Leganés vs Almería match preview

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Wed 17.February
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal de Butarque (11454 seats)

Leganés and Almería are both riding high in the La Liga 2 with their 4th and 3rd positions respectively. Expect a great game!

Insights:
  • Leganés has the most points (30) at home in La Liga 2
  • Almería has the most scored goals in the second half (21) in La Liga 2

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 Leganés and Almería.

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Leganés form and stats

Leganés, who have the most points (30) at home in La Liga 2, have been outstanding at home so far in the La Liga 2 with 10 wins, 0 draws and only 2 losses. Leganés has recorded two wins in a row here at Estadio Municipal de Butarque, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Leganés's previous game was a La Liga 2 match also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Albacete (placed 20th). The home side are looking to build on that result. In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Girona.

This is expected to be a close game, with Leganés perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Leganés as a small favourite), we find eleven games. Leganés has won five of these, drawn two and lost four.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Leganés, as the La Liga 2 home game vs Tenerife is only four days away.

Leganés have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Municipal de Butarque with 18 goals in 12 league matches. From these home matches, Leganés have conceded only 7 goals. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Almería form and stats

Almería's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Almería collect 22 points from their 11 away matches in the La Liga 2. 7 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 3 defeats).

Almería are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the La Liga 2 against Las Palmas (placed 12th). Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Fuenlabrada that ended 1-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Almería playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were six Almería wins, four draws and four defeats.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Almería manager J. Martins Teixeira Gomes as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Mallorca.

Almería have scored 14 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. Almería are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 10 times in 11 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last two meetings: one - zero - one (Leganés wins - draws - Almería wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AlmeríaU. Sadiq Mesbah
U. Sadiq Mesbah
11 goals
AlmeríaJ. Corpas Serna
J. Corpas Serna
9 goals
LeganésS. Merino Zuloaga
S. Merino Zuloaga
8 goals

Leganés missing players

Almería missing players

Leganés Almería
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
24 12 4 Played P 2 11 24
13 10 3 Won W 1 7 15
4 0 0 Drew D 0 1 4
7 2 1 Lost L 1 3 5
28 18 4 Scored S 2 14 37
19 7 1 Conceded C 2 10 20
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
50% 42% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 73% 71%
33% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 45% 50%
17% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 21%
8% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
38% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 55% 54%
46% 50% 75% Clean Sheets C S 50% 27% 29%
29% 17% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 18% 21%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 2.1 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 4 3.2
4 2 2 Red cards R C 1 4 5
 
7.6 6.9 6.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 7 8.8
3.3 3.6 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.2 3.7
35% 42% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 40% 42%
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Almería has the most scored goals in the second half (21) in La Liga 2
  • Almería haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Leganés has the most points (30) at home in La Liga 2
  • Leganés have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Leganés haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Mallorca 25 15 6 4 34 13 13 7 2 4 20 9 12 8 4 0 14 4 21 51
2 Espanyol 25 15 4 6 37 16 12 9 1 2 21 7 13 6 3 4 16 9 21 49
3 Almería 24 15 4 5 37 20 13 8 3 2 23 10 11 7 1 3 14 10 17 49
4 Leganés 24 13 4 7 28 19 12 10 0 2 18 7 12 3 4 5 10 12 9 43
5 Rayo Vallecano 25 12 5 8 30 23 12 8 1 3 18 9 13 4 4 5 12 14 7 41
6 Sporting Gijon 24 11 7 6 25 17 12 7 5 0 15 6 12 4 2 6 10 11 8 40
7 Mirandes 25 10 7 8 26 21 13 4 6 3 13 11 12 6 1 5 13 10 5 37
8 Ponferradina 25 11 4 10 26 27 12 6 3 3 15 12 13 5 1 7 11 15 -1 37
9 Girona 25 9 7 9 20 23 12 5 3 4 8 7 13 4 4 5 12 16 -3 34
10 Tenerife 25 9 6 10 22 23 13 6 4 3 14 7 12 3 2 7 8 16 -1 33
11 Lugo 24 8 8 8 24 23 12 6 4 2 12 6 12 2 4 6 12 17 1 32
12 Las Palmas 25 8 8 9 25 32 12 7 2 3 17 13 13 1 6 6 8 19 -7 32
13 Malaga 24 8 7 9 22 31 12 2 5 5 9 15 12 6 2 4 13 16 -9 31
14 Fuenlabrada 24 6 12 6 24 25 12 2 8 2 8 8 12 4 4 4 16 17 -1 30
15 UD Logrones 25 8 5 12 18 31 12 5 2 5 11 15 13 3 3 7 7 16 -13 29
16 Real Oviedo 24 6 10 8 25 25 12 3 5 4 16 14 12 3 5 4 9 11 0 28
17 Real Zaragoza 25 7 6 12 21 24 12 5 4 3 13 10 13 2 2 9 8 14 -3 27
18 Sabadell 25 6 8 11 23 29 13 2 5 6 11 15 12 4 3 5 12 14 -6 26
19 FC Cartagena 25 6 7 12 27 35 13 4 3 6 17 17 12 2 4 6 10 18 -8 25
20 Albacete 25 6 6 13 17 31 12 3 4 5 10 13 13 3 2 8 7 18 -14 24
21 Alcorcon 25 6 5 14 14 26 13 5 0 8 9 16 12 1 5 6 5 10 -12 23
22 Castellon 24 6 4 14 21 32 12 5 0 7 11 10 12 1 4 7 10 22 -11 22

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The Segunda División, also known as La Liga 2, is the second highest level of the football league pyramid in Spain. 22 teams play each other home and away for a 42 match season. Top two of the league table earns promotion and one more is promoted through playoff fixtures. The bottom four are relegated.