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With RCD Mallorca against Albacete Balompié the second semi-final in the playoffs rises to the last promotion place for the La Liga. The home side dream that after the promotion from the Segunda Division B in the previous year, the direct move to the upper house of Spanish football. The 2003 cup winner would return to the top Spanish league after six years in the event of success and finally leave the interim sporting streak behind.
However, the Mallorcans expect a very difficult task with Albacete: The guests have delivered an excellent season for their circumstances and are an absolute fear opponent for the RCD. Both duels during the regular season have won the kickers from the east of the country and away they have only three points less than brought in front of their own audience. In Mallorca against Albacete, the odds are still in favor of the hosts. A judgment that we do not agree with. Instead, the Mallorca against Albacete tip is that the guests will not lose at least the first half.
Mallorca:
Mallorca finished the season only two points behind Albacete in fifth. Finally, the shape curve but something down. Only one victory succeeded in the final five rounds, which missed a better starting position for the playoffs. The ranking in the relegation relegation is not entirely unimportant in Spain, as in a draw after each of the two matches in the semi-finals or finals, the rank from the regular season is taken as the benchmark. Mallorca would now draw the short straw compared to Albacete.
However, in the home game of Estadi de Son Moix, Mallorca have again been very consistent this season: only two out of 21 home games have been lost and no fewer than 15 games have been won against their own backdrop. A number that has topped only the sovereign first table CA Osasuna from Pamplona. In addition, the Bermellones have the best home offensive and second strongest home defense in La Liga 2 on. The last home defeat dates to the beginning of December 2018, when it put a 1: 2 defeat against Malaga. As mentioned at the beginning of the upcoming opponent but also not a welcome guest, because the only other home defeat against Albacete on Matchday 6 took place last September.
In the offensive, coach Vicente Moreno will put his hopes above all on top striker Junior Lago of Ivory Coast, who was spared a goalless draw at Extremadura on Matchday. A measure that was also made at the winter new arrival Ante Budimir. The 27-year-old Croat came from Crotone in Serie B and has now integrated very well into the team structure with five goals and a template.
Albacete:
After the Queso Mecánico had dropped a hair last year, after all, the class was only on the last day and only with one point saved in advance, the running time was surprisingly positive. So the team of coach Luis Miguel Ramis was at the beginning of the second half even for two games at the top of the table and finally fourth place can of course also be seen. Especially against the background that Albacete last represented 14 years ago in La Liga and in between slipped twice in the third division.
The successful season was also worked out abroad: two-thirds of the guest appearances were not lost and with ten wins from 21 games abroad, Albacete has the most away away. Above all, the offensive has regularly convinced on foreign terrain. With 25 goals, the club has the second-best away goal after Real Zaragoza. That it went so well this season, owes the club, among other things, its additions from last summer. Two examples of several are the offensive players Eugeni Valderrama (SD Huesca) and Rey Manaj (Inter Milan), who noticeably revived the attacking game compared to the previous year.
Painful, however, is the failure of captain Alvaro Arroyo, who injured his knee in the last game of the 0-3 in Almeria and now fails for the playoffs. The 30-year-old ex-Getafe player is usually in the defensive composite, so his absence represents a significant weakening for the defense. This can easily be seen from the fact that the record for the six games without him with one win, two draws and three defeats is clearly negative. Add to that the recent defeat against Almeria, where he had to leave the court after only about a quarter of an hour of playing time, it even becomes weaker.
Mallorca vs Albacete head to head matches
10.02.19 LL2 Albacete Mallorca 2 : 0
23.09.18 LL2 Mallorca Albacete 1 : 3
08.05.16 LL2 Albacete Mallorca 1 : 0
06.12.15 LL2 Mallorca Albacete 2 : 0
24.05.15 LL2 Albacete Mallorca 4 : 2