Leganés come into this one with only one win in their last six league matches, but four of those games finished level or with just a single goal decided them. They have also been hard to beat at home overall, with five wins, four draws and six defeats, and their home goals record of 18 scored and 15 conceded points to tight contests more than open games.
Real Zaragoza’s recent away record also leans toward caution. They have taken four wins, four draws and eight losses on the road, while their away scoring return of 15 goals in 16 matches is modest. Their last six league games brought three wins and three defeats, which is not the profile of a side usually involved in wild scorelines every week.
The wider numbers support a low-scoring evening as well. Leganés have 36 goals for and 34 against across the season, while Zaragoza sit on 29 scored and 43 conceded, so neither side has been producing many high-margin results. The most recent meeting finished 3-2 to Zaragoza, but that is a clear outlier against the stronger pattern in this matchup, where the head-to-head has often stayed controlled and Leganés have gone six straight meetings without a clean sheet.
Leganés’ goalless draw at Málaga on 28 March is another sign that their matches can stall in the final third, even though they conceded a heavy xGA there. Zaragoza followed their 2-0 win over Real Racing Club with a result built on a solid defensive shape, and their recent away wins at Cádiz and their home shutout against Almería both came in low-scoring games. With xG projected at 1.4 for Leganés and 1.0 for Zaragoza, the total still looks more likely to stay under than to break open.
My prediction is Under 2.5 Goals at 13/20. Leganés have gone through a run of low-scoring league matches, Zaragoza have stayed under 2.5 goals in eight of their last 10 league games, and the away side’s scoring rate on the road is not especially strong. Leganés’ home record also points to tighter football, while the expected goal projection of 2.4 sits just below the line and leaves only a small cushion for an over.
