Stumbling Lugo are keen to pull off a surprise victory when they greet high-flying FC Cartagena in the next league game. It’s 18th vs 5th and the home fans will have so-so confidence.
- Lugo have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
FC Cartagena have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a La Liga 2 game only four days ago.
Lugo form and stats
2-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the La Liga 2 numbers at home for Lugo so far this season.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 224 minutes without scoring a league goal. la Flor was the last player to find the net.
Lugo are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Eibar. Lugo's goalkeeper Whalley was extremely busy against Eibar, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves. Whalley, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.11 out of 10 in that game. Whalley saved a penalty.
In the match before that, Lugo hosted Mirandes and drew the game 0-0.Lugo aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio Anxo Carro in the league, with only {5 goals} from 7 games. From these home matches, Lugo have conceded only 5 goals.
FC Cartagena form and stats
The visitors are W3-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the La Liga 2.
The club members enjoyed Cartagena's previous fixture versus Málaga (placed 22nd), a 2-1 win played at home. Midfielder Blasis was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 9.32. Blasis signed up for two assists, hit twelve key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 75 successful passes (of 85 total).
Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Granada.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far FC Cartagena have scored 7 goals in 6 league games away. It's not easy to score on Cartagena as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Last four meetings featuring these squads: Lugo won two, FC Cartagena triumphed in two and we saw zero draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, one match with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Ramos de la Flor 5 goals |   A. Sadiku 5 goals |  A. Ortuño Martínez 3 goals |
Lugo missing players
FC Cartagena missing players
| Lugo | FC Cartagena | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 14 | 5 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 18 |
| 18 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 86% | 71% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 83% | 86% |
| 64% | 43% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 33% | 57% |
| 43% | 29% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 43% |
| 21% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 21% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 14% |
| 57% | 29% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 50% |
| 29% | 57% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 36% |
| 29% | 43% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 29% |
| 3.4 | 3 | 2.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.5 | 5.4 |
| 7.4 | 8.7 | 8.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 5.5 | 4.1 |
| 3 | 3 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.8 | 10.1 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 10 | 13.4 |
| 3.4 | 3 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.5 | 4.4 |
| 30% | 24% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 33% | 29% |
| 15.4 | 15.6 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 12.3 | 11.1 |
| 4.9 | 3.9 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
- Lugo have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Burgos | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 27 |
| 2 | Deportivo Alaves | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 27 |
| 3 | Las Palmas | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 26 |
| 4 | Eibar | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 25 |
| 5 | FC Cartagena | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 24 |
| 6 | Levante | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 23 |
| 7 | Granada | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 22 |
| 8 | Albacete | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 22 |
| 9 | FC Andorra | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 21 |
| 10 | Huesca | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 20 |
| 11 | Sporting Gijón | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 20 |
| 12 | Villarreal II | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 20 |
| 13 | Leganes | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 17 |
| 14 | Real Zaragoza | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 16 |
| 15 | Ponferradina | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -6 | 16 |
| 16 | Racing Santander | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 15 |
| 17 | Tenerife | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -3 | 14 |
| 18 | Lugo | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 13 |
| 19 | Real Oviedo | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 13 |
| 20 | Mirandes | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 12 |
| 21 | UD Ibiza | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -12 | 11 |
| 22 | Málaga | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | -10 | 9 |
