Lugo - FC Cartagena: Small difference between teams in La Liga 2 clash

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Fri 08.April
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Anxo Carro (7840 seats)

Lugo want to fill the stadium for this match despite that the season has been difficult up to now with 42 points and a 15th place in the La Liga 2 table. Guests FC Cartagena hold 10th place with 46 pts.

Insights:
  • Lugo have the most dropped points from leading position (26) in La Liga 2
  • FC Cartagena have won significantly less corners away then at home.

It's quite the trip for FC Cartagena when visiting Lugo as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Lugo form and stats

The complete La Liga 2 stats playing at home this season for Lugo are 7-7-2 (wins-draws-losses).

In their previous game, the manager Yáñez led his Lugo to a defeat away at Real Valladolid. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio Anxo Carro. Torres was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.14 out of 10. The defender Torres won 7 of 11 duels.

Prior to that, an away loss at Eibar.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Lugo have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won four, drawn four and lost three.

Lugo has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. Lugo are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Anxo Carro in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 14 from 16 matches.

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FC Cartagena form and stats

FC Cartagena have only collected 15 points from their away games in the La Liga 2, after 4-3-10 (17 played). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Cartagena are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Home advantage was not enough for FC Cartagena in their previous game as they lost hosting Real Oviedo, 1-2. Midfielder Gil was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.32. Gil dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Preceding that game, the 1-4 loss visiting Sporting Gijon's place.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with FC Cartagena playing away and similar expectations, we found 15 relevant matches. Results were five FC Cartagena wins, three draws and seven defeats.

The attacking power of Cartagena when travelling is not overwhelming with 16 goals scored from 17 league matches away. FC Cartagena have conceded 30 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

These two sides met each other earlier on this season: FC Cartagena - Lugo 2-1. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's one Lugo victory, zero draws and two FC Cartagena wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

FC CartagenaR. Castro Martín
R. Castro Martín
16 goals
LugoJ. Carrillo Casamayor
J. Carrillo Casamayor
9 goals
FC CartagenaM. Dauda
M. Dauda
8 goals

Lugo missing players

FC Cartagena missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Lugo FC Cartagena
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
34 16 6 Played P 7 17 34
8 7 4 Won W 2 4 14
18 7 2 Drew D 3 3 4
8 2 0 Lost L 2 10 16
41 19 9 Scored S 10 16 47
42 14 4 Conceded C 12 30 49
94% 88% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
76% 69% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 82%
35% 31% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 57% 47% 56%
24% 12% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 29% 18% 24%
12% 6% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 29% 18% 18%
71% 56% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 65% 56%
18% 38% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 24%
18% 19% 17% Failed to Score F T 0% 24% 21%
 
3.8 4.9 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 2.6 3 4.2
5.4 5.1 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.4 4.8 4.3
2.5 2.3 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.9 3.3 2.7
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 3 7
 
10.7 11.5 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 9.5 11.5
3.6 3.9 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 3.2 4.2
33% 30% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 29% 33%
 
15.5 15.2 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 13.4 14.9 13.4
4.4 3.8 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.3 5.1 4.5
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • FC Cartagena have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • FC Cartagena haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Lugo have the most dropped points from leading position (26) in La Liga 2
  • Lugo have won significantly more corners at home than 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 Eibar 34 19 10 5 49 35 17 12 4 1 29 15 17 7 6 4 20 20 14 67
2 Real Valladolid 34 19 7 8 56 36 17 12 3 2 32 11 17 7 4 6 24 25 20 64
3 Almeria 34 19 6 9 52 30 17 11 3 3 30 14 17 8 3 6 22 16 22 63
4 Girona 34 17 7 10 51 35 18 11 3 4 32 15 16 6 4 6 19 20 16 58
5 Tenerife 34 16 8 10 44 29 17 8 4 5 23 13 17 8 4 5 21 16 15 56
6 Real Oviedo 34 12 15 7 43 33 17 8 7 2 28 14 17 4 8 5 15 19 10 51
7 Ponferradina 34 13 12 9 44 40 17 7 7 3 27 18 17 6 5 6 17 22 4 51
8 Las Palmas 34 13 11 10 45 42 17 8 5 4 28 21 17 5 6 6 17 21 3 50
9 Burgos 34 13 7 14 35 31 17 9 5 3 24 8 17 4 2 11 11 23 4 46
10 FC Cartagena 34 14 4 16 47 49 17 10 1 6 31 19 17 4 3 10 16 30 -2 46
11 Huesca 34 11 12 11 40 32 18 6 7 5 18 13 16 5 5 6 22 19 8 45
12 UD Ibiza 34 10 14 10 44 46 17 5 8 4 25 21 17 5 6 6 19 25 -2 44
13 Real Zaragoza 34 9 17 8 31 36 17 5 9 3 14 12 17 4 8 5 17 24 -5 44
14 Mirandes 34 12 7 15 46 52 17 9 2 6 31 26 17 3 5 9 15 26 -6 43
15 Lugo 34 8 18 8 41 42 16 7 7 2 19 14 18 1 11 6 22 28 -1 42
16 Leganes 33 10 12 11 38 39 16 5 8 3 18 14 17 5 4 8 20 25 -1 42
17 Sporting Gijon 34 10 10 14 39 41 17 7 3 7 22 20 17 3 7 7 17 21 -2 40
18 Malaga 34 9 10 15 27 48 17 7 5 5 15 18 17 2 5 10 12 30 -21 37
19 Amorebieta 34 5 16 13 38 51 17 4 8 5 24 24 17 1 8 8 14 27 -13 31
20 Real Sociedad II 34 7 10 17 33 47 17 3 4 10 15 25 17 4 6 7 18 22 -14 31
21 Fuenlabrada 33 5 14 14 26 43 17 4 9 4 18 18 16 1 5 10 8 25 -17 29
22 Alcorcon 34 4 9 21 29 61 16 2 6 8 14 28 18 2 3 13 15 33 -32 21

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 Eibar 34 19 10 5 49 35 17 12 4 1 29 15 17 7 6 4 20 20 14 67
2 Real Valladolid 34 19 7 8 56 36 17 12 3 2 32 11 17 7 4 6 24 25 20 64
3 Almeria 34 19 6 9 52 30 17 11 3 3 30 14 17 8 3 6 22 16 22 63
4 Girona 34 17 7 10 51 35 18 11 3 4 32 15 16 6 4 6 19 20 16 58
5 Tenerife 34 16 8 10 44 29 17 8 4 5 23 13 17 8 4 5 21 16 15 56
6 Real Oviedo 34 12 15 7 43 33 17 8 7 2 28 14 17 4 8 5 15 19 10 51
7 Ponferradina 34 13 12 9 44 40 17 7 7 3 27 18 17 6 5 6 17 22 4 51
8 Las Palmas 34 13 11 10 45 42 17 8 5 4 28 21 17 5 6 6 17 21 3 50
9 Burgos 34 13 7 14 35 31 17 9 5 3 24 8 17 4 2 11 11 23 4 46
10 FC Cartagena 34 14 4 16 47 49 17 10 1 6 31 19 17 4 3 10 16 30 -2 46
11 Huesca 34 11 12 11 40 32 18 6 7 5 18 13 16 5 5 6 22 19 8 45
12 UD Ibiza 34 10 14 10 44 46 17 5 8 4 25 21 17 5 6 6 19 25 -2 44
13 Real Zaragoza 34 9 17 8 31 36 17 5 9 3 14 12 17 4 8 5 17 24 -5 44
14 Mirandes 34 12 7 15 46 52 17 9 2 6 31 26 17 3 5 9 15 26 -6 43
15 Lugo 34 8 18 8 41 42 16 7 7 2 19 14 18 1 11 6 22 28 -1 42
16 Leganes 33 10 12 11 38 39 16 5 8 3 18 14 17 5 4 8 20 25 -1 42
17 Sporting Gijon 34 10 10 14 39 41 17 7 3 7 22 20 17 3 7 7 17 21 -2 40
18 Malaga 34 9 10 15 27 48 17 7 5 5 15 18 17 2 5 10 12 30 -21 37
19 Amorebieta 34 5 16 13 38 51 17 4 8 5 24 24 17 1 8 8 14 27 -13 31
20 Real Sociedad II 34 7 10 17 33 47 17 3 4 10 15 25 17 4 6 7 18 22 -14 31
21 Fuenlabrada 33 5 14 14 26 43 17 4 9 4 18 18 16 1 5 10 8 25 -17 29
22 Alcorcon 34 4 9 21 29 61 16 2 6 8 14 28 18 2 3 13 15 33 -32 21

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