La Liga 2 prediction and preview: Girona modest favorites to beat Albacete

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sun 28.March
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadi Municipal de Montilivi (14286 seats)

With their 13 point advantage in the league table, Girona fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Albacete.

Insights:
  • Albacete have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

Girona and Albacete 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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Girona form and stats

The story so far in the La Liga 2 for Girona at their home stadium (Estadi Municipal de Montilivi) is 6 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

Happy days for Girona in their previous game, a La Liga 2 match away at Las Palmas (placed 13th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. In the match before that, Girona hosted Lugo and drew the game 1-1.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Girona have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 16 games) they have won nine times, drawn three and lost four.

Girona are traveling soon after this match as the La Liga 2 match at Sabadell awaits in three days.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Girona here at Estadi Municipal de Montilivi in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (11 from 15 games). Girona are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadi Municipal de Montilivi in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 15 matches.

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Albacete form and stats

Albacete have only collected 12 points from their away games in the La Liga 2, after 3-3-9 (15 played).

The supporters enjoyed Albacete's previous game versus FC Cartagena (placed 20th), a La Liga 2 2-0 win played at home. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Tenerife wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

Albacete are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, five draws and nine defeats. From a total of 18 matches.

A new game in only three days for Albacete, the La Liga 2 home match versus Castellon. Busy days.

Albacete are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 7 goals from 15 away games. As opposed to that, Albacete have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Albacete - Girona 0-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Girona victories, three draws and two Albacete wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

GironaM. Sylla Diallo
M. Sylla Diallo
7 goals
GironaC. Stuani Curbelo
C. Stuani Curbelo
5 goals
AlbaceteÁ. Jiménez Guerrero
Á. Jiménez Guerrero
3 goals

Girona missing players

Albacete missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Girona Albacete
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 15 5 Played P 4 15 30
11 6 3 Won W 2 3 7
9 4 2 Drew D 0 3 8
10 5 0 Lost L 2 9 15
26 11 7 Scored S 3 7 20
28 10 3 Conceded C 3 20 35
90% 87% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 87%
53% 40% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 53% 63%
23% 13% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 27%
7% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 13% 7%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 27% 60% BTTS BTTS 0% 20% 30%
33% 40% 40% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 30%
43% 47% 20% Failed to Score F T 50% 67% 53%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 2.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.9 2.9
12 5 1 Red cards R C 0 2 6
 
7.7 8.5 10.2 Shots (avg) S ( 3.8 5.6 6.4
2.8 2.7 3.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.8 2 2.3
31% 28% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 23% 29%
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Albacete have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Albacete have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Mallorca 30 18 7 5 39 16 16 9 3 4 24 10 14 9 4 1 15 6 23 61
2 Espanyol 30 17 7 6 46 20 15 11 2 2 27 8 15 6 5 4 19 12 26 58
3 Almeria 30 17 5 8 44 27 15 9 4 2 27 11 15 8 1 6 17 16 17 56
4 Leganes 30 16 5 9 34 24 16 12 1 3 21 10 14 4 4 6 13 14 10 53
5 Sporting Gijon 30 14 10 6 33 21 15 9 6 0 19 7 15 5 4 6 14 14 12 52
6 Rayo Vallecano 30 14 7 9 38 29 14 9 2 3 22 12 16 5 5 6 16 17 9 49
7 Ponferradina 30 13 7 10 33 32 15 8 4 3 20 15 15 5 3 7 13 17 1 46
8 Girona 30 11 9 10 26 28 15 6 4 5 11 10 15 5 5 5 15 18 -2 42
9 Mirandés 30 11 8 11 29 29 15 5 7 3 16 13 15 6 1 8 13 16 0 41
10 Málaga 30 11 8 11 28 34 15 4 6 5 14 16 15 7 2 6 14 18 -6 41
11 Tenerife 30 11 7 12 28 27 15 8 4 3 19 8 15 3 3 9 9 19 1 40
12 Fuenlabrada 30 8 15 7 32 31 15 2 10 3 12 13 15 6 5 4 20 18 1 39
13 Las Palmas 30 10 9 11 31 40 15 8 3 4 21 16 15 2 6 7 10 24 -9 39
14 Real Oviedo 30 8 13 9 33 32 15 5 5 5 21 18 15 3 8 4 12 14 1 37
15 Lugo 30 8 12 10 28 32 15 6 7 2 13 7 15 2 5 8 15 25 -4 36
16 Real Zaragoza 30 9 6 15 25 29 15 7 4 4 15 11 15 2 2 11 10 18 -4 33
17 UD Logroñés 30 8 7 15 20 39 14 5 2 7 11 17 16 3 5 8 9 22 -19 31
18 Castellon 30 8 6 16 29 37 15 7 0 8 18 13 15 1 6 8 11 24 -8 30
19 Alcorcon 30 8 6 16 20 32 15 6 0 9 13 19 15 2 6 7 7 13 -12 30
20 FC Cartagena 30 7 8 15 30 42 15 5 4 6 19 18 15 2 4 9 11 24 -12 29
21 Albacete 30 7 8 15 20 35 15 4 5 6 13 15 15 3 3 9 7 20 -15 29
22 Sabadell 30 6 10 14 25 35 15 2 7 6 12 16 15 4 3 8 13 19 -10 28

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 Mallorca 30 18 7 5 39 16 16 9 3 4 24 10 14 9 4 1 15 6 23 61
2 Espanyol 30 17 7 6 46 20 15 11 2 2 27 8 15 6 5 4 19 12 26 58
3 Almeria 30 17 5 8 44 27 15 9 4 2 27 11 15 8 1 6 17 16 17 56
4 Leganes 30 16 5 9 34 24 16 12 1 3 21 10 14 4 4 6 13 14 10 53
5 Sporting Gijon 30 14 10 6 33 21 15 9 6 0 19 7 15 5 4 6 14 14 12 52
6 Rayo Vallecano 30 14 7 9 38 29 14 9 2 3 22 12 16 5 5 6 16 17 9 49
7 Ponferradina 30 13 7 10 33 32 15 8 4 3 20 15 15 5 3 7 13 17 1 46
8 Girona 30 11 9 10 26 28 15 6 4 5 11 10 15 5 5 5 15 18 -2 42
9 Mirandés 30 11 8 11 29 29 15 5 7 3 16 13 15 6 1 8 13 16 0 41
10 Málaga 30 11 8 11 28 34 15 4 6 5 14 16 15 7 2 6 14 18 -6 41
11 Tenerife 30 11 7 12 28 27 15 8 4 3 19 8 15 3 3 9 9 19 1 40
12 Fuenlabrada 30 8 15 7 32 31 15 2 10 3 12 13 15 6 5 4 20 18 1 39
13 Las Palmas 30 10 9 11 31 40 15 8 3 4 21 16 15 2 6 7 10 24 -9 39
14 Real Oviedo 30 8 13 9 33 32 15 5 5 5 21 18 15 3 8 4 12 14 1 37
15 Lugo 30 8 12 10 28 32 15 6 7 2 13 7 15 2 5 8 15 25 -4 36
16 Real Zaragoza 30 9 6 15 25 29 15 7 4 4 15 11 15 2 2 11 10 18 -4 33
17 UD Logroñés 30 8 7 15 20 39 14 5 2 7 11 17 16 3 5 8 9 22 -19 31
18 Castellon 30 8 6 16 29 37 15 7 0 8 18 13 15 1 6 8 11 24 -8 30
19 Alcorcon 30 8 6 16 20 32 15 6 0 9 13 19 15 2 6 7 7 13 -12 30
20 FC Cartagena 30 7 8 15 30 42 15 5 4 6 19 18 15 2 4 9 11 24 -12 29
21 Albacete 30 7 8 15 20 35 15 4 5 6 13 15 15 3 3 9 7 20 -15 29
22 Sabadell 30 6 10 14 25 35 15 2 7 6 12 16 15 4 3 8 13 19 -10 28

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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.