Albacete welcome Córdoba to Segunda División action with a form rating of 6.22 out of 10, nearly a full point ahead of visitors sitting at 5.33. The gap is modest but consistent, and the hosts carry three wins from their last five into Sunday's encounter, having scored 7 and conceded 4 across that stretch. Córdoba's recent profile is more conservative: one win, three draws and a single defeat from five, with just 3 goals scored and 4 conceded, though two clean sheets in that spell suggest defensive organisation.

Albacete's competitive record this year includes a 3-1 home victory over Real Sociedad II on 24 May and a narrow 2-1 away win at Córdoba on 15 May, sandwiched around a damaging 0-1 loss at AD Ceuta FC on 30 May. Pre-season friendlies delivered a 2-1 home success against Al Kholood and a goalless draw at Leganes. The season sample of 8 matches shows Albacete averaging 13.8 shots per game and 4.9 on target, though possession sits at just 36.5 percent and they have failed to score in 30 percent of fixtures. Clean sheets arrive in only 20 percent of outings, pointing to a side that relies on outscoring opponents rather than shutting them out.

Córdoba's summer preparation brought a 1-0 friendly win at Cadiz, a scoreless home draw with Sevilla and a 1-1 away result against Orlando Pirates. Their final competitive fixtures of the previous campaign saw a 1-1 home draw with Huesca on 31 May and a 0-2 defeat at Eibar a week earlier. Across the last five, they have scored in three but managed only 3 goals in total, a rate that will need to improve if they are to trouble a home side that has found the net in three of their last five.

The head to head record across the last 9 meetings favours Córdoba with 4 wins to Albacete's 3, plus 2 draws, and the fixture has averaged 2.56 goals. Both teams have scored in 5 of those 9, and five have gone over 2.5 goals. The most recent encounter saw Albacete win 2-1 away at Córdoba on 15 May, reversing a 3-1 home defeat on 25 October 2025. The two meetings before that finished 1-1, once at Córdoba on 1 June 2025 and once at Albacete on 6 October 2024. A December 2020 clash went 1-0 to Córdoba.

Albacete's form edge and recent away success against these opponents frame the contest, but Córdoba's head to head advantage and defensive solidity in their last five suggest a tighter affair than the form scores alone might imply. The pattern of both teams scoring in more than half of their meetings and the home side's tendency to concede, scoring in 70 percent of games but keeping clean sheets in only 20 percent, points toward goals at both ends. Albacete's superior shot volume and marginally sharper recent output should give them the platform to press for three points, but Córdoba's ability to take a point from four of their last five outings means the margin is likely to be narrow.