Leganes vs Sevilla: Preview and Predictions

Leganes vs Sevilla
Spain – Copa del Rey
Date: Wednesday, 31 January 2018
Kick-Off at 20:30 UK
Venue: Estadio Municipal de Butarque (Leganes).

Leganes made a huge upset by eliminating the current Champions League and La Liga holders Real Madrid to advance into the semifinal of this term’s Copa del Rey. The Legionaries are thus only one step away from the final and they will clearly be looking for their chances of another potential shock by going past Sevilla over two legs.

The first one will be played on the last day of January when Asier Garitano’s men will try and gain advantage ahead of the rematch at Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan. The hosts will come into the match in higher spirits after beating Espanyol 3-2 on Sunday even though Garitano rested his key figures for this Copa del Rey tie.

Leganes are generally a very tough nut to crack at home where they’ve won four and lost one (to Barcelona) of last five league ties. They are about to tackle Sevilla who have dropped the victory over Getafe later on Sunday only late in the stoppage time as Angel took advantage of the confused reaction from Sevilla’s back line to score in the empty net.

Prior to this draw, Los Rojiblancos have won three on the trot in all competitions, including back-to-back cup wins over the likes of Atletico Madrid. The new manager Vincenzo Montella thus has reasons to be highly optimistic about this semifinal tie.

Leganes vs Sevilla: Head-to-head

This will be the landmark tenth head to head encounter between the two teams.

Sevilla have been much more successful winning six and losing just one so far.

Interestingly, each of last five H2H matches between these two likes saw both sides on target.

Leganes vs Sevilla: Prediction

Sevilla are favourites to go through over two legs, but they’ll clearly face hard times getting the victory in the first match at Butarque.

The Legionaries have lost just one of last seven league games at home and we see the value in backing them not to lose at the odds of 1.55.

Also, since each of last five head to head ties saw the BTTS pick “come in”, we’ll back the continuation of such trend at the odds of 1.90.