The meeting between Real Sociedad and Leganes is one of two friendly teams that wear the same colors, blue and white. In the tour, Sociedad played in regular Leganes’ t-shirts and now returns his favor and allows his opponent to wear the two colors following the Basque team using the spare jerseys. The match between the two is scheduled Saturday at 7.30 pm on the Estádio Municipal de Anoeta in San Sebastian.
Real Sociedad: current form, latest results, statistics
Real Sociedad continues his good period, leading to 6 games in which he has not lost. He has managed 3 wins and 3 draws and added 12 points to the top of the list. So he climbed to 9th place, quite close to the European positions, which he divides 4 points.
In a ranking of the last 13 stages, Real Sociedad was fourth, immediately behind the great Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid. Only the big problems continue to come from home meetings, where he only won 3 times in 11 games. Most often he is accused of anoeta lawn, technical players with a lot of problems.
Let’s look at the last 5 results:
- 17.01.19 Real Sociedad vs Betis 2-2 (Copa del Rey)
- 20.01.19 Rayo Vallecano vs Real Sociedad 2-2
- 27.01.19 Real Sociedad vs Huesca 0-0
- 02.02.19 Real Sociedad vs Athletic Bilbao 2-1
- 10.02.19 Valencia vs Real Sociedad 0-0
In the last round meeting with Valencia, Real Sociedad lost Asier Illaramendi, one of the team’s flagship players. It will be a big problem for coach Imanol Alguacil to find a substitute because he is announcing a slightly longer absence.
In the last home meeting, the host team won with Athletic Bilbao, her life rival. So far this season, Sociedad has failed to tie two consecutive home victories.
Willian Jose, with 8 goals scored and 2 defeats, is the most efficient player of the hosts.
Leganes: current form, latest results, statistics
Leganes is also in good shape lately. It has 3 consecutive matches without defeat, with two wins and a draw. With the 7 points accumulated he climbed up to 11th in the standings with 29 points. He put a 6 point difference between her and the first relegable place.
The work of this great coach, Mauricio Pellegrino, begins to be seen and Leganes will go up in the next period. The team’s problems come just in the meeting, from where he brought only 9 points, occupying only the 16th position in such a hierarchy.
Let’s also note the series of the last 5 meetings:
- 16.01.19 Leganes vs Real Madrid 1-0 (Copa del Rey)
- 20.01.19 Barcelona vs Leganes 3-1
- 26.01.19 Leganes vs Eibar 2-2
- 04.02.19 Rayo Vallecano vs Leganes 1-2
- 10.02.19 Leganes vs Betis 3-0
This is the one-time match in La Liga for the visiting team. Let’s not forget that it is only the third season in the first league for Leganes, which was saved every time in the final of the championship. He held the 17th position in both previous participations.
Moroccan international Youssef El-Nesyri made a very good match with Betis and scored 3 times. He is Leganes’ first player to succeed in a hat-trick in La Liga. He has scored 8 times this season and only needs 2 goals to beat another team record, 10 goals scored in La Liga, gathered in two seasons, by Alexander Szymanowski.
Real Sociedad vs Leganes: Direct Matches
There are five direct meetings between the two teams, two wins for Sociedad, one for Leganes and two draws. In turn, the score was 2-2.
Both teams are going through very good times. Real Sociedad is having a lot of trouble in the games that spoke on Anoeta. In contrast, Leganes has greatly improved his percentage when playing away. If in the first 6 games he scored only one point and lost 5 times, in the next 6 he gave up only twice in Barcelona and Espanyol. There are good chances for a good new guest score.
Prediction Today: 1x
Odds: 1.83
