La Liga 2 game prognosis and preview for the Leganés vs Málaga meet

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Wed 12.October
Match begins: 14:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal de Butarque (11454 seats)

Fixate on their own game or focus more on the opposing team? Both Leganés and Málaga need to try something else than in earlier matches. Read more!

Insights:
  • Leganés have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Málaga is in the worst form (0-3-3)

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Leganés form and stats

The story so far in the La Liga 2 for Leganés at their home stadium (Estadio Municipal de Butarque) is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

A good away victory last time out for Leganés, who won 2-1 against FC Cartagena (placed 3rd). Finally, a league victory after four games without. Leganés goalkeeper Riesgo did an outstanding job against FC Cartagena with six saves, so vital to securing the victory.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Albacete (1-2).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Leganés handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Leganés as they are travelling to their away game against Levante in the La Liga 2. That match is four days after this one.

Leganés have conceded 5 in these home matches.

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Málaga form and stats

The visitors are W1-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the La Liga 2. The last three matches for Málaga have all ended in a draw.

Castro was the last player to score for the away team. Málaga haven't scored a league goal in the last 244 minutes. 250 minutes! That's how long the Málaga goalkeeper Manuel Reina Rodriguez and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Málaga played 0-0 against FC Andorra in their previous match. Juanfran, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.64. Juanfran hit three key passes and won 3 of 6 duels.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Racing Santander that ended 0-0.

Málaga are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 9 defeats. From a total of 16 matches.

A quick return to home after this game, as Málaga are hosting Lugo in the La Liga 2 only four days away.

The attacking power of Málaga when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 5 league matches away. Málaga have conceded 6 goals in these away matches. When Málaga is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Real Zaragoza, Tenerife, Lugo, Mirandes, Racing Santander, Real Oviedo and Málaga.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Leganés five wins, one draw and Málaga two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

MálagaR. Castro Martín
R. Castro Martín
2 goals
LeganésK. Omeruo
K. Omeruo
1 goals
LeganésF. Vico Villegas
F. Vico Villegas
1 goals

Leganés missing players

Málaga missing players

Leganés Málaga
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
9 4 0 Played P 3 5 9
2 1 0 Won W 1 1 1
1 1 0 Drew D 1 1 3
6 2 0 Lost L 1 3 5
6 4 0 Scored S 4 4 6
10 5 0 Conceded C 4 6 13
89% 75% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 80% 78%
44% 75% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 40% 56%
44% 75% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 40% 44%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 40% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
44% 75% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 40% 44%
11% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 20% 22%
56% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 60% 56%
 
4.4 3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 3.2 3.1
3.4 3.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 4.4 4.3
2.9 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.7 2.8 3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
12.1 12.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 11 11
3.8 4.2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 3.8 4
18% 24% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 21% 17%
 
11.1 11.5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 18.7 14.6 12.3
3.9 3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 2.6 3.4
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Leganés have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Leganés have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Málaga have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Málaga have the the worst goal difference (-7) in La Liga 2
  • Málaga is in the worst form (0-3-3)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Deportivo Alavés 9 5 3 1 13 10 4 3 1 0 7 3 5 2 2 1 6 7 3 18
2 Las Palmas 9 4 5 0 13 4 5 3 2 0 5 0 4 1 3 0 8 4 9 17
3 FC Cartagena 9 5 1 3 14 11 5 2 1 2 7 7 4 3 0 1 7 4 3 16
4 Sporting Gijon 9 4 3 2 14 9 5 3 1 1 9 5 4 1 2 1 5 4 5 15
5 Burgos 9 3 6 0 5 0 5 3 2 0 5 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 5 15
6 Albacete 9 4 3 2 11 9 5 1 3 1 4 4 4 3 0 1 7 5 2 15
7 FC Andorra 9 4 3 2 10 9 3 3 0 0 6 1 6 1 3 2 4 8 1 15
8 Eibar 8 4 2 2 12 8 4 4 0 0 9 2 4 0 2 2 3 6 4 14
9 Granada 9 4 2 3 9 8 4 3 1 0 7 1 5 1 1 3 2 7 1 14
10 Huesca 9 3 3 3 10 8 5 3 1 1 8 4 4 0 2 2 2 4 2 12
11 Villarreal II 9 3 3 3 13 14 4 2 2 0 8 3 5 1 1 3 5 11 -1 12
12 Ponferradina 9 3 2 4 11 14 5 1 2 2 6 8 4 2 0 2 5 6 -3 11
13 UD Ibiza 9 3 2 4 8 12 4 2 1 1 5 5 5 1 1 3 3 7 -4 11
14 Levante 9 2 4 3 8 7 5 2 1 2 6 3 4 0 3 1 2 4 1 10
15 Tenerife 9 2 4 3 10 11 4 2 2 0 6 3 5 0 2 3 4 8 -1 10
16 Real Oviedo 9 2 4 3 5 7 5 1 1 3 3 6 4 1 3 0 2 1 -2 10
17 Real Zaragoza 9 2 4 3 5 7 5 1 3 1 3 3 4 1 1 2 2 4 -2 10
18 Lugo 9 2 3 4 10 13 4 1 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 2 7 9 -3 9
19 Racing Santander 9 2 2 5 4 8 4 0 2 2 0 3 5 2 0 3 4 5 -4 8
20 Leganés 9 2 1 6 6 10 4 1 1 2 4 5 5 1 0 4 2 5 -4 7
21 Mirandes 8 1 3 4 9 14 5 1 3 1 8 8 3 0 0 3 1 6 -5 6
22 Málaga 9 1 3 5 6 13 4 0 2 2 2 7 5 1 1 3 4 6 -7 6

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Read more about La Liga 2

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.