La Liga 2 match prediction: Little separates Albacete and SD Eibar in quality

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Fri 14.April
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Carlos Belmonte (17524 seats)

Fasten your seatbelt before the show! The main roles are Albacete and SD Eibar, 3 points is the objective and 1 1/2 hours the playing time.

Insights:
  • SD Eibar is in the best form (4-2-0) in La Liga 2

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Albacete form and stats

When playing at home in the La Liga 2, Albacete have managed 8 wins, 5 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 17 games. The Albacete manager Yáñez might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

Albacete lost their last game at Racing Santander (placed 18th) after a 1-4 scoreline. Albacete's goalkeeper Barragán was extremely busy against Racing Santander, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves. Midfield player Olaetxea got a match rating of 7.8 in that game, the max score being 10. Olaetxea scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 43 successful passes (of 52 total).

Before that game, the home loss against Las Palmas with the scoreline 1-2.

Some stats: A review of the 10 most recent league games highlights that 8 of them had at least one goal from each side.

Albacete has scored 23 league goals at home this season, in 17 matches. Albacete have only conceded 15 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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SD Eibar form and stats

7-5-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for SD Eibar in their La Liga 2 matches away. The last three matches for SD Eibar have all ended in a draw.

SD Eibar delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Levante (placed 4th) in their previous match. Defender Álvarez was the best team player with a rating of 7.44. Álvarez won 9 of 9 duels.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Real Oviedo that ended 1-1.

Few goals the story here? 10 of this team's most recent 12 league matches have seen zero, one or two goals.

Eibar have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 17 league away games 18 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, SD Eibar have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Albacete have put together a streak of 4 consecutive games without defeat (2-2-0) when playing SD Eibar.

Here's the end result when the sides faced each other earlier this campaign; SD Eibar - Albacete 1-1.

Top Goalscorers

SD EibarJ. Molina Martínez
J. Molina Martínez
11 goals
AlbaceteJ. Dubasin
J. Dubasin
9 goals
AlbaceteH. Marín Escavy
H. Marín Escavy
9 goals

Albacete missing players

SD Eibar missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Albacete SD Eibar
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
35 17 3 Played P 4 17 35
13 8 0 Won W 0 7 18
13 5 0 Drew D 2 5 11
9 4 3 Lost L 2 5 6
43 23 4 Scored S 2 18 39
41 15 7 Conceded C 5 18 27
86% 82% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 88% 83%
71% 65% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 71% 60%
49% 47% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 35% 34%
20% 18% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 9%
11% 12% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 3%
63% 53% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 47% 40%
29% 41% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 35% 49%
23% 24% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 29% 29%
 
4.7 4.9 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.8 4.8
4.5 3.8 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 8.5 6 4.4
2.4 2 3.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.9 2.9
6 3 0 Red cards R C 1 6 6
 
11.5 12.5 14 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 11.1 12.6
4.1 4.5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.2 3.9
30% 30% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 33% 29%
 
12.2 9.6 11 Shots against (avg) S A 16.2 12.4 10.3
3.9 3.1 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 4.2 3.3
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • SD Eibar have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • SD Eibar have the most points from losing position (18) in La Liga 2
  • SD Eibar have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • SD Eibar is in the best form (4-2-0) in La Liga 2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 SD Eibar 35 18 11 6 39 27 18 11 6 1 21 9 17 7 5 5 18 18 12 65
2 Las Palmas 35 16 14 5 41 24 18 9 6 3 23 12 17 7 8 2 18 12 17 62
3 Granada 35 18 7 10 44 25 17 14 3 0 32 4 18 4 4 10 12 21 19 61
4 Levante 35 15 16 4 38 24 17 9 6 2 20 8 18 6 10 2 18 16 14 61
5 Deportivo Alaves 34 17 9 8 41 27 17 11 5 1 23 8 17 6 4 7 18 19 14 60
6 FC Cartagena 35 15 8 12 42 37 18 8 3 7 19 20 17 7 5 5 23 17 5 53
7 Albacete 35 13 13 9 43 41 17 8 5 4 23 15 18 5 8 5 20 26 2 52
8 Burgos 35 12 13 10 28 25 17 7 7 3 19 13 18 5 6 7 9 12 3 49
9 Huesca 35 10 16 9 31 29 18 9 7 2 21 10 17 1 9 7 10 19 2 46
10 Villarreal II 35 12 10 13 40 43 18 8 6 4 27 19 17 4 4 9 13 24 -3 46
11 FC Andorra 34 12 8 14 34 29 17 8 3 6 21 11 17 4 5 8 13 18 5 44
12 Sporting Gijon 35 10 14 11 35 36 17 7 7 3 23 16 18 3 7 8 12 20 -1 44
13 Real Zaragoza 35 10 14 11 30 32 17 6 8 3 17 13 18 4 6 8 13 19 -2 44
14 Tenerife 35 10 13 12 32 33 17 8 6 3 20 11 18 2 7 9 12 22 -1 43
15 Real Oviedo 35 11 10 14 22 27 17 6 5 6 10 11 18 5 5 8 12 16 -5 43
16 Leganes 35 11 10 14 29 35 18 8 5 5 19 17 17 3 5 9 10 18 -6 43
17 Mirandes 35 10 12 13 40 44 18 8 6 4 28 23 17 2 6 9 12 21 -4 42
18 Racing Santander 35 10 11 14 31 33 17 5 6 6 16 15 18 5 5 8 15 18 -2 41
19 Ponferradina 35 7 14 14 27 41 18 5 6 7 14 19 17 2 8 7 13 22 -14 35
20 Malaga 35 7 12 16 30 39 17 5 7 5 16 16 18 2 5 11 14 23 -9 33
21 UD Ibiza 35 6 11 18 30 53 18 4 7 7 19 24 17 2 4 11 11 29 -23 29
22 Lugo 35 5 12 18 21 44 18 3 9 6 10 13 17 2 3 12 11 31 -23 27

SD Eibar:
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 SD Eibar 35 18 11 6 39 27 18 11 6 1 21 9 17 7 5 5 18 18 12 65
2 Las Palmas 35 16 14 5 41 24 18 9 6 3 23 12 17 7 8 2 18 12 17 62
3 Granada 35 18 7 10 44 25 17 14 3 0 32 4 18 4 4 10 12 21 19 61
4 Levante 35 15 16 4 38 24 17 9 6 2 20 8 18 6 10 2 18 16 14 61
5 Deportivo Alaves 34 17 9 8 41 27 17 11 5 1 23 8 17 6 4 7 18 19 14 60
6 FC Cartagena 35 15 8 12 42 37 18 8 3 7 19 20 17 7 5 5 23 17 5 53
7 Albacete 35 13 13 9 43 41 17 8 5 4 23 15 18 5 8 5 20 26 2 52
8 Burgos 35 12 13 10 28 25 17 7 7 3 19 13 18 5 6 7 9 12 3 49
9 Huesca 35 10 16 9 31 29 18 9 7 2 21 10 17 1 9 7 10 19 2 46
10 Villarreal II 35 12 10 13 40 43 18 8 6 4 27 19 17 4 4 9 13 24 -3 46
11 FC Andorra 34 12 8 14 34 29 17 8 3 6 21 11 17 4 5 8 13 18 5 44
12 Sporting Gijon 35 10 14 11 35 36 17 7 7 3 23 16 18 3 7 8 12 20 -1 44
13 Real Zaragoza 35 10 14 11 30 32 17 6 8 3 17 13 18 4 6 8 13 19 -2 44
14 Tenerife 35 10 13 12 32 33 17 8 6 3 20 11 18 2 7 9 12 22 -1 43
15 Real Oviedo 35 11 10 14 22 27 17 6 5 6 10 11 18 5 5 8 12 16 -5 43
16 Leganes 35 11 10 14 29 35 18 8 5 5 19 17 17 3 5 9 10 18 -6 43
17 Mirandes 35 10 12 13 40 44 18 8 6 4 28 23 17 2 6 9 12 21 -4 42
18 Racing Santander 35 10 11 14 31 33 17 5 6 6 16 15 18 5 5 8 15 18 -2 41
19 Ponferradina 35 7 14 14 27 41 18 5 6 7 14 19 17 2 8 7 13 22 -14 35
20 Malaga 35 7 12 16 30 39 17 5 7 5 16 16 18 2 5 11 14 23 -9 33
21 UD Ibiza 35 6 11 18 30 53 18 4 7 7 19 24 17 2 4 11 11 29 -23 29
22 Lugo 35 5 12 18 21 44 18 3 9 6 10 13 17 2 3 12 11 31 -23 27

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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.