La Liga 2 duel: Close contest expected between Albacete and Granada

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Date: Mon 20.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Carlos Belmonte (17524 seats)

The managers Luis Miguel Ramis and Diego Martínez are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the La Liga 2 league table.

Albacete and Granada should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Albacete form and stats

9-10-0 (win-draw-lost) are the numbers at home for Albacete so far this season. The Albacete fans aren't used to losing here at Estadio Carlos Belmonte and will expect new points from this game. Albacete has played 17 games in a row here without a defeat.

Albacete are returning here after visiting Rayo Majadahonda in a La Liga 2 game and winning with a 3-2 scoreline. Before that, Albacete drew at home versus Numancia.

This is expected to be a close game, with Albacete perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Albacete as a small favourite), we find ten games. Albacete has won 3 of these, drawn 6 and lost 1.

Albacete has scored 28 goals at home this season, in 19 matches. Albacete have only conceded 14 in these games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Granada form and stats

Playing away, Granada, who have the fewest conceded goals (25) in La Liga 2, have won 8 games, drawn 6 and suffered 5 defeats so far this season.

Granada are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the La Liga 2 against Tenerife. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Real Oviedo that ended 1-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Granada playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were 0 Granada wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

Granada are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 22 away goals from 19 games. It's not easy to score on Granada as they have only conceded 15 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Granada - Albacete 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Albacete 2 wins, 2 draws and Granada 2 victories. As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

J. Bela
11 goals / 2 assists
R. Zozulya
10 goals / 2 assists
Antonio Puertas
10 goals / 1 assists

Albacete missing players

Granada missing players

Albacete Granada
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
38 19 4 Played 4 19 38
18 9 1 Won 1 8 20
14 10 3 Drew 1 6 11
6 0 0 Lost 2 5 7
51 28 6 Scored 2 22 47
32 14 4 Conceded 3 15 25
89% 89% 100% Over 0.5 75% 84% 87%
66% 68% 100% Over 1.5 25% 58% 55%
37% 32% 25% Over 2.5 25% 42% 34%
18% 21% 25% Over 3.5 0% 11% 8%
5% 5% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 3%
50% 53% 75% BTTS 25% 47% 42%
37% 47% 25% Clean Sheets 50% 37% 47%
24% 11% 0% Failed To Score 50% 32% 24%
 
4 5.3 2.5 Corners For (avg) 3 3.8 4.6
5.2 3.9 4.8 Corners Against (avg) 4.2 5.3 4
2.6 2.6 3.2 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.5 2.7 2.6
8 4 2 Red Cards 0 1 2
Key stats this season:
  • Albacete have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Albacete have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Granada have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Granada have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Albacete
All Segunda B - Playoffs Segunda B - Group 1 Copa Del Rey Segunda B - Group 2 La Liga 2 Club Friendlies
All Home Away
07-04-19 LL2 Alcorcón 0 - 1 Albacete
14-04-19 LL2 Albacete 1 - 1 Elche
20-04-19 LL2 Albacete 4 - 2 Las Palmas
27-04-19 LL2 Osasuna 2 - 0 Albacete
05-05-19 LL2 Albacete 0 - 0 Numancia
12-05-19 LL2 Rayo Majadahonda 2 - 3 Albacete
20-05-19 LL2 Albacete 19:00 Granada
25-05-19 LL2 Sporting Gijón 16:00 Albacete
02-06-19 LL2 Albacete - Málaga
09-06-19 LL2 Almería - Albacete
Granada
All Copa Del Rey La Liga La Liga 2 Club Friendlies
All Home Away
06-04-19 LL2 Granada 1 - 0 Málaga
12-04-19 LL2 Sporting Gijón 1 - 0 Granada
20-04-19 LL2 Lugo 1 - 2 Granada
28-04-19 LL2 Granada 2 - 0 Gimnàstic Tarragona
05-05-19 LL2 Real Oviedo 1 - 1 Granada
10-05-19 LL2 Granada 2 - 1 Tenerife
20-05-19 LL2 Albacete 19:00 Granada
26-05-19 LL2 Granada 17:00 Cádiz
02-06-19 LL2 Mallorca - Granada
09-06-19 LL2 Granada - Alcorcón

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Osasuna 39 23 9 7 53 33 19 17 2 0 31 7 20 6 7 7 22 26 20 78
2 Granada 38 20 11 7 47 25 19 12 5 2 25 10 19 8 6 5 22 15 22 71
3 Albacete 38 18 14 6 51 32 19 9 10 0 28 14 19 9 4 6 23 18 19 68
4 Mallorca 39 19 10 10 52 35 20 15 3 2 34 11 19 4 7 8 18 24 17 67
5 Cádiz 39 16 15 8 52 33 20 9 10 1 30 14 19 7 5 7 22 19 19 63
6 Málaga 38 17 11 10 42 29 19 10 4 5 22 13 19 7 7 5 20 16 13 62
7 Deportivo La Coruña 38 15 16 7 47 32 19 8 8 3 28 14 19 7 8 4 19 17 15 61
8 Real Oviedo 39 16 12 11 43 42 20 9 9 2 26 19 19 7 3 9 17 23 1 60
9 Almería 39 14 13 12 48 39 19 9 7 3 29 15 20 5 6 9 19 24 9 55
10 Sporting Gijón 39 14 13 12 41 36 19 9 6 4 22 15 20 5 7 8 19 21 5 55
11 Elche 39 13 14 12 46 46 20 10 6 4 25 14 19 3 8 8 21 32 0 53
12 Las Palmas 39 12 16 11 47 47 20 9 8 3 31 17 19 3 8 8 16 30 0 52
13 Alcorcón 39 14 9 16 35 39 20 9 6 5 19 13 19 5 3 11 16 26 -4 51
14 Real Zaragoza 39 13 11 15 48 47 20 7 6 7 21 21 19 6 5 8 27 26 1 50
15 Extremadura UD 39 13 9 17 42 47 19 7 2 10 20 25 20 6 7 7 22 22 -5 48
16 Numancia 39 10 14 15 42 49 19 9 4 6 28 20 20 1 10 9 14 29 -7 44
17 Tenerife 39 9 16 14 37 49 19 7 8 4 22 20 20 2 8 10 15 29 -12 43
18 Lugo 38 9 14 15 42 50 19 7 5 7 28 29 19 2 9 8 13 21 -8 41
19 Rayo Majadahonda 39 11 8 20 42 57 19 7 5 7 22 23 20 4 3 13 20 34 -15 41
20 Córdoba 39 7 12 20 46 74 20 6 7 7 31 37 19 1 5 13 15 37 -28 33
21 Gimnàstic Tarragona 39 8 7 24 25 59 19 7 4 8 18 21 20 1 3 16 7 38 -34 31
22 Reus Deportiu 38 5 6 27 16 44 19 1 5 13 8 23 19 4 1 14 8 21 -28 21

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