Leganés earned hard-fought win over Celta 3-2 at Estadio Municipal de Butarque

Leganés earn hard-fought win over Celta 3-2 on Sunday at Estadio Municipal de Butarque. Leganés wanted to improve their position in the tournament after losing 1-0 against Sevilla while Celta scored a 0 draw against Real Valladolid, adding a point in the last match played of the competition. At the moment, Leganés is 19th in the LaLiga table with 9 points from 16 matches, while Celta sits 18th with 13 points after 16 matches.

The game started favourably for Leganés, thanks to a goal from Oscar in the 15th minute. Later, Leganés scored again and increased their lead 2-0 thanks to another goal from Oscar, scoring his second goal 39 minutes in the game, which saw the first half to a 2-0.

Leganés started strong in the second half of the game soon, with a goal from Kevin Rodrigues in the 55th minute. Celta hit back thanks to a goal from Nestor Araujo 64 minutes in the game to establish the 3-1. Later, Celta scored once more and pull-back 3-2 thanks to a goal from Iago Aspas in the 81st minute, and the game ended 3-2.

At the end of the match, both teams made 3 substitutions each. For Leganés, Roque Mesa, Guido Carrillo and Javi Eraso came on for Recio, Martin Braithwaite and Oscar, while Celta brought on Pione Sisto, Gabriel Fernandez and Brais Mendez to replace Denis Suarez, Hugo Mallo and Rafinha.

The referee booked Recio, Ruben Perez and Rodrigo Tarin from Leganés, while for Celta Okay Yokuslu and Gabriel Fernandez saw a yellow card and Gabriel Fernandez (2 yellow cards) saw the red card.

Leganés will play against Alavés at away stadium, while Celta will face Mallorca at home stadium.