VILLARREAL. Leganés found a way to reverse the scoreline against Villarreal II to win 2-1. It was Villarreal II to strike first with an early goal of Alex Forés at the 8′. Then it was a goal in the 83′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Jorge Sáenz gave the win to Leganés in the 85′ minute.

The match was played at the Estadio de la Cerámica stadium in Villarreal on Saturday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. In front of 3,031 spectators.​ The referee was José Luis Guzmán Mansilla with the help of Ángel Valverde Martínez and Ángel Munuera Montero. The 4th official was Juan Antonio Manrique Antequera. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 20.89 degrees Celsius or 69.6 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 46%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Villarreal II was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Leganés that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Leganés was more aggressive with 59 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Leganés won the contest.​

Villarreal II shot 7 times, 3 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Leganés shot 19 times, 9 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Villarreal II received 2 yellow cards (Lanchi and Carlos Romero). Regarding the opposition, Leganés received 2 yellow cards (Näis Djouahra and Sergio González).

Standings

After this match, Villarreal II stays with 30 points to remain in the 20th place. On the other side, Leganés will has 59 points to hold in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga 2, Villarreal II will play away with Real Oviedo on the 31st of March with a 2-0 head to head stats in favor of Villarreal II (1 draw).

Leganés will host FC Cartagena on the 31st of March with a 4-2 head to head stats in favor of Leganés (2 draws).

Villarreal II – Formation

Villarreal II adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Miguel Álvarez Jurado decided to play with the following team: Iker Álvarez (7.8), Adrià Altimira (6.3), Antonio Espigares (6.1), Pau Navarro Badenes (6.4), Dani Tasende (6.7), Javi Ontiveros (7.9), Rodri Alonso (6.4), Tiago Geralnik (7.0), Carlos Romero (6.7), Alex Forés (7.1) and Jorge Pascual (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Abraham del Moral, Diego Collado (6.4), Miguel Ángel Morro, Aitor Gelardo, Marcos Sánchez, Lanchi (6.4), Andrés Ferrari (6.8), Jordi Ortega and Rubén Gómez.

Substitutions

Villarreal II made 3 changes: Alex Forés for Andrés Ferrari (83′), Javi Ontiveros for Lanchi (83′) and Jorge Pascual for Diego Collado (75′).

Player of the match: Javi Ontiveros​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Villarreal II was Javi Ontiveros.

His rating is 7.9 with 45 passes (84% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 21. He performed 3 crosses.

Leganés – Formation

Also Leganés adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Borja Jiménez Sáez played with: Diego Conde (6.8), Allan Nyom (7.0), Jorge Sáenz (7.9), Sergio González (8.1), Enric Franquesa (6.4), Juan Cruz (7.1), Iker Undabarrena (7.3), Darko Brašanac (6.3), Francisco Portillo (8.1), Miguel de la Fuente (7.5) and Diego Garcia (7.5).

They had on the bench: Dani Jiménez, Diyaeddine Abzi, Borja López, Luis Perea, Dani Raba (7.5), Y. Neyou (7.0), Aritz Arambarri, Näis Djouahra (6.8), Julián Chicco, Seydouba Cissé and Álvaro Abajas.

Substitutions

Leganés made 4 changes: Iker Undabarrena for Dani Raba (70′), Darko Brašanac for Y. Neyou (46′), Francisco Portillo for Julián Chicco (90′) and Miguel de la Fuente for Näis Djouahra (87′).

Player of the match: Sergio González​

The most impressive player for Leganés was Sergio González.

His rating is 8.1 with 1 goal, 69 passes (84% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 8.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the La Liga 2.​

• Villarreal II – Leganés – 1-2
• Alcorcón – Real Oviedo – 1-0
• FC Cartagena – FC Andorra – 1-0
• Espanyol – Tenerife – 1-1