Leganes – Alaves SOCCER PICKS
CD Leganés and Deportivo Alavés face in Municipal Stadium of Butarque, in a match for the 13 th round of the First Division. In this stadium, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the home team, which records 3 wins and 3 draws in the last 6 matches. In fact, the last time these two teams played a match at this stadium was on 18-08-2017, in a match for the First Division that ended with the victory of CD Leganés by (1-0). The only goal of the game was scored by Gabriel (24 ‘). Despite being a match between 18 th and 4 th of the table, it is actually a match between the 9 th best team in home matches and the 6 th best in away matches.
Leganés CD:
After 2 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses, the home team is currently in the 18 th position, with 10 points won. In the last match, they have tied in an away match against Girona (0-0), after in the previous match they have tied (1-1) at home, in a match against Atlético Madrid. This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, since they have won 8 points in away matches, with 3 goals scored and 11 conceded, against 6 points won at their stadium, with 6 goals scored and 5 conceded. The team comes to this match after a home defeat with Alcorcón by (1-3). For the championship, the CD Leganés won 8 points out of 15 possible, after 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss in the last 5 matches that it disputed in its stadium. The team allowed goals to the opponent in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition, so it has not been very strong defensively. This is a team that usually scores a few times first: it only opened the scoring in 2 of its last 12 matches for the First Division, of these 2 it reached the break in advantage in 1 and won at the end of the 90 ‘in 1. In 12 matches in the competition, suffered the first goal 9 times and only got 1 comeback.
The Leganés enters this unmotivated match, after having registered another day without winning, to draw away from home against Girona by 0-0. It is important to remember that the locals no longer win four games for the Spanish championship. The whole house usually acts in a 4-2-3-1, favoring a slower style of play, channeling, mostly, their game through the flanks. In this tactical design, the three most advanced players are Rodriguez, El Zhar and Carrillo, the last two being the best Leganés scorers, with 3 goals scored each. Coach Mauricio Pellegrino can not count on the injured Szymanowski and Munõz.
Deportivo Alavés:
The away team is currently in the 4 th position of the league, with 23 points won, after 7 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in an away match against Eibar, by (2-1). In the last match, they won in a home match against Huesca, by (2-1). This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, since they have won 9 points in away matches and 14 at their stadium, with 9 goals scored and 8 conceded at home, against 8 goals scored and 4 conceded at home. In the last 6 away matches for the championship, Deportivo Alavés has 3 wins and 3 losses, so they have won 9 points out of 18 possible. The team allowed goals to the opponent in 7 of the last 10 matches, so he has not presented great defensive solidity, but his attack has scored regularly, as he always scored at least one goal in the last 10 matches for this competition. In 12 matches in this tournament, they have conceded the first goal 5 times, but have turned the score in 3. In the last 7 home matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: they have conceded 3 of their 8 goals between minutes (76 ‘) -90 ‘).
The Deportivo Alavés enters this performance after a triumph, by 2-1, in the reception to Huesca: Jony and Gómez marked the goals of the triumph. We emphasize that the visitors are making a Spanish championship of great quality and at this moment they are 1 point ahead of the Barcelona leader. The visiting team usually acts in a 4-4-2, privileging a more organized style of play, attacking, preferably, through the central corridor. In this tactical design, the two most advanced players will be Calleri and Borja Bastón, being that Jony, Gómez, Brasanac and García will have to act in the middle zone of the terrain. Pacheco, Rodrigo Ely and Tomas Pina continue from outside due to injury.
