Evenly matched teams: Racing Santander vs FC Cartagena match preview

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sat 27.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Campos de Sport de El Sardinero (22222 seats)

Racing Santander have some work to do from their 16th spot, and the job starts versus FC Cartagena. Read more!

Santander are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. For FC Cartagena most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

These teams have little in common geographically as FC Cartagena have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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.

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Racing Santander form and stats

Racing Santander have played 20 La Liga 2 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 8-6-6 (wins-draws-losses). Ever since the Levante game Santander has been unbeatable here at Campos de Sport de El Sardinero producing four straight wins.

Racing Santander faced defeat in their previous match, away at Real Oviedo (0-1). The first loss after collecting points in four league games. Midfielder Elitim was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.33 (out of ten) in that game. Elitim hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 95 successful passes (of 101 total).

Ahead of that match, Santander won a home game hosting Eibar (1-0).

Low-scoring affair? In this team's last 12 league matches, 9 have contained two goals or less.

Racing Santander aren't scoring a lot here at Campos de Sport de El Sardinero in the league, with only {19 goals} from 20 games. Racing Santander have only conceded 15 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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FC Cartagena form and stats

The visitors are W7-D6-L7 on the road this term. That's in the La Liga 2.

Cartagena's previous game was their home loss versus Las Palmas (1-4). Midfield player Blasis was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.45/10. Blasis served one assist, hit three key passes and had 47 successful passes (of 58 total).

Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Real Zaragoza's place.

FC Cartagena find the net regularly in their away games. 24 goals from 20 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Cartagena have seen the ball go into their own net 21 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Racing Santander and FC Cartagena have duelled earlier this season: FC Cartagena - Racing Santander 0-3.

Top Goalscorers

FC CartagenaA. Ortuño Martínez
A. Ortuño Martínez
9 goals
FC CartagenaA. Sadiku
A. Sadiku
8 goals
SantanderI. Vicente Elorduy
I. Vicente Elorduy
7 goals

Racing Santander missing players

FC Cartagena missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Racing Santander FC Cartagena
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
41 20 6 Played P 7 20 41
13 8 3 Won W 1 7 16
12 6 2 Drew D 3 6 10
16 6 1 Lost L 3 7 15
36 19 7 Scored S 9 24 46
39 15 5 Conceded C 11 21 46
90% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 86% 85% 85%
56% 50% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 71% 55% 61%
27% 20% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 57% 40% 46%
5% 5% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 29% 25% 17%
5% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 14% 10% 10%
41% 40% 67% BTTS BTTS 57% 40% 44%
34% 35% 17% Clean Sheets C S 29% 35% 34%
34% 35% 17% Failed to Score F T 29% 40% 37%
 
4.6 5.2 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.4 4.5 4.7
4.4 4.5 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.6 5.4 4.4
2.4 2 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 2.6 2.6
12 3 2 Red cards R C 3 5 7
 
11.3 11.6 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 9.4 11.9
4.2 4.5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.9 2.9 3.7
21% 21% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 42% 31%
 
13.1 12.2 12 Shots against (avg) S A 14 13.7 12
3.9 3.5 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.6 4.5 4.1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Granada 41 21 9 11 53 30 20 16 4 0 37 6 21 5 5 11 16 24 23 72
2 Las Palmas 41 18 17 6 49 29 20 9 8 3 24 13 21 9 9 3 25 16 20 71
3 Deportivo Alaves 41 19 13 9 47 33 21 13 7 1 28 11 20 6 6 8 19 22 14 70
4 Levante 41 17 18 6 44 29 20 10 7 3 23 10 21 7 11 3 21 19 15 69
5 Eibar 41 18 14 9 44 36 21 11 8 2 24 13 20 7 6 7 20 23 8 68
6 Albacete 41 16 16 9 56 46 20 9 7 4 28 18 21 7 9 5 28 28 10 64
7 Real Oviedo 41 16 11 14 33 33 21 10 5 6 18 15 20 6 6 8 15 18 0 59
8 FC Cartagena 41 16 10 15 46 46 21 9 4 8 22 25 20 7 6 7 24 21 0 58
9 FC Andorra 41 15 11 15 43 34 20 10 3 7 23 12 21 5 8 8 20 22 9 56
10 Tenerife 41 14 14 13 41 36 21 12 6 3 28 12 20 2 8 10 13 24 5 56
11 Burgos 41 13 15 13 33 34 20 8 8 4 22 18 21 5 7 9 11 16 -1 54
12 Leganes 41 14 11 16 37 40 21 10 6 5 23 19 20 4 5 11 14 21 -3 53
13 Real Zaragoza 41 12 16 13 39 38 20 8 9 3 24 15 21 4 7 10 15 23 1 52
14 Huesca 41 11 19 11 36 35 20 9 9 2 23 12 21 2 10 9 13 23 1 52
15 Mirandes 41 13 13 15 47 52 21 9 7 5 32 28 20 4 6 10 15 24 -5 52
16 Racing Santander 41 13 12 16 36 39 20 8 6 6 19 15 21 5 6 10 17 24 -3 51
17 Sporting Gijón 41 11 17 13 42 44 20 8 9 3 27 18 21 3 8 10 15 26 -2 50
18 Villarreal II 41 13 11 17 46 51 21 9 6 6 32 24 20 4 5 11 14 27 -5 50
19 Malaga 41 10 13 18 36 43 20 7 8 5 19 16 21 3 5 13 17 27 -7 43
20 Ponferradina 41 8 17 16 36 52 21 6 7 8 18 24 20 2 10 8 18 28 -16 41
21 UD Ibiza 41 7 12 22 32 65 21 5 7 9 21 31 20 2 5 13 11 34 -33 33
22 Lugo 41 5 13 23 26 57 21 3 10 8 13 19 20 2 3 15 13 38 -31 28

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 Granada 41 21 9 11 53 30 20 16 4 0 37 6 21 5 5 11 16 24 23 72
2 Las Palmas 41 18 17 6 49 29 20 9 8 3 24 13 21 9 9 3 25 16 20 71
3 Deportivo Alaves 41 19 13 9 47 33 21 13 7 1 28 11 20 6 6 8 19 22 14 70
4 Levante 41 17 18 6 44 29 20 10 7 3 23 10 21 7 11 3 21 19 15 69
5 Eibar 41 18 14 9 44 36 21 11 8 2 24 13 20 7 6 7 20 23 8 68
6 Albacete 41 16 16 9 56 46 20 9 7 4 28 18 21 7 9 5 28 28 10 64
7 Real Oviedo 41 16 11 14 33 33 21 10 5 6 18 15 20 6 6 8 15 18 0 59
8 FC Cartagena 41 16 10 15 46 46 21 9 4 8 22 25 20 7 6 7 24 21 0 58
9 FC Andorra 41 15 11 15 43 34 20 10 3 7 23 12 21 5 8 8 20 22 9 56
10 Tenerife 41 14 14 13 41 36 21 12 6 3 28 12 20 2 8 10 13 24 5 56
11 Burgos 41 13 15 13 33 34 20 8 8 4 22 18 21 5 7 9 11 16 -1 54
12 Leganes 41 14 11 16 37 40 21 10 6 5 23 19 20 4 5 11 14 21 -3 53
13 Real Zaragoza 41 12 16 13 39 38 20 8 9 3 24 15 21 4 7 10 15 23 1 52
14 Huesca 41 11 19 11 36 35 20 9 9 2 23 12 21 2 10 9 13 23 1 52
15 Mirandes 41 13 13 15 47 52 21 9 7 5 32 28 20 4 6 10 15 24 -5 52
16 Racing Santander 41 13 12 16 36 39 20 8 6 6 19 15 21 5 6 10 17 24 -3 51
17 Sporting Gijón 41 11 17 13 42 44 20 8 9 3 27 18 21 3 8 10 15 26 -2 50
18 Villarreal II 41 13 11 17 46 51 21 9 6 6 32 24 20 4 5 11 14 27 -5 50
19 Malaga 41 10 13 18 36 43 20 7 8 5 19 16 21 3 5 13 17 27 -7 43
20 Ponferradina 41 8 17 16 36 52 21 6 7 8 18 24 20 2 10 8 18 28 -16 41
21 UD Ibiza 41 7 12 22 32 65 21 5 7 9 21 31 20 2 5 13 11 34 -33 33
22 Lugo 41 5 13 23 26 57 21 3 10 8 13 19 20 2 3 15 13 38 -31 28

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The Segunda División, also known as La Liga 2, is the second highest level of the football league pyramid in Spain. 22 teams play each other home and away for a 42 match season. Top two of the league table earns promotion and one more is promoted through playoff fixtures. The bottom four are relegated.