Match summary
Albacete beat Leganes 3-1 on the road. Albacete led 2-0 at half-time.
In the first half, Antonio Pacheco put Albacete ahead in the 20th minute and Alex Rubio made it 0-2 in first-half stoppage time. In the second half, Higinio Marín made it 0-3 from the penalty spot in the 59th minute and Álvaro Morata pulled one back to make it 1-3 with a header in the 68th minute.
Shots finished 17-13 to Leganes, with 7 on target for Leganes and 4 for Albacete. Álvaro Morata had a penalty saved for Leganes. Leganes had a player sent off.
Leganes dominated possession with 63 percent of the ball and registered 17 shots against Albacete on matchday 13 of the Segunda División, but ultimately fell to a 1-3 defeat. The hosts accumulated 7 shots on target, 9 corners and 435 completed passes, yet failed to convert their territorial advantage into a positive result. Albacete managed 13 shots with 5 on target from 37 percent possession. The match was characterised by high discipline issues, featuring a total of 11 yellow cards issued by the referee and a late red card for the hosts following a VAR review, alongside 20 fouls committed by Leganes and 14 by the visitors.
The scoring opened in the 20th minute when Antonio Pacheco scored with a left-footed shot for Albacete. A VAR review upheld a goal for Álex Millán of Leganes in the 41st minute before Alex Rubio added a second for the visitors with a right-footed shot in added time of the first half, making the half-time score 0-2. Higinio Marín extended the visitors lead further by converting a penalty in the 59th minute. Álvaro Morata scored a header for Leganes in the 68th minute to bring the score to 1-3, but Morata subsequently missed a penalty in the 86th minute, and Javi Montero received a red card in added time.