The La Liga 2 meeting at The Estadio Carlos Belmonte on Saturday sees home side Albacete fighting it out with opponents Racing Ferrol.
Our tips, poll and stats for Albacete v Racing Ferrol can all be found here - as well as the best betting odds.
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Form Guide
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Albacete
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Albacete will be hoping to bounce back here following the 1-0 La Liga 2 loss in their previous game against Levante.
In that match, Albacete managed 46% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Albacete was Pepe Sánchez (45' Own goal). Levante UD got 17 shots at goal with 7 of them on target.
Matches involving Albacete have often been lively affairs recently with high scoring being a real hallmark. Over their past half dozen games alone, the sum of 22 goals have been scored for both teams combined (at an average of 3.67 goals per game) with 9 of them being chalked up by Albacete.
Going into this game, the form guide shows that Albacete:
- are unbeaten in the league by Racing Ferrol in their last 2 matches.
- are undefeated in their last 2 home league matches.
Racing Ferrol
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Racing Ferrol come into this meeting following a 1-0 La Liga 2 win to defeat Cádiz in their most recent fixture.
In that game, Racing Ferrol had 44% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. The only player to score for Racing Ferrol was Chiki (82'). At the other end, Cadiz had 9 shots on goal with 1 on target.
The strike force from Racing Ferrol have suffered from a lack of goals over their previous six games, netting the poor return of only 4. In those fixtures, Ferrol have also seen the overall goal tally of their opponents equal 7. That sort of pattern isn’t assured to be carried forward into this match, however.
Looking at the pre-match facts, Racing Ferrol:
- have not been beaten by Albacete when they've played them away from home in the last 3 matches in the league.
- haven’t won away from home in the past 8 league games. A poor run.
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Head to head
Looking at the statistics for their head to head meetings stretching back to 30/09/2007, there is nothing to separate the two clubs with Albacete winning 2 of those games, Racing Ferrol 2 and 2 being drawn after 90 minutes of play.
Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 24 overall which averages out at 4 goals per meeting.
The previous league game between these clubs was La Liga 2 match day 6 on 21/09/2024 when it finished Racing Ferrol 1-4 Albacete.
That time, Racing Ferrol managed 57% possession and 15 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Their only player to score was Aleksa Purić (72').
Albacete got 20 shots at goal with 9 of them on target. Juanma García (48'), Higinio Marín (78'), Javi Rueda (91') and Juan María Alcedo (97') scored.
The referee was Manuel Ángel Pérez Hernández.
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Team News: Albacete
It’s a low absenteeism rate, with just the sole fitness concern for the Albacete manager Alberto González to be concerned about due to a largely intact squad. Javi Moreno (Muscle injury) is out of contention.
We think that Queso Mecánico look set to line up in a 4-4-2 formation for the game, handing starts to Raúl Lizoain, Javi Rueda, Pepe Sánchez, Lalo Aguilar, Agus Medina, Pablo Sáenz, Riki Rodríguez, Alejandro Meléndez, Jon Morcillo, Fidel and Christian Kofane.
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Team News: Racing Ferrol
There’s a good chance that Racing Ferrol could decide to play in a 4-2-3-1 system using Jesus Ruiz Suarez, Roberto Correa, Aleksa Puric, David Castro, Brais Martinez, Fran Manzanara, Josep Señe, Nacho Sánchez, Álvaro Sanz, Héber Pena and Álvaro Giménez.
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Prediction
Albacete are likely to have the majority of the possession and should be able to turn a few of their chances into goals.
However, Racing Ferrol could well struggle getting on the scoresheet but we do think it’s quite likely that they will be managing to get on the scoresheet.
Therefore, we are anticipating a 3-1 winning score for Albacete at the end of this one.
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⚽️ What are the top odds for this match?
Regarding the latest bookmaker odds in the 90 min. result market, victory for Albacete is available for 1.67, backing a draw is 4.1 and selecting the winner to be Racing Ferrol will get you 4.5. They are the best of the bets available at the current time.
Andre Moura,
18:01 23/05/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
Albacete
Formed: 1939
Stadium: The Estadio Carlos Belmonte (17,524)
Captain: Riki Rodríguez
Chairman: Georges Kabchi
Manager: Alberto González
Competitions: La Liga 2 position 11
⭐ Star Player: Jon Morcillo
Normally playing in the Left Wing position, Jon Morcillo was born in Amorebieta-Etxano, Spain. After having played his first senior match for Athletic Bilbao in the 2020 - 2021 season, the talented Forward has bagged 8 league goals in this Segunda División 2024 - 2025 campaign to date in 38 appearances.