La Liga duel: Close contest expected between Deportivo Alavés and Leganés

Competition: Spain La Liga
Date: Sun 07.April
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de Mendizorroza (19840 seats)

There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the La Liga table so far. Here's the Deportivo Alavés - Leganés latest:

It's no vacation for neither Deportivo Alavés 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.

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Deportivo Alavés form and stats

Deportivo Alavés have collected 24 points from their home games so far after 6-6-2.

In their previous game, the manager Abelardo led his Deportivo Alavés to a defeat in the La Liga match away at Sevilla. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio de Mendizorroza. Preceding that match was a defeat to Atletico Madrid (0-4).

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

Deportivo Alavés are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 14 goals in 14 matches. Deportivo Alavés are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio de Mendizorroza, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 14 matches.

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Leganés form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Leganés so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 3-3-9 (win-draw-lose).

The supporters enjoyed Leganés's previous game versus Real Valladolid, a La Liga 1-0 win played at home. Prior to that result Leganés won their away game at Getafe. The scoreline was 2-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 21 similar matches played by Leganés in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Leganés, 3 draws and 14 defeats.

The attacking power of Leganés when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored in 15 matches. Leganés have conceded 22 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Leganés - Deportivo Alavés 1-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 0 wins for Deportivo Alavés, 6 draws and 4 wins for Leganés.

Top Goalscorers

Y. En-Nesyri
8 goals / 2 assists
J. Calleri
6 goals / 2 assists
G. Carrillo
6 goals / 1 assists

Deportivo Alavés missing players

Leganés missing players

Deportivo Alavés Leganés
Total Home Statistic Away Total
30 14 Played 15 30
31 14 Scored 12 30
37 12 Conceded 22 34
90% 79% Over 0.5 87% 93%
70% 64% Over 1.5 60% 60%
47% 36% Over 2.5 40% 33%
13% 7% Over 3.5 20% 17%
3% 0% Over 4.5 13% 7%
47% 50% Both teams to score 40% 43%
27% 36% Clean Sheet 20% 30%
37% 36% Failed To Score 53% 33%
Key stats this season:
  • Leganés is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Barcelona 30 21 7 2 79 31 15 11 3 1 44 16 15 10 4 1 35 15 48 70
2 Atlético Madrid 30 18 8 4 45 19 15 12 2 1 25 7 15 6 6 3 20 12 26 62
3 Real Madrid 30 18 3 9 53 36 15 10 1 4 24 10 15 8 2 5 29 26 17 57
4 Getafe 30 12 11 7 37 27 14 8 1 5 20 11 16 4 10 2 17 16 10 47
5 Sevilla 30 13 7 10 49 37 15 9 3 3 29 15 15 4 4 7 20 22 12 46
6 Valencia 30 10 16 4 33 24 16 5 10 1 18 9 14 5 6 3 15 15 9 46
7 Deportivo Alavés 30 12 8 10 31 37 14 6 6 2 14 12 16 6 2 8 17 25 -6 44
8 Athletic Club 30 10 13 7 33 34 16 7 7 2 19 15 14 3 6 5 14 19 -1 43
9 Real Sociedad 30 10 10 10 36 35 15 5 5 5 17 16 15 5 5 5 19 19 1 40
10 Real Betis 30 11 7 12 34 39 15 6 4 5 19 21 15 5 3 7 15 18 -5 40
11 Eibar 30 9 12 9 40 41 16 8 5 3 28 18 14 1 7 6 12 23 -1 39
12 Leganés 30 10 9 11 30 34 15 7 6 2 18 12 15 3 3 9 12 22 -4 39
13 Espanyol 30 9 8 13 33 44 15 8 2 5 20 20 15 1 6 8 13 24 -11 35
14 Girona 30 8 10 12 32 41 15 2 6 7 14 23 15 6 4 5 18 18 -9 34
15 Levante 30 8 8 14 42 54 14 4 4 6 20 27 16 4 4 8 22 27 -12 32
16 Villarreal 30 6 12 12 38 43 16 3 7 6 24 24 14 3 5 6 14 19 -5 30
17 Real Valladolid 30 7 9 14 24 41 14 3 4 7 12 20 16 4 5 7 12 21 -17 30
18 Celta de Vigo 30 7 8 15 42 52 15 5 4 6 22 21 15 2 4 9 20 31 -10 29
19 Rayo Vallecano 30 6 6 18 32 54 15 3 5 7 21 30 15 3 1 11 11 24 -22 24
20 Huesca 30 5 8 17 33 53 15 3 5 7 18 23 15 2 3 10 15 30 -20 23