A lot at stake in this fixture, with Espanyol in 1st and Leganés in 2nd. Read our preview!
- Espanyol have the most scored goals (22) in La Liga 2
- Leganés have the fewest conceded goals (5) in La Liga 2
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Espanyol form and stats
Espanyol have collected 13 points from their La Liga 2 home games so far after 4-1-0. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at RCDE Stadium.
A nice win for Espanyol last time playing, versus Real Valladolid. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with Braithwaite and Puado scoring for the victors. The goalie Pacheco was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.81 out of ten. Pacheco topped it up with a clean sheet.
Heartbreak before that as Espanyol lost 1-3 at Villarreal II's place.Goals are plentiful at RCDE Stadium in the league this season as Espanyol has scored 13 goals here in 5 home games.
Leganés form and stats
Playing away, Leganés have won 3 games, drawn 0 and suffered 2 defeats in the La Liga 2 this season.
The Leganés goalkeeper Diego Jose Conde Alcolado is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 269 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Impressive finishing from la Fuente, Chicco, Raba and Garcia secured the home win 6-0 against Amorebieta in their previous game. As you can tell from the results above, Leganés was very dominant against Amorebieta, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 6-0 (!) with la Fuente, Chicco, Raba and Garcia providing the goals. It's hard not to mention la Fuente's lethal finishing against Amorebieta. three goals were a big reason for the important victory. Midfield player Raba was the top player of the team with a match rating of 9.31/10. Raba scored one goal, signed up for two assists and hit five key passes.
Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Real Oviedo.Highlight this: 9 of the last 11 league fixtures featuring this team have ended with only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting terms).
Leganés find the net regularly in their away games. 6 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. Leganés are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 3 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Espanyol five wins, zero draws and Leganés five victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less. The games between these teams have sometimes been hot-tempered, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Braithwait 6 goals |  J. Puado Díaz 6 goals |   D. Raba Antolí 4 goals |
Espanyol missing players
Leganés missing players
| Espanyol | Leganés | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 22 | 13 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 18 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 82% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 40% | 55% |
| 45% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 36% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 27% | 40% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 45% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 45% | 60% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 40% | 55% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 36% |
| 5.6 | 5.6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 4.4 | 3.1 |
| 4.5 | 3 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
| 2.5 | 2.4 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14.7 | 15.8 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2 | 8.2 | 10 |
| 4.6 | 4.8 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 3 | 4.1 |
| 43% | 54% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 40% | 40% |
| 10.8 | 8.4 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20 | 14 | 12.1 |
| 3.5 | 2.8 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.8 | 3.1 |
- All of Espanyol's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Espanyol have not yet lost a game at home.
- Espanyol have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Espanyol have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Espanyol have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Leganés have scored away.
- Espanyol have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Espanyol have the most scored goals (13) at home in La Liga 2
- Espanyol have the most scored goals (22) in La Liga 2
- Espanyol have the most scored goals in the second half (13) in La Liga 2
- Espanyol haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Leganés have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Leganés have the fewest conceded goals (5) in La Liga 2
- Leganés have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in La Liga 2
- Leganés have the the best goal difference (+13) in La Liga 2
- Leganés have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Leganés haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Espanyol | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 23 |
| 2 | Leganés | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 22 |
| 3 | Tenerife | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 22 |
| 4 | Real Zaragoza | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 20 |
| 5 | Levante | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 |
| 6 | Eibar | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 19 |
| 7 | Real Valladolid | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 19 |
| 8 | Racing Santander | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 18 |
| 9 | Sporting Gijon | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| 10 | Burgos | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 16 |
| 11 | Racing Ferrol | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| 12 | Albacete | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -4 | 14 |
| 13 | Real Oviedo | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 14 | Villarreal II | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 13 |
| 15 | FC Andorra | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 13 |
| 16 | Elche | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -5 | 13 |
| 17 | Eldense | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 12 |
| 18 | Mirandes | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 11 |
| 19 | Amorebieta | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -7 | 9 |
| 20 | Alcorcon | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -9 | 9 |
| 21 | Huesca | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -5 | 8 |
| 22 | FC Cartagena | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -9 | 5 |
