RCD Espanyol de Barcelona vs Albacete Balompie, Segunda Division 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
RCD Espanyol de Barcelona vs Albacete Balompie — Segunda Division at RCDE Stadium.
- RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- Albacete Balompie 42 games · 59 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Oliver De la Fuente Ramos (Spain)
- Assistant 1 Daniel Pescador Hernandez (Spain)
- Assistant 2 Samuel Garcia Aguilera (Spain)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Real Racing Club de Santander 42 82 2 RC Deportivo La Coruna 42 77 3 UD Almeria 42 74 4 Malaga CF 42 73 5 UD Las Palmas 42 73 6 CD Castellon 42 72 7 Burgos CF 42 72 8 SD Eibar 42 67 9 Cordoba CF 42 61 10 Real Sporting de Gijon 42 61 11 AD Ceuta FC 42 61 12 Albacete Balompie 42 59 13 Andorra CF 42 58 14 Granada CF 42 48 15 Real Sociedad B 42 47 16 CD Leganes 42 46 17 Real Valladolid CF 42 46 18 Cadiz CF 42 43 19 CD Mirandes 42 40 20 SD Huesca 42 38 21 Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa 42 37 22 Real Zaragoza 42 36 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 07 Apr Albacete Balompie H 2–1 W 29 Mar Burgos CF A 0–0 D 23 Mar CD Tenerife H 1–1 D 17 Mar Real Zaragoza A 1–0 W 10 Mar AD Alcorcon A 1–1 D 02 Mar SD Huesca H 0–0 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 07 Apr RCD Espanyol de Barcelona A 1–2 L 30 Mar SD Huesca H 1–1 D 25 Mar Racing Club de Ferrol H 1–1 D 17 Mar Elche CF A 2–3 L 09 Mar Real Oviedo H 1–2 L 01 Mar Real Sporting de Gijon A 1–2 L Key Stats
100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history36% Clean Sheets
Albacete Balompie this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
Albacete Balompie0-153/316-301/–31-454/246-601/361-752/476+4/1■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' KICK OFF: Albacete Balompie gets underway.
- 5' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 9' GOAL! Alberto Quiles scores on 9. Assisted by Antonio Pacheco
- 14' What an equalizer from Jofre Carreras Pages!
- 19' Supporters expect more eagerness from Antonio Glauder, as he is very good at scoring at RCDE Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 24' It’s high time Manolo Gonzalez made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 29' Albacete Balompie seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 33' That looks like a foul for a card for Nico Melamed.
- 38' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 41' Albacete Balompie player sees a card in front of him.
- 46' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 46 minutes.
- 50' Albacete Balompie player sees a card in front of him.
- 53' Sensational shot from Nico Melamed. RCD Espanyol de Barcelona is back in the lead.
- 58' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Albacete Balompie needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 63' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Albacete Balompie that had 121 games and scored 106 goals.
- 64' A meaty challenge results in booking for Aguado on 64.
- 66' RCD Espanyol de Barcelona manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Keidi Bare is hanging Nico Melamed on the field on 66 minute.
- 71' It’s gonna be a card for Javi Puado.
- 71' Carlos Isaac has so much to prove this time. He replaces Alvaro Rodriguez on 71 minute.
- 76' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 79' It’s gonna be a card for Alberto Quiles.
- 80' Another substitution for Albacete Balompie to replace Mohammed Djetei by Rai Marchan on 80 minute.
- 82' It is a substitution in RCD Espanyol de Barcelona team. Jofre Carreras Pages is replaced by Sergi Gomez on 82 minute.
- 87' Gaston Valles has so much to prove this time. He replaces Javi Puado on 87 minute.
- With this win, RCD Espanyol de Barcelona is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.
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Lineups
RCD Espanyol de Barcelona Lineups
4-4-2Starting XI
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Martin Braithwaite ↓ Pere Milla 87'
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Javi Puado ↓ Gaston Valles 87'
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- 14
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- 17
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- 23
- 15
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21
Nico Melamed ↓ Keidi Bare 66'
Bench
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Keidi Bare ↑ 66'
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Sergi Gomez ↑ 82'
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Pere Milla ↑ 87'
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- 16
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- 10
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- 19
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Gaston Valles ↑ 87'
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Coach Manolo GonzálezAlbacete Balompie Lineups
4-3-3Starting XI
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- 24
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- 18
- 10
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Alberto Quiles ↓ Higinio Marin 80'
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Mohammed Djetei ↓ Rai Marchan 80'
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Alvaro Rodriguez ↓ Carlos Isaac 71'
Bench
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Carlos Isaac ↑ 71'
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9
Higinio Marin ↑ 80'
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Daniel Escriche Romero ↑ 71'
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- 13
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Rai Marchan ↑ 80'
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Samuel Shashoua ↑ 87'
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Coach Alberto González -
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Alberto Quiles 2 Fernando Calero 1 Jofre Carreras Pages 1 Nico Melamed 1 Head to Head
RCD Espanyol de Barcelona Form
2024-04-07 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 2–1 Albacete Balompie W 2024-03-29 Burgos CF 0–0 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona D 2024-03-23 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 1–1 CD Tenerife D 2024-03-17 Real Zaragoza 0–1 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona W 2024-03-10 AD Alcorcon 1–1 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona D 2024-03-02 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 0–0 SD Huesca DAlbacete Balompie Form
2024-04-07 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 2–1 Albacete Balompie L 2024-03-30 Albacete Balompie 1–1 SD Huesca D 2024-03-25 Albacete Balompie 1–1 Racing Club de Ferrol D 2024-03-17 Elche CF 3–2 Albacete Balompie L 2024-03-09 Albacete Balompie 1–2 Real Oviedo L 2024-03-01 Real Sporting de Gijon 2–1 Albacete Balompie L -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.51 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.06 Albacete Balompie xGI would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: RCD Espanyol de Barcelona winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.57Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 90% 10% ± 1.5 73% 27% ± 2.5 47% 53% ± 3.5 26% 74% ± 4.5 13% 87% Double Chance
RCD Espanyol de Barcelona or Draw 77%Draw or Albacete Balompie 49%RCD Espanyol de Barcelona or Albacete Balompie 74%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 13.1%1 – 0 10.5%0 – 0 9.6%2 – 1 Actual2 – 0 8.5%0 – 1 7%1 – 2 6.2%2 – 2 4.8%3 – 1 4.5%3 – 0 4.2%0 – 2 4.2%3 – 2 2.5%Asian Handicap — RCD Espanyol de Barcelona
Handicap RCD Espanyol de Barcelona covers Push Albacete Balompie covers -2.5 10% — 90% -2 10% 14% 76% -1.5 24% — 76% -1 24% 22% 54% -0.5 46% — 54% +0.5 75% — 25% +1 75% 15% 10% +1.5 90% — 10% +2 90% 7% 3% +2.5 97% — 3% Clean Sheet
RCD Espanyol de Barcelona keeps clean sheet 35% ✓Albacete Balompie keeps clean sheet 23% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.

