La Liga 2 match preview: Albacete believed to be the weaker party when Espanyol pays a visit

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sun 04.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Carlos Belmonte (17524 seats)

The visiting Espanyol side should be favourites in this visit to Albacete, as the away team holds a 35 point advantage from their 32 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Espanyol have the most scored goals (53) in La Liga 2

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Albacete and Espanyol.

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Albacete form and stats

4-5-7 (win-draw-lost) are the La Liga 2 numbers at home for Albacete so far this season.

The Albacete fans got no joy from their last match, a La Liga 2 game also here at Estadio Carlos Belmonte: A 0-1 defeat against Castellon (placed 17th). Prior to that, an away loss at Girona.

Some supporters pointed their nail-bitten fingers at Alfredo Ortuño for missing a penalty kick versus Castellon in the 18th minute. It's possible that a goal in that situation would have changed the outcome.

Albacete aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio Carlos Belmonte in the league, with only 13 goals from 16 games. Albacete's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Espanyol form and stats

Playing away, Espanyol, who have the most scored goals (53) in La Liga 2, have won 7 games, drawn 5 and suffered 4 defeats in the La Liga 2 this season.

Espanyol won their last game, 4-0 versus Fuenlabrada played at home. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Castellon at their stadium, the result 3-1.

As mentioned above, Espanyol was the only team on the pitch versus Fuenlabrada in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.

The visiting Espanyol have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 22 goals from 16 games. Espanyol are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 13 times in 16 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Albacete and Espanyol have met before this season: Espanyol - Albacete 3-0.

Top Goalscorers

EspanyolR. de Tomás Gómez
R. de Tomás Gómez
18 goals
EspanyolA. Embarba Blázquez
A. Embarba Blázquez
8 goals
EspanyolJ. Puado Díaz
J. Puado Díaz
7 goals

Albacete missing players

Espanyol missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Albacete Espanyol
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 16 6 Played P 5 16 32
7 4 1 Won W 4 7 19
8 5 1 Drew D 1 5 7
17 7 4 Lost L 0 4 6
21 13 3 Scored S 11 22 53
38 16 7 Conceded C 3 13 21
88% 94% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
62% 69% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 69% 75%
28% 19% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 38% 41%
6% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 19% 19%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
31% 38% 33% BTTS BTTS 60% 44% 38%
28% 25% 17% Clean Sheets C S 40% 31% 50%
53% 44% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 31% 19%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.8 2.8 3.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.8 1.8
6 4 3 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
6.5 7.4 6.2 Shots (avg) S ( 13.4 9.8 10.5
2.3 2.7 1.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.5 4.1
28% 30% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 39% 40%
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Espanyol have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Espanyol have scored more than double the goals of Albacete.
  • Espanyol have the most scored goals (22) away in La Liga 2
  • Espanyol have the most scored goals (53) in La Liga 2
  • Espanyol have the most scored goals in the first half (28) in La Liga 2
  • Espanyol have the the best goal difference (+32) in La Liga 2
  • Espanyol have the the best goal difference (+9) away in La Liga 2
  • Espanyol is in the best form (3-3-0)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Espanyol 32 19 7 6 53 21 16 12 2 2 31 8 16 7 5 4 22 13 32 64
2 Mallorca 32 19 7 6 41 20 17 10 3 4 25 10 15 9 4 2 16 10 21 64
3 Almeria 32 18 6 8 48 28 16 9 5 2 28 12 16 9 1 6 20 16 20 60
4 Sporting Gijon 32 15 11 6 34 21 16 9 7 0 19 7 16 6 4 6 15 14 13 56
5 Leganés 32 16 6 10 35 26 16 12 1 3 21 10 16 4 5 7 14 16 9 54
6 Rayo Vallecano 31 14 7 10 38 30 15 9 2 4 22 13 16 5 5 6 16 17 8 49
7 Ponferradina 32 13 9 10 36 35 16 8 5 3 22 17 16 5 4 7 14 18 1 48
8 Girona 32 12 10 10 30 31 16 7 4 5 13 11 16 5 6 5 17 20 -1 46
9 Las Palmas 32 11 10 11 38 42 16 9 3 4 27 17 16 2 7 7 11 25 -4 43
10 Fuenlabrada 32 9 15 8 36 36 16 3 10 3 16 14 16 6 5 5 20 22 0 42
11 Málaga 32 11 9 12 29 38 16 4 6 6 14 19 16 7 3 6 15 19 -9 42
12 Tenerife 31 11 8 12 29 28 16 8 5 3 20 9 15 3 3 9 9 19 1 41
13 Mirandes 30 11 8 11 29 29 15 5 7 3 16 13 15 6 1 8 13 16 0 41
14 Real Oviedo 32 8 15 9 35 34 16 5 6 5 22 19 16 3 9 4 13 15 1 39
15 Lugo 32 8 12 12 29 39 16 6 7 3 13 8 16 2 5 9 16 31 -10 36
16 Real Zaragoza 32 9 8 15 26 30 16 7 5 4 15 11 16 2 3 11 11 19 -4 35
17 Castellon 32 9 6 17 31 40 16 7 0 9 19 16 16 2 6 8 12 24 -9 33
18 UD Logrones 32 8 9 15 23 42 15 5 3 7 12 18 17 3 6 8 11 24 -19 33
19 Sabadell 32 7 11 14 28 37 16 2 8 6 14 18 16 5 3 8 14 19 -9 32
20 Alcorcón 32 8 8 16 21 33 16 6 1 9 14 20 16 2 7 7 7 13 -12 32
21 FC Cartagena 32 7 10 15 31 43 16 5 5 6 20 19 16 2 5 9 11 24 -12 31
22 Albacete 32 7 8 17 21 38 16 4 5 7 13 16 16 3 3 10 8 22 -17 29

Espanyol:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Espanyol 32 19 7 6 53 21 16 12 2 2 31 8 16 7 5 4 22 13 32 64
2 Mallorca 32 19 7 6 41 20 17 10 3 4 25 10 15 9 4 2 16 10 21 64
3 Almeria 32 18 6 8 48 28 16 9 5 2 28 12 16 9 1 6 20 16 20 60
4 Sporting Gijon 32 15 11 6 34 21 16 9 7 0 19 7 16 6 4 6 15 14 13 56
5 Leganés 32 16 6 10 35 26 16 12 1 3 21 10 16 4 5 7 14 16 9 54
6 Rayo Vallecano 31 14 7 10 38 30 15 9 2 4 22 13 16 5 5 6 16 17 8 49
7 Ponferradina 32 13 9 10 36 35 16 8 5 3 22 17 16 5 4 7 14 18 1 48
8 Girona 32 12 10 10 30 31 16 7 4 5 13 11 16 5 6 5 17 20 -1 46
9 Las Palmas 32 11 10 11 38 42 16 9 3 4 27 17 16 2 7 7 11 25 -4 43
10 Fuenlabrada 32 9 15 8 36 36 16 3 10 3 16 14 16 6 5 5 20 22 0 42
11 Málaga 32 11 9 12 29 38 16 4 6 6 14 19 16 7 3 6 15 19 -9 42
12 Tenerife 31 11 8 12 29 28 16 8 5 3 20 9 15 3 3 9 9 19 1 41
13 Mirandes 30 11 8 11 29 29 15 5 7 3 16 13 15 6 1 8 13 16 0 41
14 Real Oviedo 32 8 15 9 35 34 16 5 6 5 22 19 16 3 9 4 13 15 1 39
15 Lugo 32 8 12 12 29 39 16 6 7 3 13 8 16 2 5 9 16 31 -10 36
16 Real Zaragoza 32 9 8 15 26 30 16 7 5 4 15 11 16 2 3 11 11 19 -4 35
17 Castellon 32 9 6 17 31 40 16 7 0 9 19 16 16 2 6 8 12 24 -9 33
18 UD Logrones 32 8 9 15 23 42 15 5 3 7 12 18 17 3 6 8 11 24 -19 33
19 Sabadell 32 7 11 14 28 37 16 2 8 6 14 18 16 5 3 8 14 19 -9 32
20 Alcorcón 32 8 8 16 21 33 16 6 1 9 14 20 16 2 7 7 7 13 -12 32
21 FC Cartagena 32 7 10 15 31 43 16 5 5 6 20 19 16 2 5 9 11 24 -12 31
22 Albacete 32 7 8 17 21 38 16 4 5 7 13 16 16 3 3 10 8 22 -17 29

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