The visiting Rayo Vallecano side should be favourites in this visit to Albacete, as the away team holds a 8 point advantage from their seven league games this season.
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.
Albacete form and stats
Overall La Liga 2 stats at home this season for Albacete are 1-1-1 (wins-draw-losses).
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Bartolome Nadal Mesquida not having conceded a league goal in 182 minutes.
Albacete manager L. Alcaraz González and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Mallorca (placed 8th) in the La Liga 2. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Sabadell in a game that was won 3-0.
The Albacete goalkeeper Tomeu Nadal was crucial in the match against Mallorca last time out, making eight saves.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Albacete as they have a new game in only three days, a La Liga 2 match thankfully also at home. Las Palmas are visiting.
The Albacete fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 3 matches. Albacete have conceded 3 in these home matches.
Rayo Vallecano form and stats
1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Rayo Vallecano playing as the away team in the La Liga 2 this season.
The Vallecano goalkeeper Stole Dimitrievski is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 190 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Vallecano are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Real Oviedo (placed 14th). Before that, Vallecano secured a home win against Espanyol with the score 1-0.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Fuenlabrada in just four days.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Vallecano's away games in the league this season with only 1 goal from 4 matches. Vallecano have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Albacete-Rayo Vallecano H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Albacete two wins, Rayo Vallecano three wins, five draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  I. Palazón Camacho 3 goals |   Á. Arroyo Martínez 1 goals |  R. Zozulya 1 goals |
Albacete missing players
Rayo Vallecano missing players
| Albacete | Rayo Vallecano | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 86% |
| 57% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 25% | 43% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 43% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 57% |
| 71% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 75% | 43% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.7 | 3.3 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3 | 2.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | 26 | 8 | Total Shots | T S | 9 | 35 | 72 |
| 14 | 9 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 13 | 29 |
| 29% | 44% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 8% | 28% |
- All of Albacete's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Rayo Vallecano have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored 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 | Espanyol | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 2 | Fuenlabrada | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | Rayo Vallecano | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 4 | Sporting Gijón | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | Málaga | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 13 |
| 6 | Ponferradina | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | Las Palmas | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | Mallorca | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 9 | Leganés | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 10 | FC Cartagena | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 11 | Mirandés | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 12 | Lugo | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 9 |
| 13 | Castellon | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 14 | Real Oviedo | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 15 | Tenerife | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 7 |
| 16 | Girona | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 6 |
| 17 | Alcorcon | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 18 | Real Zaragoza | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 5 |
| 19 | UD Logrones | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 5 |
| 20 | Albacete | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
| 21 | Almeria | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 22 | Sabadell | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -8 | 0 |