LaLiga – Match-day 25: Espanyol v Seville

Sunday at Rcde Stadium, as Espanyol host Seville in the LaLiga.

Champion’s League hopefuls Seville, travel to Espanyol on Sunday, as second takes on thirteenth in the League.

It’s 28 points so far for Espanyol this season, going into this fixture

Only a positive result will be acceptable for Vicente Moreno’s Espanyol, having drawn away to Barcelona, which itself followed a loss to Athletic Bilbao. A win would go some way to restoring the team’s confidence.

Also, league success is all about winning football matches, any way you can, so seven losses in 13 meetings would not make this a successful season for Espanyol. They currently stand thirteenth in the League, with 28 points for a total of 7 wins, 10 losses and 7 draws having won seven fixtures, drawn seven meetings, and lost 10 matches.

Playing at home, Espanyol have won six games, drawn three meetings, and lost three games.

A win in this fixture would take Espanyol’s points to 31 in the League.

Espanyol’s squad will likely be depleted of three of their key players when they start on Sunday, due to injury or illness.

Seville have so far accrued 50 points in this season of the LaLiga

Seville will take a huge positive from their recent 2-0 win against Elche at the Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan.

Also, slow and steady wins the race, Seville are showing that they know by avoiding defeat in 16 of their last 17 matches, a rich vein of form that has drastically improved their LaLiga position. With 50 points (14W, 2L and 8D), they are established in second position in the League having won 14 fixtures, drawn eight fixtures, and lost two meetings.

Seville’s away record is remarkable and poses a significant threat to Espanyol. In the 12 games they’ve played on the road this season, they have so far won five games, drawn five matches, and lost two fixtures.

Seville will have secured 53 points so far this season, should they secure a win.

Good atacking and defensive team

Seville’s defence has been rock solid so far, only conceding 16 goals in their previous games. Seville will be pleased to have a good goal scoring record so far this season (36). This is largely down to the efforts of their stand-out attackers – Papu Gomez (2), Rafa Mir (1), and Oliver Torres (1).

Seville may have to resort to second choice players, given the number of first choice players that are now unavailable through injury, illness or suspension.

Espanyol v Seville – Head-to-Head.

Regarding their historical duels the recent form between these two sides has seen Seville with a greater number of wins. In the last 53 meetings, they have enjoyed 30 victories, to Espanyol’s 12 wins. Further, the last 16 fixtures against Seville have resulted in nine wins for Espanyol. Their most recent encounter in this competition Seville delivered a 2-0 home win.

Other players of note for Espanyol are Raul De Tomas and Manu Morlanes with three goals each and for Seville are Rafa Mir and Oliver Torres with one goal and one goal respectively.