CARTAGENA. Real Valladolid had a surprising win over FC Cartagena with a 2-0 win with a goal from V. Meseguer (20′) and a goal from C. Tárrega (37′). FC Cartagena was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (61%).​

The match was played at the Estadio Municipal Cartagonova stadium in Cartagena on Sunday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. In front of 8,758 spectators.​ The referee was Raúl Martín González Francés who had the assistance of Christian Arlex Valverde Monsalve and Álvaro Yeray Carreño Cabrera. The 4th official was Francisco José Ortega Herrera.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

FC Cartagena had a superior ball possession 61% while Real Valladolid was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

FC Cartagena was more aggressive with 77 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyhow, Real Valladolid was capable to find the solution to win this encounter.​

FC Cartagena shot 15 times, 3 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Real Valladolid shot 6 times, 5 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

FC Cartagena received 4 yellow cards (Alfredo Ortuño, Alfredo Ortuño, I. Calero and Pedro Alcalá). Talking about the opposition, Real Valladolid didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After playing this encounter, FC Cartagena stays with 39 points to hold in the 16th place. On the opposite side, Real Valladolid will has 55 points like SD Eibar to sit in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga 2, FC Cartagena will play away with Sporting Gijón on the 14th of April with a 3-3 head to head record.

Real Valladolid will host Eldense on the 14th of April with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Real Valladolid (0 draws).

FC Cartagena – Formation

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

The manager Julián Calero Fernández decided to play with the following team: Raúl Lizoain (7.0), Iván Calero (7.1), Pedro Alcalá (6.7), Gonzalo Verdú (6.3), José Fontán (6.3), T. Alarcón (6.3), Damián Musto (7.1), Andy Rodríguez (7.3), Jairo Izquierdo (7.1), Darío Poveda (7.0) and Luis Muñoz (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Tomás Mejías, Diego Moreno, Alfredo Ortuño (7.3), Juan Carlos Real, Juanjo Narváez (6.3), Mikel Rico (6.7), Kiko Olivas, Arnau Ortiz (7.0), Jony Álamo, Arnau Solà, Iván Ayllón (7.0) and Jhafets Christ.

Substitutions

FC Cartagena made 5 changes: T. Alarcón for Arnau Ortiz (46′), Luis Muñoz for Juanjo Narváez (63′), Gonzalo Verdú for Stanko Juric (62′), Andy Rodríguez for Mikel Rico (83′) and Darío Poveda for Iván Ayllón (79′).

Player of the match: Andy Rodríguez​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for FC Cartagena was Andy Rodríguez.

His rating is 7.3 with 61 passes (79% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 10 duels out of 14. He performed 4 crosses.

Real Valladolid – Formation

Also Real Valladolid adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Paulo César Pezzolano Suárez played with: Jordi Masip  (7.7), Luis Pérez (7.5), Javi Sánchez (6.8), César Tárrega (8.2), Sergio Escudero (7.0), Víctor Meseguer (7.3), Lucas Oliveira (7.1), Monchu (7.0), Iván Sánchez (7.3), Mamadou Sylla (6.6) and S. Biuk (6.6).

The following players were sitting on the bench: David Torres, Enzo Boyomo (7.0), Marcos André, Raúl Moro, André Ferreira, César de la Hoz, Stanko Juric (6.4), Álvaro Negredo, Lucas Rosa (7.7), Anuar (7.0), Kenedy (6.4) and Isra Sala.

Substitutions

Real Valladolid made 5 changes: Sergio Escudero for Lucas Rosa (46′), Iván Sánchez for Anuar (62′), S. Biuk for Alfredo Ortuño (62′), Javi Sánchez for Enzo Boyomo (69′) and Mamadou Sylla for Kenedy (86′).

Player of the match: César Tárrega​

The most impressive player for Real Valladolid was César Tárrega.

His rating is 8.2 with 1 goal, 37 passes (76% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 10.

Results of the day

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

• Tenerife – SD Eibar – 2-1
• Mirandés – Sporting Gijón – 1-3
• Huesca – Leganés – 0-0
• Villarreal II – Burgos – 2-1
• Espanyol – Albacete – 2-1
• FC Cartagena – Real Valladolid – 0-2