Albacete vs Granada Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Albacete

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Albacete head into this match after a 0-0 La Liga 2 drawn result versus Levante.

In that game, Albacete managed 35% possession and 11 shots at goal with 3 on target. At the other end, Levante UD had 25 attempts at goal with 5 on target.

It has been all too rare in recent games that Albacete have shown defensive steel. It will be a concern for them that Albacete have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 6 goals along the way. That sort of pattern won’t necessarily be sustained into this match, of course.

Looking at their past form shows that Albacete:

• have not beaten Granada in their previous 3 league games.
• are undefeated in their last 7 league matches at home.

Granada

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In their last fixture, Granada drew 2-2 in the La Liga 2 match with Ponferradina.

In that game, Granada managed 52% possession and 23 attempts on goal with 10 on target. For Granada, the goals were scored by Myrto Uzuni (70') and Alberto Perea (96'). For their opponents, Ponferradina had 10 attempts on goal with 6 on target. Alex Pașcanu (79') and Yuri de Souza (81') scored for Ponferradina.

Over the course of their previous half-dozen clashes, Granada have helped themselves to a total of 11 goals. Granada have also managed to score in every single one of those games. Over that period, they have seen 4 goals scored by their opponents.

Coming into this fixture, Granada are undefeated in their previous 3 away league matches.

↔️ Head to head

Inspecting their prior head to head meetings dating back to 11/02/2011 shows that Albacete have won 1 of these games & Granada 3, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 2.

A total of 13 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 3 for Queso Mecánico and 10 netted by Nazaríes. That’s an average goals per game of 2.17.

The previous league match featuring these sides was La Liga 2 match day 16 on 18/11/2022 which finished with the scoreline of Granada 4-0 Albacete.

On that day, Granada had 73% possession and 23 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. Goals were scored by José Callejón (53'), Ricard Sánchez (71') and Bryan Zaragoza (78').

For their opponents, Albacete got 2 shots on goal with 1 on target. Antonio Cristian (87' Own goal) scored.

The match was refereed by Álvaro Moreno Aragón.

📋 Team News: Albacete

The Albacete manager Rubén Albés will be grateful not to have any fitness concerns whatsoever coming into this clash with a fully injury-free group available to select from.

In all likelihood, Queso Mecánico look set to kick off with a 4-4-2 formation for this one with Bernabé Barragán, Álvaro Rodríguez, Flavien Boyomo, Antonio Cristian, Julio Alonso, Jonathan Dubasin, Riki Rodríguez, Juan Antonio Ros, Lander Olaetxea, Manuel Fuster and Higinio Marín.

🗞️ Team News: Granada

Granada manager Paco López has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Miguel Rubio (Hamstring Injury) and Raúl Torrente (Sprain) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

We reckon that Nazaríes will likely play in a 4-4-2 system, giving starts to Raúl Fernández, Ricard Sánchez, Miguel Angel Rubio, Ignasi Miquel, Carlos Neva, Óscar Melendo, Yann Bodiger, Sergio Ruiz, Jose Maria Callejon, Shon Weissman and Myrto Uzuni.

🧠 Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Granada and Albacete may well find themselves both scoring in what promises to be a very even battle here.

It could well end in a draw. That’s why we have predicted a very close game with a 1-1 score when all is said and done.

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Lucas Pereira, 02:29 14/03/2023