FC Cartagena Sporting Gijón

CARTAGENA. FC Cartagena defeated Sporting Gijón to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the first half.​ It was FC Cartagena to strike first with a goal of Darío Poveda at the 31′. Then Alfredo Ortuño scored again for FC Cartagena in the 40′ minute. Eventually, Pablo Insua reduced the distance for Sporting Gijón (42′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. FC Cartagena was truly better in terms of ball possession (67%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

J. Varane received a red card (18′)​. This double yellow card was one of the reason why Sporting Gijón lost the match.

The match was played at the Estadio Municipal Cartagonova stadium in Cartagena on Saturday and it started at 4:15 pm local time. The referee was Aitor Gorostegui Fernández Ortega with the support of Javier Merino Sánchez and Ion Rodríguez Portela. The 4th official was Sergio Escriche Guzmán. The weather was rainy. The temperature was hot at 29.8 degrees Celsius or 85.62 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 70%.​

Match Statistics​

FC Cartagena

2 - 1

Sporting Gijón

  • ! 67 Ball Possession 33
Shots
  • 12 Total 7
  • 4 On Target 2
  • 7 Off Target 4
  • 1 Shots blocked 1
  • 122 Attack 89
  • 41 Dangerous attack 19
  • 71 Ball safe 85
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 2 Corners 1
  • 4 Off Sides 2
Fouls
  • 15 Total 14
  • 1 Yellow Cards 6
  • 0 Double Yellow 1
  • 0 Red Card 1
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

FC Cartagena had a superior ball possession 67% while Sporting Gijón was struggling with a 33% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

FC Cartagena was more pushing with 41 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why FC Cartagena won the match​.

FC Cartagena shot 12 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Sporting Gijón shot 7 times, 1 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

FC Cartagena received 3 yellow cards (Toni Datkovic, Yan Eteki and Yan Eteki). Regarding the opposition, Sporting Gijón received 4 yellow cards (J. Varane, Juan Otero, Carlos Izquierdoz and Nacho Martín).

Also, Sporting Gijón didn’t end the match with 11 players after J. Varane (Sporting Gijón) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (18′).

Match Timeline

18'
Jonathan Varane- Yellow
18'
Juan Otero- Yellow
18'
Carlos Izquierdoz - Yellow
18'
Jonathan Varane(yellowred)
Darío Poveda(goal)Jairo Izquierdo
31'
34'
37'
Nacho Martín- Yellow
Alfredo Ortuño(goal)Pêpê
40'
42'
Pablo Insua(goal)
46'
66'
Christian Rivera- sub ->Nacho Martín
David Ferreiro- sub ->Darío Poveda
72'
72'
77'
81'
Mikel Rico- sub ->Damián Musto
81'
84'
Christian Rivera- Yellow
86'
87'
Víctor Campuzano - sub ->Pablo Insua
88'
87'

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 have 56 points to hold in the 7th place. Talking about the opposition, Sporting Gijón will stay with 45 points like Mirandés to hold in the 16th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga 2, FC Cartagena will play away with Albacete on the 29th of April with a 4-1 head to head statistic in favor of FC Cartagena (2 draws).

Sporting Gijón will host Lugo on the 1st of May with a 10-3 head to head stats in favor of Sporting Gijón (6 draws).

FC Cartagena – Formation

FC Cartagena
G
Aarón Escandell 13.Spain
6.1
D
Pedro Alcalá 4.Spain
6.5
D
Iván Calero 16.Spain
6.6
D
Toni Datkovic 6.Croatia
6.7
34'
D
Iván Martos 3.Spain
7.1
M
Damián Musto 18.Argentina
6.9
81'
M
Pablo de Blasis 8.Argentina
6.1
M
Pêpê 23.Portugal
7.2
F
Jairo Izquierdo 20.Spain
7.6
72'
F
Alfredo Ortuño 9.Spain
7.5
87' 40'
F
Darío Poveda 11.Spain
7.3
72' 31'
Substitutes
G
Marc Martínez 1.Spain
D
Pablo Vázquez 5.Spain
D
Miguel Llambrich 2.Spain
D
Farru 26.Spain
M
Franchu 14.Argentina
6.8
72'
M
Mikel Rico 17.Spain
6.8
81'
M
Luca Sangalli 15.Spain
M
Yan Eteki 22.Cameroon
6.8
81' 86'
M
Isak Jansson 24.Sweden
M
David Ferreiro 7.Spain
6.4
72'
F
Borja Valle 10.Spain
F
Armando Sadiku 19.Albania
87'

FC Cartagena started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Luis Miguel Carrión Delgado decided to play with the following team: Aarón Escandell (6.1), Ivan Calero (6.6), Pedro Alcalá (6.5), Toni Datković (6.7), Iván Martos (7.1), Pêpê (7.2), Damián Musto (6.9), Pablo De Blasis (6.1), Darío Poveda (7.3), Alfredo Ortuño (7.5) and Jairo Izquierdo (7.6).

The home team had on the bench: Borja Valle Balonga, Franchu (6.8), Pablo Vázquez Pérez, Marc Martínez Aranda, Armando Sadiku, Miguel Juan Llambrich, José María Pérez García, Mikel Rico (6.8), Luca Sangalli Fuentes, Yan Eteki (6.8), Isak Jansson and David Ferreiro (6.4).

Substitutions

FC Cartagena made 5 changes: Darío Poveda for David Ferreiro (72′), Jairo Izquierdo for Franchu (72′), Damián Musto for Yan Brice (81′), Damián Musto for Mikel Rico (81′) and Alfredo Ortuño for Armando Sadiku (87′).

Best player: Jairo Izquierdo​

The most impressive player for FC Cartagena was Jairo Izquierdo even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.6) with 19 passes (89% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 10. He performed 6 crosses.

Sporting Gijón – Formation

Sporting Gijón
G
Iván Cuéllar 1.Spain
6.2
D
Carlos Izquierdoz 24.Argentina
6.1
18'
D
Bruno 5.Spain
6.6
D
Pablo Insua 4.Spain
7.7
87' 42'
M
Cote 3.Spain
7.3
M
Guille Rosas 2.Spain
6.1
88'
M
Pedro Díaz 8.Spain
6.8
77'
M
Jonathan Varane 37.France
6.6
18'
M
Nacho Martín 33.Spain
6.6
66' 37'
F
Ignacio Jeraldino 14.Chile
6.8
46'
F
Juan Otero 19.Colombia
6.8
18'
Substitutes
G
G. de Amores 13.Uruguay
G
Florantin Bloch 26.France
D
José Marsà 6.Spain
7.0
46'
D
Leonel Miguel 43.Netherlands
D
Jordi Pola 29.Spain
D
Diego Sánchez 32.Spain
M
Christian Rivera 17.Spain
6.7
66' 84'
M
J. Carrillo 20.Mexico
88'
F
Víctor Campuzano 11.Spain
87'
F
Cristo 12.Spain
F
Aitor García 7.Spain
6.2
77'
F
Uroš Milovanović 21.Serbia

Sporting Gijón started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Miguel Ángel Ramírez played with: Iván Cuéllar (6.2), Carlos Izquierdoz (6.1), Bruno González (6.6), Pablo Insua (7.7), Guille Rosas (6.1), Pedro Díaz (6.8), Ignacio Martín (6.6), Jonathan Varane (6.6), José Ángel (7.3), Juan Otero (6.8) and Ignacio Jeraldino (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Víctor Campuzano, Guillermo Rafael De Amores Ravelo, José Marsà (7.0), Florentin Bloch, Cristo Ramón González Pérez, Leonel Miguel, Jordi González-Pola González, Cristian Rivera (6.4), Diego Sánchez Pérez, Jordan Carrillo Rodriguez, Aitor García (6.2) and Uroš Milovanović.

Substitutions

Sporting Gijón made 5 changes: I. Jeraldino for José Martinez (46′), Nacho Martín for Christian Rivera (66′), Pedro Díaz for Aitor García (77′), Pablo Insua for Víctor Campuzano (87′) and Guille Rosas for Jordan Carrillo Rodríguez (88′).

Best player: Pablo Insua​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sporting Gijón was Pablo Insua.

His rating is (7.7) with 1 goal, 23 passes (69% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 6.

Results of the day

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