Leganes – Sevilla Prediction & Picks (23.12.2018)

Leganes-vs.-Sevilla

Leganes – Sevilla SOCCER PICKS

CD Leganés and Sevilla face in Municipal Stadium of Butarque, in a match for the 17th round of the First Division. The record of direct matches played in this stadium indicates total balance between these two teams, since there was 1 draw and 1 win for each team in the last 3 matches. But the last time these two teams met at this stadium was on 18-03-2018, for the First Division, which ended with the victory of CD Leganés by (2-1). Bustinza (41 ‘) and Eraso (69’) scored the goals of the match, for CD Leganés, and M. Layún (90 ‘), for Sevilla. The condition home / away deserves particular attention, because despite this being a match between 16th and 2nd of the league table, it is actually a match between the 11th ranked in home games and the 3rd as a visitor.

Leganés CD:

After 4 wins, 6 draws and 6 losses, the home team is currently in the 16th position, with 18 points won. In their last match, they tied with Celta de Vigo by (0-0), after in the previous match they tied (1-1) at home, in a match against Getafe. This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, since they have won 12 points in away matches, with 7 goals scored and 13 conceded, against 6 points won at their stadium, with 8 goals scored and 6 conceded. In the last 7 home league matches CD Leganés has a record of 3 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss, so they have won 12 points out of 21 possible.

For this competition, he does not lose in his stadium 5 matches ago. In their home matches there is a tendency for few goals, since 21 of the last 50 matches have ended with Under 1,5 goals. This is a team that scores only few times and was only able to open the scoring in 4 of its last 16 matches for the First Division, of these 4 came to rest in advantage in 3 and won at the end of the 90 ‘in 3. In 16 matches in this competition, he only had 1 comeback in the 10 games in which he suffered the first goal.

The Leganés is doing a lousy campaign in La Liga, but has shown signs of improvement, is undefeated for six rounds, which won 2 games and tied 4, and is looking for another positive result to try to get away from the area decline, over which has an advantage of only 3 points. The team’s main problem is the inefficiency of their attack, which scored only 15 goals and is the third worst in the competition, while their defense has been presented reasonably, suffered 19 goals and is the eighth best, so much that it did not suffer goals in 3 of their last 5 games. At home, the Leganés comes from 3 wins and 2 draws, has the fourth worst attack, with only 8 goals in 7 games, but his defense has an average lower than 1 goal suffered per game in this type of situation, since he plays very closed. For the difficult confrontation with Sevilla, coach Pellegrino has the return of Nyom, who served a suspension in the last game, by accumulation of yellow cards.

Sevilla:

The away team is currently in the 2 nd position, with 31 points won, after 9 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses. In the penultimate match, they tied in an away match against Valencia, by (1-1). In the last match, they won in a home match against Girona, by (2-0). This is a stronger team in his stadium, where he won 19 points, against only 12 in his away games. In the last 8 away matches Sevilla has 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses, so they have won 12 points out of 24 possible.

For this competition, they have not won any of the last 4 away matches. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-0 (4 out of 8 matches). The team has conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 matches, so it has not presented great defensive solidity, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 16 matches in this tournament, they have conceded the first goal 5 times and have only won 1 result. In the last 16 home matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: they have conceded 9 of their 17 goals between minutes (76’-90 ‘).

Sevilla is doing a great campaign in La Liga, is undefeated 7 games ago, in which he won 4 and tied 3, and goes in search of another 3 points to try to return to the leadership of the national championship, since he is 3 points behind. first classified Barcelona. The team is characterized by an optimal balance between the offensive and defensive sectors, since it scored 29 goals, being the second best attack of the competition, and suffered 16, having the fourth best defense, being a team that attacks a lot, creates several opportunities of goal and, nevertheless, leaves few spaces in its defense. As a visitor, as in Sunday’s game, Sevilla comes from 3 consecutive draws and their attack fell a lot of performance in this type of situation, so much that they scored only 2 goals in the last 3 games away from their domains and it should be noted that all these 3 matches had a maximum of 2 goals on the scoreboard. For the confrontation with the Leganés, the coach Pablo Machín will not be able to count on Banega and Sarabia, for suspension, diminishing considerably the creativity in the midfield.


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