C.D Leganés seeks to set the balance of matches against R.C.D Espanyol in their favor

C.D Leganés will receive R.C.D Espanyol at Butarque this Thursday (19:00h). The pepineros will try to set the balance of matches against R.C.D Espanyol in their favor. Both teams have played a total of six official matches with three wins for each team.

The first match between both teams was in the 1993/1994 season when both teams were playing in second division and it could not be played at Leganés because of the closing of Luis Rodríguez de Miguel Stadium. Las Margaritas at Getafe was the place where the match was played. That day, Luis Ángel Duque’s team won by 2-1 after goals scored by Luis Ricardo and Juanma.

Braithwaite and En-Nesyri signed the last win for the pepineros

Both teams played again in the 1995/96 season for a Copa del Rey match, that day the pericos won 0-1. In first division both teams have played on the last four seasons with two wins at Butarque for each team: 0-1 and 0-2 for the visitors in 2016/17 and 2018/19 seasons, and 3-2 and 2-0 for the locals in the 2017/18 and 2019/20 seasons.

Guerrero and Mario Hermoso (2) scored for Asier Garitano’s team on the first of those matches, while Braithwaite and En-Nesyri did the same for Javier Aguirre´s squad last season.