Match details. Primera Federacion, Group 2 - 5. Kick-off is Wed 7 Oct, 19:30 Lagos time. It is played at Estadio Municipal Cartagonova, Cartagena.
What's at stake. FC Cartagena are 10th on 8 points after 5 games, 1 point behind Huesca, level on points with Atlético Madrid II. A win would take them above Huesca. Real Murcia CF are 4th on 12 points after 5 games, level on points with Alcorcon, 1 point clear of Real Jaén. A win would take them above Alcorcon.
Form. FC Cartagena have won four, drawn four and lost two of their last ten, 1.6 points a game. Their last five, newest first: W L D D W. Real Murcia CF have won six, drawn two and lost two of their last ten, 2.0 points a game. Their last five, newest first: W L W D L.
The numbers. FC Cartagena score 1.8 and concede 0.8 a game in their last five at home, with two clean sheets. FC Cartagena average 10.0 shots (4.0 on target), 5.0 corners and 3.4 cards a game. Real Murcia CF score 1.3 and concede 1.8 a game in their last six away, with no clean sheets. Real Murcia CF average 12.1 shots (5.2 on target), 5.8 corners and 2.7 cards a game.
Head to head. In the last three meetings FC Cartagena have won one, drawn none and lost two. One of the three went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in one. The last time they met, on 22 Feb 2026, it finished FC Cartagena 2-1 Real Murcia CF.
Where it pulls both ways. It pulls both ways: their goals for and against make FC Cartagena the likelier winners, but Real Murcia CF are the stronger side on form and the table; both teams' records favour Real Murcia CF. On goals, their goals for and against point to an open game; their records put over 2.5 goals at 67%; two of the last three meetings went under 2.5.
The read. No side to back. Nothing separates them clearly enough to back a side.
The bets. No bet on this one: too close to call. Leave: Real Murcia CF or Under 2.5 Goals (no result call); Real Murcia CF or Over 2.5 Goals (no result call); Real Murcia CF or Draw (1UP) (no result call). Predicted score: FC Cartagena 1-1 Real Murcia CF (12% chance).
Every score's chance from both teams' checked games, never cut or rescaled. The lit square is the likeliest score that fits the read (the Model's table).