FC Cartagena conquers Sporting Gijón 1-0 with a goal scored by R. Castro. HIGHLIGHTS

CARTAGENA. FC Cartagena defeats Sporting Gijón 1-0 after R. Castro scored a penalty (79').

October 20, 2021

CARTAGENA. FC Cartagena overcomes Sporting Gijón 1-0 after R. Castro scored a penalty (79′). FC Cartagena took advantage of its superior ball possession (56%).

V. Kravets received a red card (78′). 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 Tuesday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Saúl Ais Reig who was helped by Marcos Daniel Saenén Álvarez and Rubén Campo Hernández. The 4th official was Jorge Tárraga Lájara. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was extremely hot at 31.8 degrees Celsius or 89.22 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 70%.

Match Statistics

FC Cartagena

1 - 0

Sporting Gijón

51 Ball Possession 49

Shots

20 Total 8
4 On Target 2
16 Off Target 6
0 Shots blocked 0

121 Attack 98
55 Dangerous attack 19
56 Ball safe 64

1 Penalties 0
15 Corners 0
1 Off Sides 1

Fouls

12 Total 10
0 Yellow Cards 3
0 Double Yellow 1
0 Red Card 1

Other

5 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

FC Cartagena was in firm control of the ball 56% while Sporting Gijón was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

FC Cartagena was more aggressive with 55 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why FC Cartagena won the match.

FC Cartagena shot 20 times, 4 on target, 16 off target. On the opposite side, Sporting Gijón shot 8 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

FC Cartagena didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Sporting Gijón received 2 yellow cards (J. Babin and V. Kravets).

Also, Sporting Gijón didn’t manage to end the match with 11 players after V. Kravets (Sporting Gijón) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (78′).

Match Timeline

46'

58'

Fran Villalba- sub ->Bertín

64'

68'

75'

78'

79'

Alfredo Ortuño- sub ->R. Castro

82'

83'

Pablo García- sub ->J. Rodriguez

83'

Alfredo Ortuño- sub ->Rubén Castro

83'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this match, FC Cartagena will have 18 points like Ponferradina to stay in the 5th place. On the other side, Sporting Gijón will stay with 21 points like SD Eibar to stay in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga 2, FC Cartagena will play away against SD Eibar on the 22nd of October with a 0-0 head to head statistic.

Sporting Gijón will host Real Valladolid on the 23rd of October with a 10-5 head to head stats in favor of Real Valladolid (3 draws).

FC Cartagena – Formation

FC Cartagena

Marc Martínez 1.Spain

6.9

Gastón Silva 20.Uruguay

6.5

Pablo Vázquez 5.Spain

6.8

David Andújar 2.Spain

6.8

46'

Julián Delmás 22.Spain

6.8

Richard Boateng 12.Ghana

7.1

46'

Y. Bodiger 6.France

6.6

Berto Cayarga 14.Spain

6.7

Pablo de Blasis 8.Argentina

6.6

Rubén Castro 7.Spain

6.6

83'

79'

M. Dauda 17.Ghana

6.2

75'

Substitutes

Jérôme Prior 13.France

A. De 24.Spain

David Simón 15.Spain

Antonio Luna 19.Spain

Farru 26.Spain

Neskes 28.Spain

Pablo Clavería 4.Spain

Sergio Tejera 23.Spain

46'

Shinji Okazaki 16.Japan

75'

Alfredo Ortuño 9.Spain

83'

Álex Gallar 10.Spain

46'

FC Cartagena started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Luis Miguel Carrión Delgado decided to play with the following team: Marc Martinez (6.9), David Andújar (6.8), Pablo Vázquez (6.8), Gastón Silva (6.5), Julián Delmás (6.8), Richard Boateng (7.1), Yann Bodiger (6.6), Berto Cayarga (6.7), Dauda Mohammed (6.2), Pablo De Blasis (6.6) and Rubén Castro (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Alberto de la Bella, David Simón, Alejandro Domingo, Shinji Okazaki, Pablo Clavería, Sergio Tejera, Jérôme Prior, Alfredo Ortuño, Antonio Luna, Farru and Álex Gallar.

Substitutions

FC Cartagena made 5 changes: R. Boateng for S. Tejera (46′), D. Andujar for A. Gallar (46′), A. Cayarga for A. Luna (46′), M. Dauda for S. Okazaki (75′) and R. Castro for A. Ortuno (82′).

Best player: Richard Boateng

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for FC Cartagena was Richard Boateng even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.1) with 15 passes (80% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 9.

Sporting Gijón – Formation

Sporting Gijón

Diego Mariño 13.Spain

6.7

Marc Valiente 4.Spain

6.8

Jean-Sylvain Babin 6.Martinique

6.8

83'

V. Kravets 3.Ukraine

6.6

78'

Bogdan Milovanov 19.Ukraine

6.6

Puma 18.Panama

7.0

83'

Nacho Méndez 10.Spain

6.4

68'

Alberto González 14.Spain

6.5

58'

José Gragera 16.Spain

6.6

Gaspar Campos 27.Spain

6.4

58'

Uros Djurdjevic 23.Montenegro

6.2

Substitutes

Iván Cuéllar 1.Spain

Juan Berrocal 15.Spain

Borja López 5.Spain

Pablo García 26.Spain

83'

Pedro Díaz 8.Spain

68'

Nacho Martín 34.Spain

Fran Villalba 21.Spain

58'

Pablo Pérez 22.Spain

Aitor García 7.Spain

58'

Sporting Gijón started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

On the opposite side, David Gallego Rodríguez played with: Diego Mariño (6.7), Bogdan Milovanov (6.6), Jean-Sylvain Babin (6.8), Marc Valiente (6.8), Vasyl Kravets (6.6), José Gragera (6.6), Ignacio Mendez (6.4), Gaspar Campos (6.4), Alberto Gonzalez (6.5), José Luis Rodríguez (7.0) and Uroš Đurđević (6.2).

They had on the bench: Pedro Díaz, Juan Berrocal, Borja López, Ignacio Martín, Francisco Villalba, Aitor García, Iván Cuéllar, Pablo Pérez and Pablo García.

Substitutions

Sporting Gijón made 4 changes: Bertin for F. Villalba (58′), C. Gaspar for A. Garcia (58′), N. Mendez for P. Diaz (68′) and J. Rodriguez for P. Garcia (83′).