Athletic Club vs Leganés betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the La Liga match on January 26th, 2025

Athletic Club and Leganés will face each other in a La Liga game in Spain on Sunday, January 26th, 2025, at 17:30h (UTC), check the Athletic Club vs Leganés betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Athletic Club vs Leganés will occur

The game is set to be played in the mythical San Mamés Barria stadium, in the city of Bilbao, with a capacity for 53000 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

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Introduction to the Athletic Club vs Leganés betting tip 2024/2025

Despite the season change, the La Liga has not changed much regarding goals. Today's average goals in the competition are still similar to what was seen in the tournament's last edition. The current mark is 2.61 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.64 goals per game of the last championship.

Athletic Club last match

Athletic Club in its last official match lost (4-1) against Beşiktaş, in a match valid for Europa League. Coach E. Valverde's lined up a 4-2-3-1 formation.

A fairly even game was expected, with odds for the home defeat at 3.60.

The defense certainly did not have an easy time in this match. The worst in the department is perhaps Óscar de Marcos, who was missing in the most important moments of the match. One of the worst on the field.

Leganés last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for La Liga, Leganés, who used a 5-4-1 formation, faced the Atlético Madrid team with a final score of 1-0.

The odds of the underdog team to win were 6.50 before the match. That shows why it was an unexpected result - an incredible surprise for everyone who enjoyed this match!

Athletic Club vs Leganés h2h

When these teams last played against each other in La Liga, Athletic Club ranked 11th place while Leganés was in 15th place. Athletic Club initiated hostilities with a 4-2-3-1 formation while Leganés played using a 5-3-2 tactic.

The previous meeting between these two teams was in the 2024/2025 season of the La Liga. The meeting took place on 19-09-2024 and ended with a 0-2 win for Athletic Club.

The performance of the Leganés team in their five recent games to date has been relatively good, unlike the Athletic Club team.

Athletic Club

La Liga leaderboard now

The Athletic Club team with 39 points currently occupies the 4th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the UEFA Champions League, with a campaign of 11 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses.

In the 21st round, the team has the same points that the FC Barcelona team who occupies position 3.

Athletic Club analysis

After round number 20 in La Liga, Athletic Club has 31 goals scored and 18 conceded.

The Athletic Club team comes from a defeat in the Europa League, and its coach Ernesto Valverde Tejedor wants to counter this trend by imposing a loss on his opponent, using the advantage of playing at home.

The average shooting on goal for the Athletic Club team in the league is not the best. There are only 4.15 per game. This turns out to be another good indication that the team does not usually score many goals or give much work to the opposing goalkeepers.

Over the course of the tournament, Athletic Club recorded an average ball possession of 47.35%. This indicates that the team usually does not impose its schemes, but adopts more guarded and defensive tactics. For the next game that Athletic Club will play against Leganés, fans would like to see more aggressive soccer from their team, and especially a few more goals.

Being naturally stronger at home than as a visiting team, having won 5 games away from home. At home the team proves to be better, having positive results, with 6 wins against 1 loss, and 3 draws.

Athletic Club is a more offensive team than Leganés, having 2200 attacks vs. 1705 from Leganés, having scored 31 times. In comparison, Leganés converted into goal 19 times.

Best goalscorer from Athletic Club

At the individual level in the team's offensive line, we have to highlight Oihan Sancet. With 7 goals on his own, the Midfielder has been instrumental in helping the Athletic Club team achieving several victories this season.

It should also be noted that 1 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Leganés

La Liga leaderboard now

Leganés arrives in this game with 22 points, and in 15th place in the La Liga, having won 5 games in total and lost 8 times, making a total of 7 draws.

The team has no disadvantage against Las Palmas who occupies position 14 in the 21st round and has the same amount of points.

Leganés analysis

Leganés counted 19 goals scored and 29 conceded at the end of La Liga day number 20.

The team is not scoring many goals, averaging 0.95 goals per game. Moreover, it will be going to play on a difficult field, so the outcome of the match may seem one-sided. But soccer, you know, is unpredictable.

Best goalscorer from Leganés

Individually, the team's most offensive player in the competition so far is Juan Cruz. He has scored 4 times in the current season and has helped Leganés come out with a positive result on several occasions.

For bettors some entries may be relevant for this match, namely:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Athletic Club is Oihan Sancet, who has already scored 7 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Leganés is Juan Cruz, he has scored in 4 opportunities.

A good bet could be made between 75-90 minutes of the game as this is the time most goals are scored.

Corners Top Betting Tips

There is an average of 3.8 corners per game, making this a good thing to note if one wishes to obtain good results in sports betting.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 4.05 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

Both teams have the same number of red cards in the season, in this case 3. A market to evaluate to get some return on your bets!

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