📏 Form Guide

Albacete

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Albacete head into this fixture after a 2-2 La Liga 2 draw against Elche CF.

In that match, Albacete managed 31% possession and 10 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. For Albacete, the goals were scored by Javi Rueda (34') and Christian Kofane (43'). On the other side, Elche got 17 shots at goal with 7 on target. Nicolás Fernández (13') and Josan (32') scored for Elche CF.

Alberto González's Albacete have hit the target a sum total of 11 times in their prior 6 outings. Conversely, the tally of goals that have been scored against them in that time stands at 8.

Taking a look at their past results, Albacete:

• haven't lost in the league to FC Cartagena in their last 4 matches.
• haven't beaten FC Cartagena in their last 5 league games.

FC Cartagena

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After a losing effort in their last game against Granada in La Liga 2 competition, FC Cartagena and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that game, FC Cartagena had 51% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. For FC Cartagena, the scorers were Álex Millán (11') and Rafael Núñez (65'). Granada got 17 shots on goal with 8 on target. Miguel Rubio (29'), Lucas Boyé (42') and Manu Trigueros (55') scored for Granada.

The stats tell the story, and FC Cartagena have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 11 goals in all. In defence, FC Cartagena certainly have room for improvement.

Their previous form shows that FC Cartagena:

• have left without a victory over Albacete when they have played them away from home in the previous 3 matches in the league.
• are undefeated by Albacete in away games against them for the last 2 league matches.
• have not won away from home in their last 14 league games. What a horror away run it has been.

↔️ Head to head

If we look at their past head to head duels dating back to 22/03/2021, there is nothing to separate the two clubs with Albacete winning 1 of those games, FC Cartagena 1 and 4 being draws in normal time.

A combined total of 11 goals were produced between them in these games, with 6 of them for Queso Mecánico and 5 netted by Efesé. That’s an average goals per game of 1.83.

The last league match between these sides was La Liga 2 match day 21 on 20/12/2024 when the final score was FC Cartagena 0-0 Albacete.

In that match, FC Cartagena had 43% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 0 of them on target.

On the other side, Albacete got 12 attempts on goal with 4 on target.

The match was refereed by Saúl Ais Reig.

📰 Team News: Albacete

José Carlos Lazo (Muscle injury) and Javi Moreno (Muscle injury) won’t be able to feature for Albacete gaffer Alberto González.

We think that Queso Mecánico look set to use the 4-4-2 formation this time, utilising Raúl Lizoain, Juan María Alcedo, Pepe Sánchez, Lalo Aguilar, Agus Medina, Pablo Sáenz, Javi Villar, Antonio Pacheco, Jon Morcillo, Fidel and Christian Kofane.

🗞️ Team News: FC Cartagena

We reckon that Efesé could decide to play in a 4-3-3 lineup, choosing Pablo Cuñat, M. Aguirregabiria, Jorge Moreno, Kiko Olivas, Nacho Martínez, Sergio Guerrero, Assane Ndiaye, Jose Machin, Salim El Jebari, Álex Millán and Daniel Luna.

🧠 Prediction

We feel that in this game, Albacete will most probably have the majority of the possession and should be able to turn a few of their chances into goals.

Conversely, FC Cartagena will not find it easy to break down their defence but do we see them hitting back at some stage here.

We’re tipping a decent 3-1 victory for Albacete at the end of the 90 minutes.

Peter Guest, 11:03 26/04/2025