Espanyol 1-0 Leganés: result and report
La Liga · Friday 4 January 2019
Result
Espanyol 1-0 Leganés
La Liga · Friday 4 January 2019, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Espanyol 1-0 Leganés: match report
Espanyol won against Leganés 1-0 in La Liga on Friday 4 January 2019. The half-time score was 1-0.
The only goal came from Borja Iglesias of Espanyol in the 9th minute.
Discipline: Espanyol received 2 yellow cards; Leganés received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Espanyol were 14th on 21 points from 17 and Leganés 16th on 19 points from 17. Espanyol went on to finish that season 7th with 53 points, and Leganés 13th with 45.
Espanyol lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Leganés in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to David López of Espanyol (8.1), ahead of Borja Iglesias (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Espanyol wins, 0 draws and 2 for Leganés.
Going into the match Espanyol's last five read L-L-L-L-L and Leganés's D-D-D-W-W.
Key events
- 9'Goal · Borja Iglesias
- 20'Yellow card · Unai Bustinza
- 35'Yellow card · Dídac Vilà
- 67'Yellow card · Recio
- 68'Yellow card · Marc Roca
- 70'Yellow card · Gerard Gumbau
- 72'Yellow card · Kenneth Omeruo
- 90+1'Second yellow · Gerard Gumbau
Head-to-head
Team news
Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)
Diego López, Roberto Rosales, David López, Óscar Duarte, Dídac Vilà, Marc Roca, Sergi Darder, Léo Baptistão, Óscar Melendo, Sergio García, Borja Iglesias
Leganés line-up (5-3-2)
Iván Cuéllar, Allan Nyom, Unai Bustinza, Kenneth Omeruo, Dimitrios Siovas, Jonathan Silva, Óscar Rodríguez, Gerard Gumbau, Mikel Vesga, Guido Carrillo, Youssef En-Nesyri