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Leganes and Athletic Bilbao face off at Butarque Municipal Stadium in a match of the 18th round of the Primera Division. These two teams have never played before, so this will be their first direct confrontation. In this match the home factor can play an important role, since both teams present significant differences in the results achieved at home and as a visitor.
Leganes
After 4 wins, 4 draws and 9 losses, the home team is in 16th place, having won 16 points. In the last match, he lost with Betis outside (2-0), after the previous game drew at home in a game against Eibar, for (1-1). This is a team affected by the home factor, stronger when you play in front of your fans, since in the last 30 matches you have 3 wins, 3 draws and 9 defeats as a visitor, with 9 goals scored and 24 conceded, against 5 wins, 4 draws And 6 defeats at home, with 24 goals scored and 23 conceded. For the championship, Leganes won 6 points in 24 chances, after 1 win, 3 draws and 4 losses in their last eight games at their stadium. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 games in this competition. In his home matches for this competition there is a tendency towards few goals, since in 5 of the last 8 that played there were less than 3 goals. In 17 games in this competition, only managed 1 turn on the scoreboard in the 10 games in which he suffered the first goal.
Leganes is back at home for the Spanish Championship, still trying to find a way back from the win to ease the poor situation in the competition. In the last round, the team went to the home of Betis and came out of there defeated by 2×0, thus getting to their fifth consecutive game without victory. Earlier, the team had received Eibar at home and did not get more than a draw in 1×1, in the game that marked the third consecutive draw of Leganes. After seventeen rounds, the club accumulates four victories, four draws and nine defeats, thus occupying the sixteenth position in the table. For that game, the coach should keep the team in the 5-4-1 or 4-5-1.
Athletic Bilbao
After 8 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses, the visiting team is in 7th place, having won 27 points. In the last match, he equalized with Alavés at home (0-0), after a previous win at home against Celta Vigo (2-1). This is a stronger team when you play in your stadium, because in the last 30 games you have 4 wins, 2 draws and 9 losses as a visitor; Against 11 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat in his stadium. The team arrives in this match after a defeat away with Barcelona by (3-1). In the league, Athletic Bilbao won 7 points in 24 chances, after 2 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses in the last 8 games they played as a visitor.
For this competition, you do not win as a visitor for 5 games. In the matches he played as a visitor in the championship there is a result that is repeated often in the late 90 ‘, 2-1, which occurred in 3 of his 9 games. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 games but his attack has scored regularly as he has scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 17 games in this competition, he managed to get back on the scoring in 3 of 9 games in which he suffered the first goal.
Athletic Bilbao enters the field for its eighteenth game for the Spanish Championship trying to score again away from home, seeking to repeat the same good performance that has been showing as principal. In the last round, the team received the Alaves at home and was only in the scoreless draw. Before, the team had faced Celta de Vigo, also at home, and managed to leave the field with the victory by 2×1. After seventeen rounds, the club accumulate eight wins, three draws and six defeats, thus occupying the seventh place in the table. For that match, the coach must keep the team at 4-5-1.
Prediction: Athletic Bilbao Win @ 2.38