Real Madrid 2-1 Leganés: result and report

La Liga · Saturday 28 April 2018

Result

Real Madrid 2-1 Leganés

La Liga · Saturday 28 April 2018, 16:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Real Madrid 2-1 Leganés: match report

Real Madrid defeated Leganés 2-1 in La Liga on Saturday 28 April 2018. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Gareth Bale opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Gareth Bale (8') and Borja Mayoral (45'). Leganés scored through Darko Brasanac (66').

Discipline: Real Madrid received no yellow cards; Leganés received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game Real Madrid were 3rd on 68 points from 33 and Leganés 16th on 40 points from 34. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 3rd with 76 points, and Leganés 17th with 43.

Real Madrid lined up in a 4-4-2 and Leganés in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Gareth Bale of Real Madrid (8.2), ahead of Borja Mayoral (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Real Madrid wins, 0 draws and 0 for Leganés.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Gareth BaleReal Madrid · 1-0
  • 45'Goal · Borja MayoralReal Madrid · 2-0
  • 66'Goal · Darko BrasanacLeganés · 2-1
  • 73'Yellow card · Joseba ZalduaLeganés
  • 90+3'Red card · Gabriel PiresLeganés

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Real Madrid 3, draws 0, Leganés 0.

Team news

Real Madrid line-up (4-4-2)

Kiko Casilla, Jesús Vallejo, Casemiro, Theo Hernández, Achraf Hakimi, Gareth Bale, Marcos Llorente, Mateo Kovacic, Dani Ceballos, Karim Benzema, Borja Mayoral

Leganés line-up (4-2-3-1)

Iván Cuéllar, Unai Bustinza, Diego Rico, Joseba Zaldúa, Dimitrios Siovas, Nordin Amrabat, Gabriel Pires, Nabil El Zhar, Rubén Pérez, Darko Brasanac, Miguel Ángel Guerrero