draw at Tenerife's stadium before that.

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 FC Cartagena playing away, we found 7 games. Results were 1 away win, 1 draw and 5 home wins.

Cartagena are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 5 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on FC Cartagena as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: four - one - four (Las Palmas wins - draws - FC Cartagena wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FC CartagenaA. Sadiku
A. Sadiku
5 goals
Las PalmasM. Cardona Rovira
M. Cardona Rovira
4 goals
Las PalmasÁ. Jiménez Guerrero
Á. Jiménez Guerrero
2 goals

Las Palmas missing players

FC Cartagena missing players

Las Palmas FC Cartagena
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
11 5 1 Played P 1 5 11
6 3 1 Won W 0 3 6
5 2 0 Drew D 0 1 2
0 0 0 Lost L 1 1 3
15 5 2 Scored S 0 7 16
4 0 0 Conceded C 1 4 11
73% 60% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 91%
45% 40% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 40% 64%
18% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 45%
18% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 27%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 18%
18% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 55%
82% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 36%
27% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 40% 18%
 
5.2 5.8 4 Corners for (avg) C F 10 5.2 5.4
3.2 3.8 8 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.8 3.8
2.5 2.8 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.6 2.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.8 12.6 9 Shots (avg) S ( 17 12 14.2
3.6 3.8 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.2 4.6
38% 26% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 31%
 
8.6 7.6 14 Shots against (avg) S A 10 10.2 10.3
3 3.2 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 3 3.6
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Las Palmas have not yet conceded a single goal in all their home games.
  • Las Palmas have not yet lost a game.
  • Las Palmas have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Las Palmas have the fewest conceded goals (0) at home in La Liga 2
  • Las Palmas have the the best goal difference (+11) 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 11 6 5 0 15 4 5 3 2 0 5 0 6 3 3 0 10 4 11 23
2 Deportivo Alaves 11 6 4 1 14 10 5 3 2 0 7 3 6 3 2 1 7 7 4 22
3 Burgos 11 5 6 0 8 1 6 4 2 0 7 1 5 1 4 0 1 0 7 21
4 FC Cartagena 11 6 2 3 16 11 6 3 1 2 9 7 5 3 1 1 7 4 5 20
5 Albacete 11 5 4 2 12 9 6 2 3 1 5 4 5 3 1 1 7 5 3 19
6 Eibar 10 5 3 2 14 9 5 4 1 0 9 2 5 1 2 2 5 7 5 18
7 Granada 11 5 2 4 14 10 5 4 1 0 12 1 6 1 1 4 2 9 4 17
8 Huesca 11 4 4 3 11 8 6 3 2 1 8 4 5 1 2 2 3 4 3 16
9 Levante 11 4 4 3 11 8 6 3 1 2 8 4 5 1 3 1 3 4 3 16
10 Sporting Gijon 10 4 3 3 14 14 5 3 1 1 9 5 5 1 2 2 5 9 0 15
11 FC Andorra 11 4 3 4 10 11 5 3 0 2 6 3 6 1 3 2 4 8 -1 15
12 Tenerife 11 3 5 3 12 11 6 3 3 0 8 3 5 0 2 3 4 8 1 14
13 Villarreal II 11 3 4 4 16 18 5 2 3 0 10 5 6 1 1 4 6 13 -2 13
14 Real Zaragoza 11 3 4 4 7 9 6 2 3 1 5 4 5 1 1 3 2 5 -2 13
15 Racing Santander 11 3 3 5 5 8 5 1 2 2 1 3 6 2 1 3 4 5 -3 12
16 Ponferradina 11 3 3 5 13 17 6 1 2 3 6 9 5 2 1 2 7 8 -4 12
17 UD Ibiza 11 3 2 6 9 16 5 2 1 2 6 7 6 1 1 4 3 9 -7 11
18 Leganés 11 3 1 7 8 12 5 2 1 2 5 5 6 1 0 5 3 7 -4 10
19 Real Oviedo 11 2 4 5 5 9 6 1 1 4 3 7 5 1 3 1 2 2 -4 10
20 Lugo 11 2 3 6 12 17 5 1 1 3 3 5 6 1 2 3 9 12 -5 9
21 Malaga 11 2 3 6 9 16 5 1 2 2 5 9 6 1 1 4 4 7 -7 9
22 Mirandés 11 1 4 6 10 17 6 1 3 2 8 9 5 0 1 4 2 8 -7 7

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.