Team victory over Burgos (3-1)

C.D. Leganés secured another victory by defeating Burgos C.F. at Ontime Butarque Stadium (3-1). Dani Rodríguez, on a penalty kick, Luengo, on an own goal, and Álex Millán scored the goals for the Pepineros in the first half, while Irian narrowed the gap in stoppage time.

Leganés made as many as five changes from their last league match against Albacete, with Tejero, Pulido, Ignasi Miquel, Dani Rodríguez, and Unax starting in place of Rubén Peña (sore), Montero (suspended), Franquesa, Zico, and Gharbi, who was with the Tunisian national team. The main change was Unax’s position on the right wing, with Sancris on the left and Millán and Morata as the attacking duo.

Dani Rodríguez put Leganés ahead on a penalty kick, and Luengo, while deflecting a cross-shot from Sancris, scored an own goal

Leganés started out looking to take the initiative, with a couple of dangerous runs by Tejero down the right that failed to find a finisher in the first ten minutes. In the 16th minute, following good pressure from the team, Álex Millán forced a mistake by the Burgos defense; Sancris took a shot, and Luengo blocked it with his arm—resulting in a penalty kick that Dani Rodríguez calmly converted to score his first goal as a Pepinero and put the Blue-and-Whites ahead.
Lega stuck to their game plan, and in the 27th minute, the second goal came: a great play by Álex Millán in the attacking third; the “No. 9” played the ball out to the left wing for the onrushing Sancris, and the Madrid native’s cross-shot was deflected by Luengo into his own net, beating Cantero to make it 2-0.

Millán scored the 3-0 goal before halftime, assisted by Sancris

Amid the Pepineros’ offensive surge, just three minutes later Sancris, making another run, set up Millán, and “El Oso” cut inside and beat Cantero with his right foot to score the third goal—his fourth of the season in official competition.
Burgos looked to cut into the lead, and in the 35th minute, a powerful shot by Dadie grazed the top corner of Luca’s goal in the visitors’ first dangerous chance. In stoppage time of the first half, the referee, after a VAR review, disallowed a goal by Morata due to a prior offside by Unax. The score remained 3-0 at halftime.

Jorge Martínez made his first-team debut in LaLiga in the second half

With no changes at the start of the second half, Tejero nearly scored the fourth with a powerful shot that Cantero tipped away with a great save for a corner. Burgos pushed forward in search of a goal to get back into the game, with a long-range shot from Villarrasa that went just wide. In the 60th minute, Luis Carrión made his first substitution, bringing Kechta on for Unax.
In the 66th minute, Soko and Naim replaced Sancris and Millán in a double substitution by Carrión.

 In the 70th minute, Soko himself was the subject of a penalty call by referee Gonzalo Romero for a handball inside the box, but after a VAR review, the penalty was overturned upon confirmation that the ball had come off a rebound off the Cameroonian international himself. In the final quarter-hour, Zico and academy product Jorge Martínez—who was making his first-team debut in LaLiga after playing in the Copa del Rey on Tuesday—were Carrión’s final substitutions, coming on for Tejero and Dani Rodríguez.

Burgos narrowed the gap in stoppage time

In stoppage time, Burgos narrowed the gap through Irian, who beat Luca with a right-footed shot across the goal. However, the goal did not affect the outcome, as Leganés ended its losing streak in La Liga and picked up three points again to move to 15 points in the standings, celebrating another victory with their fans.
The Pepineros will face their next match this coming Friday (8:30 p.m.) on the road against F.C. Andorra.