Valencia - Leganes Football prediction

Valencia and Leganes face off in the Mestalla Stadium in a 9th round match of the Primera Division. At this stage, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the home team, which has 3 wins in the last 3 games. In fact, the last time they faced in this stage was 04-11-2017, in a game for the Primera Division that finished with the victory of Valencia by (3-0). The goals of the match were scored by Dani Parejo (14 '), Rodrigo (71') and Santi Mina (82 ') for Valencia. In this match the house factor may play an important role, since Leganes presents significant differences in the results achieved at home and as a visitor.

Analysis of Valencia
After 1 win, 6 draws and 1 loss, the home team is in 14th place, having won 9 points. In the last match, they drew with Barcelona at home for (1-1), after having won the previous game in a game against Real Sociedad (0-1). This is a team little affected by the house factor, that is, presents similar results at home and away, since in the last 30 matches has recorded 5 wins, 7 draws and 3 losses as a visitor, with 15 goals scored and 12 conceded, against 7 victories , 5 draws and 3 home defeats, with 20 goals scored and 13 conceded.

In this competition, he has drawn in the last 4 games that he played in his stadium.

Valencia start La Liga much lower than expected, has the lowest number of wins alongside 3 other teams with only 1 win and is looking for recovery to move away from the relegation zone which has an advantage of only 2 points . The big problem has been the offensive inefficiency, since it scored only 6 goals, being the second worst attack of the national, while the defense, on the other hand, suffered only 7 goals and is the fourth less leaked, evidencing the huge imbalance between the sectors offensive and defensive, something that needs to be corrected for the rest of the competition. Playing at home, such as this Saturday's match, Valencia are one of 4 teams that have not yet won and have an average of less than 1 goal scored and 1 goal conceded per game in this type of situation, showing that the boards are usually low in their domains . For the clash against Leganes, coach Marcelino must keep the team that tied with Barcelona in the last round.

Analysis of Leganes
The visiting team is currently in 18th place with 7 points, after 2 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses. In the penultimate match, he lost out to Betis for (1-0). In the last match, won at home for Rayo Vallecano by (1-0). This is a stronger team when they play in their stadium, because in the last 30 games it registers 1 victory, 2 draws and 12 defeats as a visitor; against 8 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses in his stadium. The team arrives in this match after a home defeat with Eibar by (2-3).

For this competition, it registers a sequence of 4 defeats in the last games like visitor. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 7 of the last 8 games for this competition. This is a team that has presented difficulties in making the first goal and that only managed to open the scoring once in the last 8 games in the Primera Division. In 8 games in this competition, he only managed 1 turn on the scoreboard in the 7 games in which he conceded the first goal.

Leganes are campaigning below criticism in the Spanish league where they are among the last-placed but they have won 2 of their last 3 matches and want to maintain a good phase to move away from the relegation zone. The team has problems both in defense and in attack, having scored only 7 goals, being the fifth worst of the national, and has suffered 12 goals, being the sixth defensive system more leaked and these figures help explain the poor performance. Playing away from home, such as this Saturday's match, has the worst advantage of La Liga and is the second team that scored the least and the second most suffered goals in this type of situation, evidencing the enormous difficulty of acting far from their dominions. For the confrontation with Valencia, the coach Pellegrino goes to the field with what it has of better, since it does not have problems in the equipment considered titular.

Betting Tip: 
This confrontation tends to be a little unbalanced since despite a lower than expected performance, Valencia have a considerably superior cast and come from a great display against the powerful Barcelona where they drew 1-1, but could have come out with a better result for the great match. In addition, Leganes lost all 4 of their visiting games and has the second worst defense and the second worst attack in this type of situation, encountering great difficulties in this type of situation. In view of these factors, we believe that Valencia will achieve its first victory as a principal in La Liga.