Leganés 0-2 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 12 May 2019
Result
Leganés 0-2 Espanyol
La Liga · Sunday 12 May 2019, 16:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
Leganés 0-2 Espanyol: match report
Leganés were beaten by Espanyol 0-2 in La Liga on Sunday 12 May 2019. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Borja Iglesias opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Leganés did not score. Espanyol scored through Borja Iglesias (35') and Borja Iglesias (71', penalty).
Discipline: Leganés received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Espanyol received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Leganés were 12th on 45 points from 36 and Espanyol 9th on 47 points from 36. Leganés went on to finish that season 13th with 45 points, and Espanyol 7th with 53.
Leganés lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and Espanyol in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Borja Iglesias of Espanyol (8.5), ahead of Sergi Darder (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Leganés wins, 0 draws and 3 for Espanyol.
Going into the match Leganés's last five read W-D-L-L-D and Espanyol's W-D-D-D-W.
Key events
- 29'Yellow card · Unai Bustinza
- 35'Goal · Borja Iglesias
- 38'Yellow card · Recio
- 45'Second yellow · Unai Bustinza
- 71'Penalty goal · Borja Iglesias
- 90+3'Yellow card · Youssef En-Nesyri
- 90+4'Yellow card · Facundo Ferreyra
Head-to-head
Team news
Leganés line-up (3-1-4-2)
Andriy Lunin, Unai Bustinza, Dimitrios Siovas, Kenneth Omeruo, Juanfran, Jonathan Silva, Recio, Mikel Vesga, Óscar Rodríguez, Martin Braithwaite, Youssef En-Nesyri
Espanyol line-up (4-3-1-2)
Diego López, Naldo, Roberto Rosales, Mario Hermoso, Adrià Pedrosa, Víctor Sánchez, Borja Iglesias, Sergi Darder, Óscar Melendo, Marc Roca, Wu Lei