Leganés edged past Eldense 1-0 at Estadio Municipal de Butarque on Saturday evening, extending their unbeaten start to the Segunda División campaign. The match, part of the third round of the regular season, concluded with a solitary goal that came in the dying moments of the fixture. Three points moved the hosts further clear at the summit of the table.
For most of the contest there was little to separate the sides, but the home side grew into the game as the hours wore on. By then the visitors had been chasing shadows for long stretches, their attempts to carve things open repeatedly thwarted. The decisive moment arrived in the 90th minute when M. Atienza found the net, sending the home end into raptures. Álex Millán picked up a yellow card three minutes into stoppage time as the hosts held on for the win.
The statistics told a familiar story of dominance without conversion. Leganés registered 1.58 expected goals against Eldense's 0.64, yet only managed six shots on target to their opponents' four. The visitors created more attacks overall — 115 to 91 — but big chances were one-sided, with the hosts producing three while Eldense managed none. Possession barely budged from the expected fifty-fifty split at 52 per cent to 48.
What this means in the table is a widening gap between ambition and reality. Leganés sit top after three games with seven points from two wins and a draw, their form building steadily. Eldense occupy 19th place with just a single point from one draw and two defeats, a run that shows no sign of turning.