Albacete welcome Celta de Vigo II to Estadio Carlos Belmonte on Monday at 19:30 UTC in Matchday 14 of the Segunda División Regular Season. The hosts sit 21st in the 22-team table, while Celta de Vigo II occupy 17th place, with three points between the two sides.
Albacete are in the bottom two of the table, having accumulated 10 points from 13 matches — a record of three wins, one draw and nine defeats, with 13 goals scored and 24 conceded. Despite that overall standing, they arrive in notably improved form, having won their last three successive matches to take nine points from their past five fixtures.
Celta de Vigo II sit in the bottom third of the table with 13 points from 13 matches — three wins, four draws and six defeats, with 19 goals scored and 25 conceded. Their recent form has been less consistent, yielding five points from their last five matches, a run that includes one win, two draws and two defeats.
Albacete's three-match winning run includes victories over Leganes, Sabadell and Eldense, whilst Celta de Vigo II's most recent outing ended in a 2-1 defeat to Burgos, following a draw with Cordoba and a heavy 5-1 loss at Girona.
The table places both clubs firmly in the lower half of the Segunda División, and with three points separating them, Monday's match carries clear significance for both sides at this stage of the Regular Season.