Espanyol vs Leganes: Preview and Prediction

Espanyol vs Leganes
Spanish La Liga
Date: Saturday 26th November, 2016
Kick-off: 17:30 UK
Venue: RCDE Stadium, Barcelona.

Both Espanyol and Leganes go into this Saturday’s match in Barcelona hoping for full points and a chance to move toward the safer, top half of the table. Espanyol are currently a bit closer to that area with 15 points from 12 matches, while the guests go into matchday 13 with 13 points.

Both teams won their last match, with Espanyol defeating Alaves 0-1 and Leganes picking all the points at home against struggling Osasuna with a 2-0 win.

Neither of these two sides have any prominent goal scorers this season so far, with Espanyol’s Moreno being the only one to reach the five goal mark. Leganes will be entering the match with 5 players out of the squad including Ibanez, Omar and Rico, while Espanyol also have a few injuries of their own.

Espanyol vs Leganes: Head To Head Stats

Being new to La Liga, Leganes have never met up with Espanyol who have seldom made exits from the competition. It is interesting to see that they have never met in a Cup match or a friendly either, but this will truly be the first time Espanyol and Leganes ever meet.

Espanyol vs Leganes: Prediction

The match is not easy to predict seeing how Leganes are a new Premiera side and Espanyol are definitely not playing to the best of their capabilities. However, we believe that Espanyol’s immense experience and the home pitch should be enough for the Barcelona side to snatch a home win and move to 18 points and toward the top part of the table.

Leganes is not to be completely dismissed however, and we believe they could easily score an away goal as they have done several times in their 6 away matches this season.