Leganes vs Real Valladolid 6/13/20 - La Liga Soccer Picks & Predictions

On Saturday, Leganes hosts Real Valladolid at Estadio Municipal de Butarque in the first weekend back from the covid-19 outbreak for La Liga, the top flight league in Spain. Leganes sits in 19th place in the Liga table three points behind the first place outside of the relegation zone while Real Valladolid is in 15th place but just four points ahead of the drop zone.

Leganes earned 23 points before the La Liga season was interrupted with five victories, eight draws and 14 losses. In their final match before the pandemic suspended play, Leganes defeated Villarreal 2-1. Leganes trailed at the half 1-0 but two second half goals by Oscar Rodriguez earned the hard fought victory for Leganes. In its last four outings prior to the Coronavirus break Leganes had one victory, one draw and two losses. Rodriquez leads Leganes in goals scored with seven.

Real Valladolid has 29 points on the season with six victories, 11 draws and 10 losses. In its final match prior to the season being suspended, Real Valladolid lost to Athletic Bilbao 4-1. Sandro Ramirez scored Valladolid’s only goal of the match in the 76th minute. Valladolid has one win and three losses  over its most recent four matches in La Liga play. The leading scorer for Valladolid is Sergi Guardiola with 6 goals, while goalkeeper Jordi Masip Lopez has a 90=minute goals against average of 1.04 and eight clean sheets in his 27 La Liga appearances.

The most recent matchup between Real Valladolid and Leganes finished in a 2-2 draw after Valladolid rallied from a 2-1 halftime with an equalizer by Enes Unal who scored a brace for Valladolid with a goal in the first half as well.