FC Cartagena 2-1 Sporting Gijón: result and report

La Liga 2 · Saturday 22 April 2023

Result

FC Cartagena 2-1 Sporting Gijón

La Liga 2 · Saturday 22 April 2023, 14:15 UTC · half-time 2-1

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FC Cartagena 2-1 Sporting Gijón: match report

FC Cartagena beat Sporting Gijón 2-1 in La Liga 2 on Saturday 22 April 2023. The half-time score was 2-1.

Darío Poveda opened the scoring in the 31st minute. FC Cartagena's goals came from Darío Poveda (31') and Alfredo Ortuño (40'). Sporting Gijón scored through Pablo Insua (42').

Discipline: FC Cartagena received 2 yellow cards; Sporting Gijón received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game FC Cartagena were 7th on 53 points from 36 and Sporting Gijón 13th on 46 points from 36. FC Cartagena went on to finish that season 9th with 58 points, and Sporting Gijón 17th with 51.

FC Cartagena lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sporting Gijón in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Pablo Insua of Sporting Gijón (7.8), ahead of Jairo Izquierdo (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 FC Cartagena win, 2 draws and 2 for Sporting Gijón.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Yellow card · Carlos IzquierdozSporting Gijón
  • 18'Second yellow · J. VaraneSporting Gijón
  • 18'Yellow card · Juan OteroSporting Gijón
  • 18'Yellow card · J. VaraneSporting Gijón
  • 31'Goal · Darío PovedaFC Cartagena · 1-0
  • 34'Yellow card · Toni DatkovicFC Cartagena
  • 37'Yellow card · Nacho MartínSporting Gijón
  • 40'Goal · Alfredo OrtuñoFC Cartagena · 2-0
  • 42'Goal · Pablo InsuaSporting Gijón · 2-1
  • 84'Yellow card · Christian RiveraSporting Gijón
  • 86'Yellow card · Yan EtekiFC Cartagena

Head-to-head

5 meetings: FC Cartagena 1, draws 2, Sporting Gijón 2.

Team news

FC Cartagena line-up (4-3-3)

Aarón Escandell, Iván Calero, Pedro Alcalá, Toni Datković, Iván Martos, Pêpê, Damián Marcelo Musto, Pablo de Blasis, Darío Poveda, Alfredo Ortuño, Jairo Izquierdo

Sporting Gijón line-up (3-5-2)

Iván Cuéllar, Carlos Izquierdoz, Bruno González, Pablo Insua, Guille Rosas, Pedro Díaz, Nacho Martín, Jonathan Varane, Cote, Juan Otero, Ignacio Jeraldino