La Liga 2 duel: Close contest expected between Lugo and Leganés

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sat 27.August
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Anxo Carro (7840 seats)

This is shaping up to be yet another intriguing battle at Estadio Anxo Carro in the La Liga 2. Lugo is in 16th position and welcome Leganés in 20th spot. Read about the fixture here!

Both participants have had sufficient rest since their last game. Let's trust this will be an in-your-face match!

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Lugo form and stats

Lugo's first La Liga 2 home game here at Estadio Anxo Carro ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 9 wins, 8 draws and 4 defeats from 21 matches.

Lugo travelled for their previous game, a trip to Tenerife that ended 1-1. Lugo's goalie Whalley played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Tenerife with a stunning seven saves.

Preceding that match was the home game against Albacete that was lost 1-2.

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 Lugo have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 4 and lost 4.

Early season league goal statistics from Lugo's 1 home game: 1 goal, 2 conceded.

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Leganés form and stats

Leganés have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the La Liga 2 were 6 victories, 6 draws and 9 defeats from 21 fixtures.

Leganés play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Real Oviedo (placed 10th). Josema, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.05. Josema won 2 of 3 duels.

A loss against Deportivo Alaves was the result prior to that, in a home game.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Leganés in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Leganés, 5 draws and 4 defeats.

Leganés have the goal stats of 0-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Lugo victory, six draws and three Leganés wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

LugoA. Rodriguez Martin
A. Rodriguez Martin
1 goals
LugoM. Barreiro Bustelo
M. Barreiro Bustelo
1 goals
LeganésN. García García
N. García García
1 goals

Lugo missing players

Leganés missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Lugo Leganés
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 0 Lost L 0 1 2
2 1 0 Scored S 0 0 1
3 2 0 Conceded C 0 1 3
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 50%
 
2 2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2 2.5
7 11 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 3.5
2.5 4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
7 7 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 4 10
2.5 2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 1.5
40% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 33%
 
20.5 19 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 11 10.5
6.5 5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 6 5
Lugo Last season Leganés
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
42 21   Played P   21 42
10 9   Won W   6 13
20 8   Drew D   6 15
12 4   Lost L   9 14
46 22   Scored S   23 50
52 19   Conceded C   26 51
93% 86%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   86% 88%
71% 62%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 74%
33% 29%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   43% 43%
24% 14%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   19% 19%
10% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   10% 12%
64% 48%   BTTS BTTS   38% 52%
21% 43%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 29%
21% 24%   Failed to Score F T   43% 31%
 
3.7 4.6   Corners for (avg) C F   3.7 4.3
5.3 5   Corners against (avg) C A   4.8 4.2
2.4 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.7 2.5
5 2   Red cards R C   2 3
 
11.2 12.2   Shots (avg) S (   11.2 12.1
3.6 4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4 4.1
30% 26%   Goal Efficiency G E   28% 29%
 
14.8 14.5   Shots against (avg) S A   12.2 11
4.3 3.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.8 3.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Granada 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 6
2 Deportivo Alaves 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
3 Sporting Gijon 2 1 1 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 4
4 Villarreal II 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
5 Eibar 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
6 Albacete 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
7 Burgos 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
8 Ponferradina 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
9 FC Cartagena 2 1 0 1 5 5 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 3
10 Real Oviedo 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
11 FC Andorra 2 1 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 4 -2 3
12 Levante 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
13 Real Zaragoza 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
14 Las Palmas 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Huesca 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
16 Lugo 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
17 Tenerife 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
18 Mirandes 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
19 Malaga 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
20 Leganés 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
21 UD Ibiza 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
22 Racing Santander 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Almeria 42 24 9 9 68 35 21 14 4 3 38 15 21 10 5 6 30 20 33 81
2 Real Valladolid 42 24 9 9 71 43 21 14 4 3 40 15 21 10 5 6 31 28 28 81
3 Eibar 42 23 11 8 61 45 21 14 5 2 35 19 21 9 6 6 26 26 16 80
4 Las Palmas 42 19 13 10 57 47 21 12 5 4 34 23 21 7 8 6 23 24 10 70
5 Tenerife 42 20 9 13 53 37 21 9 5 7 27 18 21 11 4 6 26 19 16 69
6 Girona 42 20 8 14 57 42 21 13 3 5 36 16 21 7 5 9 21 26 15 68
7 Real Oviedo 42 17 17 8 57 41 21 11 8 2 38 19 21 6 9 6 19 22 16 68
8 Ponferradina 42 17 12 13 57 55 21 10 7 4 37 25 21 7 5 9 20 30 2 63
9 FC Cartagena 42 18 6 18 63 57 21 13 2 6 42 20 21 5 4 12 21 37 6 60
10 Real Zaragoza 42 12 20 10 39 46 21 7 10 4 16 15 21 5 10 6 23 31 -7 56
11 Burgos 42 15 10 17 41 41 21 10 7 4 27 12 21 5 3 13 14 29 0 55
12 Leganés 42 13 15 14 50 51 21 7 9 5 27 25 21 6 6 9 23 26 -1 54
13 Huesca 42 13 15 14 49 44 21 7 9 5 23 17 21 6 6 9 26 27 5 54
14 Mirandes 42 15 7 20 58 62 21 12 2 7 43 29 21 3 5 13 15 33 -4 52
15 UD Ibiza 42 12 16 14 53 59 21 6 10 5 30 25 21 6 6 9 23 34 -6 52
16 Lugo 42 10 20 12 46 52 21 9 8 4 22 19 21 1 12 8 24 33 -6 50
17 Sporting Gijon 42 11 13 18 43 48 21 8 3 10 24 24 21 3 10 8 19 24 -5 46
18 Malaga 42 11 12 19 36 57 21 7 7 7 18 24 21 4 5 12 18 33 -21 45
19 Amorebieta 42 9 16 17 44 63 21 8 8 5 29 25 21 1 8 12 15 38 -19 43
20 Real Sociedad II 42 10 10 22 43 61 21 4 4 13 19 32 21 6 6 9 24 29 -18 40
21 Fuenlabrada 42 6 15 21 39 65 21 4 10 7 23 26 21 2 5 14 16 39 -26 33
22 Alcorcon 42 6 11 25 37 71 21 3 7 11 17 34 21 3 4 14 20 37 -34 29

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 Granada 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 6
2 Deportivo Alaves 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
3 Sporting Gijon 2 1 1 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 4
4 Villarreal II 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
5 Eibar 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
6 Albacete 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
7 Burgos 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
8 Ponferradina 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
9 FC Cartagena 2 1 0 1 5 5 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 3
10 Real Oviedo 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
11 FC Andorra 2 1 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 4 -2 3
12 Levante 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
13 Real Zaragoza 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
14 Las Palmas 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Huesca 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
16 Lugo 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
17 Tenerife 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
18 Mirandes 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
19 Malaga 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
20 Leganés 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
21 UD Ibiza 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
22 Racing Santander 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 0

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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.