Lugo vs FC Cartagena Preview & Prediction 24 May 2021

Lugo are welcoming FC Cartagena for another important game after their 1-1 result against 22nd-placed Albacete.

Insights:

Lugo have the most conceded goals (52) in La Liga 2

Lugo 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.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for FC Cartagena, who are travelling more than 900 kilometers to play this game.

Relegation threatens Lugo who should definitely be looking for some points here. FC Cartagena are struggling to avoid relegation.

D W L D L

Lugo form and stats

Lugo, who have the most conceded goals (52) in La Liga 2, have played 20 La Liga 2 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-8-5 (wins-draws-losses).

The home team returns to Estadio Anxo Carro after being equal after 90 minutes with Albacete (placed 22nd) on their last time out; the La Liga 2 game ended 1-1. José Luis Rodríguez, who plays in attack, was the top performer for the team in that game, scoring a rating of 7.6 (out of 10). Rodríguez scored one goal and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Mirandes in a game that was won 2-1.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Lugo here at Estadio Anxo Carro in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (18 from 20 games). From these home matches, Lugo have conceded only 15 goals.

W W W L W

FC Cartagena form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for FC Cartagena so far with only 18 points returning home. The records show 4-6-10 (win-draw-lose).

FC Cartagena had fun at their own home (Estadio Anxo Carro) last time out, beating Almeria 3-2. Pablo De Blasis and Rubén Castro (2) scored. Attacker Rubén Castro got a player rating of 8.4 in the game. "Man of the match" Castro scored two goals and hit one key pass.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Espanyol at their stadium, the result 2-0.

The attacking power of FC Cartagena when travelling is not overwhelming with 16 goals scored from 20 league matches away. As opposed to that, Cartagena have seen the ball go into their own net 27 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; FC Cartagena - Lugo 2-1.

Top Goalscorers

R. Castro Martín

19 goals

M. Barreiro Bustelo

11 goals

E. Zorrilla Jiménez

7 goals

Lugo missing players

FC Cartagena missing players

Total First Half Second Half

Lugo				FC Cartagena
Total	Home	vs low	Statistics	Stat	vs low	Away	Total
40	20	6	Played	P	6	20	40
9	7	1	Won	W	1	4	12
14	8	3	Drew	D	2	6	12
17	5	2	Lost	L	3	10	16
35	18	5	Scored	S	4	16	42
52	15	7	Conceded	C	7	27	49
88%	80%	83%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	83%	80%	88%
62%	50%	50%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	67%	75%	75%
32%	25%	33%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	33%	45%	45%
20%	10%	33%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	0%	10%	15%
10%	0%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	5%	5%
48%	35%	50%	BTTS	BTTS	50%	50%	55%
28%	45%	33%	Clean Sheets	C S	33%	35%	30%
38%	40%	33%	Failed to Score	F T	33%	35%	28%

0	0	0	Corners for (avg)	C F	0	0	0
0	0	0	Corners against (avg)	C A	0	0	0
2.5	2.4	2.2	Yellow cards (avg)	Y C	2.7	2.6	2.8
8	6	2	Red cards	R C	0	3	8

6.5	6.7	9	Shots (avg)	S (	8.2	7.8	7.4
2.6	2.6	3.7	Shots on Target (avg)	S O	2.3	2.5	2.9
33%	35%	23%	Goal Efficiency	G E	29%	33%	36%

Lugo			First Half	FC Cartagena
Total	Home	vs low	Statistics	Stat	vs low	Away	Total
40	20	6	Played	P	6	20	40
6	4	1	Won	W	0	2	9
21	11	3	Drew	D	3	9	21
13	5	2	Lost	L	3	9	10
14	5	1	Scored	S	0	4	17
22	7	2	Conceded	C	4	15	19
60%	50%	50%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	50%	65%	57%
22%	10%	0%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	17%	25%	28%
5%	0%	0%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	0%	5%	5%
2%	0%	0%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	0%	0%	0%
0%	0%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	0%	0%
18%	5%	0%	BTTS	BTTS	0%	10%	10%
55%	70%	67%	Clean Sheets	C S	50%	45%	65%
68%	75%	83%	Failed to Score	F T	100%	80%	68%

Lugo			Second Half	FC Cartagena
Total	Home	vs low	Statistics	Stat	vs low	Away	Total
40	20	6	Played	P	6	20	40
10	6	1	Won	W	3	7	12
13	9	3	Drew	D	1	7	13
17	5	2	Lost	L	2	6	15
21	13	4	Scored	S	4	12	25
30	8	5	Conceded	C	3	12	30
75%	60%	67%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	83%	75%	82%
35%	30%	50%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	17%	30%	35%
15%	15%	33%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	17%	10%	15%
2%	0%	0%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	0%	5%	5%
0%	0%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	0%	0%
15%	15%	50%	BTTS	BTTS	17%	20%	30%
48%	70%	50%	Clean Sheets	C S	67%	60%	45%
62%	55%	33%	Failed to Score	F T	33%	45%	42%

Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:

Lugo have the most conceded goals (52) in La Liga 2
Lugo have the most dropped points from leading position (21) 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	Espanyol	40	24	9	7	70	26	20	15	2	3	40	11	20	9	7	4	30	15	44	81
2	Mallorca	39	22	9	8	49	25	20	13	3	4	31	11	19	9	6	4	18	14	24	75
3	Almeria	40	19	10	11	57	39	20	9	8	3	32	17	20	10	2	8	25	22	18	67
4	Leganes	39	19	9	11	45	32	20	14	3	3	27	12	19	5	6	8	18	20	13	66
5	Girona	39	18	10	11	44	35	20	11	4	5	21	12	19	7	6	6	23	23	9	64
6	Sporting Gijon	39	16	13	10	36	26	19	10	7	2	21	10	20	6	6	8	15	16	10	61
7	Rayo Vallecano	39	17	10	12	46	38	19	10	4	5	27	18	20	7	6	7	19	20	8	61
8	Ponferradina	40	15	11	14	43	46	20	9	6	5	25	22	20	6	5	9	18	24	-3	56
9	Mirandes	39	14	10	15	37	38	19	6	9	4	19	16	20	8	1	11	18	22	-1	52
10	Real Oviedo	39	11	17	11	41	39	20	7	7	6	25	21	19	4	10	5	16	18	2	50
11	Tenerife	39	13	11	15	33	32	19	9	6	4	22	11	20	4	5	11	11	21	1	50
12	Fuenlabrada	39	11	17	11	43	44	20	4	11	5	21	20	19	7	6	6	22	24	-1	50
13	Las Palmas	39	12	14	13	42	50	20	10	5	5	31	21	19	2	9	8	11	29	-8	50
14	Malaga	39	13	11	15	34	45	19	5	7	7	17	21	20	8	4	8	17	24	-11	50
15	FC Cartagena	40	12	12	16	42	49	20	8	6	6	26	22	20	4	6	10	16	27	-7	48
16	Real Zaragoza	39	12	11	16	33	36	19	8	7	4	17	12	20	4	4	12	16	24	-3	47
17	Alcorcon	39	11	9	19	29	41	19	7	2	10	17	23	20	4	7	9	12	18	-12	42
18	Castellon	39	11	8	20	35	46	20	9	1	10	21	18	19	2	7	10	14	28	-11	41
19	Lugo	40	9	14	17	35	52	20	7	8	5	18	15	20	2	6	12	17	37	-17	41
20	UD Logrones	39	10	11	18	26	50	19	6	4	9	14	23	20	4	7	9	12	27	-24	41
21	Sabadell	39	9	13	17	36	46	20	4	9	7	18	21	19	5	4	10	18	25	-10	40
22	Albacete	40	9	11	20	27	48	20	5	6	9	15	21	20	4	5	11	12	27	-21	38

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	Espanyol	40	24	9	7	70	26	20	15	2	3	40	11	20	9	7	4	30	15	44	81
2	Mallorca	39	22	9	8	49	25	20	13	3	4	31	11	19	9	6	4	18	14	24	75
3	Almeria	40	19	10	11	57	39	20	9	8	3	32	17	20	10	2	8	25	22	18	67
4	Leganes	39	19	9	11	45	32	20	14	3	3	27	12	19	5	6	8	18	20	13	66
5	Girona	39	18	10	11	44	35	20	11	4	5	21	12	19	7	6	6	23	23	9	64
6	Sporting Gijon	39	16	13	10	36	26	19	10	7	2	21	10	20	6	6	8	15	16	10	61
7	Rayo Vallecano	39	17	10	12	46	38	19	10	4	5	27	18	20	7	6	7	19	20	8	61
8	Ponferradina	40	15	11	14	43	46	20	9	6	5	25	22	20	6	5	9	18	24	-3	56
9	Mirandes	39	14	10	15	37	38	19	6	9	4	19	16	20	8	1	11	18	22	-1	52
10	Real Oviedo	39	11	17	11	41	39	20	7	7	6	25	21	19	4	10	5	16	18	2	50
11	Tenerife	39	13	11	15	33	32	19	9	6	4	22	11	20	4	5	11	11	21	1	50
12	Fuenlabrada	39	11	17	11	43	44	20	4	11	5	21	20	19	7	6	6	22	24	-1	50
13	Las Palmas	39	12	14	13	42	50	20	10	5	5	31	21	19	2	9	8	11	29	-8	50
14	Malaga	39	13	11	15	34	45	19	5	7	7	17	21	20	8	4	8	17	24	-11	50
15	FC Cartagena	40	12	12	16	42	49	20	8	6	6	26	22	20	4	6	10	16	27	-7	48
16	Real Zaragoza	39	12	11	16	33	36	19	8	7	4	17	12	20	4	4	12	16	24	-3	47
17	Alcorcon	39	11	9	19	29	41	19	7	2	10	17	23	20	4	7	9	12	18	-12	42
18	Castellon	39	11	8	20	35	46	20	9	1	10	21	18	19	2	7	10	14	28	-11	41
19	Lugo	40	9	14	17	35	52	20	7	8	5	18	15	20	2	6	12	17	37	-17	41
20	UD Logrones	39	10	11	18	26	50	19	6	4	9	14	23	20	4	7	9	12	27	-24	41
21	Sabadell	39	9	13	17	36	46	20	4	9	7	18	21	19	5	4	10	18	25	-10	40
22	Albacete	40	9	11	20	27	48	20	5	6	9	15	21	20	4	5	11	12	27	-21	38