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

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sun 12.March
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de la Romareda (34596 seats)

Real Zaragoza have some lost ground to recover from their 17th place, and the first opportunity is vs Leganés. Read more!

Insights:
  • Real Zaragoza have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

This should be an engrossing game with lots of action and excitement as both teams are well recovered since they last played a game. Get ready!

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Real Zaragoza form and stats

Real Zaragoza have collected 19 points from their La Liga 2 home games so far after 4-7-3.

Bebé was the last player to score a league goal for Real Zaragoza and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Real Zaragoza haven't scored in 281 minutes. Zaragoza are confident in defense, having played 188 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Real Zaragoza shared the glory with Lugo in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Álvarez, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.85 out of 10 in that game. Álvarez topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Burgos that ended 0-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Real Zaragoza perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Real Zaragoza as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Real Zaragoza has won 4 of these, drawn 3 and lost 1.

It should be taken into account that a look at the 12 latest league matches reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

Real Zaragoza aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio de la Romareda in the league, with only {12 goals} from 14 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Zaragoza have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Leganés form and stats

There's been little loot from Leganés's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 14 away games in the La Liga 2. Leganés only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 5 draws.

Leganés have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 292 minutes ago. Arnáiz was the goal scorer.

Leganés failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs UD Ibiza (placed 22nd) that ended with defeat 0-1. Midfield player Miramón was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.84/10. Miramón hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Mirandés that ended 0-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Leganés playing away and similar expectations, we found 10 relevant matches. Results were 1 Leganés win, 6 draws and 3 defeats.

The attacking power of Leganés when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 14 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. It's not easy to score on Leganés as they have only conceded 13 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Leganés have won every one of the 5 most recent battles versus this side. Will the streak continue?

This happened when the teams faced each other earlier this campaign; Leganés - Zaragoza 2-1.

Top Goalscorers

LeganésJ. Arnáiz Díaz
J. Arnáiz Díaz
7 goals
LeganésJ. Muñoz Muñoz
J. Muñoz Muñoz
7 goals
Real ZaragozaG. Simeone
G. Simeone
6 goals

Real Zaragoza missing players

Leganés missing players

Real Zaragoza Leganés
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 14 4 Played P 5 14 30
8 4 2 Won W 1 2 10
11 7 1 Drew D 1 5 10
11 3 1 Lost L 3 7 10
23 12 5 Scored S 5 9 27
29 12 3 Conceded C 6 13 26
73% 64% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 79% 80%
50% 57% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 43% 47%
33% 36% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 29% 40%
10% 7% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 7% 10%
7% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 43% 25% BTTS BTTS 40% 36% 43%
40% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 20% 29% 37%
53% 43% 50% Failed to Score F T 40% 57% 40%
 
5.5 6.8 5 Corners for (avg) C F 6 4.7 4.5
4.8 4.4 6.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 3.9 3.9
2.4 2.3 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 2.9 2.9
6 0 0 Red cards R C 2 3 6
 
10.9 13.1 13 Shots (avg) S ( 11.8 10.7 10.6
3.9 4.7 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 3.6 3.8
20% 18% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 18% 24%
 
10.4 9 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 12.2 11.6 11
3.5 2.9 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.6 4.2 3.2
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Real Zaragoza have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Real Zaragoza have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Las Palmas 30 15 12 3 35 15 15 9 4 2 20 8 15 6 8 1 15 7 20 57
2 SD Eibar 30 16 8 6 33 23 15 10 4 1 19 8 15 6 4 5 14 15 10 56
3 Granada 30 16 6 8 39 20 15 13 2 0 29 2 15 3 4 8 10 18 19 54
4 Levante 30 14 12 4 35 22 15 9 4 2 19 7 15 5 8 2 16 15 13 54
5 Deportivo Alavés 30 15 8 7 39 26 15 10 4 1 22 8 15 5 4 6 17 18 13 53
6 Albacete 30 13 11 6 39 32 15 8 5 2 21 11 15 5 6 4 18 21 7 50
7 Burgos 30 11 12 7 25 19 15 6 6 3 17 12 15 5 6 4 8 7 6 45
8 FC Cartagena 30 12 8 10 34 28 15 6 3 6 16 17 15 6 5 4 18 11 6 44
9 Huesca 30 9 13 8 27 25 15 8 6 1 18 7 15 1 7 7 9 18 2 40
10 Leganés 30 10 10 10 27 26 16 8 5 3 18 13 14 2 5 7 9 13 1 40
11 Villarreal II 30 11 7 12 33 38 15 7 5 3 21 15 15 4 2 9 12 23 -5 40
12 Mirandés 30 9 10 11 32 35 16 8 5 3 24 18 14 1 5 8 8 17 -3 37
13 Tenerife 30 9 10 11 27 30 15 7 5 3 15 9 15 2 5 8 12 21 -3 37
14 FC Andorra 30 10 6 14 28 27 15 7 2 6 18 9 15 3 4 8 10 18 1 36
15 Sporting Gijón 30 8 12 10 27 30 15 6 7 2 19 12 15 2 5 8 8 18 -3 36
16 Racing Santander 30 9 9 12 24 27 14 4 5 5 11 12 16 5 4 7 13 15 -3 36
17 Real Zaragoza 30 8 11 11 23 29 14 4 7 3 12 12 16 4 4 8 11 17 -6 35
18 Real Oviedo 30 9 8 13 19 25 15 6 3 6 9 10 15 3 5 7 10 15 -6 35
19 Ponferradina 30 6 11 13 24 38 15 4 5 6 13 18 15 2 6 7 11 20 -14 29
20 Málaga 30 5 10 15 24 35 15 4 6 5 14 16 15 1 4 10 10 19 -11 25
21 Lugo 30 5 8 17 20 41 15 3 6 6 9 12 15 2 2 11 11 29 -21 23
22 UD Ibiza 30 5 8 17 23 46 15 3 6 6 16 21 15 2 2 11 7 25 -23 23

Leganés:

Read more about La Liga 2

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.