Match Report
The table gap was wide: 25 points between FC Cartagena (10th, 56 pts) and Lugo (22nd, 31 pts). FC Cartagena ranked just 22nd in the league on five-round form despite their 10th table position. Against a league average of 1.01 goals per team per game, FC Cartagena ran at 1.07 scored and 1.14 conceded, Lugo at 0.64 and 1.36.
Lugo had drawn three in a row.
GioScore's database holds 5 meetings between the two: 2 for FC Cartagena, 2 for Lugo and 1 drawn, at 2.4 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 80% of the meetings. 60% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 80%.
Estadio Municipal Cartagonova, capacity 15,105, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-0.
Goal scorers
FC Cartagena: Darío Poveda (54'), Franchu (88')
Key stats
Possession: FC Cartagena 70% · Lugo 30% · Total shots: 15-7 · On target: 7-2 · Corners: 3-4