Villarreal CF B vs FC Cartagena Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Villarreal CF B

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Villarreal CF B prepare for this game following a 0-0 La Liga 2 drawn result against Ibiza.

In that game, Villarreal CF B had 65% possession and 13 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Ibiza had 6 shots on goal with 1 of them on target.

Villarreal CF B have struggled with their forward play of late. Their ‘goals for’ figure stands at just 4 vs opposition teams during the course of their last 6 outings. In those meetings, Villarreal CF B have also seen the tally of goals against them come to 7.

Coming into this meeting, Villarreal CF B are undefeated in their last 2 league matches at home.

FC Cartagena

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After being defeated in their last game at the hands of FC Andorra in La Liga 2 action, FC Cartagena will be aiming to make amends here.

In that match, FC Cartagena had 37% possession and 18 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. On the other side, FC Andorra got 13 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Iván Gil (48'), Rubén Bover (52') and Carlos Martínez (82') scored for FC Andorra.

In as many as 5 out of the previous 6 games involving FC Cartagena, a minimum of three goals have been hit. The average goals scored per game in that time is 2.5, with the average number of goals for FC Cartagena working out to 1.5. We will see whether or not that trend will be continued on into this next match.

Heading into this contest, FC Cartagena are undefeated in their previous 4 league matches away from home.

👥 Head to head

If we look at their past head to head duels stretching back to 06/03/2010, both clubs have shared the honours with Villarreal CF B winning 2 of those games, FC Cartagena 2 and 2 being drawn after 90 minutes of play.

A combined sum of 13 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 5 from Villarreal B and 8 coming from Efesé. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.17.

The previous league meeting between these sides was La Liga 2 match day 19 on 07/12/2022 when it finished FC Cartagena 0-1 Villarreal CF B.

That day, FC Cartagena managed 53% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target.

At the other end, Villarreal CF B had 14 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Antonio Pacheco (55') scored.

The match was refereed by Víctor García Verdura.

🗞️ Team News: Villarreal CF B

The Villarreal CF B manager Miguel Álvarez has a full complement, with no fitness concerns at all coming into this match with a completely injury-free squad available to select from.

In all likelihood, Villarreal CF B could go for a 4-4-2 system in the match and select Iker Álvarez, Miguel Angel Leal, Adrián de la Fuente, Pablo Iniguez, Dani Tasende, Sergio Carreira, Alberto del Moral, C. Adriano García, Sergio Lozano, Fernando Niño and Álex Millán.

ℹ️ Team News: FC Cartagena

With a fully injury-free group available to choose from, the FC Cartagena manager Luis Carrión does not have any fitness worries whatsoever ahead of this match.

It’s our belief that Efesé seem most likely to make use of a 4-1-2-3 formation, starting the game with Aaron Escandell, Iván Calero, Pedro Alcala, Toni Datkovic, Iván Martos, Damian Musto, Pêpê, Pablo De Blasis, Franchu, Borja Valle and Óscar Ureña.

💡 Prediction

Here is a game where FC Cartagena will have to perform well to score against this Villarreal CF B outfit who we think will likely win and very possibly keep a clean sheet.

We’re therefore expecting a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 1-0 winning score for Villarreal CF B after 90 minutes.

Let’s see what happens.

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Peter Guest, 02:48 15/03/2023