Eibar travel to Estadio Cartagonova on Sunday to face hosts Cartagena in the second leg of La Liga.
FC Cartagena will be hoping to bounce back from a 2-1 La Liga defeat here against CD Mirandes. In this game, Cartagena had 61% of possession and had 14 attempts on goal, including 4 shots on goal. Armando Sadiku was the only player to score for Cartagena (94′).
Mirandez made 10 attempts at goal, 3 of which hit the target. Roberto Lopez (57′) and Barbu (71′) scored for Mirandes. In the previous 6 matches, Luis Carion’s club from Cartagena was rewarded with 6 attempts on goal, which equated to an average of 1 goal scored per match.
In their last match, Eibar drew 0-0 with Alaves in La Liga 2. Eibar’s defenders have scored in four of their last six matches. In that period the attackers scored 4 goals. At the start of this match, Eibar are unbeaten in their last 2 away matches.
Prediction
We think Eibar need a good performance to score against FC Cartagena, who are likely to score and win.
So we think it will be a good game with FC Cartagena winning 1-0 at the end of 90 minutes. It will be great.
Head-to-head
The previous league match between the two ended with FC Cartagena 4-1 Eibar on matchday two of La Liga 30 on 3 June 2022.
In this case, Cartagena had 49% possession and managed 13 shots, including 4 shots on goal. Scorers: Yann Bodiger (45′, 96′), Mohammed Dauda (52′), Alfredo Ortuño (89′).
“Eibar” scored 10 goals and 1 goal. Stoichkov (19′) scored.
The match was refereed by Ruben Avalos Barrera.
| Team | FC Cartagena | SD Eibar |
|---|---|---|
| Played | 2 | 2 |
| Win | 1 | 1 |
| Draw | 0 | 0 |
| Lose | 1 | 1 |
| Score | 5:3 | 3:5 |
| Goals Scored | 2.5 | 1.5 |
| Goals Allowed | 1.5 | 2.5 |
Line-up
Cartagena:
Toni Datkovic, Damian Musto, Iván Calero, Mikel Rico, Pablo De Blasis, Jairo Izquierdo, Borja Valle and Alfredo Ortuño, Aaron Escandell, Pablo Vázquez, Kiko Olivas.
EIbar:
José Corpas, Javi Munoz, Stoichkov and G. Leschuk Blanco, Luca Zidane, Á. T. Sacristán, Frederico Venancio, Juan Berrocal, I. García de, Sergio Alvarez Diaz, Matheus Pereira.
Betting tips
- Both teams to score – YES
- Cartagena to win – YES
- 2+ goals in the match – NO
- Clean sheet – NO
Where to watch
Hulu will broadcast this match and live stream too.