Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Albacete 12th with 59 points, Real Zaragoza 22nd with 36, 23 apart. On the form table Albacete stood 3rd over the last five rounds, despite being 12th overall. Per game in the league, Albacete were scoring 1.33 and conceding 1.31, Real Zaragoza 0.83 and 1.4, against a competition average of 1.32 goals per team per game.
Albacete entered with three wins in a row.
The head-to-head ledger counts 20 games: 7 Albacete wins, 5 for Real Zaragoza, 8 draws, at 2 goals per meeting. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 35% of the meetings went over two goals.
Estadio Carlos Belmonte in Albacete, capacity 17,524, hosted the game.
Goal scorers
Albacete: Agus Medina (5'), Jefté Betancor (56')
Key stats
Possession: Albacete 37% · Real Zaragoza 63% · Total shots: 10-7 · On target: 4-3 · Corners: 6-4