Welcome to Estadio Carlos Belmonte and this fixture between Albacete and Málaga in the La Liga 2. Here's everything you should know!
- Albacete have the most scored goals in the first half (15) in La Liga 2
- Málaga have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Albacete form and stats
When playing at home in the La Liga 2, Albacete have managed 6 wins, 5 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 13 games. It’s been three wins in a row for Albacete here at Estadio Carlos Belmonte, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Albacete lost their last game at Tenerife (placed 9th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Before that fixture this team had gone seven consecutive league meetings without being beaten. Defender Rodríguez got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.42/10. Rodríguez hit two key passes and won 9 of 12 duels.
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Lugo.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Albacete handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.
Sports gamblers who like betting for low-scoring matches might be interested to know that this club have played 5 league rounds in a row with two goals or less (under 2.5).
The Albacete fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 13 matches. Albacete have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Málaga form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Málaga so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-8 (win-draw-lose). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in eleven away games in a row.
Málaga have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 227 minutes ago. Júnior was the goal scorer.
Málaga might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Real Oviedo proved too strong as Málaga slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Estadio La Rosaleda. Ramalho, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.31. Ramalho won 7 of 13 duels.
Before that, Málaga travelled to Sporting Gijón and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.We have checked recent matches where Málaga have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 19 games were 2 victories, 5 draws and 12 defeats.
A tale of few goals? 11 of this side's most recent 12 league matches have had zero, one or two goals.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Málaga as they have only managed to score 8 times from 13 away games in the league. 15 goals have been conceded by Málaga in these games.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these two teams get together this season, as the results database show this recent fixture: Málaga - Albacete 1-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Albacete victories, three draws and three Málaga wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  H. Marín Escavy 7 goals | M. Fuster Lázaro 6 goals | J. Dubasin 6 goals |
Albacete missing players
Málaga missing players
| Albacete | Málaga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 26 |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | 12 |
| 32 | 16 | 9 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 19 |
| 27 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 30 |
| 85% | 77% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 85% | 88% |
| 65% | 54% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 46% | 54% |
| 46% | 31% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 31% | 27% |
| 19% | 15% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 15% | 15% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 54% | 38% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 46% | 50% |
| 35% | 54% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 15% | 19% |
| 27% | 31% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 54% | 42% |
| 4.8 | 5.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| 4.6 | 3.7 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.4 |
| 2.3 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 10.8 | 11.6 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 10.5 | 11.1 |
| 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
| 32% | 31% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 7% | 19% | 20% |
| 12 | 9.3 | 8.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.7 | 13.5 | 12.6 |
| 3.8 | 2.8 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
- Albacete have the most scored goals in the first half (15) in La Liga 2
- Málaga have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Las Palmas | 25 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 48 |
| 2 | Levante | 26 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 47 |
| 3 | SD Eibar | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 47 |
| 4 | Deportivo Alavés | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 46 |
| 5 | Granada | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 44 |
| 6 | Albacete | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 32 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 42 |
| 7 | Burgos | 25 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 39 |
| 8 | Leganes | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 38 |
| 9 | Tenerife | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 26 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 34 |
| 10 | FC Cartagena | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | -1 | 34 |
| 11 | Huesca | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -1 | 34 |
| 12 | Real Oviedo | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 34 |
| 13 | Villarreal II | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 33 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 19 | -4 | 34 |
| 14 | Real Zaragoza | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 33 |
| 15 | FC Andorra | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 32 |
| 16 | Sporting Gijón | 26 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 24 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -2 | 32 |
| 17 | Mirandés | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 29 | 33 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 16 | -4 | 30 |
| 18 | Racing Santander | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 13 | -5 | 27 |
| 19 | Ponferradina | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 23 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -9 | 27 |
| 20 | Málaga | 26 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 19 | 30 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 15 | -11 | 22 |
| 21 | Lugo | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 23 | -14 | 22 |
| 22 | UD Ibiza | 26 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 39 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 21 | -22 | 18 |
