Home advantage could prove decisive in Albacete - Mirandés battle

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sat 27.May
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Carlos Belmonte (17524 seats)

Victory to the hosting team is predicted from this match if the league table is to be believed. The Albacete supporters are positive that the mismatch between 6th and Mirandés's 15th position in the table will be visible on the grass.

Insights:
  • Albacete have the most scored goals (56) in La Liga 2
  • Mirandés have won significantly less corners away then at home.

For Mirandés most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

Both squads have had plentiful rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's hope for an in-your-face match!

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Albacete form and stats

Albacete have played 20 La Liga 2 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 9-7-4 (wins-draws-losses). Two draws in a row at home now for Albacete.

Albacete travelled for their previous game, a trip to Ponferradina that ended 1-1. Defender Boyomo got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.23/10. Boyomo served one assist, hit one key pass and won 6 of 7 duels.

In the match before that, Albacete hosted Deportivo Alavés and drew the game 1-1.

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 16 games) they have won 9 times, drawn 5 and lost 2.

Betting people might want to know that 9 of the most recent 10 league games from these players have seen goals scored by both teams.

Albacete has scored 28 league goals at home this season, in 20 matches. From these home matches, Albacete have conceded only 18 goals.

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Mirandés form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Mirandés so far with only 18 points returning home. The records show 4-6-10 (win-draw-lose).

The manager Lizardi was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground Estadio Municipal de Anduva. Mirandés suffered a 1-3 loss to Granada (placed 1st). Attacker López got a player rating of 7.24 in the game. "Man of the match" López scored one goal and hit two key passes.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Málaga wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

We have checked recent matches where Mirandés have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 16 games were 2 victories, 4 draws and 10 defeats.

The attacking power of Mirandés when travelling is not overwhelming with 15 goals scored from 20 league matches away. Mirandés have conceded 24 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The newest archived history between these sides is the Mirandés - Albacete 4-2 played earlier this season. Last nine meetings involving these teams: Albacete won two, Mirandés triumphed in three and we saw four draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less. The games between these clubs have had a tendency to be hot-tempered, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last nine encounters.

Top Goalscorers

MirandésR. García de Haro
R. García de Haro
19 goals
AlbaceteH. Marín Escavy
H. Marín Escavy
11 goals
AlbaceteJ. Dubasin
J. Dubasin
10 goals

Albacete missing players

Mirandés missing players

Albacete Mirandés
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
41 20 7 Played P 6 20 41
16 9 5 Won W 1 4 13
16 7 1 Drew D 1 6 13
9 4 1 Lost L 4 10 15
56 28 13 Scored S 4 15 47
46 18 5 Conceded C 7 24 52
88% 85% 86% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 80% 88%
76% 70% 71% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 66%
49% 45% 57% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 46%
22% 20% 29% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 22%
12% 10% 14% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 10%
66% 60% 43% BTTS BTTS 50% 40% 56%
27% 35% 43% Clean Sheets C S 17% 25% 24%
20% 20% 29% Failed to Score F T 50% 55% 32%
 
4.6 4.7 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 3.4 4.1
4.7 4.3 3.4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5.1 4.2
2.4 2.1 1.9 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 1.9 1.9
7 4 1 Red cards R C 1 4 7
 
12.1 12.6 14.1 Shots (avg) S ( 7.3 9.3 11.3
4.5 4.7 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.1 4
30% 30% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 24% 29%
 
11.9 9.8 9.9 Shots against (avg) S A 16.3 12.8 12.1
3.7 3 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 3.9 3.9
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Albacete have the fewest matches under the total-line (21) in La Liga 2
  • Albacete have the most matches over the total-line (20) in La Liga 2
  • Albacete have the most scored goals (56) in La Liga 2
  • Albacete have the most scored goals in the first half (28) in La Liga 2
  • Mirandés have won significantly less corners away then at 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 Granada 41 21 9 11 53 30 20 16 4 0 37 6 21 5 5 11 16 24 23 72
2 Las Palmas 41 18 17 6 49 29 20 9 8 3 24 13 21 9 9 3 25 16 20 71
3 Deportivo Alavés 41 19 13 9 47 33 21 13 7 1 28 11 20 6 6 8 19 22 14 70
4 Levante 41 17 18 6 44 29 20 10 7 3 23 10 21 7 11 3 21 19 15 69
5 SD Eibar 41 18 14 9 44 36 21 11 8 2 24 13 20 7 6 7 20 23 8 68
6 Albacete 41 16 16 9 56 46 20 9 7 4 28 18 21 7 9 5 28 28 10 64
7 FC Cartagena 41 16 10 15 46 46 21 9 4 8 22 25 20 7 6 7 24 21 0 58
8 Tenerife 41 14 14 13 41 36 21 12 6 3 28 12 20 2 8 10 13 24 5 56
9 Real Oviedo 40 15 11 14 32 33 20 9 5 6 17 15 20 6 6 8 15 18 -1 56
10 FC Andorra 40 15 10 15 42 33 20 10 3 7 23 12 20 5 7 8 19 21 9 55
11 Burgos 41 13 15 13 33 34 20 8 8 4 22 18 21 5 7 9 11 16 -1 54
12 Real Zaragoza 41 12 16 13 39 38 20 8 9 3 24 15 21 4 7 10 15 23 1 52
13 Huesca 41 11 19 11 36 35 20 9 9 2 23 12 21 2 10 9 13 23 1 52
14 Leganes 40 14 10 16 36 39 20 10 5 5 22 18 20 4 5 11 14 21 -3 52
15 Mirandés 41 13 13 15 47 52 21 9 7 5 32 28 20 4 6 10 15 24 -5 52
16 Racing Santander 40 13 12 15 36 38 20 8 6 6 19 15 20 5 6 9 17 23 -2 51
17 Sporting Gijon 41 11 17 13 42 44 20 8 9 3 27 18 21 3 8 10 15 26 -2 50
18 Villarreal II 41 13 11 17 46 51 21 9 6 6 32 24 20 4 5 11 14 27 -5 50
19 Málaga 41 10 13 18 36 43 20 7 8 5 19 16 21 3 5 13 17 27 -7 43
20 Ponferradina 41 8 17 16 36 52 21 6 7 8 18 24 20 2 10 8 18 28 -16 41
21 UD Ibiza 41 7 12 22 32 65 21 5 7 9 21 31 20 2 5 13 11 34 -33 33
22 Lugo 41 5 13 23 26 57 21 3 10 8 13 19 20 2 3 15 13 38 -31 28

Read more about La Liga 2

The Segunda División, also known as La Liga 2, is the second highest level of the football league pyramid in Spain. 22 teams play each other home and away for a 42 match season. Top two of the league table earns promotion and one more is promoted through playoff fixtures. The bottom four are relegated.