Only a win will satisfy the Málaga supporters in this Estadio La Rosaleda clash with FC Cartagena, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the La Liga 2 table.
- FC Cartagena has the most conceded goals in the second half (17) in La Liga 2
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Málaga form and stats
Málaga have played 7 La Liga 2 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Málaga enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Fuenlabrada's place. The match ended 2-0 with Yanis Rahmani and Ramón Enríquez scoring. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Lugo that ended 2-2.
This is expected to be a close game, with Málaga perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Málaga as a small favourite), we find eleven games. Málaga has won one of these, drawn six and lost four.
Málaga have scored 6 league goals here from 7 matches, not a lot. Málaga have conceded 8 in these home matches.
FC Cartagena form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for FC Cartagena so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-4 (win-draw-lose).
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a La Liga 2 home defeat versus Espanyol with 1-3 on the scoreboard. Before that, Cartagena travelled to Rayo Vallecano and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Cartagena playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were six FC Cartagena wins, two draws and three defeats.
The attacking power of Cartagena when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 8 league matches away. Cartagena have conceded 12 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  R. Castro Martín 8 goals |  E. Zorrilla Jiménez 5 goals |  J. Rivas Margalef 4 goals |
Málaga missing players
FC Cartagena missing players
| Málaga | FC Cartagena | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 16 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 7 | 18 |
| 20 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | 22 |
| 94% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 88% |
| 69% | 57% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 75% |
| 44% | 43% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 56% |
| 19% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 25% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 44% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 62% | 62% |
| 38% | 43% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 38% | 25% |
| 25% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 1.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 6.6 | 7.1 | 4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 7.6 | 7.8 |
| 2.3 | 2.6 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
| 43% | 33% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 27% | 33% |
- FC Cartagena has the most conceded goals in the second half (17) 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 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 33 |
| 2 | Mallorca | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 32 |
| 3 | Leganes | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 31 |
| 4 | Almeria | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 29 |
| 5 | Sporting Gijon | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 27 |
| 6 | Ponferradina | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 26 |
| 7 | Málaga | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -4 | 25 |
| 8 | Rayo Vallecano | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 24 |
| 9 | Mirandés | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 23 |
| 10 | Fuenlabrada | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 23 |
| 11 | UD Logroñés | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 23 |
| 12 | Lugo | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 22 |
| 13 | Las Palmas | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -3 | 21 |
| 14 | Girona | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 21 |
| 15 | Real Oviedo | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 18 |
| 16 | FC Cartagena | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 16 |
| 17 | Tenerife | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -4 | 16 |
| 18 | Castellon | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -8 | 15 |
| 19 | Alcorcon | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 14 |
| 20 | Sabadell | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -8 | 10 |
| 21 | Albacete | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 11 | -11 | 10 |
| 22 | Real Zaragoza | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | -9 | 8 |