Football tips: Espanyol vs Albacete - predictions and betting guide

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sat 12.September
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: RCDE Stadium (40500 seats)

Espanyol and Albacete supporters have their finest supporter outfits for this first game week of a new La Liga 2 season. Game on!

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Espanyol form and stats

With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Espanyol friendly games in pre-season: Espanyol played one friendly, won 0, drew 0 and lost 1. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Espanyol scored 0 goals and conceded 1 in these one game.

Disaster struck Espanyol last season as they could not defend their status as a La Liga team. With 23 defeats from 38 games, and only 5 wins, relegation could not be avoided. Espanyol are hopeful of bouncing straight back up, but need to improve upon their home record from last season of W2 D6 L11.

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Albacete form and stats

It's a day of discovery for Albacete as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Albacete have played one with the results W1-D0-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Albacete has scored 2 goals and conceded 0 times.

Let's have a look at how Albacete performed last season in the La Liga 2: They landed a 16th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 13 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 36 and conceded 46 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 4 and lost 9 with 17/24 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Espanyol missing players

Albacete missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Espanyol Albacete
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Espanyol Last season Albacete
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   21 42
5 2   Won W   8 13
10 6   Drew D   4 13
23 11   Lost L   9 16
27 15   Scored S   17 36
58 31   Conceded C   24 46
92% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 93%
68% 74%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   48% 52%
39% 37%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   24% 26%
18% 26%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   14% 14%
3% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   10% 7%
45% 47%   BTTS BTTS   33% 43%
16% 16%   Clean Sheets C S   38% 31%
47% 42%   Failed to Score F T   33% 33%
 
4.1 4.1   Corners for (avg) C F   3.4 4.5
4.4 4.1   Corners against (avg) C A   4.9 4.4
2.8 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.5 3.4
9 2   Red cards R C   5 5
 
414 225   Total Shots T S   163 369
127 70   Shots on Target S O   52 133
21% 21%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 27%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Albacete 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Alcorcon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Almeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Castellón 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Espanyol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 FC Cartagena 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Fuenlabrada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Girona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Las Palmas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Leganés 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Lugo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Malaga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Mallorca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Mirandes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Ponferradina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Rayo Vallecano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Real Oviedo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Real Zaragoza 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Sabadell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Sporting Gijón 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Tenerife 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 UD Logroñés 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Real Madrid 38 26 9 3 70 25 19 15 4 0 40 11 19 11 5 3 30 14 45 87
2 Barcelona 38 25 7 6 86 38 19 16 2 1 52 16 19 9 5 5 34 22 48 82
3 Atletico Madrid 38 18 16 4 51 27 19 12 6 1 28 11 19 6 10 3 23 16 24 70
4 Sevilla 38 19 13 6 54 34 19 10 7 2 26 14 19 9 6 4 28 20 20 70
5 Villarreal 38 18 6 14 63 49 19 9 5 5 37 25 19 9 1 9 26 24 14 60
6 Real Sociedad 38 16 8 14 56 48 19 9 4 6 33 20 19 7 4 8 23 28 8 56
7 Granada 38 16 8 14 52 45 19 10 3 6 26 16 19 6 5 8 26 29 7 56
8 Getafe 38 14 12 12 43 37 19 8 6 5 25 20 19 6 6 7 18 17 6 54
9 Valencia 38 14 11 13 46 53 19 11 7 1 29 16 19 3 4 12 17 37 -7 53
10 Osasuna 38 13 13 12 46 54 19 7 7 5 26 29 19 6 6 7 20 25 -8 52
11 Athletic Club 38 13 12 13 41 38 19 9 4 6 21 14 19 4 8 7 20 24 3 51
12 Levante 38 14 7 17 47 53 19 9 5 5 27 19 19 5 2 12 20 34 -6 49
13 Real Valladolid 38 9 15 14 32 43 19 5 10 4 18 15 19 4 5 10 14 28 -11 42
14 Eibar 38 11 9 18 39 56 19 8 3 8 25 25 19 3 6 10 14 31 -17 42
15 Real Betis 38 10 11 17 48 60 19 9 4 6 34 27 19 1 7 11 14 33 -12 41
16 Deportivo Alaves 38 10 9 19 34 59 19 7 6 6 20 19 19 3 3 13 14 40 -25 39
17 Celta de Vigo 38 7 16 15 37 49 19 5 8 6 22 20 19 2 8 9 15 29 -12 37
18 Leganés 38 8 12 18 30 51 19 5 5 9 17 26 19 3 7 9 13 25 -21 36
19 Mallorca 38 9 6 23 40 65 19 8 3 8 25 22 19 1 3 15 15 43 -25 33
20 Espanyol 38 5 10 23 27 58 19 2 6 11 15 31 19 3 4 12 12 27 -31 25
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Huesca 42 21 7 14 55 42 21 15 3 3 36 17 21 6 4 11 19 25 13 70
2 Cadiz 42 19 12 11 50 39 21 10 6 5 28 20 21 9 6 6 22 19 11 69
3 Real Zaragoza 42 18 11 13 59 53 21 9 4 8 30 27 21 9 7 5 29 26 6 65
4 Almeria 42 17 13 12 62 43 21 10 4 7 30 19 21 7 9 5 32 24 19 64
5 Girona 42 17 12 13 48 43 21 14 5 2 29 13 21 3 7 11 19 30 5 63
6 Elche 42 16 13 13 52 44 21 8 8 5 26 19 21 8 5 8 26 25 8 61
7 Rayo Vallecano 42 13 21 8 60 50 21 9 9 3 29 21 21 4 12 5 31 29 10 60
8 Fuenlabrada 42 15 15 12 47 40 21 9 8 4 29 21 21 6 7 8 18 19 7 60
9 Las Palmas 42 14 15 13 49 46 21 9 7 5 31 21 21 5 8 8 18 25 3 57
10 Alcorcon 42 13 18 11 52 50 21 6 6 9 24 29 21 7 12 2 28 21 2 57
11 Mirandes 42 13 17 12 55 59 21 8 11 2 25 17 21 5 6 10 30 42 -4 56
12 Tenerife 42 14 13 15 50 46 21 7 9 5 25 21 21 7 4 10 25 25 4 55
13 Sporting Gijón 42 14 12 16 40 38 21 10 5 6 28 17 21 4 7 10 12 21 2 54
14 Malaga 42 11 20 11 35 33 21 8 9 4 25 18 21 3 11 7 10 15 2 53
15 Real Oviedo 42 13 14 15 49 53 21 7 11 3 24 20 21 6 3 12 25 33 -4 53
16 Albacete 42 13 13 16 36 46 21 5 9 7 19 22 21 8 4 9 17 24 -10 52
17 Lugo 42 12 16 14 43 54 21 7 8 6 26 31 21 5 8 8 17 23 -11 52
18 Ponferradina 42 12 15 15 45 50 21 9 9 3 26 17 21 3 6 12 19 33 -5 51
19 Deportivo La Coruna 42 12 15 15 43 60 21 8 8 5 29 29 21 4 7 10 14 31 -17 51
20 Numancia 42 13 11 18 45 53 21 11 5 5 24 14 21 2 6 13 21 39 -8 50
21 Extremadura UD 42 10 13 19 43 59 21 6 4 11 21 26 21 4 9 8 22 33 -16 43
22 Racing Santander 42 5 18 19 39 56 21 3 9 9 25 29 21 2 9 10 14 27 -17 33

Espanyol:
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 Albacete 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Alcorcon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Almeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Castellón 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Espanyol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 FC Cartagena 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Fuenlabrada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Girona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Las Palmas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Leganés 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Lugo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Malaga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Mallorca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Mirandes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Ponferradina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Rayo Vallecano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Real Oviedo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Real Zaragoza 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Sabadell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Sporting Gijón 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Tenerife 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 UD Logroñés 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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