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- 6′Girona, goal:1–0assist
- 43′Girona, goal:2–0assist
- Half-time2 – 0
- 46′Albacete, substitution:off
- 52′Albacete, yellow card:Foul
- 53′Albacete, yellow card:Foul
- 66′Girona, substitution:off
- 66′Girona, substitution:off
- 66′Albacete, substitution:off
- 67′Albacete, yellow card:Foul
- 74′Albacete, substitution:off
- 74′Albacete, substitution:off
- 77′Girona, substitution:off
- 80′Albacete, yellow card:Foul
- 84′Girona, substitution:off
- 84′Girona, substitution:off
- 90+1′Albacete, red card:
- Full-time2 – 0
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Girona see off Albacete with first-half double at Montilivi
Girona secured a 2-0 win over Albacete in a Segunda División Regular Season - 7 fixture at Estadi Montilivi, with both goals coming inside the opening 43 minutes. The result lifted Quique Alvarez's side to third in the table, while Albacete remain second from bottom after a difficult start to the campaign.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Abel Ruiz opened the scoring in the sixth minute, converting an assist from Javier Boñar to give the hosts an early lead. Girona doubled their advantage just before the interval when Donny van de Beek finished off a Carles Pérez assist in the 43rd minute, sending the sides in at the break with the contest already looking settled at 2-0.
Albacete's afternoon worsened deep into stoppage time when Sergio Ortu was sent off in the first minute of added time, leaving the visitors to finish the match with ten men. Girona held a spell of general control throughout, and Albacete never found a way back into a game they had trailed since the early stages.
Abel Ruiz opened the scoring with a sixth-minute finish and was rated 8.2, sharing top billing with fellow scorer Donny van de Beek, whose pre-interval strike doubled Girona's lead.
Girona held the edge in possession with 56% of the ball compared to Albacete's 44%, reflecting their control over the contest.
Girona beat Albacete 2–0 (half-time 2–0).
Girona met Albacete in the Segunda División (Regular Season - 7). Kick-off was Friday, 25 September 2026, 18:30 UTC at Estadio Municipal de Montilivi. Referee: Saúl Ais.
Team pages: Girona · Albacete · Segunda División
Key moments
- 6' Goal: Abel Ruiz (assist: Javier Boñar) — 1–0
- 43' Goal: Donny van de Beek (assist: Carles Pérez) — 2–0
- 90+1' Red card: Sergio Ortuño
Starting line-ups
Girona (4-2-3-1)
Albacete (4-4-2)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Girona 64%, the draw 20%, Albacete 16%. It finished Girona 2–0 Albacete.
Girona's rating gap decides it — Girona are clearly the stronger side on our strength rating, and that is most of Girona's 64%. The draw at 20% is about what a gap this size usually leaves.
Why Girona at 64%?
Girona sit 165 points higher on our strength rating — 1623 to 1458. Sides with a 160–240-point rating edge at home won 67.0% of 6,588 such games. The 300 most similar past games finished 64–21–15.
Why only 64%?
Albacete sit -0.65 goals per game below chance-quality — cold streaks like this have bounced back. Finishing swings carry a receipt at this rating gap too: sides finishing this cold won 38.6% of 2,471 such games where the class table expected 35.9%.
Why is the draw only 20%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 19.6%. These teams' recent games average 2.6 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 26.3% of 27,937. The goals environment adds 1.0 points to the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Girona have averaged 8 percentage points more possession than Albacete in recent games. That doesn’t change our forecast here. Girona won 2 of the last 4 meetings with Albacete. The record is 2 wins for Girona, 1 draw and 1 win for Albacete. These were 4 Segunda División games played at both grounds between 23 August 2019 and 28 March 2021. Latest meeting: 28 March 2021 — Girona 2–1 Albacete. In 5,167 historical matches between similarly rated teams, home sides with the stronger head-to-head record won 44.0%. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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About this match
On this page: the Girona vs Albacete final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this Segunda División fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
Watch the goals: goal highlights and video clips of every goal from Girona 2–0 Albacete. Explore more on the Girona and Albacete team pages or the Segunda División page.

