Comments and predictions for Leganes vs Barcelona: The upper hand shows its strength

Latest Leganes vs Barcelona squad information

Leganes will continue to be without Enric Franquesa due to a long-term knee injury, but will welcome back Oscar Rodriguez from suspension. Given the positive performance against Osasuna, coach Jimenez is likely to stick with the same line-up, with Diego Garcia continuing to start up front.

Dani Raba – who is in good form with 4 goals in the last 3 matches – will continue to lead the attack in the central position, becoming the team's biggest hope in the effort to create a surprise.

On Barcelona's side, coach Hansi Flick is considering rotating Robert Lewandowski, with Ferran Torres likely to be given the chance to start as a centre-forward. Two more changes could also be made, with Ronald Araujo and Gavi expected to return to the starting lineup in place of Inigo Martinez and Fermin Lopez.

Lamine Yamal is fit to play despite picking up a minor injury against Dortmund, while Dani Olmo, Marc Casado, Marc Bernal and goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen will continue to miss out through injury.

Latest expected lineup Leganes vs Barcelona

Leganes:
Dmitrovic; Gonzalez, Nastasic, Tapia; Rosier, Cisse, Neyou, J Hernandez; Cruz, Raba, D Garcia

Barcelona:
Szczesny; Kounde, Cubarsi, Araujo, Balde; De Jong, Pedri; Yamal, Gavi, Raphinha; Torres

Latest football review Leganes vs Barcelona

Leganes entered this round in 18th place on the rankings, with 28 points after 30 rounds (6 wins, 10 draws, 14 losses), 2 points behind the safe position of Alaves. After a series of 3 consecutive losses, coach Jimenez and his team just had a 1-1 draw with Osasuna, thereby ending their negative streak and keeping some hope in the relegation race.

Leganes’ sensational 1-0 win over Barcelona in the first leg in mid-December was the highlight of the season, and on Saturday night they will attempt to repeat that feat at the Estadio Municipal de Butarque – a ground where they have picked up 18 points from 15 games this season.

Leganes are playing their first season back in La Liga after winning the Segunda Division, so their primary objective is to avoid relegation. If they continue to get positive results, they could definitely achieve that goal.

However, this time the challenge is huge as their opponent is Barcelona - the team leading La Liga and also just destroyed Borussia Dortmund 4-0 in the Champions League. Robert Lewandowski scored a double, Raphinha and Lamine Yamal each contributed a goal, helping Hansi Flick's team extend their ambition to win the treble this season. They are also in the final of the King's Cup against Real Madrid and temporarily lead by 4 points in the race for the La Liga championship.

A 1-1 draw with Real Betis last time out ended Barca's nine-match winning streak in La Liga, but they have still shown impressive strength away from home with three consecutive victories, scoring a total of 10 goals.

Barca have scored 83 goals in La Liga this season – 20 more than Real Madrid – and a win over Leganes would see them temporarily extend their lead over second place to seven points, with Real Madrid playing a day later.

Despite a surprising loss to Leganes in the first leg, Barcelona have won eight of their last 10 meetings with the capital club. The most recent away trip to Butarque in November 2019 also ended in a 2-1 victory for Barca.

Latest Leganes vs Barcelona score prediction

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Leganes vs Barcelonaas follows:

• Sportsmole:Leganes 1-2 Barcelona

• WhoScore:Leganes 0-2 Barcelona
• Our newspaper predicts:Leganes 1-3 Barcelona

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