REAL MADRID VS LEGANES PREVIEW & PREDICTION
Real Madrid and CD Leganés meet at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, in a match for the 35th round of the First Division. In the last direct confrontation for this edition of the league, on 21-02-2018, Real Madrid won out by (1-3). The history of recent direct confrontations is favorable to the home team, which records 4 wins and 1 loss in the last 5 matches. In this game the home factor may be decisive, since both teams present considerable differences in the results achieved at home and as a visitor.
Real Madrid:
After 20 wins, 8 draws and 5 losses, the home team is currently in the 3rd position, with 68 points won. In the penultimate match, they won in an away match against Málaga, by (1-2). In the last match, they tied in an away match against Athletic Club, by (1-1). This is a team that usually gets better results in away matches than at home, since in the last 30 matches they register 12 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss in away matches, with 36 goals scored and 15 conceded; against 8 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses at their stadium, with 40 goals scored and 21 conceded. The team comes to this match after an away win against Bayern München by (1-2). For the championship, Real Madrid won 20 points out of 30 possible, after 6 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses in the last 10 matches they played in their stadium. They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 8 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency for goals, since 15 of the last 17 matches for this competition have ended with Over 1,5 goals. In 33 matches in this competition, they only got 2 comebacks in the 9 matches in which they suffered the first goal.
Real Madrid has no chance of winning the national title, but arrives with high morale, after conquering an excellent result away from home in the first leg of the Champions League semifinal, and wants to finish the Spanish League at least in the second position. The local team has an extremely balanced game system, with a strong defense and a powerful attack, which is the best in the competition, with no less than 80 goals scored in 33 games. Playing against the merengue fans, as in this match, Real Madrid comes from 7 games of invincibility in La Liga, in which they won 5 and tied 2. It should be noted that they are the team that scored the most goals at home, with 46 goals in 17 games, showing all the strength of his attack. For the match against Leganes, coach Zinedine Zidane must save some players, thinking about the return game of the Champions League semifinal, but even so the Real is still very strong and totally favorite for this game, since He has players of enormous quality on the bench.
Leganés :
After 11 wins, 7 draws and 16 losses, the away team is currently in the 15 th position of the league, with 40 points won. In the penultimate match, they lost in an away match against Villarreal, by (2-1). In the last match, they tied in a home match against Deportivo La Coruña, by (0-0). This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 1 win, 3 draws and 11 losses in away matches, with 9 goals scored and 29 conceded; against 8 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses at their stadium, with 16 goals scored and 11 conceded. In the last 10 away matches for the championship, the Leganés CD has 3 draws and 7 losses, so it has won 3 points out of 30 possible.
For this competition, they have not won any of the last 13 away matches. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-0 (6 out of 17 matches). In 34 matches in this competition, they have only 1 comeback in the 17 matches in which they have conceded the first goal.
The Leganés fell of performance in the last days, gained only 1 of his last 5 parties and goes in search of a recovery to guarantee the maintenance of La Liga, the elite division of Spanish football. The big problem has been its offensive inefficiency, since it scored only 28 goals and is the third worst attack of the national championship, while the defense is acting in a reasonable manner, since it did not suffer goals in 2 of the last 3 matches played. Playing away from home, the Leganés comes from 10 losses and 3 draws and the most worrying thing is that he did not score goals in 8 of these games, showing again the difficulty of his attack in scoring. For the difficult game against the powerful Real Madrid, coach Asier Garitano has no problems in the starting lineup and goes to the field with what he has better.
PREDICTION: Over 2.5 goals @ 1.50
