Leganes take on the visitors Atletico Madrid in the second round match of Spanish La Liga. The match takes place at Butarque Stadium on Saturday, August 27th.
Leganes impressed last season, finishing second in Segunda with 74 points take in 42 matches. The team had intensive pre-season, playing eight sparring matches during this summer. As the first match proved, Leganes did a good job in these matches as they won their away clash against Celta Vigo. Leganes gave possession to Celta and punished them with one counterattack, 1-0. Leganes played 12 matches at home in 2016, taking seven wins, three draws and two defeats. However, the level of teams in Primera is much higher and it would be hard to keep showing such confident results at own turf.
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Atletico won bronze medals last season and lost the Champions League final to their neighbors Real Madrid. Now the team would want to step up and win a trophy this season. Los Colcheneros prevailed in their first match of the season against Alaves and took late lead on 92dn minute, but drew the fixture, 1-1, conceding on the 95th an equalizer.
Leganes and Atletico faced one another back in season 2000/01 when both matches were won by today’s visitors, 2-1 and 3-0. Simeone’s men are also favorites of the upcoming match. Loss of two points in the previous match put them behind Barca and the neighbors Real and Atletico would do their best to avoid such failures in remaining matches against mediocre teams.
Prediction for the match: Atletico Madrid to win.
