Possible nail-biting contest in Leganés - Real Zaragoza game

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Fri 11.February
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal de Butarque (11454 seats)

Important clash in the bottom section of the La Liga 2, with both Leganés and Real Zaragoza enduring more anxiety than pleasure. This game is a typical "six-pointer" with the hosting team placed 16th and the away team in 18th position.

Insights:
  • Leganés have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Real Zaragoza have the fewest matches over the total-line (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!

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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 3 wins, 6 draws and 3 defeats. When Leganés hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Alcorcon, Amorebieta, Leganés, Mirandes, Real Sociedad II, Fuenlabrada and Malaga), they have won 2 of 3 matches!

The Leganés goalkeeper Asier Riesgo Unamuno is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 193 minutes without conceding a goal in the La Liga 2.

Leganés drew their last game, 0-0 away at Tenerife (placed 4th). Defender Omeruo got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.3/10. Omeruo won 2 of 4 duels.

Before that, Leganés had a home game versus Alcorcon which ended with a victory 1-0.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Leganés have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won two, drawn one and lost four.

From these home matches, Leganés have conceded only 11 goals. Leganés has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 3 times.

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Real Zaragoza form and stats

Playing away, Real Zaragoza have won 3 games, drawn 7 and suffered 3 defeats in the La Liga 2 this season. Real Zaragoza has showed their ability to avoid defeat with four draws in a row, but are also dodging victories. They last avoided the draw 40 days ago, in the Mirandes fixture.

Real Zaragoza's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Malaga that finished 1-1. Midfield player Valderrama was the top player of the team with a match rating of 9.05/10. Valderrama scored one goal, hit six key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 30 successful passes (of 37 total).

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus UD Ibiza that ended 2-2.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 18 similar matches played by Real Zaragoza in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Real Zaragoza, seven draws and seven defeats.

17 goals have been conceded by Real Zaragoza in these games.

Head 2 Head

Real Zaragoza - Leganés 0-2 was the scoreline in these contenders' last head to head game, earlier this season. As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's four Leganés victories, three draws and two Real Zaragoza wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

LeganésL. Ranđelović
L. Ranđelović
5 goals
Real ZaragozaÁ. Giménez Candela
Á. Giménez Candela
4 goals
Real ZaragozaV. Vada
V. Vada
4 goals

Leganés missing players

Real Zaragoza missing players

Leganés Real Zaragoza
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 12 3 Played P 5 13 26
7 3 2 Won W 1 3 5
9 6 1 Drew D 3 7 15
10 3 0 Lost L 1 3 6
26 12 3 Scored S 5 13 20
30 11 1 Conceded C 6 17 26
88% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 81%
69% 67% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 85% 69%
35% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 31% 15%
12% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 15% 8%
8% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 4%
46% 58% 33% BTTS BTTS 80% 62% 46%
31% 33% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 15% 31%
35% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 31% 42%
 
4.2 4.9 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 4.5 4.9
3.2 2.2 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.3 4.4
2.1 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.2 2.3
3 1 0 Red cards R C 2 2 2
 
13 14.2 13.3 Shots (avg) S ( 12 11.3 12.3
4.2 4.4 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.5 3.8
24% 23% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 28% 20%
 
10.5 8.2 10 Shots against (avg) S A 11 13.5 12
3.4 2.6 1.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 4.5 3.5
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Leganés have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Real Zaragoza have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Real Zaragoza have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in La Liga 2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Eibar 26 15 7 4 40 28 12 9 2 1 24 14 14 6 5 3 16 14 12 52
2 Almeria 26 15 4 7 41 21 13 9 2 2 22 8 13 6 2 5 19 13 20 49
3 Real Valladolid 26 14 6 6 36 24 13 10 2 1 21 6 13 4 4 5 15 18 12 48
4 Tenerife 26 13 7 6 35 19 13 7 3 3 19 7 13 6 4 3 16 12 16 46
5 Girona 26 12 5 9 36 28 14 8 3 3 24 12 12 4 2 6 12 16 8 41
6 Ponferradina 26 11 8 7 31 26 13 6 5 2 20 11 13 5 3 5 11 15 5 41
7 Las Palmas 26 10 9 7 34 30 13 7 4 2 21 12 13 3 5 5 13 18 4 39
8 FC Cartagena 26 12 3 11 33 34 13 8 1 4 21 13 13 4 2 7 12 21 -1 39
9 Real Oviedo 26 8 13 5 29 25 13 6 6 1 19 10 13 2 7 4 10 15 4 37
10 UD Ibiza 26 8 11 7 34 30 13 3 6 4 18 16 13 5 5 3 16 14 4 35
11 Burgos 26 10 5 11 30 26 13 8 3 2 23 7 13 2 2 9 7 19 4 35
12 Lugo 26 7 14 5 32 29 13 6 5 2 16 12 13 1 9 3 16 17 3 35
13 Huesca 26 8 9 9 31 25 14 4 5 5 15 12 12 4 4 4 16 13 6 33
14 Sporting Gijon 26 8 8 10 26 30 13 6 3 4 14 12 13 2 5 6 12 18 -4 32
15 Malaga 26 8 8 10 24 39 13 7 3 3 14 14 13 1 5 7 10 25 -15 32
16 Leganés 26 7 9 10 26 30 12 3 6 3 12 11 14 4 3 7 14 19 -4 30
17 Mirandes 26 8 6 12 34 40 13 6 2 5 24 20 13 2 4 7 10 20 -6 30
18 Real Zaragoza 26 5 15 6 20 26 13 2 8 3 7 9 13 3 7 3 13 17 -6 30
19 Amorebieta 26 4 13 9 30 37 13 3 7 3 19 18 13 1 6 6 11 19 -7 25
20 Fuenlabrada 26 4 12 10 20 31 14 3 8 3 14 14 12 1 4 7 6 17 -11 24
21 Real Sociedad II 26 4 8 14 21 34 13 1 4 8 8 17 13 3 4 6 13 17 -13 20
22 Alcorcon 26 2 6 18 19 50 12 1 5 6 10 22 14 1 1 12 9 28 -31 12

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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.