Valencia vs Leganes prediction: SPAIN: LaLiga betting tips on match 2025-02-08 15:15.
[p]Carlos Corberán’s tenure at Valencia has been pretty successful so far, with the 41-year-old having won four of his eight games in charge to date (D1, L3) despite a heavy 5-0 Copa del Rey loss to Barcelona last time out. Defeats to Barça (L7-1) and Real Madrid (L2-1) in league action last month have stained what otherwise has been an improved La Liga return recently, with Los Ches consequently hauling themselves off the foot of the table to put them within four points of safety ahead of the weekend. [/p]
[p]Valencia haven’t enjoyed much recent success against Leganés though, failing to win any of the last five H2Hs (D4, L1) and not getting on the scoresheet in the last two of those meetings. However, if they emerge victorious on Sunday, it’ll be the first time that they would have recorded three straight home league wins since last February, which would count as a huge step towards survival for a side which was once a La Liga giant. [/p]
[p]Leganés find themselves four points above their upcoming opponents heading into this encounter, but they’ll be looking to end a run of two league games without scoring or winning (D1, L1) if they’re to reduce their chances of an immediate return to the Segunda División. Since those results, they have also been knocked out of the Copa del Rey after losing 3-2 at home to Real Madrid.[/p]
[p]It’s certainly not all doom and gloom, as Leganés haven’t lost any of their last four away league games (W1, D3), a sequence which includes a memorable 1-0 win over Barcelona, and if they were to get something at the Mestalla, it would equal their longest-ever unbeaten run in La Liga on the road![/p]
[p]Players to watch: Javi Guerra hadn’t registered a goal involvement since late November until two came along at once last weekend against Celta Vigo (G1, A1, W 2-1), maintaining his unbeaten record when scoring for Valencia’s first team (W5, D1). Juan Cruz got both of Leganés’ goals in that narrow loss to Real Madrid, meaning that his last five strikes have all arrived between the 35th and 60th minutes. [/p]
[p]Hot stat: The last six meetings between Valencia and Leganés have each featured fewer than 2.5 goals. [/p]
[p][i]Written by Alex Bowmer[/i][/p]