Espanyol vs Leganes Preview

This game features two teams who were surprise packages in the league last season and it will be interesting to see how the game turns out.

Against all odds last season Espanyol finished 8^th in the league table making it one of their highest rankings in recent memory.

They defeated this opponent in both league fixtures last season and they obviously still look more dangerous than their visitors and may prove too much for them again.

They managed to keep hold of their main stars Pablo Piatti and Gerard Moreno who played huge parts in their success last season.

Many considered Leganes favourites to get relegated at the beginning of last season but they survived and they will be looking to make their continued stay in the La Liga count.

They defeated Alaves last weekend at home.

Although the victory came via a narrow 1-0 score line that will have done their confidence a lot of good ahead of this match.

Leganes have not won any of their last 25 away games losing 10 of those trips.

It will interesting to see if they have improved or not.

Their recent head to head record shows two losses from two games against Espanyol.

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

Espanyol 

LAST FIVE GAMES						DATE	COMPETITION
D	Sevilla FC		1-1		Espanyol	Aug 19, 2017	Spanish Primera División
W	Borussia Dortmund		0-1		Espanyol	Jul 28, 2017	Friendly
W	Granada		1-2		Espanyol	May 19, 2017	Spanish Primera División
L	Espanyol		0-1		Valencia	May 13, 2017	Spanish Primera División
W	Deportivo La Coruña		1-2		Espanyol	May 7, 2017	Spanish Primera División

Leganes

LAST FIVE GAMES						DATE	COMPETITION
W	Leganes		1-0		Alavés	Aug 18, 2017	Spanish Primera División
L	Leganes		0-1		Atletico Madrid	Aug 12, 2017	Friendly
D	Leganes		1-1		Alavés	May 20, 2017	Spanish Primera División
D	Athletic Bilbao		1-1		Leganes	May 14, 2017	Spanish Primera División
W	Leganes		4-0		Real Betis	May 8, 2017	Spanish Primera División

H2H

DATE	COMPETITION
Leganes		0-1		Espanyol	Apr 16, 2017	Spanish Primera División
Espanyol		3-0		Leganes	Nov 26, 2016	Spanish Primera División

Other fixtures taking place this week in the Spanish Primera:

Spanish Primera Table

Spanish Primera Results