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

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Date: Fri 13.December
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de Mendizorroza (19840 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the league table, with both teams experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic “six-pointer” with the home team placed 15th and the visitors in 19th place.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Deportivo Alavés form and stats

Deportivo Alavés have collected 14 points from their La Liga home games so far after 4-2-2.

The fans are hoping that Deportivo Alavés will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the La Liga game against Granada (placed 9th). Ahead of that match, Deportivo Alavés lost 1-2 at home to Real Madrid.

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 Deportivo Alavés have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won 5 Drawn 4 Lost 2.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Deportivo Alavés as they are travelling to their away game against Real Jaen in the Copa Del Rey. That match is four days after this one.

The Deportivo Alavés fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 8 matches. Defensively Deportivo Alavés have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (4 in 8 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Leganés form and stats

Leganés have only collected 2 points from their away games in the La Liga, after 0-2-5 (7 played).

Leganés are travelling after their nice 3-2 home win in the La Liga against Celta de Vigo (placed 18th). Prior to that match, the Leganés manager J. Aguirre faced defeat when travelling to Sevilla and losing 0-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Leganés in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Leganés, 3 draws and 5 defeats.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Copa Del Rey trip to FC Andorra.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Leganés's away games in the league this season with only 3 goals from 7 matches. Leganés have conceded 13 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Deportivo Alavés won 0 games, 6 matches ended with a draw and Leganés has 4 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 3 / 7

Top Goalscorers

Deportivo AlavésLucas Pérez
Lucas Pérez
8 goals
Deportivo AlavésJoselu
Joselu
6 goals
LeganésÓscar Rodríguez
Óscar Rodríguez
4 goals

Deportivo Alavés missing players

Leganés missing players

Deportivo Alavés Leganés
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 8 4 Played P 0 7 16
5 4 3 Won W 0 0 2
3 2 1 Drew D 0 2 3
8 2 0 Lost L 0 5 11
17 10 7 Scored S 0 3 11
23 4 0 Conceded C 0 13 27
94% 88% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
81% 62% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 71% 69%
44% 25% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 29% 44%
12% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 12%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 12%
38% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 43% 50%
38% 62% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 6%
31% 25% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 57% 44%
 
3.7 4.2 4.2 Corners For (avg) C F 0 4 4.8
5.1 4.9 4.8 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 6.7 5.2
3.1 3.4 3.2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 4.1 3.3
3 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 2
 
142 86 48 Total Shots T S 0 73 185
44 26 17 Shots on Target S O 0 24 66
39% 38% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 12% 17%
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Deportivo Alavés has the fewest matches under the total-line (4)
  • Deportivo Alavés have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Deportivo Alavés have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Leganés have scored away.
  • Leganés has the fewest clean sheets (1)
  • Leganés has the fewest scored goals (3) away
  • Leganés have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Leganés have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Leganés have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Leganés have yet to win a game away.
  • Leganés haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Barcelona 15 11 1 3 41 18 7 7 0 0 30 9 8 4 1 3 11 9 23 34
2 Real Madrid 15 10 4 1 32 11 8 6 2 0 20 6 7 4 2 1 12 5 21 34
3 Sevilla 16 9 4 3 20 15 7 4 2 1 9 5 9 5 2 2 11 10 5 31
4 Real Sociedad 16 8 3 5 26 18 7 4 1 2 15 7 9 4 2 3 11 11 8 27
5 Getafe 16 7 6 3 24 16 8 4 3 1 15 7 8 3 3 2 9 9 8 27
6 Athletic Club 16 7 5 4 19 12 8 6 1 1 13 3 8 1 4 3 6 9 7 26
7 Atletico Madrid 16 6 8 2 16 10 8 4 3 1 10 5 8 2 5 1 6 5 6 26
8 Valencia 16 7 5 4 26 23 8 4 4 0 14 8 8 3 1 4 12 15 3 26
9 Granada 16 7 3 6 23 20 8 5 1 2 10 4 8 2 2 4 13 16 3 24
10 Osasuna 16 5 8 3 22 18 8 3 4 1 13 9 8 2 4 2 9 9 4 23
11 Real Betis 16 6 4 6 22 27 9 5 2 2 16 12 7 1 2 4 6 15 -5 22
12 Levante 16 6 2 8 20 25 8 4 2 2 12 9 8 2 0 6 8 16 -5 20
13 Villarreal 16 5 4 7 28 24 8 3 4 1 18 11 8 2 0 6 10 13 4 19
14 Real Valladolid 16 4 7 5 14 18 7 2 4 1 7 3 9 2 3 4 7 15 -4 19
15 Deportivo Alavés 16 5 3 8 17 23 8 4 2 2 10 4 8 1 1 6 7 19 -6 18
16 SD Eibar 16 4 3 9 15 28 8 3 0 5 8 15 8 1 3 4 7 13 -13 15
17 Mallorca 16 4 2 10 16 28 9 4 2 3 11 9 7 0 0 7 5 19 -12 14
18 Celta de Vigo 16 3 4 9 12 23 8 2 2 4 4 8 8 1 2 5 8 15 -11 13
19 Leganés 16 2 3 11 11 27 9 2 1 6 8 14 7 0 2 5 3 13 -16 9
20 Espanyol 16 2 3 11 10 30 8 0 1 7 5 18 8 2 2 4 5 12 -20 9

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La Liga is the top professional level of the Spanish football league system. Is is often referred to as the Primera División and is considered one of the absolute top leagues of Europe and the world. 20 teams play 380 fixtures from August to May to create a final league table.