La Liga 2 duel: Close contest expected between Leganés and Real Zaragoza

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Mon 19.December
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal de Butarque (11454 seats)

A story of loss and gain for these contenders so far this season, placed in positions near the midsection of the La Liga 2 table. Here's the Leganés - Real Zaragoza latest:

Insights:
  • Leganés have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Real Zaragoza have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Leganés and Real Zaragoza should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Leganés form and stats

5 victories, 3 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Leganés have to build on here at Estadio Municipal de Butarque in the La Liga 2. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Leganés.

Leganés drew their last game, 1-1 away at FC Andorra (placed 10th). Omeruo was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.84 out of 10. The defender Omeruo hit one key pass and won 6 of 7 duels.

In the match before that, Leganés hosted Mirandes and drew the game 2-2.

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 7 games. Leganés has won 2 of these, drawn 2 and lost 3.

The Leganés fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 10 matches. From these home matches, Leganés have conceded only 9 goals.

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Real Zaragoza form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Real Zaragoza so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-5 (win-draw-lose). Visiting Real Zaragoza has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

The Real Zaragoza goalkeeper Daniel Rebollo Franco is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 237 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Impressive finishing from Serrano, Simeone and Vada secured the home win 3-0 against Huesca in their previous game. Midfielder Serrano was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.81. Serrano scored one goal.

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Albacete.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Real Zaragoza in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Real Zaragoza, 3 draws and 8 defeats.

The attacking power of Zaragoza when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 10 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Real Zaragoza as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The 4 most recent games featuring these opponents have all ended as Leganés wins. Will history repeat itself?

Top Goalscorers

Real ZaragozaG. Simeone
G. Simeone
5 goals
LeganésJ. Arnáiz Díaz
J. Arnáiz Díaz
4 goals
LeganésJ. Muñoz Muñoz
J. Muñoz Muñoz
4 goals

Leganés missing players

Real Zaragoza missing players

Leganés Real Zaragoza
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 10 1 Played P 1 10 20
7 5 0 Won W 0 2 6
6 3 0 Drew D 1 3 7
7 2 1 Lost L 0 5 7
20 12 1 Scored S 0 6 17
19 9 2 Conceded C 0 9 17
85% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 80% 80%
55% 60% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 40% 55%
45% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 30%
10% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 5%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 20% 35%
30% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 30% 35%
35% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 70% 50%
 
4.5 4 1 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.6 6.1
3.7 4.1 6 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.2 5
2.9 2.9 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.6 2.4
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
11.3 11.4 10 Shots (avg) S ( 10 9 11
4 3.9 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.4 4
25% 31% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 18% 21%
 
11 10.2 16 Shots against (avg) S A 11 12 10
3.4 2.4 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.5 3.5
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Leganés have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Real Zaragoza have won significantly less corners away then 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 Eibar 20 10 6 4 24 17 10 7 3 0 14 4 10 3 3 4 10 13 7 36
2 Levante 20 9 8 3 22 13 10 5 3 2 11 5 10 4 5 1 11 8 9 35
3 Las Palmas 20 9 8 3 23 12 10 5 3 2 11 6 10 4 5 1 12 6 11 35
4 Deportivo Alaves 20 9 7 4 22 19 10 6 3 1 12 6 10 3 4 3 10 13 3 34
5 Burgos 20 9 7 4 18 10 10 5 3 2 12 6 10 4 4 2 6 4 8 34
6 FC Cartagena 20 9 5 6 23 18 10 5 2 3 13 10 10 4 3 3 10 8 5 32
7 Granada 20 9 5 6 24 14 10 8 2 0 21 2 10 1 3 6 3 12 10 32
8 Albacete 20 7 8 5 23 25 10 3 5 2 9 8 10 4 3 3 14 17 -2 29
9 Villarreal II 20 7 7 6 23 24 10 5 5 0 16 8 10 2 2 6 7 16 -1 28
10 FC Andorra 20 8 4 8 21 16 10 5 1 4 14 6 10 3 3 4 7 10 5 28
11 Huesca 20 7 6 7 16 17 10 6 3 1 11 4 10 1 3 6 5 13 -1 27
12 Sporting Gijon 20 6 9 5 22 21 10 4 4 2 15 10 10 2 5 3 7 11 1 27
13 Leganés 20 7 6 7 20 19 10 5 3 2 12 9 10 2 3 5 8 10 1 27
14 Real Zaragoza 20 6 7 7 17 17 10 4 4 2 11 8 10 2 3 5 6 9 0 25
15 Real Oviedo 20 6 6 8 12 15 10 4 2 4 6 7 10 2 4 4 6 8 -3 24
16 Tenerife 20 6 6 8 21 23 10 5 3 2 12 7 10 1 3 6 9 16 -2 24
17 Mirandes 20 5 8 7 23 26 10 4 4 2 16 13 10 1 4 5 7 13 -3 23
18 Ponferradina 20 5 6 9 19 27 10 3 3 4 10 12 10 2 3 5 9 15 -8 21
19 Lugo 20 4 6 10 17 26 10 2 4 4 7 8 10 2 2 6 10 18 -9 18
20 Racing Santander 20 4 6 10 10 17 10 1 4 5 4 9 10 3 2 5 6 8 -7 18
21 UD Ibiza 20 4 4 12 14 28 11 3 3 5 10 14 9 1 1 7 4 14 -14 16
22 Malaga 20 3 7 10 15 25 9 2 4 3 8 12 11 1 3 7 7 13 -10 16

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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.