Evenly matched teams: Leganés vs Espanyol match preview

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Date: Sun 12.May
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal de Butarque (12450 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Leganés in 12th and Espanyol in 9th place.

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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Leganés form and stats

Leganés have collected 29 points from their home games so far after 7-8-3.

A good away victory last time out for Leganés, who won 3-0 against Sevilla. In the match before that, Leganés hosted Celta de Vigo and drew the game 0-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Leganés perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Leganés as a small favourite), we find seven games. Leganés has won 4 of these, drawn 3 and lost 0.

Leganés has scored 19 goals at home this season, in 18 matches. From these home matches, Leganés have conceded only 14 goals.

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Espanyol form and stats

There's been little loot from Espanyol's travels as they have only collected 14 points from 18 away games. Espanyol only has 2 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 8 draws. Two points from the last two away games for Espanyol, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Espanyol won their last game, 3-0 versus Atlético Madrid played at home. Before that, Espanyol travelled to Real Betis and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Espanyol in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Espanyol, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

Espanyol find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 18 goals from 18 away fixtures. Espanyol have conceded 28 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Espanyol - Leganés 1-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Leganés-Espanyol H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Leganés 2 wins, Espanyol 3 wins, 0 draws.

Top Goalscorers

Borja Iglesias
15 goals / 3 assists
Y. En-Nesyri
9 goals / 2 assists
G. Carrillo
6 goals / 1 assists

Leganés missing players

Espanyol missing players

Leganés Espanyol
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
36 18 5 Played 5 18 36
11 7 2 Won 0 2 12
12 8 2 Drew 2 8 11
13 3 1 Lost 3 8 13
36 19 8 Scored 5 18 44
39 14 5 Conceded 10 28 50
92% 94% 100% Over 0.5 100% 94% 97%
61% 56% 60% Over 1.5 100% 83% 78%
33% 22% 60% Over 2.5 60% 50% 50%
14% 11% 40% Over 3.5 20% 22% 28%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 20% 6% 6%
44% 44% 40% BTTS 80% 61% 58%
31% 39% 40% Clean Sheets 0% 11% 22%
33% 22% 20% Failed To Score 20% 33% 22%
 
3.5 4.1 4 Corners For (avg) 4.4 4.1 4.6
4.3 3.6 2.8 Corners Against (avg) 5.2 5.9 5.2
2.8 2.9 2 Yellow Cards (avg) 3.6 2.8 2.4
3 1 0 Red Cards 0 1 2

Leganés
All Copa Del Rey La Liga Club Friendlies
All Home Away
30-03-19 LAL Getafe 0 - 2 Leganés
04-04-19 LAL Leganés 1 - 0 Real Valladolid
07-04-19 LAL Deportivo Alavés 1 - 1 Leganés
15-04-19 LAL Leganés 1 - 1 Real Madrid
21-04-19 LAL Villarreal 2 - 1 Leganés
24-04-19 LAL Leganés 0 - 1 Athletic Club
27-04-19 LAL Leganés 0 - 0 Celta de Vigo
03-05-19 LAL Sevilla 0 - 3 Leganés
12-05-19 LAL Leganés 16:30 Espanyol
19-05-19 LAL Huesca - Leganés
Espanyol
All Copa Del Rey La Liga Club Friendlies
All Home Away
30-03-19 LAL Barcelona 2 - 0 Espanyol
02-04-19 LAL Espanyol 1 - 1 Getafe
06-04-19 LAL Girona 1 - 2 Espanyol
13-04-19 LAL Espanyol 2 - 1 Deportivo Alavés
21-04-19 LAL Levante 2 - 2 Espanyol
24-04-19 LAL Espanyol 1 - 1 Celta de Vigo
29-04-19 LAL Real Betis 1 - 1 Espanyol
04-05-19 LAL Espanyol 3 - 0 Atlético Madrid
12-05-19 LAL Leganés 16:30 Espanyol
19-05-19 LAL Espanyol - Real Sociedad

  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 36 25 8 3 86 34 18 14 3 1 49 17 18 11 5 2 37 17 52 83
2 Atlético Madrid 36 22 8 6 52 26 18 15 2 1 31 9 18 7 6 5 21 17 26 74
3 Real Madrid 36 21 5 10 62 41 18 13 1 4 32 13 18 8 4 6 30 28 21 68
4 Getafe 36 15 13 8 46 31 18 11 2 5 26 11 18 4 11 3 20 20 15 58
5 Sevilla 36 16 7 13 59 46 18 11 3 4 37 20 18 5 4 9 22 26 13 55
6 Valencia 36 13 16 7 46 34 18 6 10 2 21 11 18 7 6 5 25 23 12 55
7 Athletic Club 36 12 14 10 38 42 18 8 8 2 23 18 18 4 6 8 15 24 -4 50
8 Real Sociedad 36 12 11 13 42 43 18 6 6 6 20 19 18 6 5 7 22 24 -1 47
9 Espanyol 36 12 11 13 44 50 18 10 3 5 26 22 18 2 8 8 18 28 -6 47
10 Deportivo Alavés 36 12 11 13 36 46 18 6 8 4 17 18 18 6 3 9 19 28 -10 47
11 Eibar 36 11 13 12 44 47 18 9 5 4 29 19 18 2 8 8 15 28 -3 46
12 Leganés 36 11 12 13 36 39 18 7 8 3 19 14 18 4 4 10 17 25 -3 45
13 Real Betis 36 12 8 16 40 51 18 7 5 6 23 25 18 5 3 10 17 26 -11 44
14 Villarreal 36 9 13 14 46 50 18 4 8 6 27 26 18 5 5 8 19 24 -4 40
15 Celta de Vigo 36 10 10 16 50 57 18 8 4 6 29 23 18 2 6 10 21 34 -7 40
16 Levante 36 10 10 16 55 63 18 6 6 6 32 32 18 4 4 10 23 31 -8 40
17 Real Valladolid 36 9 11 16 30 48 18 5 5 8 16 24 18 4 6 8 14 24 -18 38
18 Girona 36 9 10 17 35 49 18 3 6 9 16 26 18 6 4 8 19 23 -14 37
19 Rayo Vallecano 36 8 7 21 38 66 18 5 6 7 24 30 18 3 1 14 14 36 -28 31
20 Huesca 36 6 12 18 40 62 18 4 6 8 22 29 18 2 6 10 18 33 -22 30

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