Can Albacete beat Rayo Vallecano in Estadio Carlos Belmonte clash?

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sat 29.February
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Carlos Belmonte (17524 seats)

The visiting Rayo Vallecano side should be favourites in this visit to Albacete, as the away team holds a 6 point advantage from their 28 league games this season.

Albacete and Rayo Vallecano should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Albacete form and stats

When playing at home in the La Liga 2, Albacete have managed 4 wins, 4 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 14 games.

Albacete's last game was hosting Numancia (placed 9th) and winning 2-1. 1-1 away at Mirandés before that.

Albacete aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio Carlos Belmonte in the league, with only 10 goals from 14 games. On the other hand, Albacete have conceded 15 goals.

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Rayo Vallecano form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their La Liga 2 travels is 2 wins, 9 draws and 3 defeats. In general it has been a productive period now for Rayo Vallecano as they haven't lost any of their last ten games. It's been quite a sequence of draws for Rayo Vallecano when traveling as their last four away games have all ended all square. Not since the Huesca match has the points been distributed unevenly.

242 minutes! That's how long the Rayo Vallecano goalkeeper Stole Dimitrievski and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

The supporters enjoyed Rayo Vallecano's previous game versus Huesca (placed 4th), a La Liga 2 2-0 win played at home. Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Tenerife.

Rayo Vallecano find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 16 goals from 14 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Rayo Vallecano have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last nine meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Albacete, four draws and three wins for Rayo Vallecano. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

Rayo VallecanoJ. Ulloa
J. Ulloa
6 goals
AlbaceteN. Susaeta Jaurrieta
N. Susaeta Jaurrieta
3 goals
AlbaceteD. Ojeda Saranova
D. Ojeda Saranova
3 goals

Albacete missing players

Rayo Vallecano missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Albacete Rayo Vallecano
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 14 3 Played P 5 14 28
9 4 2 Won W 1 2 8
6 4 0 Drew D 2 9 15
13 6 1 Lost L 2 3 5
22 10 2 Scored S 5 16 35
34 15 1 Conceded C 4 15 28
96% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 86% 93%
50% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 79% 79%
29% 29% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 36% 32%
14% 7% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 21% 21%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
39% 43% 0% BTTS BTTS 40% 64% 64%
32% 29% 67% Clean Sheets C S 40% 29% 29%
32% 36% 33% Failed to Score F T 40% 21% 14%
 
5 6.6 6.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.4 4.6 6
4.6 3.9 4 Corners against (avg) C A 3.2 3.5 3.6
3.5 3.2 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 3.3 3.1
3 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 6
 
255 141 33 Total Shots T S 46 147 328
90 56 10 Shots on Target S O 16 54 115
24% 18% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 30% 30%
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Albacete has the fewest scored goals (10) at home
  • Albacete has the fewest scored goals (22)
  • Albacete have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Rayo Vallecano has the most matches under the total-line (18)
  • Rayo Vallecano have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Rayo Vallecano 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 Cádiz 29 15 7 7 38 27 14 8 4 2 22 13 15 7 3 5 16 14 11 52
2 Real Zaragoza 29 14 9 6 42 28 15 8 4 3 23 12 14 6 5 3 19 16 14 51
3 Almería 29 12 11 6 46 30 14 7 3 4 21 13 15 5 8 2 25 17 16 47
4 Huesca 29 14 4 11 35 30 14 11 1 2 24 11 15 3 3 9 11 19 5 46
5 Girona 29 13 6 10 38 33 15 10 3 2 22 11 14 3 3 8 16 22 5 45
6 Elche 29 10 10 9 36 31 14 4 6 4 18 16 15 6 4 5 18 15 5 40
7 Rayo Vallecano 28 8 15 5 35 28 14 6 6 2 19 13 14 2 9 3 16 15 7 39
8 Fuenlabrada 29 9 12 8 29 27 14 5 6 3 16 13 15 4 6 5 13 14 2 39
9 Numancia 29 9 11 9 34 31 15 7 5 3 17 9 14 2 6 6 17 22 3 38
10 Alcorcón 29 8 14 7 33 32 15 4 4 7 16 21 14 4 10 0 17 11 1 38
11 Sporting Gijón 29 10 8 11 28 29 15 7 4 4 20 14 14 3 4 7 8 15 -1 38
12 Mirandés 29 8 14 7 39 41 15 5 9 1 17 11 14 3 5 6 22 30 -2 38
13 Ponferradina 29 8 13 8 35 33 15 6 8 1 20 10 14 2 5 7 15 23 2 37
14 Málaga 29 8 13 8 26 25 14 5 7 2 18 13 15 3 6 6 8 12 1 37
15 Las Palmas 29 9 10 10 33 34 14 5 4 5 19 18 15 4 6 5 14 16 -1 37
16 Tenerife 29 9 9 11 35 35 15 5 6 4 17 16 14 4 3 7 18 19 0 36
17 Deportivo La Coruña 29 8 10 11 28 42 14 5 5 4 18 20 15 3 5 7 10 22 -14 34
18 Albacete 28 9 6 13 22 34 14 4 4 6 10 15 14 5 2 7 12 19 -12 33
19 Lugo 29 7 11 11 27 39 15 5 5 5 17 23 14 2 6 6 10 16 -12 32
20 Extremadura UD 29 7 9 13 27 39 15 4 4 7 14 19 14 3 5 6 13 20 -12 30
21 Real Oviedo 29 6 11 12 34 42 14 3 8 3 17 17 15 3 3 9 17 25 -8 29
22 Racing Santander 29 3 15 11 27 37 14 2 8 4 17 17 15 1 7 7 10 20 -10 24

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cádiz 29 15 7 7 38 27 14 8 4 2 22 13 15 7 3 5 16 14 11 52
2 Real Zaragoza 29 14 9 6 42 28 15 8 4 3 23 12 14 6 5 3 19 16 14 51
3 Almería 29 12 11 6 46 30 14 7 3 4 21 13 15 5 8 2 25 17 16 47
4 Huesca 29 14 4 11 35 30 14 11 1 2 24 11 15 3 3 9 11 19 5 46
5 Girona 29 13 6 10 38 33 15 10 3 2 22 11 14 3 3 8 16 22 5 45
6 Elche 29 10 10 9 36 31 14 4 6 4 18 16 15 6 4 5 18 15 5 40
7 Rayo Vallecano 28 8 15 5 35 28 14 6 6 2 19 13 14 2 9 3 16 15 7 39
8 Fuenlabrada 29 9 12 8 29 27 14 5 6 3 16 13 15 4 6 5 13 14 2 39
9 Numancia 29 9 11 9 34 31 15 7 5 3 17 9 14 2 6 6 17 22 3 38
10 Alcorcón 29 8 14 7 33 32 15 4 4 7 16 21 14 4 10 0 17 11 1 38
11 Sporting Gijón 29 10 8 11 28 29 15 7 4 4 20 14 14 3 4 7 8 15 -1 38
12 Mirandés 29 8 14 7 39 41 15 5 9 1 17 11 14 3 5 6 22 30 -2 38
13 Ponferradina 29 8 13 8 35 33 15 6 8 1 20 10 14 2 5 7 15 23 2 37
14 Málaga 29 8 13 8 26 25 14 5 7 2 18 13 15 3 6 6 8 12 1 37
15 Las Palmas 29 9 10 10 33 34 14 5 4 5 19 18 15 4 6 5 14 16 -1 37
16 Tenerife 29 9 9 11 35 35 15 5 6 4 17 16 14 4 3 7 18 19 0 36
17 Deportivo La Coruña 29 8 10 11 28 42 14 5 5 4 18 20 15 3 5 7 10 22 -14 34
18 Albacete 28 9 6 13 22 34 14 4 4 6 10 15 14 5 2 7 12 19 -12 33
19 Lugo 29 7 11 11 27 39 15 5 5 5 17 23 14 2 6 6 10 16 -12 32
20 Extremadura UD 29 7 9 13 27 39 15 4 4 7 14 19 14 3 5 6 13 20 -12 30
21 Real Oviedo 29 6 11 12 34 42 14 3 8 3 17 17 15 3 3 9 17 25 -8 29
22 Racing Santander 29 3 15 11 27 37 14 2 8 4 17 17 15 1 7 7 10 20 -10 24

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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.