ALBACETE. Albacete prevails over FC Andorra 3-1. Albacete got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from Manu Fuster (32′) and Jonathan Silva (45′). FC Andorra tried to recover with a goal from Álex Petxa (51′). Nevertheless, the match was closed by a goal (90′) scored by Higinio Marín for Albacete. FC Andorra was much better in terms of ball possession (76%).​

The match was played at the Estadio Carlos Belmonte stadium in Albacete on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Álvaro Moreno Aragón assisted by Rodrigo Blázquez Sánchez and Mario Martín-Consuegra Díaz. The 4th official was Manuel García Gómez. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was hot at 27.72 degrees Celsius or 81.9 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 26%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

FC Andorra had a superior ball possession 76% while Albacete was struggling with a 24% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

FC Andorra was more pushing with 51 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyhow, Albacete found a way to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Albacete shot 12 times, 7 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, FC Andorra shot 11 times, 2 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Albacete received 2 yellow cards (Jonathan Silva and Lander Olaetxea). On the other side, FC Andorra received 2 yellow cards (José Marsà and Sergi Samper).

Standings

After playing this match, Albacete will have 11 points like Sporting Gijón to sit in the 10th place. Regarding the opposition, FC Andorra will stay with 10 points like Burgos and Real Valladolid to sit in the 13th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga 2, Albacete will host Mirandés on the 26th of May with a 3-3 head to head stats.

FC Andorra will play away agasint Sporting Gijón on the 12th of May with a 1-1 head to head record.

Albacete – Formation

Albacete started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Rubén Albés Yáñez decided to play with the following team: Diego Altube (6.7), Carlos Isaac (7.1), Lander Olaetxea (7.8), Toni Datkovic (7.1), Cristian Glauder (6.4), Jonathan Silva (7.3), Juanma García (7.1), Riki Rodríguez (7.3), Manu Fuster (7.8), Alberto Quiles (7.5) and Dani Escriche (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Bernabé Barragán, Mohamed Djetei (6.4), Higinio Marín (7.3), Julio Alonso (7.0), Antonio Pacheco, Samuel Shashoua , Álvaro Rodríguez (6.6) and Luis Roldán.

Substitutions

Albacete made 4 changes: Dani Escriche for Higinio Marín (62′), Jonathan Silva for Julio Alonso (81′), Carlos Isaac for Álvaro Rodríguez (81′) and Alberto Quiles for Mohamed Djetei (72′).

Best player: Manu Fuster​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Albacete was Manu Fuster.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 21 passes (81% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 8. He performed 4 crosses.

FC Andorra – Formation

FC Andorra started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Eder Sarabia Armesto played with: Dani Martín (7.5), Álex Petxa (7.5), Anderson Arroyo (6.8), Diego González (7.0), José Marsà (6.8), Sergi Samper (6.3), Sergio Molina (6.4), Álex Calvo (6.1), Álvaro Martín (7.1), Julen Lobete (6.4) and Manuel Nieto (7.3).

They had on the bench: Nico Ratti, Álex Pastor, Jandro Orellana (6.4), Iván Gil (6.7), Laorent Shabani, Oier Olazábal, Aurélien Scheidler (7.0), Martí Vilà (6.8), Rubén Bover, Diego Alende, Pablo Moreno (6.6) and Iker Benito.

Substitutions

FC Andorra made 5 changes: Manuel Nieto for Aurélien Scheidler (62′), Julen Lobete for Pablo Moreno (79′), Sergi Samper for Jandro Orellana (72′), José Marsà for Martí Vilà (46′) and Álex Petxa for Iván Gil (72′).

Best player: Álex Petxa​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for FC Andorra was Álex Petxa.

His rating is (7.5) with 1 goal, 48 passes (90% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 7.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the La Liga 2.​

• Villarreal II – Alcorcón – 2-2
• SD Eibar – Tenerife – 3-0
• Elche – Levante – 0-0
• Albacete – FC Andorra – 3-1