Cultural Leonesa (home)
- Leonesa are 20th in the table on 25 points after 25 games, two points ahead of Zaragoza, who are 21st on 23 points after the same number of fixtures.
- Cuco Ziganda’s 4-4-2 system is a very compact one, designed to allow his team to sit in a mid-block and stay in a 4-4-2 shape no matter where the ball is.
- Cultural rarely allow a lot of space in behind the defence for opponents to play into and always have two strikers up top to hit on the counter-attack.
- Cultural have lost their last 3 home games and have conceded 16 goals at home, which gives Zaragoza plenty of scope to score on the road.
Real Zaragoza (away)
- Real Zaragoza have won 1, drawn 3 and lost 1 of their last 5 LaLiga 2 fixtures, which isn’t a terrible run of results in the circumstances, but does include a 1-1 home draw with Eibar and a 2-0 away defeat at bottom club Albacete.
- They could be set for better things since the appointment of Rubén Sellés, whose pressing, vertical style and flexibility to switch between formations and players seems to suit this group of players.
- They press at high intensity and like to get the ball back high up the field so they can attack at pace, getting the game into the wide areas where they can try to get the numbers up against the opponent’s wing-back.
- Zaragoza have won 3, drawn 3 and lost 6 of their 12 road games in the second tier and have scored an average of 1.00 goals per away game while conceding 1.50 per game.
Head-to-Head
This is a real chess match of contrasting styles and strategies, so much so that the 5-0 hiding that Leonesa dished out to Zaragoza in the away match just three months ago could have a bearing on the game.
Key Players
- Kenan Kodro has scored 6 goals in LaLiga 2 this season and scored 3 of Zaragoza’s last 5 goals.
- Manu Justo is Cultural Leonesa’s top scorer in LaLiga 2 with 5 goals in 22 games.
Betting Insights
Cultural are the slight favorites here at 2.48 with Zaragoza at 2.9 and a draw 3.1 .
Prediction
A draw seems the most likely outcome in this close game and both teams should get some opportunities in an open game that suits the Both Teams To Score wager at 1.8 .
