La Liga match preview: Leganés versus Real Madrid

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sun 19.July
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal de Butarque (11454 seats)

The visiting Real Madrid side should be favourites in this visit to Leganés, as the away team holds a 51 point advantage from their 37 league games this season.

It's no vacation for neither Leganés nor Real Madrid 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.

Relegation threatens Leganés who should definitely be looking for some points here. Madrid have already won the La Liga. Congratulations! It will be interesting to see if this affects performances here at the final stages.

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Leganés form and stats

The story so far in the La Liga for Leganés at their home stadium (Estadio Municipal de Butarque) is 5 wins, 4 draws and 9 defeats.

The Leganés goalkeeper Ivan Cuellar Sacristan is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 368 minutes without conceding a goal in the La Liga.

Happy days for Leganés in their previous game, a La Liga match away at Athletic Club (placed 10th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. Before that, Leganés had a home game versus Valencia which ended with a victory 1-0.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Leganés here at Estadio Municipal de Butarque in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (15 from 18 games). Leganés's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 24 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Real Madrid form and stats

Real Madrid, who have the most clean sheets (19) in La Liga, have an excellent away record in the La Liga so far with 11-4-3 from 18 games. Things are running smoothly for Madrid who hasn't tasted defeat in their last ten matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Real Betis. Madrid has been amazing away for a time now, winning four in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Real Betis.

Impressive finishing from Karim Benzema (2) secured the home win 2-1 against Villarreal in their previous game. Preceding that game was the away victory against Granada with the score of 2-1.

Real Madrid are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 28 times in 18 away games so far. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (12 so far).

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Real Madrid - Leganés 5-0 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Leganés, one draw and seven wins for Real Madrid. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

Real MadridK. Benzema
K. Benzema
21 goals
Real MadridS. Ramos García
S. Ramos García
10 goals
LeganésÓ. Rodríguez Arnaiz
Ó. Rodríguez Arnaiz
9 goals

Leganés missing players

Real Madrid missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Leganés Real Madrid
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
37 18 5 Played P 6 18 37
8 5 1 Won W 4 11 26
11 4 0 Drew D 0 4 8
18 9 4 Lost L 2 3 3
28 15 3 Scored S 8 28 68
49 24 10 Conceded C 5 12 23
89% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 89%
68% 67% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 56% 68%
38% 50% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 49%
8% 6% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 22% 27%
5% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 11%
43% 44% 40% BTTS BTTS 50% 44% 43%
24% 28% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 44% 51%
43% 39% 60% Failed to Score F T 17% 22% 16%
 
4.1 4.4 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.4 5.1
4.1 3.7 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 4.3 3.9
3.4 3.2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 2.2
4 2 0 Red cards R C 2 3 4
 
427 212 51 Total Shots T S 82 239 563
134 67 20 Shots on Target S O 34 94 225
21% 22% 15% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 30% 30%
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Leganés have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Real Madrid has the fewest conceded goals (12) away
  • Real Madrid has the fewest conceded goals (23)
  • Real Madrid has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6)
  • Real Madrid has the most clean sheets (19)
  • Real Madrid has the most points (37) away
  • Real Madrid has the the best goal difference (+16) away
  • Real Madrid has the the best goal difference (+45)
  • Real Madrid have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Real Madrid have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Real Madrid have scored more than double the goals of Leganés.
  • Real Madrid is in the best form (6-0-0)

  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 37 26 8 3 68 23 19 15 4 0 40 11 18 11 4 3 28 12 45 86
2 Barcelona 37 24 7 6 81 38 19 16 2 1 52 16 18 8 5 5 29 22 43 79
3 Atlético Madrid 37 18 15 4 50 26 18 12 5 1 27 10 19 6 10 3 23 16 24 69
4 Sevilla 37 18 13 6 53 34 18 9 7 2 25 14 19 9 6 4 28 20 19 67
5 Villarreal 37 17 6 14 59 49 18 8 5 5 33 25 19 9 1 9 26 24 10 57
6 Real Sociedad 37 16 7 14 55 47 19 9 4 6 33 20 18 7 3 8 22 27 8 55
7 Getafe 37 14 12 11 43 36 19 8 6 5 25 20 18 6 6 6 18 16 7 54
8 Valencia 37 14 11 12 46 52 19 11 7 1 29 16 18 3 4 11 17 36 -6 53
9 Granada 37 15 8 14 48 45 18 9 3 6 22 16 19 6 5 8 26 29 3 53
10 Athletic Club 37 13 12 12 41 34 19 9 4 6 21 14 18 4 8 6 20 20 7 51
11 Osasuna 37 13 12 12 44 52 18 7 6 5 24 27 19 6 6 7 20 25 -8 51
12 Levante 37 13 7 17 46 53 18 8 5 5 26 19 19 5 2 12 20 34 -7 46
13 SD Eibar 37 11 9 17 39 52 19 8 3 8 25 25 18 3 6 9 14 27 -13 42
14 Real Betis 37 10 11 16 48 58 19 9 4 6 34 27 18 1 7 10 14 31 -10 41
15 Real Valladolid 37 8 15 14 30 43 18 4 10 4 16 15 19 4 5 10 14 28 -13 39
16 Deportivo Alavés 37 10 9 18 34 54 18 7 6 5 20 14 19 3 3 13 14 40 -20 39
17 Celta de Vigo 37 7 15 15 37 49 19 5 8 6 22 20 18 2 7 9 15 29 -12 36
18 Leganés 37 8 11 18 28 49 18 5 4 9 15 24 19 3 7 9 13 25 -21 35
19 Mallorca 37 9 5 23 38 63 19 8 3 8 25 22 18 1 2 15 13 41 -25 32
20 Espanyol 37 5 9 23 27 58 18 2 5 11 15 31 19 3 4 12 12 27 -31 24

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Table
  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 37 26 8 3 68 23 19 15 4 0 40 11 18 11 4 3 28 12 45 86
2 Barcelona 37 24 7 6 81 38 19 16 2 1 52 16 18 8 5 5 29 22 43 79
3 Atlético Madrid 37 18 15 4 50 26 18 12 5 1 27 10 19 6 10 3 23 16 24 69
4 Sevilla 37 18 13 6 53 34 18 9 7 2 25 14 19 9 6 4 28 20 19 67
5 Villarreal 37 17 6 14 59 49 18 8 5 5 33 25 19 9 1 9 26 24 10 57
6 Real Sociedad 37 16 7 14 55 47 19 9 4 6 33 20 18 7 3 8 22 27 8 55
7 Getafe 37 14 12 11 43 36 19 8 6 5 25 20 18 6 6 6 18 16 7 54
8 Valencia 37 14 11 12 46 52 19 11 7 1 29 16 18 3 4 11 17 36 -6 53
9 Granada 37 15 8 14 48 45 18 9 3 6 22 16 19 6 5 8 26 29 3 53
10 Athletic Club 37 13 12 12 41 34 19 9 4 6 21 14 18 4 8 6 20 20 7 51
11 Osasuna 37 13 12 12 44 52 18 7 6 5 24 27 19 6 6 7 20 25 -8 51
12 Levante 37 13 7 17 46 53 18 8 5 5 26 19 19 5 2 12 20 34 -7 46
13 SD Eibar 37 11 9 17 39 52 19 8 3 8 25 25 18 3 6 9 14 27 -13 42
14 Real Betis 37 10 11 16 48 58 19 9 4 6 34 27 18 1 7 10 14 31 -10 41
15 Real Valladolid 37 8 15 14 30 43 18 4 10 4 16 15 19 4 5 10 14 28 -13 39
16 Deportivo Alavés 37 10 9 18 34 54 18 7 6 5 20 14 19 3 3 13 14 40 -20 39
17 Celta de Vigo 37 7 15 15 37 49 19 5 8 6 22 20 18 2 7 9 15 29 -12 36
18 Leganés 37 8 11 18 28 49 18 5 4 9 15 24 19 3 7 9 13 25 -21 35
19 Mallorca 37 9 5 23 38 63 19 8 3 8 25 22 18 1 2 15 13 41 -25 32
20 Espanyol 37 5 9 23 27 58 18 2 5 11 15 31 19 3 4 12 12 27 -31 24

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