The league table in La Liga 2 tells a story about these teams so far, with Albacete leading Lugo by 6 points. Match preview to follow:
Lugo could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a La Liga 2 game only zero sleeps ago. That game, against Albacete, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Lugo.
Albacete form and stats
When playing at home in the La Liga 2, Albacete, who have the fewest scored goals (10) in La Liga 2, have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 2 defeats from 6 games.
In their previous game, the manager Luis Miguel Ramis led his Albacete to a defeat in the La Liga 2 match away at Numancia. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Carlos Belmonte. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Cádiz in a game that was won 1-0.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Albacete have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won 4 times, drawn 4 and lost 1.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Albacete here at Carlos Belmonte in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 6 games). Albacete's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 6 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Lugo form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Lugo so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 0-5-1 (win-draw-lose).
Two travels in a row for Lugo, whose manager Eloy Jiménez could celebrate last time after the La Liga 2 win against Albacete. Before that, Lugo secured a home win against Rayo Vallecano with the score 1-0.
We have checked recent matches where Lugo have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 18 games were W2-D7-L9.
The attacking power of Lugo when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 6 league matches away. As opposed to that, Lugo have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Albacete - Lugo 0-1 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Albacete 4 wins, 2 draws and Lugo 4 victories. As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Bela 12 goals |  R. Zozulya 10 goals |   Cristian 10 goals |
Albacete missing players
Lugo missing players
| Albacete | Lugo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 16 |
| 15 | 6 | 6 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 20 |
| 93% | 83% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 71% | 80% |
| 36% | 33% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 57% | 67% |
| 29% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 14% | 33% |
| 14% | 17% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 33% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 14% | 17% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 57% | 53% |
| 57% | 67% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 43% | 40% |
| 36% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 29% | 27% |
| 3.1 | 4.3 | 4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3 | 4 | 4.7 |
| 5.1 | 4.5 | 5.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.6 | 6.1 |
| 3.6 | 2.8 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.1 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
- Albacete have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Albacete have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cádiz | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 34 |
| 2 | Almería | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
| 3 | Fuenlabrada | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 24 |
| 4 | Huesca | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 23 |
| 5 | Girona | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 23 |
| 6 | Real Zaragoza | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 22 |
| 7 | Albacete | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 22 |
| 8 | Ponferradina | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 21 |
| 9 | Numancia | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 21 |
| 10 | Alcorcón | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 20 |
| 11 | Rayo Vallecano | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 19 |
| 12 | Elche | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 19 |
| 13 | Las Palmas | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 18 |
| 14 | Sporting Gijón | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 17 |
| 15 | Lugo | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 16 |
| 16 | Mirandés | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | -8 | 15 |
| 17 | Real Oviedo | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 14 |
| 18 | Tenerife | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -3 | 14 |
| 19 | Málaga | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 14 |
| 20 | Extremadura UD | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -6 | 13 |
| 21 | Racing Santander | 14 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 11 |
| 22 | Deportivo La Coruña | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -11 | 10 |