Albacete Balompie (home)
- Albacete, who have 33 points from 25 games, are having a mid-table campaign in the second tier.
- They have been better at home than away, winning five, drawing one and losing six of their 12 home league games, conceding 1.58 goals per game on average.
Sporting Gijon (away)
- Sporting Gijon sit 8th in LaLiga 2 with 39 points from 25 matches, six points ahead of Albacete Balompie in 12th place.
- Sporting Gijon have won one of their last three away games and lost the other two.
- Jiménez’s side bounced back well from their defeat at Eibar three days ago to earn a gritty 2-1 home win over mid-table SD Huesca on Thursday.
Head-to-Head
Albacete surprised Sporting Gijon with an outstanding 4-3 win away four months ago in LaLiga 2, and the teams have split their last five head-to-head clashes, with two wins each and a draw.
Key Players
Jonathan Dubasin is in fine goalscoring form for the visitors, having scored 11 times in 21 appearances in the league, and is the team’s biggest threat on Sunday.
Betting Insights
With both sides having mixed form, we’re taking under 2.5 goals at a narrow 1.85 .
Prediction
The result of this weekend’s clash will likely come down to small margins , such has been the competitive nature of this fixture since the turn of the century.
