With their 19 point advantage in the league table, Athletic Club fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Leganés.
It's no vacation for neither Athletic Club nor Leganés as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Leganés are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.
Athletic Club form and stats
Overall La Liga stats at home this season for Athletic Club are 9-4-5 (wins-draw-losses). The Athletic manager G. Garitano Aguirre might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
Athletic Club enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Levante's place. The match ended 2-1 with Raúl García (2) scoring. Ahead of that match, Athletic lost 1-2 at home to Sevilla.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Athletic Club have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won six times, drawn one and lost two.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Athletic as they are travelling to their away game against Granada in the La Liga. That match is three days after this one.
Athletic has scored 21 league goals at home this season, in 18 matches. From these home matches, Athletic have conceded only 12 goals.
Leganés form and stats
Leganés have only collected 13 points from their away games in the La Liga, after 2-7-9 (18 played).
278 minutes! That's how long the Leganés goalkeeper Ivan Cuellar Sacristan and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Rubén Pérez scored in Leganés's previous match, the home game against Valencia that ended 1-0. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus SD Eibar that ended 0-0.
We have checked recent matches where Leganés have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were two victories, two draws and one defeat.
After this away game Leganés return home for a La Liga game against Real Madrid. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The attacking power of Leganés when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 18 league matches away. 25 goals have been conceded by Leganés in these games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Leganés - Athletic Club 1-1, played this season. Last seven meetings between the teams: Athletic won three, Leganés won one and three draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. García Escudero 15 goals |   Ó. Rodríguez Arnaiz 9 goals |  I. Williams Arthuer 6 goals |
Athletic Club missing players
Leganés missing players
| Athletic Club | Leganés | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 36 | 18 | 6 | Played | P | 6 | 18 | 36 |
| 13 | 9 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 12 | 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| 41 | 21 | 10 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 26 |
| 32 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 9 | 25 | 49 |
| 89% | 94% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 89% |
| 67% | 61% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 67% | 67% |
| 31% | 22% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 28% | 39% |
| 11% | 6% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 8% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | 6% |
| 47% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 44% | 44% |
| 33% | 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 22% |
| 31% | 28% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 50% | 44% |
| 4.8 | 5.1 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.9 | 4.1 |
| 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 4.6 | 4.1 |
| 2.4 | 2.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 423 | 258 | 82 | Total Shots | T S | 87 | 198 | 410 |
| 127 | 78 | 26 | Shots on Target | S O | 26 | 62 | 129 |
| 32% | 27% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 18% | 20% |
- Leganés has the fewest scored goals (11) away
- Leganés has the fewest scored goals (26)
- Leganés have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored 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 | Real Madrid | 36 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 66 | 22 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 10 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 12 | 44 | 83 |
| 2 | Barcelona | 36 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 80 | 36 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 44 | 79 |
| 3 | Atlético Madrid | 36 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 48 | 26 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 22 | 66 |
| 4 | Sevilla | 36 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 53 | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 19 | 66 |
| 5 | Villarreal | 36 | 17 | 6 | 13 | 58 | 47 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 25 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 25 | 22 | 11 | 57 |
| 6 | Getafe | 36 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 43 | 34 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 54 |
| 7 | Real Sociedad | 36 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 55 | 47 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 8 | 54 |
| 8 | Athletic Club | 36 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 41 | 32 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 51 |
| 9 | Valencia | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 45 | 52 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 28 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 36 | -7 | 50 |
| 10 | Granada | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 46 | 44 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 28 | 2 | 50 |
| 11 | Osasuna | 36 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 42 | 51 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 27 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 24 | -9 | 48 |
| 12 | Levante | 36 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 43 | 51 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 32 | -8 | 43 |
| 13 | Real Betis | 36 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 47 | 56 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 25 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 31 | -9 | 41 |
| 14 | Real Valladolid | 36 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 29 | 40 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 25 | -11 | 39 |
| 15 | SD Eibar | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 36 | 51 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 27 | -15 | 39 |
| 16 | Celta de Vigo | 36 | 7 | 15 | 14 | 35 | 46 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 29 | -11 | 36 |
| 17 | Deportivo Alavés | 36 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 32 | 53 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 39 | -21 | 36 |
| 18 | Leganés | 36 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 26 | 49 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 25 | -23 | 32 |
| 19 | Mallorca | 36 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 37 | 61 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 41 | -24 | 32 |
| 20 | Espanyol | 36 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 27 | 57 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 31 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 26 | -30 | 24 |