After four games we know a little more about the qualities of Ponferradina and FC Cartagena in this fresh La Liga 2 season. Read our match preview!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
It's quite the trip for FC Cartagena when visiting Ponferradina as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
Ponferradina form and stats
Only two La Liga 2 home games for Ponferradina so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
The Ponferradina goalkeeper Jose Antonio Caro Diaz is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 270 minutes without conceding a goal in the La Liga 2.
Ponferradina are returning here after visiting Mirandes in a La Liga 2 game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Alexandru Paşcanu scored the goal(s). Previous to that game, a home match hosting Rayo Vallecano in a game that was won 3-0.
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 Ponferradina have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won five, drawn three and lost three.
Early season league goal statistics from Ponferradina's 2 home games: 4 goals, 2 conceded.
FC Cartagena form and stats
The La Liga 2 season is young and FC Cartagena have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.
Cartagena go into this game after a win, the home game against Lugo that ended 2-1. A 1-3 defeat away at Leganes before that.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Cartagena in our archives, and the results are: five wins for FC Cartagena, three draws and two defeats.
FC Cartagena have the goal stats of 1-3 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Ponferradina two wins, one draw and FC Cartagena one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Valcarce Vidal 2 goals | A. Pașcanu 1 goals | Ó. Sielva Moreno 1 goals |
Ponferradina missing players
FC Cartagena missing players
| Ponferradina | FC Cartagena | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.2 | 0.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | 14 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 20 | 39 |
| 11 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 7 | 15 |
| 64% | 57% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 14% | 20% |
- Ponferradina has the most scored goals in the first half (5) in La Liga 2
| Ponferradina | Last season | FC Cartagena | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 42 | 21 | Played | P | 14 | 28 | ||
| 12 | 9 | Won | W | 8 | 15 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 15 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 45 | 26 | Scored | S | 14 | 33 | ||
| 50 | 17 | Conceded | C | 9 | 19 | ||
| 93% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 86% | ||
| 74% | 76% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 57% | ||
| 38% | 29% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 21% | 29% | ||
| 19% | 10% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | ||
| 2% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 55% | 52% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 39% | ||
| 19% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | ||
| 33% | 24% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 25% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 401 | 234 | Total Shots | T S | 101 | 218 | ||
| 153 | 83 | Shots on Target | S O | 45 | 99 | ||
| 29% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 26% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sporting Gijon | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 2 | Espanyol | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | Fuenlabrada | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Ponferradina | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 5 | Rayo Vallecano | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | Castellón | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | Mallorca | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | Leganes | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Malaga | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 10 | Alcorcón | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | Las Palmas | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 12 | Mirandes | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 13 | FC Cartagena | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 14 | Almeria | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | Real Oviedo | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 16 | Tenerife | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 17 | Lugo | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 3 |
| 18 | Real Zaragoza | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 | UD Logrones | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 20 | Albacete | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -6 | 1 |
| 21 | Sabadell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 22 | Girona | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Huesca | 42 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 55 | 42 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 17 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 25 | 13 | 70 |
| 2 | Cadiz | 42 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 50 | 39 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 11 | 69 |
| 3 | Real Zaragoza | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 59 | 53 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 27 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 26 | 6 | 65 |
| 4 | Almeria | 42 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 62 | 43 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 32 | 24 | 19 | 64 |
| 5 | Girona | 42 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 48 | 43 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 5 | 63 |
| 6 | Elche | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 52 | 44 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 25 | 8 | 61 |
| 7 | Rayo Vallecano | 42 | 13 | 21 | 8 | 60 | 50 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 29 | 21 | 21 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 31 | 29 | 10 | 60 |
| 8 | Fuenlabrada | 42 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 47 | 40 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 60 |
| 9 | Las Palmas | 42 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 49 | 46 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 21 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 3 | 57 |
| 10 | Alcorcón | 42 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 52 | 50 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 29 | 21 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 28 | 21 | 2 | 57 |
| 11 | Mirandes | 42 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 55 | 59 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 30 | 42 | -4 | 56 |
| 12 | Tenerife | 42 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 50 | 46 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 25 | 4 | 55 |
| 13 | Sporting Gijon | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 40 | 38 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 17 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 21 | 2 | 54 |
| 14 | Malaga | 42 | 11 | 20 | 11 | 35 | 33 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 21 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 53 |
| 15 | Real Oviedo | 42 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 49 | 53 | 21 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 24 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 25 | 33 | -4 | 53 |
| 16 | Albacete | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 36 | 46 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 24 | -10 | 52 |
| 17 | Lugo | 42 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 43 | 54 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 31 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 23 | -11 | 52 |
| 18 | Ponferradina | 42 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 45 | 50 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 33 | -5 | 51 |
| 19 | Deportivo La Coruna | 42 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 43 | 60 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 29 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 31 | -17 | 51 |
| 20 | Numancia | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 45 | 53 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 14 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 39 | -8 | 50 |
| 21 | Extremadura UD | 42 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 43 | 59 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 26 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 33 | -16 | 43 |
| 22 | Racing Santander | 42 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 39 | 56 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 29 | 21 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 27 | -17 | 33 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FC Cartagena | 28 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 33 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 54 |
| 2 | Marbella | 28 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 39 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 19 | 53 |
| 3 | CD Badajoz | 28 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 37 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 49 |
| 4 | Yeclano | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 42 | 33 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 47 |
| 5 | Cordoba | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 33 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 45 |
| 6 | San Fernando CD | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 39 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 44 |
| 7 | Linense | 28 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 27 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 1 | 41 |
| 8 | Real Murcia | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 39 |
| 9 | Sevilla II | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 31 | 33 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 18 | -2 | 36 |
| 10 | UCAM Murcia | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 29 | 33 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 24 | -4 | 36 |
| 11 | Cadiz II | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 27 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 16 | -4 | 36 |
| 12 | Villarrubia | 28 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 34 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 35 |
| 13 | Recreativo Huelva | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 30 | 31 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 16 | -1 | 33 |
| 14 | Don Benito | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 32 | 35 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 16 | -3 | 32 |
| 15 | Sanluqueno | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 20 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -8 | 30 |
| 16 | Algeciras | 28 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 31 | 40 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 27 | -9 | 29 |
| 17 | Talavera CF | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 33 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 18 | -10 | 29 |
| 18 | Granada II | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 35 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 22 | -14 | 29 |
| 19 | Merida AD | 28 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 28 | 37 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 24 | -9 | 27 |
| 20 | Villarrobledo | 28 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 45 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 22 | -22 | 22 |