LEGANES VS MALAGA PREVIEW & PREDICTION
Malaga is in acute degradation distress, but the Andalusians refuse to throw the towel in the ring. This weekend the blue-white go visit the middle engine Leganes, which is also completely out of shape. Can Malaga win a victory for the first time in 2018?
Leganes:
It is a good thing that Leganes with thirty points from twenty-six rounds of play does not have to worry about relegation for the time being, because the people of Madrid are currently working on a very bad series. The blue-whites went into the city derby against Atletico Madrid last Wednesday evening with 4-0 the boat and remained with five defeats and three draws already eight official matches without a victory. Trainer Asier Garitano guided the club of the Segunda B to La Liga and is absolutely not up for discussion, but the coach will undoubtedly have had sleepless nights about the miserable form of his team. ‘Losing 4-0 is always painful, but we faced a strong opponent. Atletico Madrid could occasionally trouble FC Barcelona in the Spanish title fight, “said the practice manager. “Still, we are still excellent, because we are still on course for life retention.”
There is indeed still no air in the Butarque, but it is of course important for morals that Leganes will soon be able to add another victory. The team had to defend this season mainly from its defense, but the last weeks with ten goals in the last four games is a bit disappointing. On top of that, the blues have a lot of trouble with scoring all season. The Brazilian Gabriel Pires is the only Leganes player with five goals, who manages to score from time to time, the rest does not get any further than at most two league goals. In the last seven official games, Los Pepineros did not go beyond just a goal …
Malaga :
Malaga sinks further and further into the quicksand of the degradation zone. Last Wednesday, the Andalusians in the regional derby against Sevilla crashed again on the fifth time in a row: 0-1. “I do not know,” coach Jose Gonzalez admitted. ‘I fall in repetition, but we also deserved more tonight. Again we were the parent party, because their center defenders were the best players on the field. Yet we remain behind with empty hands. I’m sure that as soon as we win, we will be free, but that turning point is still coming to an end. There is no other option than to step out of bed with fresh courage and continue to work hard. ”
Malaga does not really play as bad as the ranking suggests, but the confidence of the blue whites is currently just as low as the current wind chill. It is not easy to keep up the courage if the situation is so hopeless and time and again you will lose out on the field. Midfielder Manuel Iturra thanks the fans for their support: ‘You really have to have balls to come to the Rosaleda as supporter. We did everything against Sevilla, but it was not allowed to be. The good news is that the away match against Leganes is waiting again. We just go full throttle again, because we now have nothing left to lose. I do not want to think about the Segunda Division anyway. ‘
PREDICTION: Both teams to score / NO @ 1.56
