A vital game in La Liga 2 as both participants are challenging for the top league positions. With Leganés in 2nd place and Racing Santander placed 5th, this is almost guaranteed to be a thriling duel. Read on to learn more!
- Leganés have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Racing Santander have yet to win a game away.
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!
Leganés form and stats
Leganés have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the La Liga 2. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
A strong away win for Leganés against Mirandes the last match, as la Fuente, Garcia and Djouahra were on target. González was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.32 out of 10. The defender González won 4 of 6 duels.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Elche (0-1).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 11 games. Leganés has won 3 of these, drawn 2 and lost 6.
Leganés has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. Defensively Leganés have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 3 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Racing Santander form and stats
The La Liga 2 season is young and Racing Santander have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 2 draws and 1 defeat so far.
Santander had fun at their own home (Estadio Municipal de Butarque) last time out, beating Albacete 2-1. Martín and Arana scored. Arana, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.43. Arana scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
Before that, Racing Santander travelled to Real Zaragoza and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Racing Santander in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Racing Santander, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
Santander have another match away in just four sleeps, a La Liga 2 fixture versus Tenerife. A difficult diary for the visitors!
The attacking power of Racing Santander when travelling is not overwhelming with 2 goals scored from 3 league matches away. Racing Santander have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the previous five meetings): Leganés won one game, three matches ended in a draw and Racing Santander managed one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / two. The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being aggressive, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last five encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Raba Antolí 2 goals |  D. García Campos 2 goals |   J. Arana Gómez 2 goals |
Leganés missing players
Racing Santander missing players
| Leganés | Racing Santander | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 57% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 71% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 43% |
| 57% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 43% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 29% |
| 2.9 | 2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 4.7 | 4.9 |
| 4.9 | 3.3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.7 | 6 |
| 2.7 | 2.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 11.3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 12 | 10.3 |
| 3.7 | 4.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4 | 3.9 |
| 38% | 31% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 17% | 33% |
| 14.1 | 11.3 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 17 | 15 |
| 3.7 | 3.3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.7 | 3.3 |
- All of Racing Santander's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Leganés have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Leganés have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Leganés haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Racing Santander have yet to win a 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 | Real Zaragoza | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 2 | Leganés | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | Espanyol | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | Levante | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| 5 | Racing Santander | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | Tenerife | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | Sporting Gijon | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 8 | Burgos | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 9 | Real Valladolid | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 10 |
| 10 | FC Andorra | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 10 |
| 11 | Racing Ferrol | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 12 | Eibar | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 9 |
| 13 | Amorebieta | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 8 |
| 14 | Villarreal II | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| 15 | Albacete | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -2 | 8 |
| 16 | Eldense | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 8 |
| 17 | Elche | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -4 | 8 |
| 18 | Huesca | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 19 | Mirandes | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 7 |
| 20 | Alcorcon | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -8 | 5 |
| 21 | Real Oviedo | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 3 |
| 22 | FC Cartagena | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -6 | 3 |
