Leganes take on the visitors Valencia in the round 9 match of Spanish LaLiga. The match will be played on Friday, October 4th at Estadio Municipal de Butarque (Leganes).
Leganés aims to prove they're competitive at this level. The "Cucumber Growers" were relegated from La Liga in 2020 and only managed to return last season. Manolo Jiménez transformed the team, which had been sitting in 14th place, into the leader of the previous campaign. Initially, they managed to pick up points at the higher level they had been away from for a while—drawing away at Osasuna and Valladolid, and even beating Las Palmas. However, they hit a slump in September, suffering consecutive defeats to Mallorca, Betis, and Athletic without scoring a single goal. Last Saturday, they managed a draw, leading against Getafe away before conceding a penalty that resulted in a 1-1 final score. They repeated that scoreline against Rayo Vallecano.
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Under their former player Rubén Baraja, "Los Che" managed to stabilize their game. He first rescued the ambitious club from relegation and then lifted them to the top half of the table last season. At Mestalla, there were even hopes of pushing for a return to European competition, especially after some summer signings. While goalkeeper Mamardashvili was sold to Liverpool, he won’t leave until next year. However, one of the new arrivals, Rafa Mir, got caught up in a scandal involving rape allegations. Financial troubles haven’t gone away, and the club’s owner, Peter Lim, faces fraud accusations. It’s no surprise that the team matched its worst start to a season with four defeats and one draw in most of their matches. Still, it seems Baraja is starting to find some rhythm. Valencia surprised everyone with a win over Girona, then kept a clean sheet in a 0-0 draw against Osasuna, but they ended up losing 0-3 away to Real Sociedad.
Valencia has failed to win in their last four encounters with Leganés. In fact, after three consecutive draws, Leganés managed to win in 2020. The odds suggest this will be a very even match. However, the home side has more advantages. We’re backing Leganés to win with a "draw no bet" option.
Prediction for the match: Leganes to win with 0.0 handicap.
