Soccer betting preview: Albacete welcomes Málaga in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Date: Sat 21.September
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Carlos Belmonte (17524 seats)

With their 3 point advantage in the league table, Albacete fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Málaga.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Albacete form and stats

Only two La Liga 2 home games for Albacete so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

Albacete are returning here after visiting Huesca in a La Liga 2 game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Albacete lost 0-4 at home to Tenerife.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Albacete have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 3 Drawn 6 Lost 4.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Albacete at home in the league. 1 on target and 4 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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Málaga form and stats

Málaga are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the La Liga 2, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).

Málaga's last game was the home draw against Rayo Vallecano (1-1). Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Mirandes.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Málaga in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Málaga, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Málaga as they have only managed to score 2 times from 3 away games in the league. Málaga are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 2 times in 3 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Albacete 3 wins, 1 draw and Málaga 2 victories. As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 1 game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

J. Bela
12 goals / 2 assists
R. Zozulya
11 goals / 2 assists
Adrián
10 goals / 3 assists

Albacete missing players

Málaga missing players

Albacete Málaga
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs mid Away Total
6 2 0 Played P 1 3 6
3 1 0 Won W 0 1 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 3
3 1 0 Lost L 1 1 2
3 1 0 Scored S 0 2 4
9 4 0 Conceded C 1 2 5
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 33% 50%
33% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
17% 50% 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% 33% 50%
50% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 17%
50% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 33% 33%
 
2 3.5 0 Corners For (avg) C F 5 4.3 5
4.8 3 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 3 5 4.5
4.2 4.5 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3 2.7 2.5
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • Albacete have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Albacete have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Albacete have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Albacete haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Málaga have created more than twice as many corners as Albacete.
  • Málaga haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Albacete
All Copa Del Rey La Liga 2 Club Friendlies
All Home Away
23-08-19 LL2 Albacete 1 - 0 Girona
01-09-19 LL2 Sporting Gijon 2 - 0 Albacete
07-09-19 LL2 Deportivo La Coruña 0 - 1 Albacete
15-09-19 LL2 Albacete 0 - 4 Tenerife
18-09-19 LL2 Huesca 0 - 1 Albacete
21-09-19 LL2 Albacete 18:30 Málaga
27-09-19 LL2 Las Palmas 20:00 Albacete
01-10-19 LL2 Albacete 17:00 Racing Santander
04-10-19 LL2 Alcorcon 19:00 Albacete
13-10-19 LL2 Albacete 16:00 Real Oviedo
Málaga
All Copa Del Rey La Liga La Liga 2 Club Friendlies
All Home Away
24-08-19 LL2 Málaga 1 - 1 Las Palmas
01-09-19 LL2 Girona 1 - 0 Málaga
07-09-19 LL2 Málaga 0 - 1 Almeria
14-09-19 LL2 Mirandes 1 - 1 Málaga
17-09-19 LL2 Málaga 1 - 1 Rayo Vallecano
21-09-19 LL2 Albacete 18:30 Málaga
29-09-19 LL2 Málaga 10:00 Sporting Gijon
03-10-19 LL2 Real Zaragoza 17:00 Málaga
06-10-19 LL2 Huesca 18:00 Málaga
12-10-19 LL2 Málaga 16:00 Cádiz

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Almería 6 5 1 0 12 2 3 3 0 0 7 1 3 2 1 0 5 1 10 16
2 Cádiz 6 5 0 1 11 7 3 3 0 0 7 2 3 2 0 1 4 5 4 15
3 Real Zaragoza 5 4 1 0 10 2 3 3 0 0 6 1 2 1 1 0 4 1 8 13
4 Alcorcón 6 3 1 2 10 8 3 1 0 2 4 5 3 2 1 0 6 3 2 10
5 Fuenlabrada 5 3 1 1 7 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 2 0 1 4 3 2 10
6 Rayo Vallecano 6 2 3 1 10 8 3 2 1 0 7 3 3 0 2 1 3 5 2 9
7 Huesca 6 3 0 3 5 4 3 2 0 1 4 2 3 1 0 2 1 2 1 9
8 Albacete 6 3 0 3 3 9 2 1 0 1 1 4 4 2 0 2 2 5 -6 9
9 Numancia 6 2 2 2 8 7 3 2 0 1 3 1 3 0 2 1 5 6 1 8
10 Elche 6 2 2 2 6 6 3 0 2 1 2 4 3 2 0 1 4 2 0 8
11 Tenerife 6 2 2 2 8 9 2 1 1 0 3 2 4 1 1 2 5 7 -1 8
12 Ponferradina 6 1 4 1 10 8 3 1 2 0 6 2 3 0 2 1 4 6 2 7
13 Lugo 6 1 4 1 8 8 4 1 2 1 6 6 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 7
14 Girona 6 2 1 3 6 8 3 2 1 0 5 2 3 0 0 3 1 6 -2 7
15 Sporting Gijón 6 1 3 2 5 5 3 1 2 0 4 2 3 0 1 2 1 3 0 6
16 Málaga 6 1 3 2 4 5 3 0 2 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 -1 6
17 Las Palmas 6 1 3 2 4 7 4 1 1 2 3 6 2 0 2 0 1 1 -3 6
18 Racing Santander 6 1 2 3 8 8 4 1 1 2 6 4 2 0 1 1 2 4 0 5
19 Deportivo La Coruña 6 1 2 3 9 13 3 1 1 1 6 6 3 0 1 2 3 7 -4 5
20 Mirandés 6 1 2 3 6 12 3 1 1 1 4 4 3 0 1 2 2 8 -6 5
21 Extremadura UD 6 0 3 3 4 8 2 0 1 1 1 2 4 0 2 2 3 6 -4 3
22 Real Oviedo 6 0 2 4 6 11 3 0 2 1 2 4 3 0 0 3 4 7 -5 2

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