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Real Sociedad vs Leganes Prediction & Betting tips
After an exciting week in the European club competitions, it will be on Friday again in La Liga with the next match day on. In the match between Real Sociedad and Leganes, the forecast is all in favor of the hosts. After all, the Basques are one of the positive surprises in the Spanish league so far. Correspondingly, Real Sociedad is in third place in the upcoming matchday.
On the other hand, with Leganes the already slightly defeated bottom of the table travels to the Basque Country. For this reason, the matter seems to be clear from the paper form, but the bottom of the table has since a few days with Javier Aguirre a new coach. The Mexican coach is very experienced and has already coached some clubs in La Liga.
Therefore, Leganes hopes for a so far catastrophic season to quick recovery. Last weekend, there was another bust in the home game against Eibar under interim coach Cembranos. Who now wants to give his tip in the match between Real Sociedad and Leganes also due to the change of coach on an away win of Pepineros, which is found at the bookmakers for this with up to 6.50 appealing quotas.
However, Real Sociedad, who wants to continue the high-altitude flight in front of their home crowd after an away win on the final day at Granada, will have something against it. Therefore, the spectators in Reale Seguros Stadium can look forward to an interesting duel.
Real Sociedad:
Real Sociedad wants to attack the international places again after a disappointing last season in the Spanish league. Coach Imanol, who in the meantime took over the team in the past season and initiated an upswing right away, is making a decisive contribution.
Due to the missed qualification for Europe Real Sociedad can focus this time completely on the national tasks. Looking at the table, you can see Real Sociedad seem to be doing well, as after 12 games, coach Imanol’s side are in a strong third place.
Overall, it was enough for Reals Sociedad by seven wins and a draw already for 22 points, while on the other hand, only four league games had to go as a loser from the square. Away, Real Sociedad is the strongest team in La Liga and has already collected 13 points. Real Sociedad proved their strength once again on the final day of the game, when they beat the strong 2-1 star Granada.
In the converted Real Seguros Stadium, however, it is far worse for the Basques so far. Of the five home games Real Sociedad won only three games, but had already beaten twice. This puts La Real in a clean home table on the weak 15th place in the table. This is underpinned by the last home game when they were defeated by Levante due to a sleepy first half at the end with 1: 2.
Borussia Dortmund also has a large share in the general upswing, as Alexander Isak, Adnan Januzaj and Mikel Merino are currently causing three shots among the Basques, who have previously also played for Dortmund.
For the home game on Friday night Asier Illarramendi falls out because of an ankle fracture and Ödegaard is still questionable. Otherwise, coach Imanol can probably draw on the full again.
Leganes:
The leaders at Leganes were certainly already aware before the start of the season, that it can go this season again only to the league. However, Leganes probably did not expect the team to start that disappointing season. Due to the development of the responsible head coach Pellegrino had to vacate his chair after the ninth matchday.
By this time, Leganes was still winless and was only two points on the last place in the table. For the luckless Argentinian initially took over the previous coach of the second team Luis Cembranos the pros. The first appearance under the interim coach was much better, as the Pepineros scored their first victory of the season in a home game against Mallorca (1-0).
After this perfect start, the supporters were looking forward to the further appearances of their team under the interim coach. With a sustained upswing Cembranos could have secured the coaching chair permanently. But that did not matter, because after the good result against Mallorca Leganes took in the derby against the big Real Madrid a 0-5 pack from.
However, quite different teams have received a real rubdown at the Royal and probably for this reason Cembranos got another chance in the home game against Eibar last weekend. It was a promising start in the first half as Leganes took the lead in the sixth minute with a Youssef En-Nesyri goal.
In the further course of the game, however, revealed once more blatant weaknesses in the defense and so it was in the end still a 1: 2 defeat. Leganes remain in last place and are six points behind a non-relegation rank. Due to this difficult situation, the club has brought with Javier Aguirre an experienced man for the sideline.
The Mexican also has plenty of experience in Spain and has coached Pamplona, Atletico Madrid, Zaragoza and Espanyol Barcelona in the past. Most recently, Aguirre was national coach in Egypt, but where the departure at the African Cup in the second round led to the dismissal.
In Leganes Aguirre must try to bring the team as soon as possible on the road to success. But that will not be easy, because at the moment the Pepineros are the worst offensive with only six goals and at the same time with 21 conceded goals the most defensive defense in La Liga. In the away game at Real Sociedad are the new coach Jonathan Silva due to a ban and Szmanowski and Ruben Perez for injuries not available.
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