PONFERRADA. FC Cartagena was after all too strong for Ponferradina with the goal of Jairo Izquierdo (43′), A. Pașcanu (51′ own) and Armando Sadiku (82′).

The match was played at the Estadio El Toralín stadium in Ponferrada on Sunday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Dámaso Arcediano Monescillo with the assistance of Marcos Cerdán Aguilar and Adrián Díaz González. The 4th official was Pedro Eugenio Muñoz Piedra. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 6.7 degrees Celsius or 44.02 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 94%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Ponferradina was in firm control of the ball 55% while FC Cartagena was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Ponferradina was putting more pressure with 68 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 4 were on target. Even so, FC Cartagena was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Ponferradina shot 14 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, FC Cartagena shot 6 times, 3 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Ponferradina received 1 yellow card (A. Pașcanu). Regarding the opposition, FC Cartagena received 2 yellow cards (Iván Calero and Iván Martos ).

Standings

After this match, Ponferradina will stay with 29 points to remain in the 19th place. On the other side, FC Cartagena will have 44 points to sit in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga 2, Ponferradina will play away against Granada on the 12th of March with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Granada (2 draws).

FC Cartagena will play away agasint Villarreal II on the 19th of March with a 3-2 head to head statistic in favor of FC Cartagena (3 draws).

Ponferradina – Formation

Ponferradina started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager David Gallego Rodríguez decided to play with the following team: Amir Abedzadeh (6.0), Paris Barandiaran (6.4), Alexandru Paşcanu (6.3), José Amo (6.4), Adrián Castellano (6.7), Naim García (7.3), Kelechi Nwakali (7.4), Agus Medina (7.4), José Naranjo (6.8), Eduardo Espiau (7.0) and Yuri (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Derik Lacerda (6.2), Hugo Vallejo, Alejandro Díez Salomón (6.1), Ibrahim Janis Covi, Soufiane Chakla (6.2), Miguel San Román, Moises Delgado (6.4) and Sabit Abdulai.

Substitutions

Ponferradina made 4 changes: A. Pașcanu for Soufiane Chakla (68′), José Naranjo for Derik Lacerda (68′), Adrián Castellano for Moi Delgado (74′) and Paris Adot for Alejandro Díez Salomón (74′).

Best player: Agus Medina​

The player that probably impressed the most for Ponferradina was Agus Medina.

His rating is (7.4) with 50 passes (86% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 20. He performed 3 crosses.

FC Cartagena – Formation

FC Cartagena started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

Luis Miguel Carrión Delgado played with: Aarón Escandell (7.3), Ivan Calero (6.6), Pedro Alcalá (7.1), Pablo Vázquez (6.8), Iván Martos (6.5), Damián Musto (7.1), Jairo Izquierdo (7.5), Pêpê (6.8), Pablo De Blasis (6.7), Oscar Ureña (6.8) and Borja Valle (6.8).

These were the players on the bench: Alfredo Ortuño, Armando Sadiku (7.9), Darío Poveda, Farru, Sang-Hyeok Lee, Franchu, Luca Sangalli, Yan Eteki, Marc Martínez, Mikel Rico (6.5), Isak Jansson (6.5) and Miguelón.

Substitutions

FC Cartagena made 5 changes: Oscar Ureña for Isak Jansson (65′), Borja Valle for Mikel Rico (76′), Pêpê for Armando Sadiku (76′), Pablo de Blasis for Yan Brice (86′) and Jairo Izquierdo for Darío Poveda (86′).

Best player: Armando Sadiku​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for FC Cartagena was Armando Sadiku.

His rating is (7.9) with 1 goal, 7 passes (100% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 2.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 76′.

Results of the day

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

• Leganés – UD Ibiza – 0-1
• Albacete – Sporting Gijón – 2-1
• Lugo – Real Zaragoza – 0-0
• Málaga – Racing Santander – 0-1
• Ponferradina – FC Cartagena – 0-3