📏 Form Guide
Real Zaragoza LWDLDW ⚖
Real Zaragoza are hoping to win again after their last result, the 1-2 La Liga 2 success against Racing Ferrol.
In that game, Real Zaragoza managed 37% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 7 on target. For Real Zaragoza, the goals were scored by Raúl Guti (1') and Adu Ares (51'). At the other end, Racing Ferrol had 16 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Josep Señé (61') scored for Racing Ferrol.
It’s been a rare occasion in recent times where Real Zaragoza have shown defensive steel. The reality is that Real Zaragoza have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 games, shipping 11 goals on the way. Nevertheless, it remains to be seen if that trend might continue on in this next match.
Analysis of their past results shows that Real Zaragoza:
- have not been beaten in their last 4 league matches at home.
- haven’t won at home in the past 2 league games.
FC Cartagena DLLLLW
FC Cartagena go into this meeting following a 1-0 La Liga 2 win with the downing of Racing de Santander in their most recent match.
In that match, FC Cartagena managed 29% possession and 5 attempts on goal with 2 on target. The scorer for FC Cartagena was Daniel Luna (45'). For their opponents, Racing Santander had 23 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target.
Looking at their form, and FC Cartagena have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 11 goals in total. At the back, FC Cartagena just haven’t been too solid at all.
Coming into this fixture, FC Cartagena haven’t won away from home in the past 15 league games. What a horror away run it has been.
👥 Head to head
Checking out their prior head to head meetings stretching back to 19/03/2022, there has been little to separate the clubs with Real Zaragoza winning 3 of those games, FC Cartagena 3 and 0 being draws in normal time.
A total of 16 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 8 of them from Blanquillos and 8 belonging to Efesé. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.67.
The last league game between the two was La Liga 2 match day 2 on 26/08/2024 which finished with the scoreline of FC Cartagena 1-2 Real Zaragoza.
In that match, FC Cartagena had 41% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 3 on target. The scorer was Cedric Teguia (15').
On the other side, Real Zaragoza had 16 attempts at goal with 7 on target. Pau Sans (82') and Francho Serrano (97') scored.
The match was refereed by Germán Cid Camacho.
📋 Team News: Real Zaragoza
In all likelihood, Blanquillos could opt for a 4-3-3 system this time featuring Gaëtan Poussin, Francho Serrano, Lluis Lopez, Jair Amador, Dani Tasende, Toni Moya, Raúl Guti, Kervin Arriaga, Pau Sans, Mario Soberon and Malcom Adu Ares.
📰 Team News: FC Cartagena
From our viewpoint, Efesé appear most likely to play in a 4-2-3-1 system, starting the game with Pablo Cuñat, M. Aguirregabiria, Jorge Moreno, Pedro Alcala, Nacho Martínez, Assane Ndiaye, Sergio Guerrero, Rafael Núñez, Jose Machin, Daniel Luna and Álex Millán.
💡 Prediction
It looks to us like FC Cartagena may well find it hard to score against a Real Zaragoza team who will more than likely really dictate the terms of this match.
Our selection here is for a comprehensive 3-0 win for Real Zaragoza when the full-time whistle blows.