La Liga 2: Leganés - Villarreal II game guide and facts

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sun 16.April
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal de Butarque (11454 seats)

La Liga 2: Leganés are 3 points short of Villarreal II, but fully intend to go full force. Get ready!

Insights:
  • Leganés is in the worst form (1-0-5)
  • Villarreal II have the most scored goals in the second half (29) in La Liga 2

Leganés and Villarreal II 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

8 victories, 5 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Leganés have to build on here at Estadio Municipal de Butarque in the La Liga 2. With Leganés having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager Barkaiztegui.

Leganés are returning here after visiting Ponferradina and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. González scored the goal(s). A big relief, as that was the first league win after going winless in eight consecutive fixtures. Manager Barkaiztegui felt very clever after González scored the winning goal against Ponferradina, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 64th minute. Omeruo, defender, was given a rating of 7.82/10 in that game, top of the team. Omeruo won 4 of 7 duels.

Ahead of that match, Leganés lost 1-3 at home to FC Cartagena.

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 10 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 2 and lost 5.

It should be noted that a peek at the 11 most recent league matches reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

The Leganés fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 18 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Leganés have conceded only 17 goals.

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Villarreal II form and stats

There's been little loot from Villarreal II's travels as they have only collected 16 points from 17 away games in the La Liga 2. Villarreal II only have 4 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 4 draws. Visiting Villarreal II has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

This match can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Málaga with 1-2 on the scoreboard. That loss was their first after five consecutive league rounds winning points. Defender Tasende was the best team player with a rating of 7.63. Tasende hit one key pass and won 7 of 7 duels.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Tenerife.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Villarreal II in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Villarreal, 5 draws and 4 defeats.

The attacking power of Villarreal II when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored from 17 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 24 goals have been conceded by Villarreal in these games.

Head 2 Head

The sides have met each other previously this season, with the result Villarreal II - Leganés 0-0 logged in the official records. Head to head totals (for the last two meetings): Leganés won zero games, one match ended with a tie and Villarreal II got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / one.

Top Goalscorers

LeganésJ. Arnáiz Díaz
J. Arnáiz Díaz
8 goals
LeganésJ. Muñoz Muñoz
J. Muñoz Muñoz
7 goals
Villarreal IIS. Lozano Lluch
S. Lozano Lluch
5 goals

Leganés missing players

Villarreal II missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Leganés Villarreal II
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
35 18 4 Played P 7 17 35
11 8 3 Won W 3 4 12
10 5 1 Drew D 2 4 10
14 5 0 Lost L 2 9 13
29 19 5 Scored S 8 13 40
35 17 2 Conceded C 6 24 43
83% 83% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 86% 88% 86%
49% 50% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 71% 71% 66%
40% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 43% 41% 49%
11% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 23%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 9%
40% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 57% 47% 49%
34% 39% 50% Clean Sheets C S 43% 29% 34%
43% 28% 25% Failed to Score F T 14% 35% 31%
 
4.3 4.1 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.1 4.3 4.2
4.3 4.1 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.9 5 4.6
2.8 2.8 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.1 2.4 2.4
6 3 1 Red cards R C 1 4 6
 
10.3 10.3 9 Shots (avg) S ( 9.7 10.2 11.8
3.6 3.7 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.6 4.3
23% 28% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 21% 26%
 
10.7 9.9 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 12.3 12.8 11.8
3.3 2.3 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.6 5.2 4
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Leganés have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Leganés is in the worst form (1-0-5)
  • Villarreal II have the most scored goals in the second half (29) 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 35 18 11 6 39 27 18 11 6 1 21 9 17 7 5 5 18 18 12 65
2 Las Palmas 35 16 14 5 41 24 18 9 6 3 23 12 17 7 8 2 18 12 17 62
3 Granada 35 18 7 10 44 25 17 14 3 0 32 4 18 4 4 10 12 21 19 61
4 Levante 35 15 16 4 38 24 17 9 6 2 20 8 18 6 10 2 18 16 14 61
5 Deportivo Alaves 34 17 9 8 41 27 17 11 5 1 23 8 17 6 4 7 18 19 14 60
6 FC Cartagena 35 15 8 12 42 37 18 8 3 7 19 20 17 7 5 5 23 17 5 53
7 Albacete 35 13 13 9 43 41 17 8 5 4 23 15 18 5 8 5 20 26 2 52
8 Burgos 35 12 13 10 28 25 17 7 7 3 19 13 18 5 6 7 9 12 3 49
9 Huesca 35 10 16 9 31 29 18 9 7 2 21 10 17 1 9 7 10 19 2 46
10 Villarreal II 35 12 10 13 40 43 18 8 6 4 27 19 17 4 4 9 13 24 -3 46
11 FC Andorra 34 12 8 14 34 29 17 8 3 6 21 11 17 4 5 8 13 18 5 44
12 Sporting Gijon 35 10 14 11 35 36 17 7 7 3 23 16 18 3 7 8 12 20 -1 44
13 Real Zaragoza 35 10 14 11 30 32 17 6 8 3 17 13 18 4 6 8 13 19 -2 44
14 Tenerife 35 10 13 12 32 33 17 8 6 3 20 11 18 2 7 9 12 22 -1 43
15 Real Oviedo 35 11 10 14 22 27 17 6 5 6 10 11 18 5 5 8 12 16 -5 43
16 Leganés 35 11 10 14 29 35 18 8 5 5 19 17 17 3 5 9 10 18 -6 43
17 Mirandes 35 10 12 13 40 44 18 8 6 4 28 23 17 2 6 9 12 21 -4 42
18 Racing Santander 35 10 11 14 31 33 17 5 6 6 16 15 18 5 5 8 15 18 -2 41
19 Ponferradina 35 7 14 14 27 41 18 5 6 7 14 19 17 2 8 7 13 22 -14 35
20 Málaga 35 7 12 16 30 39 17 5 7 5 16 16 18 2 5 11 14 23 -9 33
21 UD Ibiza 35 6 11 18 30 53 18 4 7 7 19 24 17 2 4 11 11 29 -23 29
22 Lugo 35 5 12 18 21 44 18 3 9 6 10 13 17 2 3 12 11 31 -23 27

Leganés:
Table
  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 35 18 11 6 39 27 18 11 6 1 21 9 17 7 5 5 18 18 12 65
2 Las Palmas 35 16 14 5 41 24 18 9 6 3 23 12 17 7 8 2 18 12 17 62
3 Granada 35 18 7 10 44 25 17 14 3 0 32 4 18 4 4 10 12 21 19 61
4 Levante 35 15 16 4 38 24 17 9 6 2 20 8 18 6 10 2 18 16 14 61
5 Deportivo Alaves 34 17 9 8 41 27 17 11 5 1 23 8 17 6 4 7 18 19 14 60
6 FC Cartagena 35 15 8 12 42 37 18 8 3 7 19 20 17 7 5 5 23 17 5 53
7 Albacete 35 13 13 9 43 41 17 8 5 4 23 15 18 5 8 5 20 26 2 52
8 Burgos 35 12 13 10 28 25 17 7 7 3 19 13 18 5 6 7 9 12 3 49
9 Huesca 35 10 16 9 31 29 18 9 7 2 21 10 17 1 9 7 10 19 2 46
10 Villarreal II 35 12 10 13 40 43 18 8 6 4 27 19 17 4 4 9 13 24 -3 46
11 FC Andorra 34 12 8 14 34 29 17 8 3 6 21 11 17 4 5 8 13 18 5 44
12 Sporting Gijon 35 10 14 11 35 36 17 7 7 3 23 16 18 3 7 8 12 20 -1 44
13 Real Zaragoza 35 10 14 11 30 32 17 6 8 3 17 13 18 4 6 8 13 19 -2 44
14 Tenerife 35 10 13 12 32 33 17 8 6 3 20 11 18 2 7 9 12 22 -1 43
15 Real Oviedo 35 11 10 14 22 27 17 6 5 6 10 11 18 5 5 8 12 16 -5 43
16 Leganés 35 11 10 14 29 35 18 8 5 5 19 17 17 3 5 9 10 18 -6 43
17 Mirandes 35 10 12 13 40 44 18 8 6 4 28 23 17 2 6 9 12 21 -4 42
18 Racing Santander 35 10 11 14 31 33 17 5 6 6 16 15 18 5 5 8 15 18 -2 41
19 Ponferradina 35 7 14 14 27 41 18 5 6 7 14 19 17 2 8 7 13 22 -14 35
20 Málaga 35 7 12 16 30 39 17 5 7 5 16 16 18 2 5 11 14 23 -9 33
21 UD Ibiza 35 6 11 18 30 53 18 4 7 7 19 24 17 2 4 11 11 29 -23 29
22 Lugo 35 5 12 18 21 44 18 3 9 6 10 13 17 2 3 12 11 31 -23 27

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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.