While they might have lost the LaLiga title race to rivals Barcelona, Real Madrid are still in contention for a second-place finish with Atletico Madrid.
On Saturday, Zinedine Zidane‘s men face Leganes with one eye on the second leg of the Champions League semifinal tie against Bayern Munich.
Here we take a look at some key stats and facts ahead of the encounter.
– Real Madrid have won each of their three league games against Leganes, scoring at least three goals in each of those encounters.
– In their last meeting at Santiago Bernabeu, the Whites lost against Leganes, 1-2 on 24th January in the Copa del Rey.
– Real Madrid are unbeaten in their last 11 league derbies (W8 D3), failing to score in only one of these games (0-0 vs Atletico in November 2017).
– On the other hand, Leganes have never won a derby in the top-flight (P9 D3 L6).
– Real Madrid have not lost any of their last seven league games (W5 D2) and they could go unbeaten in eight in a row for the first time this season.
– Leganes have failed to win in their last 13 La Liga away games (D3 L10), failing to score in eight of them.
– Leganes are the only team that Cristiano Ronaldo has failed to score against in his La Liga career.
– The Portuguese player has scored 24 goals in La Liga this season and he has reached 25+ goals in each of his previous eight seasons for Real Madrid.
– Karim Benzema has scored only two goals in his last 10 La Liga games, both from the penalty spot, the only two penalties he has taken for Real Madrid in the competition.
– Javier Eraso has been involved in at least one goal in each of his three visits to the Santiago Bernabeu in all competitions (two goals and two assists).
Statistics provided by Opta
