Leganes vs Celta Vigo
Spanish La Liga
Date: Saturday, 28th January 2017
Kick-Off at 19:45 UK/ 20:45 CET
Venue: Estadio Municipal de Butarque, Leganes.
Leganes, last season's Segunda Division runners-up, has been winless in their last six matches to fall to the 17th spot of the 20-team Spanish top flight table, only five points above the bottom three relegation area currently occupied by Sporting Gijon, Granada, and fellow newly-promoted squad Osasuna.
In their most recent fixture last Saturday, Los Pepineros was held by another newly-promoted club, Alaves, to a 1-1 draw on the road at the Mendizorrotza Stadium, Marca reported.
Alaves defender Victor Laguardia opened the scoring in the 11th minute before Leganes forward Miguel Angel Guerrero equalized in the 45th minute.
Spanish midfielder Edgar then grabbed back the lead for Alaves with a goal in the 51st minute, but Leganes defender Pablo Insua forced the draw with a header from the center of the box with six minutes left before full-time.
Meanwhile, Celta Vigo is coming off a 0-1 loss to contending squad Real Sociedad on the road at the Anoeta Stadium last Sunday, as per ESPN.
After a goalless first half of play, Spanish forward Juanmi provided the lone goal of the match for Real Sociedad in the 72nd minute to hand head coach Eduardo Berizzo's squad their eighth loss of the season.
The defeat snapped Celta Vigo's two-game winning run as the team is now settled in the eighth spot in the overall standings. They are only four points behind sixth-place team Villarreal, who currently holds the second and final Europa League qualifying berth for next season, and a comfortable 14 points above the bottom three relegation zone.
Prediction and Predicted Lineup
The predicted result is a close 2-1 decision for Celta Vigo.
Leganes starting lineup (5-3-2 formation): Herrerin; Insua, Mantovani, Marin, Bustinza, Diaz; Gabriel, Timor, Perez; Guerrero, Machis
Celta Vigo starting lineup (4-3-3 formation): Alvarez; Planas, Fontas, Gomez, Roncaglia; Diop, Sene, Hernandez; Sisto, Jozabed, Rossi
Leganes vs Celta Vigo: Head-to-Head Stats
Leganes suro0risingly came out victorious from the first ever head to head clash with Celta. They claimed a narrow 0-1 win in the opening of Primeira Division at Balaidos thanks to Victor Diaz whose goal made the difference.
Leganes vs Celta Vigo: Prediction
The visitors are looking much better at the moment and we see a decent value in backing the away win at 2/1 as the number one betting prediction. Iago Aspas has been phenomenal so far in the season netting 11 goals in Primera. He should be your number one option for anytime goal-scorer at 2/1 odds.
Leganes vs Celta Vigo: Betting Tips
Celta to win at 2/1 (3.00)
Iago Aspas to score anytime 2/1 (3.00).
