📏 Form Guide

Espanyol

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Espanyol will be wanting a better result here following the 1-0 La Liga loss in their previous game against UD Las Palmas.

In that game, Espanyol had 42% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. Las Palmas had 10 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Sandro Ramírez (67') was the scorer for UD Las Palmas.

Under three goals per game were recorded in 5 of the past 6 meetings where Espanyol have taken part. Regarding the goal weighting during this period, their opponents scored an aggregate of 6 and Espanyol managed the sum of 4. That trend isn’t assured to be carried forward into this game, however.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Espanyol:

• haven't won against Leganés in their last 2 league matches.
• are undefeated in their previous 3 league matches at home.
• haven’t won at home in the past 2 league matches.

Leganés

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Leganés come into this clash following a 1-2 Copa del Rey win versus FC Cartagena in their previous fixture.

In that match, Leganés managed 53% possession and 16 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. For Leganés, goals were scored by Munir El Haddadi (28') and Dani Raba (51'). On the other side, Cartagena got 7 shots on goal with 4 on target. Luis Muñoz (17') was the scorer for FC Cartagena.

Demonstrating their fondness for high-scoring matches, we’ve seen goals 20 times in the last six games in which Leganés have sent out their troops, yielding an average of 3.33 goals per clash. Opposition teams have got 12 from this total.

Coming into this fixture, Leganés haven't been defeated in their previous 2 away league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking over their past head to head clashes stretching back to 22/12/2019 shows us that Espanyol have won 1 of them & Leganés 4, with the number of drawn games being 1.

A combined sum of 9 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 2 of them from Periquitos and 7 belonging to Leganés. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 1.5.

The last league clash featuring these sides was La Liga 2 match day 35 on 12/04/2024 when it ended Leganés 0-0 Espanyol.

That time, Leganés managed 44% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target.

At the other end, Espanyol had 13 shots at goal with 1 on target.

The match was refereed by Daniel Trujillo Suárez.

ℹ️ Team News: Espanyol

It seems likely that Periquitos should use the 4-4-2 formation for the game and select Joan Garcia, Omar El Hilali, Marash Kumbulla, Leandro Cabrera, Brian Olivan, Jofre Carreras, Pol Lozano, Alex Kral, Antoniu Roca, Walid Cheddira and Javier Puado.

ℹ️ Team News: Leganés

Thanks to a largely healthy group of players, there is just the sole fitness issue for the Leganés gaffer Borja Jiménez to be concerned with. Enric Franquesa (Cruciate ligament injury) misses out for this game.

We reckon that Leganés could decide to begin the game with a 5-3-2 system, settling for Marko Dmitrovic, Sergio Gonzalez, Renato Tapia, Matija Nastasic, Adria Altimira, Javier Hernandez, Seydouba Cisse, Yvan Neyou Noupa, Darko Brasanac, Munir El Haddadi and Miguel de la Fuente.

✨ Prediction

In our view, Leganés will need things to go their way to break down this Espanyol outfit who should win and very possibly keep a clean sheet.

We’re therefore expecting a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 1-0 winning margin for Espanyol after 90 minutes.

It should be a good one.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 17:00 11/01/2025