SD Eibar are located at 3rd, while FC Cartagena are dragging their feet 13 points behind in the standings. Will they shorten the gap?
- SD Eibar have the most points from losing position (15) in La Liga 2
FC Cartagena have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Both contenders have had ample time to rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's trust this will be an in-your-face match!
SD Eibar form and stats
SD Eibar have performed here at Estadio Municipal de Ipurúa this season with 9 wins from 13 La Liga 2 matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 0.
Stoichkov was the last player to score a league goal for SD Eibar and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as SD Eibar haven't scored in 215 minutes.
No payout for Eibar in their previous match, an away game at Deportivo Alavés that ended in defeat 0-2. Before that game this team had gone eight consecutive league fixtures without a loss. de Albéniz was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.45 out of 10. The defender Albéniz hit two key passes and won 4 of 6 duels.
Before that, SD Eibar drew at home versus Leganes.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does SD Eibar handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 10 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats.
Trouble hitting the net? In this club's last 16 league matches, 12 have produced zero, one or two goals.
Eibar has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. As for guarding their own goal, SD Eibar have only let in {5 goals} at home.
FC Cartagena form and stats
4 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of FC Cartagena playing as the away team in the La Liga 2 this season.
Cartagena failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Levante (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 1-2. Midfield player Blasis was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.35/10. Blasis hit three key passes and had 42 successful passes (of 50 total).
Before that, FC Cartagena travelled to UD Ibiza and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.Cartagena are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats. From a total of 13 matches.
FC Cartagena are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 11 times in 12 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The contenders have faced each other before in this season, with the match result FC Cartagena - Eibar 2-1 entered in the official records. Last three meetings featuring these contenders: SD Eibar won one, FC Cartagena were winners in two and we saw zero draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, zero matches with two goals or less. The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be aggressive, having seen 3 red cards from the last three duels.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Molina Martínez 9 goals |   A. Sadiku 7 goals |  A. Ortuño Martínez 6 goals |
SD Eibar missing players
FC Cartagena missing players
| SD Eibar | FC Cartagena | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 26 |
| 13 | 9 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 28 | 17 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 12 | 26 |
| 20 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 27 |
| 81% | 77% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 85% |
| 58% | 46% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 42% | 54% |
| 38% | 38% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 42% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 15% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 42% | 38% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 42% | 46% |
| 46% | 62% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 33% | 31% |
| 31% | 23% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 42% | 38% |
| 5 | 6.2 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
| 4.2 | 2.8 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.8 | 4.5 |
| 3 | 2.8 | 3.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 2.7 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 12.8 | 14.3 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 9.5 | 12.3 |
| 4 | 5.1 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
| 27% | 26% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 31% | 27% |
| 10.6 | 8.4 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 14.2 | 12 |
| 3.5 | 2.5 | 1.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.2 | 4.3 |
- SD Eibar have not yet lost a game at home.
- SD Eibar have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- SD Eibar have the most points from losing position (15) in La Liga 2
- SD Eibar have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- SD Eibar 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 | Las Palmas | 25 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 48 |
| 2 | Levante | 26 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 47 |
| 3 | SD Eibar | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 47 |
| 4 | Deportivo Alavés | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 46 |
| 5 | Granada | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 44 |
| 6 | Albacete | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 32 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 42 |
| 7 | Burgos | 25 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 39 |
| 8 | Leganes | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 38 |
| 9 | Tenerife | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 26 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 34 |
| 10 | FC Cartagena | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | -1 | 34 |
| 11 | Huesca | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -1 | 34 |
| 12 | Real Oviedo | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 34 |
| 13 | Villarreal II | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 33 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 19 | -4 | 34 |
| 14 | Real Zaragoza | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 33 |
| 15 | FC Andorra | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 32 |
| 16 | Sporting Gijón | 26 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 24 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -2 | 32 |
| 17 | Mirandés | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 29 | 33 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 16 | -4 | 30 |
| 18 | Racing Santander | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 13 | -5 | 27 |
| 19 | Ponferradina | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 23 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -9 | 27 |
| 20 | Málaga | 26 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 19 | 30 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 15 | -11 | 22 |
| 21 | Lugo | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 23 | -14 | 22 |
| 22 | UD Ibiza | 26 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 39 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 21 | -22 | 18 |
