In the Segunda División game on 18 September 2026, Cordoba beat Albacete 1:2. Match numbers: corners 4:3, fouls 12:22.
Match report
Córdoba secured a narrow 2-1 victory over Albacete at the Carlos Belmonte on Friday evening, moving to within two points of their hosts in the Segunda División table. The sixth matchday encounter ended with the visitors claiming all three points despite a spirited opening from the home side. Álex Rubio Roldán gave Albacete the lead inside the first minute, but Córdoba responded with two second-half strikes to turn the result around after the break.
Rubio Roldán's early effort caught the home supporters off guard, sending the stadium into a flutter before Diego Bri received a yellow card just eight minutes in. Lorenzo Aguado Herrera came on for Albacete in the twenty-sixth minute as the home side looked to shore up their defence. The hosts did not need to wait long for an equaliser, but it was Ismael Ruiz Sánchez who struck first for Córdoba in the fifty-seventh minute, ending a barren spell for the away attack.
Albacete pushed for a response but found themselves behind once more when Diego Percan fired home in the seventy-first minute. The goal came after Cristian Carracedo had been substituted in the fifty-sixth minute, a change that appeared to shift the momentum away from the home side. Albacete made two changes in the seventy-eighth minute as they searched for a late equaliser, bringing on both Rubio Roldán and Javi Villar in what looked like a desperate bid to salvage something from the match.
The statistics told a story of wasted opportunity for Albacete. They registered eleven shots with four on target, but failed to convert despite creating one big chance compared to Córdoba's two. The visitors controlled possession at 54 percent and launched 106 attacks, while Albacete managed only 80. Expected goals figures of 1.29 for the hosts and 0.85 for the visitors suggested the scoreline might have been fairer, yet Córdoba took their chances when it mattered most.
The result leaves Albacete rooted to the bottom of the table with just two points from six matches, while Córdoba move up to seventeenth place on four points. The hosts have not won since the opening day and face a difficult run ahead. We had backed Albacete for victory earlier this week, but the match went another way — and it was that early goal that set the tone for everything that followed.
