Leganés 2-0 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 22 December 2019
Result
Leganés 2-0 Espanyol
La Liga · Sunday 22 December 2019, 11:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Leganés 2-0 Espanyol: match report
Leganés defeated Espanyol 2-0 in La Liga on Sunday 22 December 2019. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Martin Braithwaite opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Leganés's goals came from Martin Braithwaite (11') and Youssef En-Nesyri (54'). Espanyol did not score.
Discipline: Leganés received 1 yellow card; Espanyol received 6 yellow cards.
Going into the game Leganés were 19th on 10 points from 17 and Espanyol 20th on 10 points from 17. Leganés went on to finish that season 18th with 36 points, and Espanyol 20th with 25.
Leganés lined up in a 5-3-2 and Espanyol in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Martin Braithwaite of Leganés (8.6), ahead of Iván Cuéllar (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Leganés wins, 0 draws and 4 for Espanyol.
Going into the match Leganés's last five read D-W-L-L-D and Espanyol's D-L-L-D-L.
Key events
- 11'Goal · Martin Braithwaite
- 25'Yellow card · Fernando Calero
- 45+1'Yellow card · Granero
- 54'Goal · Youssef En-Nesyri
- 68'Yellow card · Chidozie Awaziem
- 74'Yellow card · Marc Roca
- 76'Yellow card · Dídac Vilà
- 90+3'Yellow card · Facundo Ferreyra
- 90+4'Yellow card · David López
Head-to-head
Team news
Leganés line-up (5-3-2)
Iván Cuéllar, Roberto Rosales, Chidozie Awaziem, Kenneth Omeruo, Jonathan Silva, Kévin Rodrigues, Óscar Rodríguez, Roque Mesa, Rubén Pérez, Martin Braithwaite, Youssef En-Nesyri
Espanyol line-up (3-1-4-2)
Diego López, David López, Bernardo Espinosa, Fernando Calero, Marc Roca, Víctor Gómez, Granero, Sergi Darder, Dídac Vilà, Víctor Campuzano, Jonathan Calleri