La Liga 2 match prediction: Little separates Málaga and Leganés in quality

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Mon 27.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio La Rosaleda (28963 seats)

La Liga 2: Málaga are 13 points after Leganés, but are set to go full throttle. Get ready!

Insights:
  • Leganés is in the worst form (0-2-4)

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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Málaga form and stats

4 victories, 7 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Málaga have to build on here at Estadio La Rosaleda in the La Liga 2.

The spoils were shared in Málaga's previous game, also at home. Visiting Levante (after extra-time) (placed 4th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline. Yáñez, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.4 out of 10 in that game. Yáñez topped it up with a clean sheet.

2-2 away at Las Palmas (after extra-time) before that.

Low on goals? Looking at this club's last 18 league matches, 14 have had less than three goals (under 2.5).

Málaga aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio La Rosaleda in the league, with only {14 goals} from 16 games.

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Leganés form and stats

Leganés have only collected 11 points from their away games in the La Liga 2, after 2-5-8 (15 played). Three has not been a lucky number for Leganés as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Mirandés match.

Leganés have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 472 minutes ago. Arnáiz was the goal scorer.

Leganés failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Real Oviedo (after extra-time) (placed 16th) that ended with defeat 0-1. Shibasaki got a match rating of 7.45 in that game, top player of the team. Shibasaki hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 46 successful passes (of 55 total).

Prior to that match, the Leganés manager Barkaiztegui faced defeat when travelling to Real Zaragoza (after extra-time) and losing 0-3.

Highlight this: 9 of the latest 11 league fixtures involving this side have seen only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting).

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 16 goals have been conceded by Leganés in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last head-to-head meeting ended Leganés - Málaga 1-0, earlier this season. Previous nine meetings involving these squads: Málaga won two, Leganés triumphed in six and we saw one draw. three games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

MálagaR. Castro Martín
R. Castro Martín
7 goals
LeganésJ. Arnáiz Díaz
J. Arnáiz Díaz
7 goals
LeganésJ. Muñoz Muñoz
J. Muñoz Muñoz
7 goals

Málaga missing players

Leganés missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Málaga Leganés
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 16 3 Played P 6 15 32
5 4 0 Won W 1 2 10
12 7 3 Drew D 1 5 10
15 5 0 Lost L 4 8 12
26 14 2 Scored S 5 9 27
37 16 2 Conceded C 9 16 30
88% 88% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 81%
53% 56% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 47% 47%
31% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 41%
19% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 7% 9%
6% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
47% 44% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 33% 41%
22% 31% 33% Clean Sheets C S 17% 27% 34%
44% 38% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 60% 44%
 
4.1 4.3 2.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5.7 4.7 4.4
4.4 4.2 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4 4.1
2.4 2.4 3.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.8 2.8
7 3 0 Red cards R C 2 3 6
 
11 11.9 12 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 10.7 10.5
3.6 3.8 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.5 3.7
22% 23% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 17% 23%
 
12.7 11.7 5.3 Shots against (avg) S A 11.7 11.4 10.8
4 4.2 1.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4.3 3.2
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Leganés is in the worst form (0-2-4)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 SD Eibar 32 18 8 6 37 25 16 11 4 1 20 8 16 7 4 5 17 17 12 62
2 Granada 32 17 7 8 43 23 16 13 3 0 31 4 16 4 4 8 12 19 20 58
3 Las Palmas 32 15 13 4 38 21 16 9 5 2 22 10 16 6 8 2 16 11 17 58
4 Levante 32 14 14 4 35 22 16 9 5 2 19 7 16 5 9 2 16 15 13 56
5 Deportivo Alaves 32 15 9 8 39 27 16 10 5 1 22 8 16 5 4 7 17 19 12 54
6 Albacete 32 13 12 7 40 34 16 8 5 3 22 13 16 5 7 4 18 21 6 51
7 Burgos 32 11 13 8 25 20 16 6 7 3 17 12 16 5 6 5 8 8 5 46
8 Villarreal II 32 12 8 12 38 40 16 8 5 3 26 17 16 4 3 9 12 23 -2 44
9 FC Cartagena 32 12 8 12 36 36 16 6 3 7 16 20 16 6 5 5 20 16 0 44
10 Huesca 32 9 15 8 29 27 16 8 7 1 19 8 16 1 8 7 10 19 2 42
11 Tenerife 32 10 11 11 31 31 16 8 5 3 19 10 16 2 6 8 12 21 0 41
12 FC Andorra 32 11 7 14 33 29 16 7 3 6 20 11 16 4 4 8 13 18 4 40
13 Mirandés 32 10 10 12 38 41 17 8 5 4 26 21 15 2 5 8 12 20 -3 40
14 Leganés 32 10 10 12 27 30 17 8 5 4 18 14 15 2 5 8 9 16 -3 40
15 Real Zaragoza 32 9 12 11 27 30 15 5 7 3 15 12 17 4 5 8 12 18 -3 39
16 Real Oviedo 32 10 9 13 20 25 16 6 4 6 9 10 16 4 5 7 11 15 -5 39
17 Racing Santander 32 9 11 12 26 29 15 4 6 5 12 13 17 5 5 7 14 16 -3 38
18 Sporting Gijon 32 8 13 11 30 34 16 6 7 3 22 16 16 2 6 8 8 18 -4 37
19 Ponferradina 32 7 12 13 27 40 16 5 5 6 14 18 16 2 7 7 13 22 -13 33
20 Málaga 32 5 12 15 26 37 16 4 7 5 14 16 16 1 5 10 12 21 -11 27
21 UD Ibiza 32 5 10 17 25 48 16 3 7 6 16 21 16 2 3 11 9 27 -23 25
22 Lugo 32 5 10 17 21 42 16 3 7 6 10 13 16 2 3 11 11 29 -21 25

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 SD Eibar 32 18 8 6 37 25 16 11 4 1 20 8 16 7 4 5 17 17 12 62
2 Granada 32 17 7 8 43 23 16 13 3 0 31 4 16 4 4 8 12 19 20 58
3 Las Palmas 32 15 13 4 38 21 16 9 5 2 22 10 16 6 8 2 16 11 17 58
4 Levante 32 14 14 4 35 22 16 9 5 2 19 7 16 5 9 2 16 15 13 56
5 Deportivo Alaves 32 15 9 8 39 27 16 10 5 1 22 8 16 5 4 7 17 19 12 54
6 Albacete 32 13 12 7 40 34 16 8 5 3 22 13 16 5 7 4 18 21 6 51
7 Burgos 32 11 13 8 25 20 16 6 7 3 17 12 16 5 6 5 8 8 5 46
8 Villarreal II 32 12 8 12 38 40 16 8 5 3 26 17 16 4 3 9 12 23 -2 44
9 FC Cartagena 32 12 8 12 36 36 16 6 3 7 16 20 16 6 5 5 20 16 0 44
10 Huesca 32 9 15 8 29 27 16 8 7 1 19 8 16 1 8 7 10 19 2 42
11 Tenerife 32 10 11 11 31 31 16 8 5 3 19 10 16 2 6 8 12 21 0 41
12 FC Andorra 32 11 7 14 33 29 16 7 3 6 20 11 16 4 4 8 13 18 4 40
13 Mirandés 32 10 10 12 38 41 17 8 5 4 26 21 15 2 5 8 12 20 -3 40
14 Leganés 32 10 10 12 27 30 17 8 5 4 18 14 15 2 5 8 9 16 -3 40
15 Real Zaragoza 32 9 12 11 27 30 15 5 7 3 15 12 17 4 5 8 12 18 -3 39
16 Real Oviedo 32 10 9 13 20 25 16 6 4 6 9 10 16 4 5 7 11 15 -5 39
17 Racing Santander 32 9 11 12 26 29 15 4 6 5 12 13 17 5 5 7 14 16 -3 38
18 Sporting Gijon 32 8 13 11 30 34 16 6 7 3 22 16 16 2 6 8 8 18 -4 37
19 Ponferradina 32 7 12 13 27 40 16 5 5 6 14 18 16 2 7 7 13 22 -13 33
20 Málaga 32 5 12 15 26 37 16 4 7 5 14 16 16 1 5 10 12 21 -11 27
21 UD Ibiza 32 5 10 17 25 48 16 3 7 6 16 21 16 2 3 11 9 27 -23 25
22 Lugo 32 5 10 17 21 42 16 3 7 6 10 13 16 2 3 11 11 29 -21 25

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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.