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The Butarque in Madrid is the scene of the Sunday lunch competition in LaLiga, where Leganes and Real Sociedad will face each other. The home club is making every effort to avoid relegation, while visitors are already cautiously dreaming of European football.
Leganes:
Leganes managed to keep up well in recent seasons, but this vintage could have fatal consequences for the club from South Madrid. Not only are the blue and white with only fifteen points divided at the bottom, they are also the big losers of the winter transfer period so far. The treasurer will be delighted with the twenty million euros that star player Youssef En-Nesyri earned, but trainer Javier Aguirre only replaced the young talent Bryan Gil of Sevilla. However, at the moment, Leganes needs experienced class trays that are available immediately. At the time of writing, the transfer market is still open for around twelve hours, but large purchases are no longer expected. And if Los Pepineros were to strike, the chances are of course extremely small that these gains will be in the starting line-up on Sunday afternoon.
The near future therefore does not look particularly bright for Leganes, which, despite its difficult situation in the last six competition matches, only had to give in once. In the Copa del Rey, however, the team went down hard on Thursday to visit FC Barcelona, 5-0, although Aguirre did not have to shed a tear: ‘We focus on the relegation battle in LaLiga. The most important thing is that we have not taken red cards or sustained injuries, because Real Sociedad home has the highest priority. ‘ Leganes, however, cannot have first-hand goalkeeper Ivan Cuellar on Sunday afternoon, who showed himself in a scoreless draw against Atletico Madrid last week with a clean sheet and a red card in injury time from both his best and his worst side.
Real Sociedad:
Real Sociedad is working on one of its best seasons in recent years. The Basques are in a deserving sixth place in LaLiga, and a few days ago they joined the last eight of the Copa del Rey with a 3-1 victory over fellow countryman Osasuna. The way in which the San Sebastian club restrains its opponents is particularly impressive, with a lot of pressure to the front and a quick attack on the sides. In addition, this is a team that you can in principle still years ahead, because the basic eleven last Wednesday against Osasuna had an average age of just 21.8 years. That is of course extremely young for a team from one of the five major European competitions.
However, not everyone walks around with a big smile in the Reale Arena. A week and a half ago club top scorer Willian Jose (eight goals) tried to force a departure to Tottenham Hotspur by signing off for the cup match against Espanyol. However, a transition to London now seems to be over, now that the English have strengthened themselves with Steven Bergwijn. Trainer Imanol Alguacil, however, has not forgotten the action of the Brazilian, and nowadays prefers Alexander Isak in the point of the attack. The young Swede pays that confidence with four goals in his last three official games, so Alguacil has no reason to take the former William II striker out of the starting line.
Leganes vs Real Sociedad head to head matches
08.11.19 LL Real Sociedad Leganes 1 : 1
16.02.19 LL Real Sociedad Leganes 3 : 0
24.08.18 LL Leganes Real Sociedad 2 : 2
12.05.18 LL Real Sociedad Leganes 3 : 2
07.01.18 LL Leganes Real Sociedad 1 : 0