Leganes were promoted to La Liga for the first time in 2016 and have since hosted Barcelona twice at the Estadio Municipal de Butarque. The aggregate score from those two fixtures is 8-1 in the visitors’ favour.
Despite the Blaugrana being being held by Girona at the weekend, they still look well-equipped to continue their dominance over Leganes.
Lionel Messi is in excellent form having netted a combined eight goals in six La Liga andUEFA Champions League games this season, and he will relish the prospect of taking on a defence that has already conceded 10 goals this term.
There seems little possibility of Wednesday’s fixture being anything other than a procession for Barca as they look to maintain their position at the top of the table.
However, if Leganes are to take anything from the clash they will need to soak up huge amounts of attacking pressure.
Their only real hope is to frustrate the visitors by getting men behind the ball and keeping their shape.
They were able to keep Villarreal out for 65 minutes in their last home fixture, but Carlos Bacca’s goal eventually proved the difference.
Messi, Luis Suarez, Ousmane Dembele and Philippe Coutinho will be an even tougher assignment for the beleaguered Leganes defence to deal with.