Sevilla II – Albacete Prediction & Picks (16.03.2018)

Sevilla II and Albacete meet at Ciudad Deportiva José Ramón Cisneros Palacios, in a match for the 31st round of the Second Division. In the last direct confrontation for this edition of the league, on 15-10-2017, Albacete won at home (2-1). the Albacete presents considerable differences in their results at home and as a visitor, so in this game the home factor may be decisive.

Sevilla II

The home team is currently in the 22 th position of the league, with 16 points won, after 2 wins, 10 draws and 18 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in a home match against Sporting Gijón, by (0-1). In the last match, they lost in an away match against Cádiz, by (4-1). This is a team that usually maintains its competitive levels in home and away matches, since in the last 30 matches they register 1 win, 4 draws and 10 losses in away matches, with 8 goals scored and 27 conceded; against 1 win, 6 draws and 8 losses at their stadium, with 10 goals scored and 19 conceded. In the last 10 home matches for the championship Sevilla II won 1, tied 4 and lost 5, for which they won 7 points out of 30 possible.

In this competition, he has lost the last 9 matches he has played. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-0 (6 out of 15 matches). They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered at least one goal in each of the last 10 matches, and their offense has not been very effective, as they have not scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency for few goals, since 7 of the last 15 matches for this competition have ended with Under 1,5 goals. This is a team that usually scores a few times first: it only opened the scoring in 5 of its last 30 matches for the Second Division, of these 5 it reached the break in advantage in 3 and won at the end of the 90 ‘in 1. In 30 matches in the competition, suffered the first goal 21 times and only got 1 comeback.

It is difficult to say something different about this team, as the rounds are happening and things get complicated for Sevilla II, because they see the opponents opening a greater distance and fail to show a power of reaction. At the moment it is in the zone of descent and hardly it will escape to the descent of division, but at least it would be important if it evolved in field, thus thus it would have a greater probability of obtaining favorable results. For this match, coach Luis Tevenet will not be able to count on Alejandro Pozo and José Amo, who are in the medical department.

Albacete

The away team is currently in the 13 th position of the league, with 40 points won, after 10 wins, 10 draws and 10 losses. In the penultimate match, they won in an away match against Lorca, by (1-2). In the last match, they tied in a home match against Osasuna by (0-0). This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 2 wins, 7 draws and 6 losses in away matches, with 10 goals scored and 19 conceded; against 8 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses at their stadium, with 18 goals scored and 11 conceded. In the last 10 away matches Albacete has 2 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses, so they have won 11 points out of 30 possible. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-0 (7 out of 14 matches). In their away matches for this competition there is a tendency for few goals, since 11 of the last 14 matches have ended with less than 3 goals. In 30 matches in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 12 times and only managed 2 comebacks. In the last 14 away matches for this competition there is 1 period that stands out: they have suffered 7 of their 17 goals between minutes (76′-90 ‘).

This is not the campaign desired by Albacete, since it is only in the middle of the table, so you know if you want to achieve something in this final part you will need to have a great regularity in the performances and in the results. It is clear that the team needs to evolve in the field, otherwise they may end up being surprised by their opponents, but in this round they hope to leave the field with the three points, due to the fact that they are facing the worst team in the championship. For this match, coach Enrique Martín will not be able to count on Rubén Miño, Roman Zozulya and Pelayo, who are in the medical department, in addition to E. Saveljich, who will serve a suspension.