Deportivo La Coruna vs Leganes
Spanish La Liga.
Date: Thursday, 23 September, 2016
Kick-off: 01:00 GMT+7
Venue: Estadio Municipal De Riazor, A Coruna.
Deportivo started the new season with a victory over Eibar with 2-1 at home. Then played a friendly match in the international break, where beat easily an amateur side with 5-1, so their form in the beginning of the season was good. But then the troubles came after 0-0 vs Betis, 0-1 vs Athletic Bilbao and 0-0 vs Alaves. So with only 2 scored goals in 4 rounds and 3 consecutive games without a scored goal, they have one of the worst attacks in the league. Also some important players like Joselu and Sidnei are out due to knee and muscle injuries, while Navarro is doubtful with smaller problems.
Leganes are newbie in La Liga and started very good after a victory over Celta Vigo with 1-0 away at home and then 0-0 vs great side like Atletico Madrid. But in the previous two rounds showed really awful performance and first lost against Gijon with 1-2 and then against Barcelona with 1-5. But they have some great news for today, because all players are available for the selection with no injuries or suspensions, so they should break their negative serie.
BETTING VERDICT:
This is going to be the first meeting between these two sides in La Liga. Both teams are not in very good form after Deportivo didn't score in the past 3 games, while Leganes lost the previous 2, so I expect an under game with little number of goals.
Key Facts
Deportivo La Coruna has 1 win in 5 league games, and 1 win in their last 5 home league games.
Leganes has 1 win of their first 4 La liga games, and won 1 of their first 2 away games.
Deportivo La Coruna: Predicted Line-Up (4-2-3-1)
Lux: Juanfran, Albentosa, Arribas, Luisinho: Mosquera, Borges- Moreno Fajr, Gama: Andone
Leganes: Predicted Line-Up (5-4-1)
Serantes: Diaz, Bustinza, Insua, Medjani, Rico: Lopez, Sastre, Gabriel, Machis: Kone
Deportivo La Coruna vs Leganes: Head to Head
Deportivo La Coruna and Leganes will be facing in a Spanish La Liga fixture for the first time. Also, for the first time in a competitive match.
Deportivo La Coruna vs Leganes: Prediction
Deportivo La Coruna inconsistent home run is record Leganes faithful can look at and gather hope of a possible point. Their ZikZag performance at home is giving each and every visiting team the effrontery to come to the De Riazor and get a positive result.
To summarize, Deportivo La Coruna can be considered favourites and to come out with a win here. This is mainly due to their experience playing in the league compared to their visiting counterpart. Also, considering the number of chances they created in the narrow home defeat to Bilbao a week ago.
