Albacete vs Espanyol: Full pre-match guide and statistics

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sun 13.Aug
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Carlos Belmonte (17524 seats)

It's a new La Liga 2 campaign and Albacete are itching to get started here at Estadio Carlos Belmonte. Espanyol are visiting and this could be a spellbinding season opening night.

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Albacete form and stats

Last season, Albacete's league stats were 17 wins, 16 draws and 9 losses, ending with 6th place in the La Liga 2. In these 42 matches they scored {58 goals} and let in 47. Appearing as the home side in the last season Albacete generated 10-7-4 (win-draw-lost) with {30 goals} and 19 conceded.

Albacete have prepared for this season with six friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these six matches are 3 victories, 0 draws and 3 losses. In these games, Albacete have scored {15 goals} and conceded 7 times.

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Espanyol form and stats

The last season was not a pleasant experience for Espanyol as they could not accumulate enough points to survive. After only 8 victories from 38 games, relegation was a fact. Espanyol's manager Fernández are hoping to lead the team right back to La Liga at the first attempt.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Espanyol have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 1 win, 0 draws and 2 defeats from three fixtures.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Albacete zero wins, zero draws and Espanyol two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.

Albacete missing players

Espanyol missing players

Albacete Espanyol
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Albacete Last season Espanyol
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
44 22   Played P   19 38
17 10   Won W   4 8
16 7   Drew D   6 13
11 5   Lost L   9 17
59 31   Scored S   25 52
53 22   Conceded C   34 69
89% 86%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
77% 73%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   84% 79%
52% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   68% 66%
23% 23%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   42% 47%
11% 9%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 18%
66% 64%   BTTS BTTS   84% 76%
25% 32%   Clean Sheets C S   11% 16%
20% 18%   Failed to Score F T   5% 11%
 
4.6 4.6   Corners for (avg) C F   3.3 4.7
4.5 4.1   Corners against (avg) C A   6.7 5.2
2.3 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.7 2.6
7 4   Red cards R C   4 10
 
12.2 12.5   Shots (avg) S (   9.3 11.4
4.5 4.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.4 4.1
30% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 34%
 
11.8 9.9   Shots against (avg) S A   16.6 14.3
3.7 3.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.7 5.1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Albacete 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Alcorcon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Amorebieta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Burgos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Elche 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Eldense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Espanyol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 FC Andorra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 FC Cartagena 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Huesca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Leganes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Levante 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Mirandes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Racing Ferrol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Racing Santander 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Real Oviedo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Real Valladolid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Real Zaragoza 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Eibar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Sporting Gijon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Tenerife 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Villarreal II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Granada 42 22 9 11 55 30 21 17 4 0 39 6 21 5 5 11 16 24 25 75
2 Las Palmas 42 18 18 6 49 29 21 9 9 3 24 13 21 9 9 3 25 16 20 72
3 Levante 42 18 18 6 46 30 21 11 7 3 25 11 21 7 11 3 21 19 16 72
4 Deportivo Alaves 42 19 14 9 47 33 21 13 7 1 28 11 21 6 7 8 19 22 14 71
5 Eibar 42 19 14 9 45 36 21 11 8 2 24 13 21 8 6 7 21 23 9 71
6 Albacete 42 17 16 9 58 47 21 10 7 4 30 19 21 7 9 5 28 28 11 67
7 FC Andorra 42 16 11 15 47 37 21 11 3 7 27 15 21 5 8 8 20 22 10 59
8 Real Oviedo 42 16 11 15 34 35 21 10 5 6 18 15 21 6 6 9 16 20 -1 59
9 FC Cartagena 42 16 10 16 47 49 21 9 4 8 22 25 21 7 6 8 25 24 -2 58
10 Tenerife 42 14 15 13 42 37 21 12 6 3 28 12 21 2 9 10 14 25 5 57
11 Racing Santander 42 14 12 16 39 40 21 9 6 6 22 16 21 5 6 10 17 24 -1 54
12 Burgos 42 13 15 14 33 35 21 8 8 5 22 19 21 5 7 9 11 16 -2 54
13 Real Zaragoza 42 12 17 13 40 39 21 8 10 3 25 16 21 4 7 10 15 23 1 53
14 Leganes 42 14 11 17 37 42 21 10 6 5 23 19 21 4 5 12 14 23 -5 53
15 Huesca 42 11 19 12 36 36 21 9 9 3 23 13 21 2 10 9 13 23 0 52
16 Mirandes 42 13 13 16 48 54 21 9 7 5 32 28 21 4 6 11 16 26 -6 52
17 Sporting Gijon 42 11 17 14 43 48 21 8 9 4 28 22 21 3 8 10 15 26 -5 50
18 Villarreal II 42 13 11 18 49 55 21 9 6 6 32 24 21 4 5 12 17 31 -6 50
19 Malaga 42 10 14 18 37 44 21 7 9 5 20 17 21 3 5 13 17 27 -7 44
20 Ponferradina 42 9 17 16 40 53 21 6 7 8 18 24 21 3 10 8 22 29 -13 44
21 UD Ibiza 42 7 13 22 33 66 21 5 7 9 21 31 21 2 6 13 12 35 -33 34
22 Lugo 42 6 13 23 27 57 21 3 10 8 13 19 21 3 3 15 14 38 -30 31
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Barcelona 38 28 4 6 70 20 19 15 3 1 37 4 19 13 1 5 33 16 50 88
2 Real Madrid 38 24 6 8 75 36 19 13 5 1 44 16 19 11 1 7 31 20 39 78
3 Atletico Madrid 38 23 8 7 70 33 19 13 3 3 41 15 19 10 5 4 29 18 37 77
4 Real Sociedad 38 21 8 9 51 35 19 11 5 3 26 16 19 10 3 6 25 19 16 71
5 Villarreal 38 19 7 12 59 40 19 12 3 4 36 18 19 7 4 8 23 22 19 64
6 Real Betis 38 17 9 12 46 41 19 9 5 5 26 18 19 8 4 7 20 23 5 60
7 Osasuna 38 15 8 15 37 42 19 11 1 7 24 21 19 4 7 8 13 21 -5 53
8 Athletic Club 38 14 9 15 47 43 19 8 3 8 22 15 19 6 6 7 25 28 4 51
9 Mallorca 38 14 8 16 37 43 19 10 5 4 22 12 19 4 3 12 15 31 -6 50
10 Girona 38 13 10 15 58 55 19 10 3 6 35 26 19 3 7 9 23 29 3 49
11 Rayo Vallecano 38 13 10 15 45 53 19 9 5 5 28 22 19 4 5 10 17 31 -8 49
12 Sevilla 38 13 10 15 47 54 19 7 5 7 24 25 19 6 5 8 23 29 -7 49
13 Celta de Vigo 38 11 10 17 43 53 19 7 6 6 26 21 19 4 4 11 17 32 -10 43
14 Cadiz 38 10 12 16 30 53 19 7 6 6 19 23 19 3 6 10 11 30 -23 42
15 Valencia 38 11 9 18 42 45 19 8 5 6 27 19 19 3 4 12 15 26 -3 42
16 Getafe 38 10 12 16 34 45 19 7 6 6 21 20 19 3 6 10 13 25 -11 42
17 Almeria 38 11 8 19 49 65 19 10 3 6 29 22 19 1 5 13 20 43 -16 41
18 Real Valladolid 38 11 7 20 33 63 19 8 4 7 21 25 19 3 3 13 12 38 -30 40
19 Espanyol 38 8 13 17 52 69 19 4 7 8 27 35 19 4 6 9 25 34 -17 37
20 Elche 38 5 10 23 30 67 19 3 6 10 18 29 19 2 4 13 12 38 -37 25

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The Segunda División, also known as La Liga 2, is the second highest level of the football league pyramid in Spain. 22 teams play each other home and away for a 42 match season. Top two of the league table earns promotion and one more is promoted through playoff fixtures. The bottom four are relegated.