SD Eibar v Albacete Balompié

Segunda División | Estadio Municipal de Ipurúa
Sunday, 12 November 2023 @ 8.00pm

SD Eibar face Albacete Balompié on Sunday seeking to protect their formidable unbeaten run in the Segunda División.

SD Eibar are unbeaten in nine, with seven wins and two draws, ahead of the 8pm kick-off.

They face an Albacete team who have won three and drawn two over the same number of games.

With 26 goals in 14 games so far this season, Eibar are the league's highest scorers with 1.9 goals per game. But they are conceding more than average too, letting in 18 goals at a rate of 1.3 per game.

Albacete, meanwhile, are below average scorers, with 1.1 goals per game, compared to a league average of 1.2. They have conceded 1.5 goals per game.

SD Eibar are third in the table after 14 games, of which they have won eight and drawn two, earning 26 points.

Albacete Balompié are 14 places behind the home team in 17th, with four wins and four draws putting them on 16 points.

In Ager Aketxe Barrutia, Eibar have one of the league's most on-form strikers so far this season. He has notched six goals in 12 appearances, to sit fourth in the scoring charts.

The visitors' top scorers, with three goals in 14 games each, are Alberto Quiles Piosa and Manuel Fuster Lázaro.

Eibar's last match was on November 3, a 2-2 draw against RCD Espanyol, with Javi Puado (own goal) and Jon Bautista Orgilles getting the goals for SD Eibar.

Albacete drew 1-1 with Elche CF last time out, on November 4, with Daniel Escriche Romero on the scoresheet.