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Alavés and Leganes meet at Mendizorroza Stadium in a match of the 19th round of the Primera Division. The history of recent direct clashes is favorable to the visiting team, which has 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss in the last 5 games. The last direct confrontation between these two teams, on 28-02-2016, ended the victory of Leganes by (2-0). Although this is a game between 12th and 16th of the overall ranking, it is actually a game between the 15th ranked in home games and the 9th as a visitor.
Alaves
The home team is currently in 12th place with 22 points earned after 5 wins, 7 draws and 6 losses. In the penultimate match, tied off to Athletic Bilbao by (0-0). In the last match, lost out to Celta de Vigo by (1-0). Curiously, this is a team that has achieved better results outside of the home, having won 12 points as a visitor and only 10 in their stadium. The team arrives at this meeting after a win away with Alcorcón by (0-2). For the championship, the Alavés won 10 points in 24 possible, after 2 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses in the last 8 games that played in his stadium. In the matches played in their championship stadium, the most frequent result at the end of the first 45 ‘was 0-0, which occurred in 5 of their 8 matches. In his home games there is a tendency towards few goals, since 6 of his last 8 games in the competition finished with Less than 2.5 goals. In 18 games in the competition, never managed to turn the score in the 6 games in which he suffered the first goal. In the last 12 home games in all competitions there are 2 highlights: scored 4 of his 11 goals in minutes (0’-15 ‘); Suffered 5 of his 9 goals in the minutes (76’-90 ‘).
Alavés return to play at home for the Spanish Championship after two displays away from their fans, who should not have been very satisfied with the results, and is looking for his second consecutive victory as principal. In the last round, the team went to the home of Celta de Vigo and left there defeated by 1×0, thus interrupting a period of unbeaten record that had lasted five games. Before, the team had gone to the home of Athletic Bilbao and left there with a scoreless draw. After 18 rounds, the club accumulated five wins, seven draws and six defeats, thus taking the twelfth place in the table. For that game, the coach must keep the team in 4-5-1, and will not be able to count on Feddal, who is suspended.
Leganes
The visiting team is currently in 16th place with 17 points, after 4 wins, 5 draws and 9 losses. In the penultimate match, he lost out to Betis by (2-0). In the last match, tied at home to Athletic Bilbao by (0-0). This is a team that normally achieves more positive results as a visitor than at home, having won 10 points and 7 at home with 7 goals scored and 13 goals conceded at home against 6 goals scored and 16 goals conceded. In the league, Leganes had 10 points in 27 chances, after 3 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses in the last 9 games they played as a visitor.
For this competition, you have not won any of the last 10 games. In the matches played outside the league, the most frequent result at the end of the first 45 ‘was 0-0, which occurred in 4 of their 9 matches. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 games, and his attack has not been very concrete since he did not score goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 18 games in this competition, only managed 1 turn on the scoreboard in the 10 games in which he suffered the first goal.
Leganes enters the field for their nineteenth Spanish League game trying to rediscover the path of victory to ease the unfortunate situation in the competition. In the last round, the team received Athletic Bilbao at home and was only in the goalless draw, thus getting to their sixth straight game without a win. Before, the team had gone to the home of Betis and left there defeated by 2×0. After 18 rounds, the club accumulated four wins, five draws and nine defeats, thus taking the sixteenth place in the table. For that match, the coach must keep the team at 4-5-1 or at 5-4-1.
Prediction: Alaves 1x @ 1.40