📊 Form Guide

Albacete

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Albacete will play in this match following a 0-0 La Liga 2 draw versus FC Cartagena.

In that game, Albacete managed 57% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. On the other side, Cartagena got 10 attempts on goal with 0 on target.

Matches featuring Albacete have tended to be pretty dull affairs lately with a barren goal landscape becoming customary. Over their past six clashes, a miniscule aggregate goal total of 5 has been yielded between both them and their combatants at an average of 0.83 goals per game. It will be interesting to see if that trend can be continued on into this next match.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Albacete:

• have not lost a league tie with Racing de Santander in their previous 2 games.
• are unbeaten in their last 7 home league matches.
• haven’t won at home in the past 2 matches in the league.

Racing de Santander

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Since being defeated in their last game at the hands of Celta Vigo in Copa del Rey competition, Racing de Santander will be aiming to make amends here.

In that match, Racing de Santander managed 34% possession and 7 shots at goal with 3 on target. For Racing de Santander, the goals were scored by Andrés Martín (8') and Javi Castro (86' Own goal). At the other end, Celta Vigo had 17 attempts at goal with 8 on target. Alfon González (20', 92') and Javi Rodríguez (70' Own goal) scored for Celta Vigo.

Looking at their form, and Racing de Santander have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 12 goals in total. At the back, Racing de Santander just haven’t been too solid at all.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Racing de Santander:

• haven't beaten Albacete when they've played them away from home in the last 3 league games.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 3 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A look at their most recent head-to-head meetings dating back to 27/06/2020 shows that Albacete have won 3 of these & Racing de Santander 2, with the number of draws standing at 1.

18 goals were produced between them in this period, with 9 from Queso Mecánico and 9 for Los Racinguistas. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.

The previous league contest featuring these clubs was La Liga 2 match day 13 on 02/11/2024 which ended up with the score at Racing de Santander 1-1 Albacete.

In that match, Racing de Santander had 59% possession and 15 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. Their only player to score was Marco Sangalli (22').

Albacete got 11 shots on goal with 4 on target. Alberto Quiles (66') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Andrés Fuentes Molina.

🗞️ Team News: Albacete

Regarding absentees, there’s just the lone fitness concern for the Albacete gaffer Alberto González to be concerned about thanks to an almost full-strength group. Jaume Costa (Fissure of the fibula) misses out.

We think that Queso Mecánico should make use of the 4-4-2 system for this one featuring Raúl Lizoain, Javi Rueda, Jon García, Juan Antonio Ros, Juan María Alcedo, Alberto Quiles, Javi Villar, Antonio Pacheco, José Carlos Lazo, Fidel and Nabil Touaizi.

📰 Team News: Racing de Santander

We’re of the thinking that Los Racinguistas will likely utilise a 4-2-3-1 formation, going with Jokin Ezkieta, Álvaro Mantilla, Javier Castro, Jorge Salinas, Saúl García, Unai Vencedor, Maguette Gueye, Marco Sangalli, Lago Júnior, Suleiman Camara and Jon Karrikaburu.

✨ Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Racing de Santander may not find it easy to score against this Albacete outfit who we reckon should just have the edge.

With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a very competitive encounter with a 1-0 winning margin for Albacete at the end of this game.

A close call.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 15:01 11/01/2025