La Liga 2 preview: Can SD Eibar edge out victory against Albacete?

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sun 23.October
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal de Ipurúa (7083 seats)

These two squads are revelling in a quality season so far and occasions like today could be deciding. Read up on SD Eibar - Albacete!

Insights:
  • SD Eibar have the most points from losing position (7) in La Liga 2
  • Albacete have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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SD Eibar form and stats

The La Liga 2 stats at home this season for SD Eibar are 4-1-0 (wins-draws-losses).

The followers are hoping that Eibar will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the match against Sporting Gijón (placed 7th). The first defeat after going unbeaten through four league fixtures. Tejero was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.6 out of 10. The defender Tejero hit five key passes and won 5 of 6 duels.

A strong away win before that one, visiting UD Ibiza and winning 2-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does SD Eibar handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats.

The SD Eibar fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 5 league matches. SD Eibar have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {2 goals}.

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Albacete form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their La Liga 2 travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

The Albacete goalkeeper Bernabe Barragan Maestre is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 201 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Albacete are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the match against Real Oviedo (placed 19th). Kawaya came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Real Oviedo last time out, making the manager Yáñez feel like a tactical genius. Barragán was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.53. The agile goalkeeper Barragán topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Deportivo Alavés.

We have checked recent matches where Albacete have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 3 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

Albacete are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 5 games (in the league).

Head 2 Head

SD Eibar-Albacete H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: SD Eibar one win, Albacete three wins, two draws. one of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

SD EibarJ. Molina Martínez
J. Molina Martínez
5 goals
AlbaceteJ. Dubasin
J. Dubasin
3 goals
EibarJ. Bautista Orgilles
J. Bautista Orgilles
2 goals

SD Eibar missing players

Albacete missing players

SD Eibar Albacete
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
11 5 0 Played P 2 5 11
5 4 0 Won W 0 3 5
3 1 0 Drew D 1 1 4
3 0 0 Lost L 1 1 2
14 9 0 Scored S 1 7 12
11 2 0 Conceded C 2 5 9
82% 80% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 80% 82%
73% 60% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 80% 64%
55% 60% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 80% 45%
18% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
45% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 80% 64%
36% 60% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 20% 27%
36% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 20% 27%
 
4.3 5.6 0 Corners for (avg) C F 1.5 4.8 5.1
3.8 2.8 0 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3.6 3.9
3.3 2.6 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.8 2.2
4 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
12.8 13.6 0 Shots (avg) S ( 11 13.4 11.9
4.2 5.8 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.8 3.9
30% 31% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 37% 28%
 
10.2 9.2 0 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 10.8 9.4
3.9 2.8 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 4 3.2
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Albacete have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • SD Eibar have not yet lost a game at home.
  • SD Eibar have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • SD Eibar have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • SD Eibar have the most points from losing position (7) in La Liga 2
  • SD Eibar have won significantly more corners at home than 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 Las Palmas 11 6 5 0 15 4 5 3 2 0 5 0 6 3 3 0 10 4 11 23
2 Deportivo Alavés 11 6 4 1 14 10 5 3 2 0 7 3 6 3 2 1 7 7 4 22
3 Burgos 11 5 6 0 8 1 6 4 2 0 7 1 5 1 4 0 1 0 7 21
4 FC Cartagena 11 6 2 3 16 11 6 3 1 2 9 7 5 3 1 1 7 4 5 20
5 Albacete 11 5 4 2 12 9 6 2 3 1 5 4 5 3 1 1 7 5 3 19
6 SD Eibar 11 5 3 3 14 11 5 4 1 0 9 2 6 1 2 3 5 9 3 18
7 Sporting Gijón 11 5 3 3 16 14 6 4 1 1 11 5 5 1 2 2 5 9 2 18
8 Granada 11 5 2 4 14 10 5 4 1 0 12 1 6 1 1 4 2 9 4 17
9 Huesca 11 4 4 3 11 8 6 3 2 1 8 4 5 1 2 2 3 4 3 16
10 Levante 11 4 4 3 11 8 6 3 1 2 8 4 5 1 3 1 3 4 3 16
11 FC Andorra 11 4 3 4 10 11 5 3 0 2 6 3 6 1 3 2 4 8 -1 15
12 Tenerife 11 3 5 3 12 11 6 3 3 0 8 3 5 0 2 3 4 8 1 14
13 Villarreal II 11 3 4 4 16 18 5 2 3 0 10 5 6 1 1 4 6 13 -2 13
14 Real Zaragoza 11 3 4 4 7 9 6 2 3 1 5 4 5 1 1 3 2 5 -2 13
15 Racing Santander 11 3 3 5 5 8 5 1 2 2 1 3 6 2 1 3 4 5 -3 12
16 Ponferradina 11 3 3 5 13 17 6 1 2 3 6 9 5 2 1 2 7 8 -4 12
17 UD Ibiza 11 3 2 6 9 16 5 2 1 2 6 7 6 1 1 4 3 9 -7 11
18 Leganes 11 3 1 7 8 12 5 2 1 2 5 5 6 1 0 5 3 7 -4 10
19 Real Oviedo 11 2 4 5 5 9 6 1 1 4 3 7 5 1 3 1 2 2 -4 10
20 Lugo 11 2 3 6 12 17 5 1 1 3 3 5 6 1 2 3 9 12 -5 9
21 Málaga 11 2 3 6 9 16 5 1 2 2 5 9 6 1 1 4 4 7 -7 9
22 Mirandes 11 1 4 6 10 17 6 1 3 2 8 9 5 0 1 4 2 8 -7 7

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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.