This is the second time Real Madrid are playing a league game at home this season and it is the second time that a Madrid based side is visiting the Bernabeu, they would be looking to make it three wins from three to start the season.<\/p>\n
Julen Lopetegui\u2019s side have started their post-Ronaldo era in commendable form despite losing the Super Cup to Atletico Madrid. Last week, they were easily the most impressive team as they came from a goal down to down Girona 4-1 away from home.<\/p>\n
Two of their goals in that match were penalties, but there is plenty to take away from their performances. Gareth Bale looks set to score many goals this season, and Karim Benzema who netted just five league goals last season has also started this campaign well after being moved into a more central position.<\/p>\n
Leganes have it all to do this weekend after staging a comeback of their own to earn a first point of the season the last time out. They needed a late strike from Nabil El Zhar to help them earn a 2-2 draw against Real Sociedad after going 2-0 down.<\/p>\n
They are still searching for their first win of the season, but this game doesn\u2019t look like where they can get it.<\/p>\n
There have been 6 meetings since Leganes won promotion to La Liga in 2016.<\/p>\n
Real have won 5 of them but they were eliminated by their city rivals in the Copa del Rey last season.<\/p>\n
Last term\u2019s meetings at the Bernabeu produced two 2-1 scorelines, one in favour of each team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This is the second time Real Madrid are playing a league game at home this season and it is the second time that a Madrid based side is visiting the Bernabeu, they would be looking to make it three wins from three to start the season. Julen Lopetegui\u2019s side have started their post-Ronaldo era in commendable form despite losing the Super Cup to Atletico Madrid. Last week, they were easily the most impressive team as they came from a goal down to down Girona 4-1 away from home. Two of their goals in that match were penalties, but there is plenty to take away from their performances. Gareth Bale looks set to score many goals this season, and Karim Benzema who netted just five league goals last season has also started this campaign well after being moved into a more central position. Leganes have it all to do this weekend after staging a comeback of their own to earn a first point of the season the last time out. They needed a late strike from Nabil El Zhar to help them earn a 2-2 draw against Real Sociedad after going 2-0 down. They are still searching for their first win of the season, but this game doesn\u2019t look like where they can get it. There have been 6 meetings since Leganes won promotion to La Liga in 2016. Real have won 5 of them but they were eliminated by their city rivals in the Copa del Rey last season. Last term\u2019s meetings at the Bernabeu produced two 2-1 scorelines, one in favour of each team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,157],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","category-match-preview"],"yoast_head":"\n