Deportivo de La Coruña vs Albacete Live Stream, Predictions (May 04)

📏 Form Guide

Deportivo de La Coruña

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Deportivo de La Coruña will be hoping to return to winning ways here following the 2-1 La Liga 2 loss in their previous game against Racing de Santander.

In that game, Deportivo de La Coruña managed 65% possession and 15 shots at goal with 2 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Deportivo de La Coruña was Denis Genreau (86'). At the other end, Racing Santander got 7 shots at goal with 3 on target. Javi Castro (8') and Jon Karrikaburu (45') scored for Racing de Santander.

In their preceding 6 games, Óscar Gilsanz's Deportivo de La Coruña have scored a total of 7 times which gives them an average number of goals scored per match of 1.17.

Analysis of their past results shows that Deportivo de La Coruña:

• haven't been beaten in the league by Albacete in their last 2 matches.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 6 league matches at home.

Albacete

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Albacete come into this meeting following a 3-1 La Liga 2 win to defeat FC Cartagena in their previous fixture.

In that match, Albacete managed 54% possession and 20 attempts at goal with 9 of them on target. For Albacete, the goals were scored by Christian Kofane (49') and Javi Martón (94'). Cartagena had 6 shots on goal with 1 on target. Pedro Alcalá (6' Own goal) and Álex Millán (15') scored for FC Cartagena.

Proving their appetite for high-scoring matches, goals have been scored 21 times in the prior six games in which Albacete have taken to the pitch, making it an average of 3.5 goals for each fixture. Opposing teams have got 9 from this total. We shall soon see if that trend will be sustained here.

Leading up to this clash, Albacete:

• are unbeaten in their previous 3 away league matches.
• are without an away win for the past 2 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their prior head to head meetings dating back to 13/03/2005 shows that Deportivo de La Coruña have won 4 of these & Albacete 1, with the number of drawn results standing at 1.

14 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 10 of them for Branquiazuis and 4 belonging to Queso Mecánico. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.33.

The last league game featuring the two was La Liga 2 match day 7 on 27/09/2024 when it ended Albacete 2-5 Deportivo de La Coruña.

That time, Albacete managed 59% possession and 19 shots on goal with 6 on target. The goalscorers were Alberto Quiles (4') and Fidel (76').

Deportivo de La Coruña got 14 shots at goal with 7 on target. David Mella (9', 80'), Yeremay Hernández (12', 61') and Cristian Herrera (74') scored.

The match was refereed by José Luis Guzmán Mansilla.

ℹ️ Team News: Deportivo de La Coruña

In all likelihood, Branquiazuis look set to kick off with a 4-1-4-1 formation in the match featuring Helton Leite, Álex Petxa, Pablo Vázquez, Pablo Martinez, Rafael Obrador, Diego Villares, Diego Gómez, Jose Angel Jurado, Mario Soriano, Yeremay Hernández and Ivan Barbero.

📋 Team News: Albacete

Out of a mainly available group, there’s just the sole fitness worry for the Albacete manager Alberto González to contend with. Javi Moreno (Muscle injury) won’t be in action.

There’s a good chance that Queso Mecánico might elect for a 4-4-2 lineup with a starting lineup of Raúl Lizoain, Javi Rueda, Jon García, Lalo Aguilar, Agus Medina, Pablo Sáenz, Riki Rodríguez, Antonio Pacheco, Jon Morcillo, Fidel and Christian Kofane.

🔮 Prediction

In this match, Albacete would be disappointed if they were not to score a goal against this Deportivo de La Coruña side, however that isn’t expected to be as many as the goals that they could concede.

We can see both teams to score in a 2-1 victory for Deportivo de La Coruña at full-time. It’s a very tough call.

📖 ⚽️ What are the best odds for this match?

Looking at what the bookmakers’ view is of this game in the 90 minute result market, the win for Deportivo de La Coruña is best priced at 2, a bet on the draw is 3.4 & staking on a victory for Albacete can get you 3.6. These are the top market prices offered at present.

Victor Martins, 14:04 03/05/2025