FC Cartagena vs Sporting Gijon prediction 09.12.2024 | La Liga 2

• Competition: La Liga 2
• Date: Monday, 9th December, 2024
• Kickoff: 19:30 UK / 20:30 CET
• Venue: Estadio Municipal Cartagonova (Cartagena)

After successfully advancing to the Copa del Rey 1/16 Finals, FC Cartagena will welcome Sporting Gijon, which suffered an elimination from from the Cup by Racing Santander. The game will take place at Estadio Municipal Cartagonova in Cartagena.

FC Cartagena earned promotion to La Liga 2 in the 2019/20 season and was mainly a mid-table team in the following four seasons. However, this season has been a pure disaster as they are in the last place with just ten points in 17 rounds. Right now, they are already eight points away from the safe zone, and survival will definitely be a challenging task.

Sporting Gijon managed to secure the Playoffs last year after finishing 5th in the regular season. Unfortunately, they lost to Espanyol in the Semifinals, which eventually secured a promotion. This year, they are doing well and are on the right path to securing playoffs or maybe even a direct promotion. Currently, they are only two points away from the desired second place.

FC Cartagena vs Sporting Gijon pick: Under 2.5 goals

Cartagena are terrible this season, and as the season progresses, they are only looking worse. In the last ten La Liga 2 games, they won just once and have scored one or zero goals every time during that period. So, we do not expect them to offer a good offensive display against one of the best teams in the league.

Sporting Gijon have played mostly low-scoring games lately. In the last seven games in all competitions, they were under 2.5 goals on five occasions - 71%.

Last season, both h2h games finished with 1:0 for the home team. Additionally, in eight h2h games so far, we saw fewer than three goals six times.

Considering the previous h2 games and all the above, an under 2.5 goals bet looks like the best option for this La Liga 2 tie.