Match Report
30 points separated the sides: Deportivo La Coruña 16th on 53, FC Cartagena 22nd on 23. FC Cartagena's recent output outran their position: 12th on form over five rounds, 22nd in the table. Per game in the league, Deportivo La Coruña were scoring 1.33 and conceding 1.29, FC Cartagena 0.79 and 1.86, against a competition average of 1.27 goals per team per game.
FC Cartagena arrived off nine straight defeats. Deportivo La Coruña had banked 6 of the last 15 points on offer; FC Cartagena, 0.
The match was played at Estadio Abanca-Riazor in A Coruna (capacity 32,490). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 4 more goals closed it at 2-2.
Goal scorers
Deportivo La Coruña: Iván Barbero (86'), Diego Villares (69') · FC Cartagena: Andy Rodríguez (59'), Salim El Jebari El Hannouni (76')




