Espanyol, a threatened leader

Although the Spanish have the best budget in the category and have paid the majority of LaLiga SmartBank With poise and craft, the one-point streak of the last six has allowed Majorca Y Leganes follow in his footsteps and threaten his leadership. In fact, the vermilion could finish the day first if they get to win at Sporting of former parakeet David Gallego, but his draw gives Espanyol a new opportunity to stand firm.

The calendar is capricious and this Thursday Leganés and Espanyol will meet in Butarque, third and first, separated only by two points, in a new threat to Vicente Moreno's men, who if they lose they will leave their privileged position. The classification is tightened curiously between the three teams that descended last season and that have the largest budget. In different streaks but they have reached matchday 14 in a handkerchief.

Espanyol is the highest scoring team, the second best home team and the second best visitor. His 27 points illuminate him, but he has seen how in recent days Mallorca and Leganés are surpassing him in other facets. Mallorca is the team that has received the fewest goals (2) and the one that has lost the least (1). In fact, against Espanyol he managed to scratch a point at the RCDE Stadium on the second day of the championship.

Leganés, the next rival parakeet, is the best local, with 18 points added, and has already won eight games, the same as Espanyol. The Madrid team has the third salary limit in the category, 26 million, behind Almería (27) and Espanyol (45). Leganés lost three of the first five games but managed to redirect their streak with six wins in the last eight. A first-class match for a Espanyol that wants to regain its hegemony in the category.