Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Rayo Vallecano 6th with 67 points, FC Cartagena 16th with 49, 18 apart. Recent form flatters FC Cartagena's table spot — 4th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 16th. Per game in the league, FC Cartagena were scoring 1.05 and conceding 1.24, Rayo Vallecano 1.24 and 0.95, against a competition average of 1.03 goals per team per game.
6 meetings are on record — 2 won by FC Cartagena, 3 by Rayo Vallecano, 1 drawn, at 3.5 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 33% of the wins in this matchup. History points to goals: 67% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 67%.
Estadio Municipal Cartagonova in Cartagena staged the fixture, a ground that holds 15,105. It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 2-2 full-time score.