FC Andorra - Albacete

Albacete arrive in Encamp missing Higinio Marin, Victor Valverde, Antonio Puertas and Pepe Sanchez, gutting their attacking midfield options for a long away trip on the final matchday. With Higinio and Puertas typically generating chances for a side that already averages just 1.6 goals per game, the away creative ceiling is materially capped.

Albacete's defining 2025-26 storyline was beating Real Madrid 3-2 in the Copa del Rey under former Madridista Alvaro Arbeloa, reaching the quarter-finals for the first time since 1994-95. With nothing left to chase in the league and the Copa narrative already banked, intensity discipline on a road dead rubber is a real concern for the visitors.

Andorra are in their first Segunda Division season since promotion in June 2025, with new head coach Ibai Gomez closing out his debut campaign at home in 9th place. The home side has tangible reputational stakes — final ladder position, end-of-season home crowd, and a coaching project to validate — that the visitors simply do not share.

Albacete have won 5 of the last 6 meetings, including 0-1 wins at Andorra in January 2023 and May 2024 plus a 2-0 friendly in July 2025, so the away side carries a clear psychological edge. The countervailing context this time is concrete: Andorra haven't lost in five, kept clean sheets in three of those, while Albacete arrive depleted on a stakes-free trip — meaning the historical pattern is being tested against the most extreme situational mismatch of the series.