MADRID, 18 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Leganés consolidated its leadership and its place for direct promotion to LaLiga EA Sports after beating (3-0) this Sunday in the derby against Alcorcón, while SD Eibar could not get past the goalless draw against Elche and sees as RCD Espanyol is approaching its second position, in matches corresponding to the twenty-seventh day of LaLiga Hypermotion 2023-2024.
The 'pepinero' team took another small step to return to the First Division and returned to the path of victory after adding two points from the last nine by dismantling the Alcorconero team, which could not add anything valuable in its attempt to escape relegation .
Diego García opened the scoring in the 18th minute and Francisco Portillo and Dani Raba sealed the victory for a 'Lega' team that had also gone three games without scoring and maintains a six-point advantage over RCD Espanyol, third placed.
The Catalan team was two points behind an Eibar that could not follow in the wake of the leader, which opened a small gap of four points after the 'armeros' drew goalless against Elche, once again leaving points away from Ipurua by third consecutive game. Luca Zidane was key in goal so that the damage was not greater against a rival that lost a good opportunity to reach the playoff positions.
One of its tenants, Racing Ferrol, added its third consecutive game without winning and was three points behind Eibar after drawing without goals against a Levante UD that is still in the doldrums and is already seven points away from direct promotion after extending to five of their games without winning and despite the fact that the Galician team played with ten before the half hour mark due to the expulsion of Alex López.
Furthermore, Racing de Santander could not get into the playoff positions either, having lost 2-0 to an Albacete team that is coming out of the relegation positions where bottom team Amorebieta remains, having drawn goalless in its visit to a direct rival such as SD Huesca.