It is the quarter finals of the Copa del Rey this week and there are some interesting ties coming up, none less perhaps than this one. Real Madrid are well out of sorts at the moment and aren’t carrying great away form.
Spanish La Liga – Leganes v Real Madrid – Estadio Municipal de Butarque, Madrid – Saturday 18th November – 14:15 UK Time
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Draw Best Odd of: 10/3 at Ladbrokes |
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Leganes
Real MadridLeganes Form
Leganes have played ten home games this season across all competitions and how many clean sheets have they taken? Seven. They have shipped just six home goals this season in that sequence of games, and Barcelona was responsible for three of those in a league win at Leganes back in November. Overall Leganes are W6 D2 L2 this season at the Butarque and that suggests that they can make life difficult for Real Madrid. Los Legionarios, who are based on the outskirts of Madrid, are likely to keep the score down in this first leg at home so under 2.5 goals looks a bold gamble, but it could pay off. Just to sum up how good their defence is, only Barcelona and Atletico have conceded fewer league goals than they have done this season.
Real Madrid Form
Los Merengues are not in great form and suffered yet another setback on the weekend as they lost at home in La Liga to Villareal who moved up to with a point of them in the league now. With Madrid 19 points adrift of league leaders Barcelona in their La Liga title defence, defending that’s out of the question so they do have to go hard at this. But they have won just one of their last five games in all competitions and just two of their last seven games out on the road as well (D3 L2). They just are not clicking at the moment and need a new injection of life, which is why the Neymar transfer rumours persist. Can they pull themselves together for this quarter-final first leg? Do they have the form to break down a tough Leganes defence? Questions, questions.
Leganes v Real Madrid Betting Odds and Predictions
The double chance option on Leganes, basically backing them to get a draw out of this, has to be a great proposition for the game. This could be the perfect time for them to go and catch Real Madrid out at the moment. There have only been four previous meetings between the two clubs and Real Madrid have won all four of those. This will be the first meeting between them this season. Each of the previous four between the two sides have gone over 2.5 goals.
Top Betting Tips Leganes v Real Madrid
It’ll be tough for them to get through this tie over two legs, but they can stick in there on home soil. They will be taking on a Leganes side who have been defensively superb at home this season and despite Real Madrid going as odds-on favourites at 2/5 to win this, Leganes look undervalued at 7/1.