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Atl. Madrid vs Leganes Prediction & Betting tips
There will be a small derby this weekend in the Spanish capital. The meeting between Atletico Madrid and Leganes takes place in the Estadio Wanda Metropolitano. In this comparison, the bookmakers clearly see the host as the favorite in the forecast. Atletico Madrid embarrassed himself in the Spanish Cup during the week and was surprisingly eliminated from the third division CD Leonesa in extra time.
Despite this great disappointment, the Colchoneros have to immediately focus on the next game day in La Liga. Here, the current third in the table with another home win absolutely wants to underpin the renewed Champions League ambitions. Leganes did better in the Copa del Rey and Javier Aguirre’s team reached the round of 16 against Ebro.
Despite all the joy about this success in the cup, Leganes must now fully focus on the next task in the league. Finally, the Pepineros are still on a relegation zone. Spectators can definitely look forward to a competitive derby when the referee Antonio Mateu blows the whistle for the first time on Sunday at 11:00.
Atletico Madrid:
Atletico Madrid are in third place in the Spanish league after 20 games. Nevertheless, the Rojiblancos are far from going smoothly after a major squad conversion.
During the week there was a big disgrace in the Copa del Rey. With third-division club Leonesa Atletico Madrid still had to go into extra time despite an initial lead. Here the team of coach Diego Simeone was not able to decide the game for themselves and was eliminated by a 1: 2 defeat.
Now it is up to Atletico Madrid to immediately focus on the next task in the league. This year the Rojiblancos started with a 2-1 home win over Levante, which was the sixth home win in their tenth home game. Last weekend, Atletico Madrid disappointed away at Eibar and lost ground in the battle for the championship.
Despite the two goals conceded when visiting Eibar, the Colchoneros still have the second best defensive with 14 goals conceded. In Wanda Metropolitano at home, the defense has only allowed six goals so far. On the offensive, Atletico Madrid does not yet have the hoped-for punch after Antoine Griezmann’s departure.
For this reason, there is still speculation about a possible commitment from Edinson Cavani. Due to injury, the coach cannot fall back on the injured Romera, Costa and probably not on Koke.
Leganes:
Since the beginning of November, Leganes Javier Aguirre has taken over the coaching post from the dismissed Pellegrino. The experienced Mexican coach was able to stabilize Leganes quite quickly and get some good results with the team. Leganes celebrated a very important 2-0 win at home shortly before Christmas in a duel against Espanyol Barcelona.
At the start of the year, Leganes had to compete at Valladolid, where it was enough for a draw. However, the coach should not have been completely satisfied with the outcome of the game because, after goals from Braithwaite and Mesa, they were already 2-1 in the lead after 13 minutes. But in the final quarter of an hour goalkeeper Cuellar had to accept the equalizer.
Last weekend Leganes lost ground in the relegation battle with a significant home defeat against Getafe. Leganes won only three league games in total. These successes all come from the local Municipal de Butarque.
At least in the league, Leganes has not yet won away. But four times it was enough for a draw, while five away games ended in defeat. The Leganes offensive, together with Espanyol Barcelona, is the weakest in the league with 16 goals, although the defensive, with 33 goals conceded, has rarely made a sure impression.
In the league Leganes lost only one of the last five games and the progress in the Copa del Rey should have increased the confidence in Leganes despite the last bankruptcy against Getafe. There are no major injury concerns at Leganes and so, apart from the long-term injured Szymanowski, all players are available.
Atl. Madrid vs Leganes head to head matches
25.08.19 LL Leganes Atl. Madrid 0 : 1
09.03.19 LL Atl. Madrid Leganes 1 : 0
03.11.18 LL Leganes Atl. Madrid 1 : 1
28.02.18 LL Atl. Madrid Leganes 4 : 0
30.09.17 LL Leganes Atl. Madrid 0 : 0