Leganes take on the visitors Rayo Vallecano at the Estadio Municipal de Butarque in the first leg fixture of the Copa del Rey 1/16-finals. The match will be played in the eponymous city Leganes on Tuesday, October 30th.
Leganes have been looking pretty weak this Primera Division season. They are on the eighteenth place there at the moment. However, Los Pepineros have showed some solid performances in front of their home crowd recently. For example, they have managed to beat Barcelona, to draw against Real Sociedad and to beat exactly Rayo Vallecano all at the Estadio Municipal de Butarque. Interestingly, the team of Mauricio Pellegrino has already faced Rayo Vallecano twice this season and has beaten them both times. Even though they have been unable to get positive results consistently this Primera Division season the Lega are likely to find strength in themselves and to get higher in the table with time. In their last three matches Leganes lost to Levante with a 0-2 score, drew against Valencia with a 1-1 score and lost to Eibar with a 2-3 score in a friendly fixture.
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Last season Rayo Vallecano performed in the Segunda Division. Now they have been playing in the Primera Division for a while but that has not been a successful time for them at all. Los Franjirrojos have managed to get a victory only once so far in the league over Huesca who have been placing last in the Primera Division lately. They have conceded twice more than they have scored so far. If the team of Michel continues to fail in the Primera Division they will get relegated to the Segunda Division in the end for sure. Interestingly, they have had a match against Leganes recently and have created twice less goal attempts than the Lega in that game. It is unlikely that Los Vallecanos will manage to beat their opponents on the away field on Tuesday. In their last three matches Rayo Vallecano lost to Girona with a 1-2 score, drew against Athletic Bilbao with a 1-1 score and lost to Getafe with a 1-2 score.
Last Copa Del Rey tournament Leganes managed to show some solid performances and won several fixtures there. Furthermore, they have a lot more solid experience of playing against the Primera Division teams than Rayo Vallecano. In their last three matches between Los Pepineros and Los Franjirrojos the first ones won all of them. Considering that the team of Mauricio Pellegrino has showed some great home performances even against the top tier Spanish teams already this season it is likely that they will beat the team of Michel on Tuesday.
Prediction for the match: Leganes to win.
