La Liga preview: Home supporters expecting a win when Barcelona host Leganés

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Barcelona and Leganés.

Barcelona form and stats

Barcelona, who have the most scored goals (67) in La Liga, have been outstanding at home so far in the La Liga with 13 wins, 1 draw and only 0 losses. Barcelona has won so many consecutive home games (six in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Camp Nou. We remember; it was Real Madrid.

The Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the La Liga.

Barcelona enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Mallorca's place. The match ended 4-0 with Martin Braithwaite, Jordi Alba, Arturo Vidal and Lionel Messi scoring. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Real Sociedad in a game that was won 1-0.

As mentioned above, Barcelona "killed" Mallorca in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.

Barcelona are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave Camp Nou with a victory. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. 17 earlier games are comparable to this one, and Barcelona has won 14 times, drawn two and lost one. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Barcelona has won by at least two goals eleven times when in this position.

Barcelona are traveling soon after this match as the La Liga match at Sevilla awaits in three days.

With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Barcelona is on fire here. A stunning 45 from 14 league matches. From these home matches, Barcelona have conceded only 12 goals.

Leganés form and stats

There's been little loot from Leganés's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 13 away games in the La Liga. Leganés only have 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 5 draws.

Home advantage was not enough for Leganés in their previous game, as they lost their La Liga-match, hosting Real Valladolid, 1-2. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Villarreal.

Leganés are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found eight matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were two wins, two draws and four defeats. Of the defeats, two games were lost by at least two goals margin.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Leganés manager J. Aguirre Onaindía as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Mallorca.

The visitors have scored 8 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Leganés struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 20 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Leganés - Barcelona 1-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last eight meetings between these two teams are: seven wins for Barcelona, zero draws and one win for Leganés. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: zero games.

Top Goalscorers

L. Messi 20 goals

L. Suárez Díaz 11 goals

A. Griezmann 8 goals

Barcelona missing players

Leganés missing players

		Total						Home						Away
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	P
1	Barcelona	28	19	4	5	67	31	14	13	1	0	45	12	14	6	3	5	22	19	36	61
2	Real Madrid	27	16	8	3	49	19	13	9	4	0	27	9	14	7	4	3	22	10	30	56
3	Sevilla	28	14	8	6	41	29	14	7	5	2	21	13	14	7	3	4	20	16	12	50
4	Real Sociedad	27	14	4	9	45	33	13	8	2	3	27	12	14	6	2	6	18	21	12	46
5	Getafe	28	13	7	8	38	27	14	7	4	3	21	13	14	6	3	5	17	14	11	46
6	Atletico Madrid	27	11	12	4	31	21	14	8	5	1	20	9	13	3	7	3	11	12	10	45
7	Valencia	28	11	10	7	39	40	15	8	7	0	24	13	13	3	3	7	15	27	-1	43	BTTS	75%	62%	62%
8%	15%	50%	Clean Sheets	C S	25%	8%	12%
42%	38%	50%	Failed to Score	F T	0%	31%	29%
4.4	4.7	4.5	Corners for (avg)	C F	3	4	5.2
5.2	4.5	5.8	Corners against (avg)	C A	3.8	6.2	6
2.2	2.5	2.8	Yellow cards (avg)	Y C	1.8	2.2	2.3
1	0	0	Red cards	R C	0	0	1
231	131	54	Total Shots	T S	47	118	222
95	59	26	Shots on Target	S O	18	45	85
28%	32%	31%	Goal Efficiency	G E	44%	42%	38%

Vítkovice			First Half	Třinec
Total	Home	vs low	Statistics	Stat	vs low	Away	Total
26	13	4	Played	P	4	13	24
3	2	1	Won	W	2	5	9
5	3	1	Drew	D	0	1	7
18	8	2	Lost	L	2	7	8
9	7	3	Scored	S	2	8	15
33	15	3	Conceded	C	2	13	16
85%	85%	75%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	100%	92%	75%
54%	54%	50%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	0%	38%	33%
19%	23%	25%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	0%	31%	21%
4%	8%	0%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	0%	0%	0%
0%	0%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	0%	0%
19%	31%	25%	BTTS	BTTS	0%	23%	21%
23%	23%	50%	Clean Sheets	C S	50%	31%	50%
73%	62%	50%	Failed to Score	F T	50%	54%	54%

Vítkovice			Second Half	Třinec
Total	Home	vs low	Statistics	Stat	vs low	Away	Total
26	13	4	Played	P	4	13	24
6	6	2	Won	W	3	4	5
9	4	1	Drew	D	0	3	9
11	3	1	Lost	L	1	6	10
18	12	5	Scored	S	6	11	17
26	6	1	Conceded	C	3	13	22
81%	69%	75%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	100%	85%	83%
58%	38%	50%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	75%	62%	50%
27%	31%	25%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	50%	38%	25%
4%	0%	0%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	0%	0%	4%
0%	0%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	0%	0%
35%	23%	0%	BTTS	BTTS	50%	46%	42%
31%	54%	75%	Clean Sheets	C S	50%	31%	29%
54%	54%	50%	Failed to Score	F T	0%	38%	46%

Key stats in 2. Liga FNL this season:

• Třinec have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
• Třinec have won significantly less corners away then at home.
• Třinec haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
• Vítkovice has the fewest dropped points from leading position (4)
• Vítkovice has the fewest scored goals in the first half (9)
• Vítkovice has the most conceded goals in the first half (33)
• Vítkovice has the the worst goal difference (-32)
• Vítkovice have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.