Match Report
Sporting Gijón (10th, 61 pts) visited Albacete (12th, 59 pts) with 2 points between them. Albacete had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 3rd in the league over the last five rounds against 12th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Albacete 1.33 scored and 1.31 conceded per game, Sporting Gijón 1.43 and 1.29, with the league averaging 1.32.
Across 17 recorded meetings, Albacete have 4 wins to Sporting Gijón's 6, with 7 draws, at 2.94 goals per meeting. Only 29% of these meetings ended in a home win. Clean sheets are rare between these two — both scored in 71% of the meetings. The recent trend is more open — 4.4 goals per game over the last five meetings versus 2.94 all-time.
The venue was Estadio Carlos Belmonte in Albacete, with room for 17,524 spectators.
Goal scorers
Albacete: Jefté Betancor (45') · Sporting Gijón: Jonathan Dubasin (78')
Key stats
Possession: Albacete 43% · Sporting Gijón 57% · Total shots: 9-9 · On target: 2-2 · Corners: 4-2