VILLARREAL – LEGANES Soccer Prediction 17/04/2018

VILLARREAL – LEGANES TODAY’S SOCCER PREDICTION

He would probably have signed for a draw before the game started, but Villarreal came back from a difficult trip to Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán with the feeling he had lost two points. In the lead of two goals a quarter of an hour from the end, and in numerical superiority, he managed superficially some high balls and suffered the physicality of Sevilla in the final stages, and the match is over 2-2. It would have been a heavy blow to Sevilla, in terms of ranking. Instead, everything remained firm, with Villarreal in sixth place with a point advantage over Sevilla, but with Betis that meanwhile took a certain advantage in fifth place.

The Villarreal will play the game of the midweek round at home against Leganes, already knowing the result obtained shortly before the Seville in La Coruna. For Villarreal it will be better to make three points in any case, since the Leganes is an affordable opponent and has no objectives of classification, if not the salvation, now virtually certain. Villarreal will play again without Fornals, injured, and without the full-back Jaume Costa, sent off for a second yellow card against Sevilla.

Thanks to the victory against Celta Vigo, Leganes managed to get three points off Espanyol, who lost another game. In the standings the Leganes has eight points ahead of the Levante, the only team realistically reachable from the Deportivo La Coruna in case of half miracle. The almost certain salvation has allowed Asier Garitano, according to the sports media, to keep his place for another season at the helm of Leganes, which would be the third consecutive first division.

The recent results of Leganes away were very disappointing: four defeats in the last four away games, with a total of twelve goals conceded and only one goal scored. A away win (three in total) has not come since last October.

The probable formations

VILLARREAL (4-4-2): Asenjo; Rukavina, Alvaro Gonzalez, Victor Ruiz, Mario Gaspar; Rodri Hernandez, Trigueros, Castillejo, Roberto Soriano; Raba, Bacca.
LEGANÉS (4-3-3): Cuellar; Zaldua, Bustinza, Siovas, Raul Garcia; Ruben Perez, Eraso, Gabriel Pires; Naranjo, El Zhar, Miguel Angel Guerrero (or Beauvue).