In search of an upset, Villarreal will host Leganés on Wednesday, January 10, in the return leg of the round of 2017/2018 round of the King’s Cup. The match will be held at the La Ceramica stadium in Villarreal, starting at 4:30 p.m. (Brasília time).
In the first duel, the Leganés took the best scoring 1 to 0 in its stadium. Thus, you will be able to advance if you win again or tie. If you score at least one goal, even the minimum margin loss will secure your place in the next stage. The owners of the house remain only one success for two or more tries of advantage. If you return the score of the first leg, there will be an extension and, if necessary, a penalties decision.

The recent performance of Villarreal

The defeat in the first round of the Round of 16 of the King of Spain was not the only bad result harvested by Villarreal in early 2018. On Sunday, January 7, at home, the team did not pass 1 to 1 against La Coruña.
That did not affect his place on the Spanish league table. Now with 28 points (eight wins, four draws and six losses), the “Yellow Submarine” continues in the sixth position, closing the classification zone for European tournaments.
However, he not only missed the chance to overtake Sevilla, who lost the classic to Betis 5 to 3 and was parked in 29 points in fifth place, as he saw Eibar, who beat Las Palmas 2-1, to reach 27 points in the fight for the sixth place.
The only news considered good by the club’s management in the last few days was the referral of the sale of striker Cedric Bakambu (15 Spanish 2017/2018 games, nine goals) to Chinese football. This should fill the club’s coffers with 40 million euros, more than $ 150 million.
At least while a reinforcement is not hired for the job, coach Javier Calleja will have to turn around to replace the loss of his top scorer having to dribble two other problems in the offensive sector. They are under medical treatment Italian Nicola Sansone (nine games, three goals) and the Argentine Leonardo Suárez (a game, no goal). They rely on new tests to see if they can perform on Wednesday.
Also in the infirmary are the goalkeeper Andres Fernandez (two games); defender Ruben Semedo (four games, no goal) and midfielder Roberto Soriano (12 games, no goal).

The current form of Leganés

Leganés also entered the field on Sunday, January 7, and maintained their 100% utilization in 2018. At home, they beat Real Sociedad by scoring at least 24 points (seven wins, three draws and seven losses) in the Championship Spanish. It occupies the ninth position.
It is a very comfortable situation for a team that has as its main objective to ensure its permanence in the elite division of Spanish football. Anything above that would be a brutal profit.
To fight for the place in the quarterfinals of the King’s Cup, coach Asier Garitano has two medical doubts. They are in injury treatment and depend on a positioning of the doctors of the club to know if they could be used the Darko Brasanac socks (nine matches in the 2017/2018 Spanish Championship without a goal) and Alexander Szymanowski (13 matches, two goals ).

History of the bouts between Villarreal and Leganés
The teams played only five times. Leganés won two matches, lost one and still had two draws.

There is no doubt that Leganés will close in defense on Wednesday in an attempt to maintain their advantage in the first leg. With 14 goals conceded in nine matches, the team presents the third best defense of the Spanish Championship and is a specialist in this type of strategy.
This makes the draw a good guessing option for the confrontation. It has a price of 3.80 in Rivalo. Success of home owners provides return of 1.55 and visitors earn 6.50 per real bet.