Leganés surprised Eibar in their Ipurúa fort and he took all three points at stake by making the most of the only chance which he had in his first half, with a beautiful target from the Argentine Julián Chicco.
And this despite the fact that Eibar counted for the first time this season as starters with two regular players in the starting eleven with the previous coach, Gaizka Garitano, the gunner in the last two league seasons, Stoichkov, and the midfielder Corpas.
Eibar, who had the early injury of the center-back Frederico Venancio, the rear of the solid Leganés worried through Corpas, Stoichkov, Tejero, Rahamani. and that good defensive work by the pepinero team ended up paying off shortly after half an hour with a great action on the counterattack, initiated by Franquesa, who, after masterfully entering the area, crossed Julián Chicco, who did not waste the option to open the scoreboard
Things got more complicated for Joseba EtxeberriaGiven that Matheus Pereira was also injured in the last minutes of the first half and although he held out as best he could until the break, in the end he had to be replaced at the start of the second period by Unai Vencedor.
Eibar tried to overcome the numerous inconveniences. He came out with great intensity in the second half and as soon as it began, Aketxe forced Diego Conde to make another save.
The good work of Leganés he wore down an Eibar that was losing steam and freshnessalthough he kept trying anyway until the end, but he found no reward against a Leganés who played a very serious game in defense, with a lot of order and without any kind of nervousness.