Levante grabs a 2-1 win against FC Cartagena. HIGHLIGHTS

CARTAGENA. Levante topped FC Cartagena to win 2-1. A goal from A. Ortuño was decisive in the 90min.

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Mark Hall
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Levante grabs a 2-1 win against FC Cartagena. HIGHLIGHTS

CARTAGENA. Levante overcome FC Cartagena to win 2-1. A goal from A. Ortuño was decisive in the 90min. All goals were scored in the second half.​ It was Levante to strike first with a goal of Marc Pubill at the 47′. Then Rober Ibáñez scored again for Levante in the 82′ minute. Eventually, Alfredo Ortuño reduced the distance for FC Cartagena (90′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. FC Cartagena lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (59%).

The match was played at the Estadio Municipal Cartagonova stadium in Cartagena on Sunday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Álvaro Moreno Aragón with the collaboration of Rodrigo Blázquez Sánchez and Miguel Ortuño Sierra. The 4th official was Rubén Ruipérez Marín. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 28.8 degrees Celsius or 83.79 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 64%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

FC Cartagena

1 - 2

Team 1

Levante

  • 59 Ball Possession 41
Shots
  • 15 Total 11
  • 2 On Target 3
  • 13 Off Target 8
  • 1 Shots blocked 2
  • 118 Attack 84
  • 56 Dangerous attack 28
  • 90 Ball safe 91
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 4 Corners 1
  • 3 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 15 Total 19
  • 3 Yellow Cards 5
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 6

Ball possession

FC Cartagena had a strong ball possession 59% while Levante was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

FC Cartagena was more pushing with 56 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyway, Levante managed to find the solution to win this match.​

FC Cartagena shot 15 times, 2 on target, 13 off target. On the other side, Levante shot 11 times, 3 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

FC Cartagena received 3 yellow cards (Pablo de Blasis, Damián Musto and Borja Valle). On the other side, Levante received 5 yellow cards (Marc Pubill, José Campaña, Joni Montiel, Álex Muñoz and Rober Ibáñez).

Match Timeline

5'
Damián Musto- Yellow
36'
44'
47'
57'
65'
69'
Rober Ibáñez- sub ->José Campaña
70'
Alfredo Ortuño- sub ->Iván Martos 
70'
71'
72'
Álex Muñoz- Yellow
79'
79'
Darío Poveda- sub ->Borja Valle
81'
81'
82'
Rober Ibáñez(goal)Jorge de Frutos
Alfredo Ortuño(goal)
90'
90'
Rober Ibáñez- Yellow
90'
90'
Alejandro Cantero- sub ->Jorge de Frutos

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Granada
75
42
Las Palmas
72
42
Levante
72
42
Deportivo Alavés
71
42
SD Eibar
71
42
Albacete
67
42
FC Andorra
59
42
Real Oviedo
59
42
FC Cartagena
58
42
Tenerife
57
42
Racing Santander
54
42
Burgos
54
42
Real Zaragoza
53
42
Leganés
53
42
Huesca
52
42
Mirandés
52
42
Sporting Gijón
50
42
Villarreal II
50
42
Málaga
44
42
Ponferradina
44
42
UD Ibiza
34
42
Lugo
31
42

After this match, FC Cartagena will stay with 34 points like Tenerife, Huesca, Real Oviedo and Villarreal II to remain in the 10th place. Regarding the opposition, Levante will have 47 points like SD Eibar to remain in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga 2, FC Cartagena will play away with SD Eibar on the 12th of February with a 2-1 head to head record in favor of FC Cartagena (0 draws).

Levante will host FC Andorra on the 11th of February with a 1-1 head to head statistic.

FC Cartagena – Formation

FC Cartagena
G
Marc Martínez 1.Spain
6.3
D
Kiko Olivas 21.Spain
6.9
D
Iván Calero 16.Spain
6.3
81'
D
Toni Datkovic 6.Croatia
6.5
D
Iván Martos 3.Spain
6.8
70'
M
Damián Musto 18.Argentina
7.0
70' 36'
M
Pablo de Blasis 8.Argentina
7.0
5'
M
Pêpê 23.Portugal
7.0
M
Jairo Izquierdo 20.Spain
7.4
M
Óscar Ureña 38.Spain
6.1
F
Borja Valle 10.Spain
6.4
81' 44'
Substitutes
G
Aarón Escandell 13.Spain
D
Pedro Alcalá 4.Spain
D
Miguel Llambrich 2.Spain
D
Pablo Vázquez 5.Spain
M
Mikel Rico 17.Spain
M
Franchu 14.Argentina
M
Luca Sangalli 15.Spain
M
Yan Eteki 22.Cameroon
F
Isak Jansson 24.Sweden
6.6
70'
F
Darío Poveda 11.Spain
6.4
81'
F
Alfredo Ortuño 9.Spain
6.6
70' Goals90'
F
Armando Sadiku 19.Albania
6.2
81'

FC Cartagena adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Luis Miguel Carrión Delgado decided to play with the following team: Marc Martínez (6.3), Ivan Calero (6.3), Kiko Olivas (6.9), Toni Datković (6.5), Iván Martos (6.8), Pêpê (7.0), Damián Musto (7.0), Jairo Izquierdo (7.4), Pablo De Blasis (7.0), Oscar Ureña (6.1) and Borja Valle (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Aarón Escandell, Mikel Rico, Isak Jansson (6.6), Pedro Alcalá, Franchu, Miguelón, Luca Sangalli, Yan Eteki, Pablo Vázquez, Darío Poveda (6.4), Alfredo Ortuño (6.6) and Armando Sadiku (6.2).

Substitutions

FC Cartagena made 4 changes: Iván Martos  for Alfredo Ortuño (70′), Damián Musto for Isak Jansson (70′), Iván Calero for Armando Sadiku (81′) and Borja Valle for Darío Poveda (81′).

Best player: Jairo Izquierdo​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for FC Cartagena was Jairo Izquierdo.

His rating is (7.4) with 31 passes (80% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 21. He performed 6 crosses.

Levante – Formation

Levante
G
Dani Cárdenas 1.Spain
6.9
D
Rúben Vezo  14.Portugal
6.8
D
Álex Muñoz 16.Spain
6.9
72'
D
Róber Pier 4.Spain
7.2
D
Marc Pubill 29.Spain
7.1
90' 57' Goals47'
M
José Campaña 24.Spain
6.2
69' 65'
M
Pepelu 8.Spain
7.3
M
Joni Montiel 20.Spain
6.7
79' 71'
M
Jorge de Frutos 18.Spain
8.0
90'
M
Pablo Martínez 6.Spain
7.4
F
Mohamed Bouldini 22.Morocco
6.4
79'
Substitutes
G
Joan Femenías 13.Spain
D
Marcelo Saracchi 23.Uruguay
6.4
79'
D
Son 2.Spain
90'
D
Sergio Postigo  15.Spain
M
Rober Ibáñez 19.Spain
6.9
69' 90' Goals82'
M
Alejandro Cantero 11.Spain
90'
F
Wesley 7.Brazil
6.6
79'
F
Soldado 9.Spain

Also Levante adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Javier Calleja Revilla played with: Dani Cárdenas (6.9), Marc Pubill (7.1), Róber Pier (7.2), Rúben Vezo (6.8), Álex Muñoz (6.9), Pepelu (7.3), Pablo Martínez (7.4), Jorge de Frutos (8.0), Joni Montiel (6.7), José Campaña (6.2) and Mohamed Bouldini (6.4).

These were the players on the bench: Wesley Moraes (6.6), Marcelo Saracchi (6.4), Robert Ibáñez (6.9), Joan Femenías, Son, Álejandro Cantero, Sergio Postigo and Roberto Soldado.

Substitutions

Levante made 5 changes: José Campaña for Robert Ibáñez (69′), Mohamed Bouldini for Wesley (79′), Joni Montiel for Marcelo Saracchi (79′), Marc Pubill for Son (90′) and Jorge de Frutos for Cantero (90′).

Best player: Jorge de Frutos​

The most impressive player for Levante was Jorge de Frutos even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.0) with 24 passes (70% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 13. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the La Liga 2.​