FC Cartagena will not await any gifts from the home team Sporting Gijón in this La Liga 2 match. Here's our broad match guide!
- Sporting Gijón have the most scored goals in the first half (13) in La Liga 2
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for FC Cartagena, who are travelling more than 900 kilometers to play this game.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Gijón and FC Cartagena.
Sporting Gijón form and stats
Sporting Gijón have collected 15 points from their La Liga 2 home games so far after 4-3-2.
Sporting Gijón are returning here after visiting Lugo and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Zarfino scored the goal(s). A huge relief, as that was the first league win after playing, but not winning, seven matches in a row. Gijón made it very difficult for themselves, when Insua got a red card in the 58th minute. The match was still a draw at this point. But even with this card, Sporting Gijón won the match 1-0! Midfielder Zarfino was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.03 (out of ten) in that game. Zarfino scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that game, the home loss against Las Palmas with the scoreline 0-1.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 Sporting Gijón have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 1 and lost 9.
A decent goal production from Gijón in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 9 league matches. On the other hand, Sporting Gijón have conceded 10 goals. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
FC Cartagena form and stats
As the visiting team in La Liga 2 matches, FC Cartagena have produced an overall stat of 4-2-3 so far.
FC Cartagena have a lot to prove after their out-of-character defeat (0-1) to Villarreal II in their previous game, played in front of their own supporters. Midfield player González was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.75/10. González hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.
Preceding that game was the away victory against FC Andorra with the score of 1-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Cartagena in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for FC Cartagena, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
FC Cartagena have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. FC Cartagena are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Data for the former five meetings featuring these two squads are: three wins for Sporting Gijón, one draw and one win for FC Cartagena. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: three games. The matches between these clubs have had a tendency to be ill-tempered, having seen 3 sending-offs from the last five duels.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Sadiku 7 goals |   C. González Pérez 5 goals |  A. Ortuño Martínez 5 goals |
Sporting Gijón missing players
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| Sporting Gijón | FC Cartagena | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 22 | 15 | 2 | Scored | S | 7 | 10 | 23 |
| 21 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 84% | 89% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 89% |
| 63% | 78% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 44% | 58% |
| 37% | 56% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 33% | 42% |
| 32% | 44% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 22% | 16% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 11% | 11% |
| 47% | 56% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 44% | 53% |
| 26% | 22% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 33% | 32% |
| 42% | 33% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 26% |
| 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.8 | 5.3 |
| 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.1 | 4.3 |
| 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 12.5 | 14 | 13.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 10.3 | 13.2 |
| 3.8 | 5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
| 31% | 33% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 31% | 28% |
| 11.7 | 10.7 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 13.3 | 12 |
| 3.5 | 3.3 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.7 | 4.2 |
- Sporting Gijón have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sporting Gijón have the most scored goals in the first half (13) 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 | Las Palmas | 19 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 35 |
| 2 | Deportivo Alaves | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 34 |
| 3 | Burgos | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 34 |
| 4 | SD Eibar | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 30 |
| 5 | Levante | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 31 |
| 6 | FC Cartagena | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 31 |
| 7 | Granada | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 28 |
| 8 | Villarreal II | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -1 | 27 |
| 9 | Huesca | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 27 |
| 10 | FC Andorra | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 27 |
| 11 | Albacete | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 16 | -3 | 26 |
| 12 | Sporting Gijón | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 23 |
| 13 | Leganes | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 26 |
| 14 | Real Oviedo | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 24 |
| 15 | Tenerife | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -2 | 23 |
| 16 | Real Zaragoza | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 22 |
| 17 | Mirandés | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -4 | 20 |
| 18 | Ponferradina | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 17 |
| 19 | Lugo | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -8 | 18 |
| 20 | Racing Santander | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 18 |
| 21 | UD Ibiza | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 14 | -14 | 12 |
| 22 | Málaga | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 12 | -10 | 14 |
