LALIGA: Gameweek 20
Time: 6.15pm East African Time/3.15pm UK
Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Butarque
What you need to know
- Atletico Madrid will be aiming to make it 16 straight wins in all competitions.
Sitting on top of the LALIGA table, Roji Blancos will be bidding to record their 14th league success of the campaign in this weekend’s clash with 16th-placed Leganés. - In their 19 LALIGA matches this season, Leganés have registered four wins, seven draws and eight defeats and sit in 16th spot, three points above the relegation zone.
- Leganés played in Copa del Rey action on Wednesday night, booking their spot in the quarter-finals of the competition courtesy of a 3-2 success over Almería, but their last league match ended in a 1-1 draw with Espanyol on January 11.
- Leganés have only lost one of their last five matches in all competitions, and they beat Barcelona 1-0 away from home towards the end of last year.
Form – Last six games
Leganes LALIGA form: LDLWLD
Leganes form (all competitions): LWLWDW
Atletico Madrid LALIGA form: WWWWWW
Atletico Madrid form (all competitions): WWWWWW
Head-to-head – Last six games
Leganes: 1 win
Atletico Madrid: 4 wins
Draw: 1
Possible starting line-ups
Leganés
Dmitrovic, Rosier, Tapia, Gonzalez, Nastasic, Cruz; Raba, Cisse, Neyou, Brasanac; De la Fuente
Atletico Madrid
Oblak, Llorente, Le Normand, Lenglet, Galan; Simeone, De Paul, Barrios, Gallagher; Griezmann, Alvarez
Players to watch
Seydouba Cissé – Leganes
Julián Alvarez – Atletico Madrid
Injury list
Leganés
Franquesa E
Cisse S (questionable)
Atletico Madrid
Sorloth A.
Gimenez JM (questionable)
