Deportivo Alavés and CD Leganés measure strength at Estadio de Mendizorroza, in a match for the 17th round of the First Division. The history of direct confrontations disputed in this stadium is favorable to the home team, which in the last 5 matches won 1 and drew 4. But the last time these two teams played a match in this stadium, on 07-04-2019 , for the First Division, the two teams drew for (1‑1). J. Calleri (18 ‘) scored the goals of the match, for Deportivo Alavés, and J. Silva (90’), for CD Leganés. The home / away condition deserves particular attention, since despite this being a match between 15th and 19th of the league table, it is actually a confrontation between the 9th ranked in home games and the 19th as a visitor.
Deportivo Alavés:
After 5 wins, 3 draws and 8 losses, the home team is currently in 15th position, with 18 points won. In their last match, they lost with Granada out by (3‑0), after in the previous match they lost by (1‑2) at home, in a match against Real Madrid. This is a team that is usually more competitive at home, since it conquered 14 points in its stadium, where it scored 10 goals and suffered 4, against only 4 points outside, with 7 goals scored and 19 suffered. In his last 8 home games for the championship Deportivo Alavés won 4, drew 2 and lost 2, so he won 14 points in 24 possible. In their home league games the most frequent final result at the break was 0-0 (6 in 8 games). His attack has scored regularly, as he scored goals in 9 of the last 10 games for this competition. In their home matches for this competition there is a tendency for few goals, since in 6 of the last 8 he played there were less than 3 goals. In 16 games in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 10 times and never got the comeback. In the last 9 home games for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: he scored 4 of his 10 goals between minutes (76′ ‑ 90 ‘).
Deportivo Alavés arrives at this match after a 3-0 loss to Granada, adding the second consecutive loss in the Spanish championship. It should be noted that the local club lost only 2 of the 8 games played in its stadium. Usually, coach Asier Garitano plays in a 4-4-2, with Joselu and Lucas Pérez as the most offensive references of the team: the second athlete mentioned is the great scorer of this team, with 8 goals scored. For this game, the coach cannot count on Tomás Pina, injured, as well as Laguardia and Wakaso, both suspended.
CD Leganés:
After 2 wins, 3 draws and 11 losses, the away team is currently in 19th place, with 9 points won. In their last match, they won Celta de Vigo at home by (3-2), after in the previous match they lost out, in a match against Sevilla, by (1-2). This is a team that is usually more competitive at home, since it conquered 2 points out and 7 in its stadium, with 3 goals scored and 13 suffered as a visitor, against 8 goals scored and 14 suffered at home. For the championship, CD Leganés conquered 2 points in 21 possible, after 2 draws and 5 defeats in the last 7 games he played as a visitor.
For this competition, he did not win any of the last 7 away matches. In their games for the league as a visitor the most frequent final result at the break was 0-0 (4 in 9 games). The team allowed goals to the opponent in 9 of the last 10 games for this competition, so he was not very strong defensively. In 16 games in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 11 times and never got the comeback. In the last 9 home matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: he suffered 5 of his 13 goals between minutes (61’-75 ‘).
Leganés arrives at this match after a 3-2 victory against Celta de Vigo, returning to triumphs after five consecutive games without tasting the taste of victory in the Spanish championship: the goals were scored by Kévin Rodrigues and Óscar Rodríguez (2) In this match against Alavés, coach Javier Aguirre should favor the maintenance of the possession of the ball and the organized attacks, always with the aim of not offering space to his rival. At the individual level we highlight Óscar Rodríguez, the best scorer of Leganés, with 4 goals scored. Unavailable due to injury are Siovas, Navarro, Recio and Szymanowski.
