Albacete vs Real Zaragoza match preview: Even contest expected at Estadio Carlos Belmonte

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Tue 06.December
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Carlos Belmonte (17524 seats)

Albacete have accomplished 3 home wins up until now, Real Zaragoza have won 2 away. Who upgrades their standings in this one?

Insights:
  • Albacete have the most matches over the total-line (10) in La Liga 2
  • Real Zaragoza have won significantly less corners away then at home.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Albacete and Real Zaragoza.

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Albacete form and stats

Albacete have collected 13 points from their La Liga 2 home games so far after 3-4-2.

Albacete faced defeat in their previous match, away at Mirandés (2-4). As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Alcedo, defender, was given a rating of 7.45/10 in that game, top of the team. Alcedo hit five key passes and won 6 of 10 duels.

Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Racing Santander.

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 9 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 2 and lost 1.

Goals keep appearing in this club's league matches, with 5 in a row featuring at least three goals (over 2.5).

Albacete are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Carlos Belmonte in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Real Zaragoza form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Real Zaragoza so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-5 (win-draw-lose).

Real Zaragoza go into this game after a win, the home game against UD Ibiza that ended 2-1. Those three points felt nice as this club had gone four league fixtures without victory. Late drama in the previous game, when Lillo scored the winning goal one minutes into stoppage time to defeat UD Ibiza. Amador was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.43. The defender Amador scored one goal and won 2 of 3 duels.

Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Burgos.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Zaragoza in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Real Zaragoza, 2 draws and 8 defeats.

A tale of few goals? 10 of this team's most recent 13 league matches have contained two or less goals.

A quick return to home after this game, as Real Zaragoza are hosting Huesca in the La Liga 2 only four days away.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Zaragoza as they have only managed to score 6 times from 9 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings with these teams: Albacete won three, Real Zaragoza triumphed in four and we saw three draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

AlbaceteJ. Dubasin
J. Dubasin
4 goals
AlbaceteM. Mesa Piñero
M. Mesa Piñero
4 goals
AlbaceteH. Marín Escavy
H. Marín Escavy
4 goals

Albacete missing players

Real Zaragoza missing players

Albacete Real Zaragoza
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 0 9 18
6 3 1 Won W 0 2 5
7 4 1 Drew D 0 2 6
5 2 1 Lost L 0 5 7
21 9 3 Scored S 0 6 14
24 8 3 Conceded C 0 9 17
83% 78% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 89% 83%
72% 56% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 44% 56%
56% 33% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 22% 28%
22% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 6%
11% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 56% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 22% 39%
22% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 28%
28% 33% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 67% 50%
 
4.2 4.9 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4.7 6.2
4.3 3.7 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5 4.4
2.5 2.2 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.7 2.5
5 3 2 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
11.2 11.3 10 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8.9 11.2
4 4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.3 4
29% 25% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 20% 19%
 
12.5 9.1 8 Shots against (avg) S A 0 12.1 10.2
3.9 2.8 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4.7 3.7
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Albacete have the most matches over the total-line (10) in La Liga 2
  • Real Zaragoza 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 Las Palmas 18 9 7 2 22 10 9 5 3 1 10 4 9 4 4 1 12 6 12 34
2 Deportivo Alaves 18 9 7 2 21 15 9 6 3 0 12 4 9 3 4 2 9 11 6 34
3 Burgos 17 8 7 2 15 6 9 5 3 1 11 4 8 3 4 1 4 2 9 31
4 Levante 18 8 7 3 20 13 9 5 2 2 11 5 9 3 5 1 9 8 7 31
5 FC Cartagena 18 9 4 5 23 17 9 5 2 2 13 9 9 4 2 3 10 8 6 31
6 Eibar 18 8 6 4 21 16 9 6 3 0 13 4 9 2 3 4 8 12 5 30
7 Granada 18 8 4 6 22 13 9 7 2 0 20 2 9 1 2 6 2 11 9 28
8 FC Andorra 18 8 3 7 20 14 9 5 0 4 13 5 9 3 3 3 7 9 6 27
9 Leganés 18 7 4 7 17 16 9 5 2 2 10 7 9 2 2 5 7 9 1 25
10 Albacete 18 6 7 5 21 24 9 3 4 2 9 8 9 3 3 3 12 16 -3 25
11 Huesca 18 6 6 6 15 14 9 5 3 1 10 4 9 1 3 5 5 10 1 24
12 Villarreal II 18 6 6 6 20 22 9 5 4 0 14 6 9 1 2 6 6 16 -2 24
13 Sporting Gijon 18 5 8 5 21 21 9 4 3 2 15 10 9 1 5 3 6 11 0 23
14 Real Oviedo 18 6 5 7 12 14 9 4 1 4 6 7 9 2 4 3 6 7 -2 23
15 Real Zaragoza 18 5 6 7 14 17 9 3 4 2 8 8 9 2 2 5 6 9 -3 21
16 Tenerife 18 5 5 8 17 20 9 4 3 2 10 6 9 1 2 6 7 14 -3 20
17 Mirandés 18 4 7 7 19 23 10 4 4 2 16 13 8 0 3 5 3 10 -4 19
18 Racing Santander 18 4 6 8 9 14 9 1 4 4 3 7 9 3 2 4 6 7 -5 18
19 Lugo 18 4 6 8 17 24 9 2 4 3 7 7 9 2 2 5 10 17 -7 18
20 Ponferradina 17 4 5 8 17 25 8 2 3 3 8 10 9 2 2 5 9 15 -8 17
21 Malaga 18 3 5 10 13 23 8 2 3 3 7 11 10 1 2 7 6 12 -10 14
22 UD Ibiza 18 3 3 12 12 27 9 2 2 5 8 13 9 1 1 7 4 14 -15 12

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.