A victory to the home team is anticipated from this fixture if the league standings is a guide to future results. The Albacete followers are hoping that the contrast between 6th and Lugo's 21st position in the table will show on the ground.
- Albacete have the most scored goals (30) in La Liga 2
- Lugo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
This has all the signs of an action-packed fixture with lots of fun and bustle as both participants are well refreshed since they last ran out on the pitch. Game on!
Albacete form and stats
Albacete, who have the most scored goals (30) in La Liga 2, have played 12 La Liga 2 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-5-2 (wins-draws-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Estadio Carlos Belmonte.
Albacete are confident in defense, having played 222 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Albacete enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at FC Andorra's place. The match ended 1-0 with Fuster scoring. Alonso was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.34 out of 10. The defender Alonso hit one key pass and won 8 of 13 duels.
Before that, Albacete had a home game versus Leganes which ended with a victory 1-0.Albacete are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 12 games. Albacete are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Carlos Belmonte in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 12 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Lugo form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Lugo so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-8 (win-draw-lose). It's a growing despair in Lugo as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Villarreal II with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Lugo goalkeeper Whalley had a wonderful day's work against Villarreal II, but even with pulling off six saves the defeat could not be helped. Goalkeeper Whalley got the top player rating of the team with 7.84/10. Whalley saved a penalty.
A 0-2 defeat away at Mirandes before that.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Lugo when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 10 matches with the visitors losing 8 times, drawing 2 and winning 0 games.
Low-scoring game? 11 of this side's most recent 13 league rounds have contained two or less goals.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Lugo as they have only managed to score 10 times from 12 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Lugo struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 21 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these two sides meet this campaign, as the statistics show this recent fixture: Lugo - Albacete 1-2. Albacete-Lugo H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Albacete three wins, Lugo five wins, two draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  H. Marín Escavy 7 goals |  C. Ramos de la Flor 7 goals | M. Fuster Lázaro 5 goals |
Albacete missing players
Lugo missing players
| Albacete | Lugo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 5 | Played | P | 1 | 12 | 24 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| 30 | 14 | 7 | Scored | S | 0 | 10 | 19 |
| 26 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 21 | 31 |
| 83% | 75% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 67% | 50% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 58% |
| 50% | 33% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 42% | 33% |
| 21% | 17% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 58% | 42% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 46% |
| 33% | 50% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 25% |
| 25% | 33% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 42% | 38% |
| 4.4 | 5.1 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
| 4.4 | 3.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 12 | 6.8 | 7.6 |
| 2.3 | 2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.7 | 2.9 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 10.8 | 11.6 | 10.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 10.7 | 10.5 |
| 4 | 4.1 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.9 | 3 |
| 31% | 29% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 26% |
| 12.1 | 9.2 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19 | 14.7 | 14.8 |
| 3.9 | 2.8 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.2 | 4.7 |
- Albacete have the most scored goals (30) in La Liga 2
- Albacete have the most scored goals in the first half (15) in La Liga 2
- Lugo have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Lugo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Lugo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Lugo haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Eibar | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 46 |
| 2 | Las Palmas | 24 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 45 |
| 3 | Levante | 24 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 41 |
| 4 | Deportivo Alaves | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 40 |
| 5 | Burgos | 24 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 39 |
| 6 | Albacete | 24 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 30 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 4 | 39 |
| 7 | Granada | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 38 |
| 8 | Leganes | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 34 |
| 9 | FC Cartagena | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 33 |
| 10 | FC Andorra | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 32 |
| 11 | Sporting Gijon | 24 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -1 | 31 |
| 12 | Huesca | 24 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -1 | 31 |
| 13 | Villarreal II | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 19 | -3 | 31 |
| 14 | Real Oviedo | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -3 | 31 |
| 15 | Mirandes | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 28 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -1 | 30 |
| 16 | Tenerife | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -1 | 30 |
| 17 | Real Zaragoza | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 14 | -1 | 29 |
| 18 | Racing Santander | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 12 | -5 | 25 |
| 19 | Ponferradina | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -9 | 25 |
| 20 | Malaga | 24 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 19 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 15 | -10 | 21 |
| 21 | Lugo | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 21 | -12 | 21 |
| 22 | UD Ibiza | 24 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 37 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 21 | -22 | 16 |
