Real Madrid vs Leganes

Real Madrid starts their return to La Liga competition by hosting the struggling Leganes team at their home stadium on Saturday evening.

Real Madrid sits in second place of the La Liga standings behind Barcelona based on direct competition results but Leganes currently occupies position 18 with identical points to 17th-placed Alaves to avoid relegation in the Spanish top tier.

Real Madrid's league performance this season shows eighteen wins, six draws and four defeats from their twenty-eight matches which grants them second position but Barcelona leads on points.

Real Madrid faces the possibility of falling three points behind Barcelona at the time they start their home game against Leganes since Barcelona plays Osasuna before Thursday night.

Los Blancos began their March international period after securing a 2-1 victory against Villarreal while Kylian Mbappe became the hero with two goals which marked four consecutive triumphs across all competitions for the Madrid-based club.

Real Madrid uses the current stretch of games to pursue a treble victory as they prepare for their Champions League quarter-final battle against Arsenal then host Real Sociedad for the Copa del Rey semi-final second match.

The season has brought inconsistent performance from Real Madrid but their current position strongly supports their chance to add more trophies before the campaign ends.

Real Madrid maintain the highest number of home league points during this 2024-25 season at 34 points from 13 home matches. Against this, Leganes earned 10 points through their 14 away league fixtures.

With a 3-0 loss in the rematch in November and a 3-2 loss last month when the two clubs faced off in the Copa del Rey quarterfinals, Leganes has already faced Real Madrid twice this season.

El Lega has really lost seven and drawn two of its nine encounters with the capital powerhouses in La Liga, with both draws occurring in front of their own fans. As a result, they have never defeated Real Madrid.

Since several Real Madrid players have been on international service, Leganes' players will undoubtedly be fresher going into the match. The two teams' last league encounter at the Bernabeu took place in October 2019, with the home team winning 5-0.

With a 1-0 victory against Getafe to start the month, Leganes has already dropped their previous two games against Celta Vigo and Real Betis, dropping them to 18th place in the standings and equal with 17th-place Alaves.

The current Segunda Division winners, led by Borja Jimenez, have had a challenging season traveling, but just before the Spanish winter break, they defeated Barcelona 1-0 on the road.