Espanyol fall to Leganés with a 2-0 at Estadio Municipal de Butarque

Espanyol succumbed to an away defeat to Leganés at Estadio Municipal de Butarque on Sunday. Leganés and Espanyol arrived at this match after drawing their last game. Leganés arrived with the intention of increasing their league score after a draw against Alavés (1-1) while Espanyol had to settle for a draw in the last match played of the competition. At the moment, Leganés is 19th in the LaLiga table with 13 points from 18 matches, while Espanyol sits 20th with 10 points after 18 matches.

The first 45 minutes was in favour of Leganés, with a goal from Martin Braithwaite in the 11th minute, finalising the first half with a 1-0.

The second half started all good for Leganés, thanks to a goal from Youssef En-Nesyri 54 minutes in the game, which saw the second half to a 2-0.

At the end of the match, both teams made 3 substitutions each. For Leganés, Christian Rivera, Jose Manuel Arnaiz and Guido Carrillo came on for Oscar, Roque Mesa and Youssef En-Nesyri, while Espanyol substituted Facundo Ferreyra, Wu Lei and Adria Pedrosa with Esteban Granero, Victor Campuzano Bonilla and Marc Roca.

The referee booked Chidozie Awaziem from Leganés, while for Espanyol Fernando Calero, Esteban Granero, Marc Roca, Didac Vila, Facundo Ferreyra and David Lopez saw a yellow card as well.

Leganés with their next fixture against Real Valladolid at away stadium, while Espanyol will face Barcelona at home stadium.