La Liga 2 preview: Can Real Oviedo edge out victory against Albacete?

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sat 30.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Nuevo Carlos Tartiere (30500 seats)

With their 7 point advantage in the league table, Real Oviedo fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Albacete.

Insights:
  • Real Oviedo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Albacete has the the worst goal difference (-12) in La Liga 2

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a La Liga 2 game only four days ago. That game, against Alcorcón, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Albacete.

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Real Oviedo form and stats

When playing at home in the La Liga 2, Real Oviedo have managed 3 wins, 5 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 11 games. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Oviedo.

The home team returns to Estadio Nuevo Carlos Tartiere after being equal after 90 minutes with UD Logrones (placed 14th) on their last time out; the La Liga 2 game ended 0-0. Preceding that game was the away draw at Málaga that finished 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 Oviedo have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 17 games) they have won six times, drawn seven and lost four.

Real Oviedo has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Oviedo have conceded 13 in these home matches.

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Albacete form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Albacete, who have the the worst goal difference (-12) in La Liga 2, so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-7 (win-draw-lose). Momentum is building for Albacete in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

Albacete play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Alcorcón (placed 22nd). A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Real Zaragoza.

We have checked recent matches where Albacete have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 19 games were four victories, six draws and nine defeats.

Goals are few and far between in Albacete's away league games. Only 5 goals from 11 travels. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Albacete have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Albacete - Oviedo 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Oviedo five wins, four draws and Albacete one victory. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Real OviedoM. Sangalli Fuentes
M. Sangalli Fuentes
4 goals
OviedoM. Leiva Esquivel
M. Leiva Esquivel
4 goals
Real OviedoG. Blanco Leschuk
G. Blanco Leschuk
4 goals

Real Oviedo missing players

Albacete missing players

Real Oviedo Albacete
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 11 4 Played P 4 11 22
6 3 2 Won W 1 2 5
10 5 2 Drew D 0 2 6
6 3 0 Lost L 3 7 11
25 16 9 Scored S 2 5 15
22 13 3 Conceded C 4 15 27
82% 82% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 82% 86%
64% 73% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 55% 68%
36% 45% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 36% 32%
18% 36% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 9% 5%
9% 18% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
55% 55% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 18% 32%
32% 36% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 27% 27%
32% 27% 25% Failed to Score F T 75% 73% 55%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.8 2.5 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.9 2.9
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
8.5 10 13.2 Shots (avg) S ( 5.2 5.9 6.3
3.2 3.6 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 1.9 2.1
35% 40% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 24% 33%
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Albacete has the the worst goal difference (-12) in La Liga 2
  • 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.
  • Real Oviedo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Real Oviedo have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Albacete have scored away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Espanyol 22 14 3 5 32 11 11 9 1 1 19 4 11 5 2 4 13 7 21 45
2 Mallorca 22 13 6 3 31 11 11 6 2 3 18 7 11 7 4 0 13 4 20 45
3 Almeria 21 13 3 5 30 17 11 6 3 2 17 8 10 7 0 3 13 9 13 42
4 Rayo Vallecano 22 11 4 7 25 18 11 8 1 2 18 8 11 3 3 5 7 10 7 37
5 Sporting Gijon 22 10 6 6 21 17 11 7 4 0 15 6 11 3 2 6 6 11 4 36
6 Leganes 21 10 4 7 20 16 10 8 0 2 12 4 11 2 4 5 8 12 4 34
7 Ponferradina 22 10 4 8 24 25 11 5 3 3 13 12 11 5 1 5 11 13 -1 34
8 Girona 22 9 6 7 17 17 11 5 3 3 8 5 11 4 3 4 9 12 0 33
9 Las Palmas 22 8 8 6 24 26 11 7 2 2 17 12 11 1 6 4 7 14 -2 32
10 Lugo 22 8 7 7 21 19 11 6 3 2 11 5 11 2 4 5 10 14 2 31
11 Mirandes 22 8 6 8 20 18 11 3 5 3 8 8 11 5 1 5 12 10 2 30
12 Real Oviedo 22 6 10 6 25 22 11 3 5 3 16 13 11 3 5 3 9 9 3 28
13 Fuenlabrada 22 6 10 6 22 23 11 2 7 2 7 7 11 4 3 4 15 16 -1 28
14 UD Logrones 22 8 4 10 18 26 11 5 2 4 11 11 11 3 2 6 7 15 -8 28
15 Málaga 22 7 7 8 20 29 11 2 5 4 8 13 11 5 2 4 12 16 -9 28
16 Tenerife 22 7 5 10 19 22 11 5 3 3 12 6 11 2 2 7 7 16 -3 26
17 Castellon 22 6 4 12 20 28 11 5 0 6 11 9 11 1 4 6 9 19 -8 22
18 Sabadell 22 5 6 11 21 28 11 2 3 6 10 14 11 3 3 5 11 14 -7 21
19 Albacete 22 5 6 11 15 27 11 3 4 4 10 12 11 2 2 7 5 15 -12 21
20 Real Zaragoza 22 5 5 12 17 22 11 4 4 3 12 10 11 1 1 9 5 12 -5 20
21 FC Cartagena 22 5 5 12 23 33 11 3 2 6 13 15 11 2 3 6 10 18 -10 20
22 Alcorcón 22 5 5 12 13 23 11 4 0 7 8 15 11 1 5 5 5 8 -10 20

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.