Espanyol vs Leganés betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the La Liga match on January 11th, 2025

A La Liga match between Espanyol and Leganés will hold on January 11th, 2025, Saturday at 17:30h (UTC), in Spain, check the Espanyol vs Leganés betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Espanyol vs Leganés will occur

The game is set to be played in the well-known RCDE Stadium stadium, in the city of Cornella de Llobregat, with a capacity for 40500 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

At Betarena, you can find everything about the match live, including statistics, events, odds, and everything else that can help with your sports betting.

Introduction to the Espanyol 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 2.63 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.64 goals per game of the last championship.

Espanyol last match

Espanyol come from a defeat in the last match. The game against Las Palmas, valid for the La Liga, ended with a 1-0. The team coached by J. González Álvarez lined up in the last match with a 4-1-4-1 formation.

A fairly even game was expected, with odds for the home defeat at 2.05.

The defense appeared lacking in energy throughout the match. Particularly below expectations, Leandro Cabrera, who did not appear in his best form. His team's results in the future will also depend on his performance.

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 Copa Del Rey, Leganés, who used a 5-4-1 formation, faced the FC Cartagena team with a final score of 1-2.

The odds for the home team to win before the match were 2.15, so it was logical to expect a fairly even match.

Espanyol vs Leganés h2h

The last time these teams battled against each other in La Liga 2, Espanyol ranked 2nd place while Leganés was in 1st place. Espanyol took to the field with a 4-4-2 tactic, while Leganés deployed in a 4-2-3-1 formation.

Their last La Liga 2 game of 2023/2024 season which took place on 12-04-2024 game ended in a staggering 0-0 draw.

Last time a draw between these teams, what to expect now?

The Leganés team has accomplished more consistent results in the past five games, than Espanyol its counterpart.

Espanyol

La Liga leaderboard now

With 15 points won, Espanyol is in 18th place on the leaderboard, which leaves the team in the Relegation zone. The team's campaign so far is 4 wins against 11 losses, plus 3 draws.

In the 19th round, the team holds a small disadvantage of 1 point as opposed to Getafe team which is just above, in the 17th place.

Espanyol analysis

Espanyol have a negative goal difference, having after 18 rounds conceded 30 goals to opponents and scored 16. An average to improve.

The performances of Espanyol in recent matches suggest that they are having difficulty scoring goals, with a low number of goals and a high number of matches where they failed to score. This indicates that their attacking play is not creating enough quality chances and needs improvement.

Espanyol has a ball possession average of 40.22% in the league. Therefore, they are not the team that proposes the game, which can be a problem for this match. Therefore, fans hope the team to have more possession in this Espanyol vs Leganés 2024/2025 match and, especially, to convert it into goals.

Best goalscorer from Espanyol

If we want to highlight a player from the team's attack at this stage, we have to name Javi Puado. The Attacker scored 6 goals in the current season, helping Espanyol to achieve victory in several disputes.

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 18 points, and in 15th place in the La Liga, having won 4 games in total and lost 8 times, making a total of 6 draws.

Which means that in the 19th round, the team is ahead with an advantage of 1 point over Deportivo Alavés team who is in the 16th place.

Leganés analysis

After round 18 of La Liga we count 17 goals scored by Leganés and 28 conceded.

Leganés average number of shots on net is 2.61 per game. This is a good indicator of the fact that the team does not score much, nor does it impose too much of a burden on opposing defenses.

The team has a relatively low scoring streak, the average goals scored does not exceed 0.94 per game, and this may mean that the result of the next away match may not be positive.

Leganés is a more offensive team than Espanyol, having 1542 attacks vs. 1376 from Espanyol, having scored 17 times, in comparison, Espanyol converted into goal 16 times.

Best goalscorer from Leganés

In the individual highlights of the team in the offensive sector, the focus falls on Juan Cruz so far in the competition. With 4 goals with his signature, the Attacker has helped his team Leganés to achieve victorious results this season.

For punters 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 Espanyol is Javi Puado, who has already scored 6 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

For favorable betting results, note that combining the number of corners of both teams gives an average of 3.42 corners per game.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Espanyol has an average of 2.6 yellow cards per game over the 18 rounds, while Leganés has an average of 2.1. In other words, these teams together are averaging 4.89 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

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