Our prediction for this Primera Division match:
Barcelona
Match Time & Date:
15/12/2024
21:00
Prediction: 4-1
Leganes
Barcelona will be aiming to retain top position in the La Liga standings when they welcome Leganes to Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys on Matchday 17. Barca have been having their ups and downs of late, but they are seen as hot favourites to beat the capital club in front of home fans. Head coach Hansi Flick will be watching the game from the stands following his sending-off in a 2-2 draw with Real Betis, while all Marc Bernal, Ansu Fati, and Andreas Christensen remain on the sidelines with injuries.
The capital club, on the other hand, experienced all sorts of problems at the back in a 3-0 loss to Real Sociedad at the weekend and given their negative record in Catalonia, anything but a routine home win would be a big surprise. To make things even worse for the away team, midfielder Valentin Rosier misses out through suspension, while both Daniel Raba and Enriq Franquesa are out of contention with injuries.
Highlighted Player (Robert Lewandowski):
After scoring 36 goals in 59 league games for Znicz Pruskow, Robert Lewandowski joined Lech Poznan in June, 2008. The 184-cm-tall attacker scored 18 goals in 28 appearances for the club in the 2009/2010 Ekstraklasa campaign and during the season he was on Borussia Dortmund’s radar.
The Polish forward signed a four-year deal with the Bundesliga side in June, 2010 and he quickly established himself as the team’s key attacker. Lewandowski was producing excellent performances with the Millionaires between 2010 and 2014 and it has to be noted that he won two Bundesliga trophies with the club (2010/2011, 2011/2012). He participated in the 2012/2013 Champions League final with Borussia Dortmund, but the Millionaires were beaten by fellow Bundesliga side Bayern Munich in the title game.
However, he betrayed Borussia Dortmund fans in 2014 as he signed a four-year deal with the Bundesliga giants. Lewandowski impressed in the 2016/2017 Bundesliga campaign as he scored 30 goals in 32 league games for Pep Guardiola’s troops. The Polish footballer represented his homeland at Euro 2016 in France and he scored one goal at the showpiece tournament in France.
Highlighted Team (Leganes):
Leganes are a Spanish football club that have mostly been playing in lower leagues. Los Pepineros play their home games at Batarque (Madrid) and the capacity of the stadium is just 8,138. Leganes secured their promotion to the Spanish La Liga for the first time ever in 2016 and, no doubt, that is considered the club’s biggest success.
Leganes’ bitterest rivals are fellow capital club Getafe and there have always been fireworks when the two teams take on each other in the South Madrid derby.
The colour of the team’s home kit is white and blue, whilst their away kits are green. The likes of Pierre Webo, Samuel Eto’o, Ivan Zarandona, Jose Chamot, Catanha, Ruben Falcon, Jordi Lardin and Pedro Lago are famous players who were part of the Batarque outfit in the past. Lady Maria Victoria Pavon is the first female president in the history of the club and she has been in charge of the club since 2009.
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