Match Report
The table gap was wide: 52 points between Mirandés (3rd, 75 pts) and FC Cartagena (22nd, 23 pts). FC Cartagena ranked 12th in the league on five-round form, well above their 22nd table position. Against a league average of 1.27 goals per team per game, FC Cartagena ran at 0.79 scored and 1.86 conceded, Mirandés at 1.4 and 0.95.
Defeat had not touched Mirandés in 5 games. The five-game form split read 6/15 points for FC Cartagena against 13/15 for Mirandés.
The sides have met 10 times in the GioScore results database: 4 wins for FC Cartagena, 0 draws and 6 for Mirandés, at 2.8 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 90% of the meetings. 70% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 60%.
Estadio Municipal Cartagonova in Cartagena staged the fixture, a ground that holds 15,105. On the scoreboard, Mirandés led 2-1 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-3.
Goal scorers
FC Cartagena: Álex Millán (44') · Mirandés: Urko Izeta (38'), Joel Roca (45'), Álex Calvo (70')