FC Barcelona vs Leganés betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the La Liga match on December 15th, 2024

FC Barcelona and Leganés are scheduled to play against each other on December 15th, 2024, Sunday at 20:00h (UTC), in a La Liga match to be held in Spain, check the FC Barcelona vs Leganés betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where FC Barcelona vs Leganés will occur

The game takes place in the mythical Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys stadium, in the city of Barcelona, with a capacity for 54367 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

Including statistics, events and odds, you can follow the match live with access to all the information to help with your sports betting on Betarena.

Introduction to the FC Barcelona 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 2.65 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.64 goals per game of the last championship.

FC Barcelona last match

FC Barcelona comes from a win in the last match played. On that occasion the opponent was Borussia Dortmund, in a match valid for Champions League, and the match ended 2-3. Coach H. Flick's team lined up with this formation: 4-2-3-1.

A win for the home team had odds of 1.95, which makes it clear that a close match was expected.

With a fantastic performance, Lamine Yamal was the big name in the team's victory. Responsible for his best moments, the midfield was a real executioner of the rival in the duel, including, with assistance for goal.

Leganés last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a defeat in the last round. In a dispute valid for La Liga, Leganés, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the Real Sociedad team with a final score of 0-3.

This defeat was something that was already predicted before the game. The odds for their win, 5.50 indicated as much.

FC Barcelona vs Leganés h2h

The last time these teams played against each other was in La Liga, where FC Barcelona was at 1st place while Leganés occupied 19th place. FC Barcelona went in with a 4-3-3 formation while Leganés opened their game with a 5-3-2 tactic.

The last time these teams met was for a La Liga match, on 16-06-2020, referring to the 2019/2020 season, which ended with a 2-0 win for FC Barcelona.

The FC Barcelona team in their last five matches has produced solid performances, while Leganés has been more irregular.

FC Barcelona

La Liga leaderboard now

The FC Barcelona team with 38 points currently occupies the 1st place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the UEFA Champions League, with a campaign of 12 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses.

This means that Real Madrid team, in 2nd place, is close behind in the 17th round with a disadvantage of 2 points.

FC Barcelona analysis

After round number 16 in La Liga, FC Barcelona has 50 goals scored and 19 conceded.

Once again, Hans-Dieter Flick may use his reputation as a brilliant strategist to confound his opponents in this game. The FC Barcelona coach is known for his ability to adjust his team's playing style based on the opponent, a skill that often pays off, particularly in home games.

FC Barcelona, with its offensive play, has an average of 6.76 direct shots on goal per game in this league, and therefore has high chances of scoring goals and winning.

Teams usually have some control over the opponents if they achieve ball possession above 50%. Therefore, to control the game, the FC Barcelona team usually tries to reach an average ball possession of 66.65%.

FC Barcelona is a more offensive team than Leganés, having 1963 attacks vs. 1424 from Leganés, having scored 50 times. In comparison, Leganés converted into goal 14 times.

Best goalscorer from FC Barcelona

In this season, the individual highlight is Robert Lewandowski that has dominated the offensive side. The Attacker has already scored 16 times this season, becoming crucial in the positive results that FC Barcelona achieved in several matches.

It should also be noted that 2 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Leganés

La Liga leaderboard now

Leganés arrives in this game with 15 points, and in 17th place in the La Liga, having won 3 games in total and lost 7 times, making a total of 6 draws.

In the 17th round, the team has the same number of points compared to the Deportivo Alavés team which is just above, in 16th place.

Leganés analysis

The goal difference is on the negative side for Leganés, which after 16 rounds has conceded 23 but has only scored 14.

Recent games have demonstrated that Leganés is having difficulties in scoring goals, as they have recorded a low number of goals and a high number of matches where they failed to score. This suggests that their attacking play needs to be improved, with a focus on creating more quality chances.

The outcome of the match promises to be less than positive for the team, which is awaiting a complicated away game and has some less than comforting attacking numbers: only 0.88 goals on average per game in this tournament.

Best goalscorer from Leganés

In this season, the individual highlight is Juan Cruz that has dominated the offensive side. The Attacker has already scored 4 times this season, becoming crucial in the positive results that Leganés achieved in several matches.

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 FC Barcelona is Robert Lewandowski, who has already scored 16 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Leganés is Juan Cruz, he has scored in 4 opportunities.

75-90 minutes into the game is where most goals occur, a good time to bet if one is following the live game.

The bet on under 2.5 goals can be a good alternative, since generally Leganés does not concede goals as a visitor. Leganés also averages 1 goal per match when playing away from home.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 3.4.

Corners Top Betting Tips

Something to explore in order to get favorable betting results is noting the average of 4.3 corners per game which one can get by combining the number of corners of both teams.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 4.31 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

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