📊 Form Guide

FC Cartagena

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FC Cartagena will be hoping to bounce back here after the 3-1 La Liga 2 defeat in their last game at the hands of Albacete.

In that match, FC Cartagena managed 46% possession and 6 attempts at goal with 1 on target. For FC Cartagena, goals were scored by Pedro Alcalá (6' Own goal) and Álex Millán (15'). At the other end, Albacete Balompie had 20 shots at goal with 9 of them on target. Christian Kofane (49') and Javi Martón (94') scored for Albacete.

It has been all too rare in recent games where FC Cartagena have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. It will be a concern for them that FC Cartagena have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 matches, giving up 13 goals during that time. We will just have to see whether or not that trend will be continued on here.

Pre-game facts show that FC Cartagena:

• haven't lost in the league to Racing de Santander in their last 2 matches.
• haven’t won at home in the past 9 league matches. They will be so desperate to end this run.

Racing de Santander

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Racing de Santander will go into the meeting following on from a 2-1 La Liga 2 win in the defeat of Deportivo de La Coruña in their previous fixture.

In that match, Racing de Santander managed 35% possession and 7 attempts at goal with 3 on target. For Racing de Santander, goals were scored by Javi Castro (8') and Jon Karrikaburu (45'). On the other side, Deportivo La Coruna had 15 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. Denis Genreau (86') scored for Deportivo de La Coruña.

Racing de Santander have been good when going forward leading up to this encounter, scoring 10 goals in their last 6 matches. Having said that, Racing de Santander have been somewhat leaky at the back, having also been scored against in 5 of those same matches.

👥 Head to head

The last league encounter between these clubs was La Liga 2 match day 7 on 30/09/2024 which ended up with the score at Racing de Santander 1-2 FC Cartagena.

On that day, Racing de Santander managed 69% possession and 17 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Andrés Martín (74').

On the other side, FC Cartagena got 9 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. Luis Muñoz (45') and Izquierdo (58') scored.

The match was refereed by Daniel Palencia.

ℹ️ Team News: FC Cartagena

In all likelihood, Efesé will probably line up in a 4-3-3 formation, beginning the first half with Pablo Cuñat, M. Aguirregabiria, Jorge Moreno, Nikola Sipcic, Nacho Martínez, Andy Rodriguez, Daniel Luna, Assane Ndiaye, Rafael Núñez, Álex Millán and Salim El Jebari.

📋 Team News: Racing de Santander

We’re of the thinking that Los Racinguistas seem most likely to begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 system, settling for Jokin Ezkieta, Clément Michelin, Álvaro Mantilla, Javier Castro, Mario García, Aritz Aldasoro, Maguette Gueye, Andrés Martín, Pablo Rodríguez, Iñigo Vicente and Jon Karrikaburu.

💭 Prediction

In this match, FC Cartagena should have enough to put a goal past this Racing de Santander team, but a single goal possibly won’t quite be enough to prevent defeat.

We’re therefore tipping a very close game with a 1-2 winning score for Racing de Santander at the end of the match. Should be a good one.

Renata Leite, 16:02 04/05/2025