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Alaves vs Espanyol Prediction & Betting tips
Alaves receives a visit from Espanyol on Sunday afternoon at Mendizorroza. Both teams suffered considerably during the transfer period, and seem a lot weaker than last year.
Alaves:
Last season, Alaves participated in the fight for European football for quite some time, but the Basques took off a big jacket this summer. Key players such as Jony Rodriguez and Jonathan Calleri grabbed their bags, and success coach Abelardo also stopped at the Mendizorroza. Successor Asier Garitano of course welcomed several newcomers, but they were all players with a scratch. In addition, the run-off has not yet ended, because Guillermo Maripan is close to a transition to AS Monaco. There is a good chance that the Chilean man has already played his last game before Alaves.
Garitano did not end up in a staggered bed with Alaves, but that did not prevent him from taking three points in his debut on the bench of El Glorioso. Co-debutant Joselu immediately gave his new employer the victory by taking home the only goal of the match against Levante. The man of the game was goalkeeper Fernando Pacheco, who kept his team going with various great saves. Pacheco is one of the best keepers of La Liga, so he could also leave this transfer period. Alaves knows, however, that he desperately needs him in her fight against degradation, and therefore absolutely does not want to lose him.
Espanyol:
Espanyol has been busy with the new season for a while. The Catalans all won their five games in the preliminary rounds of the Europa League (including last Thursday’s 3-1 win over Ukrainian Zorya), but last week they lost 0-2 against Sevilla. Espanyol didn’t make any of it at the RCDE Stadium, and was unable to make a fist at all, particularly in the offensive sense. Borja Iglesias, the good-looking thief sold earlier that week, was sorely missed.
In addition to Borja Iglesias, Espanyol also lost Mario Hermoso this summer, while Marc Roca is also close to a transition to Bayern Munich. The club now has a full wallet to do business quickly just before the transfer deadline expires, but there is of course no question of an ideal preparation. The current selection of trainer David Gallego is especially solid, but the team lacks creativity and scoring ability. With this material it could be a very tough season.
Alaves vs Espanyol head to head matches
13.04.19 LL Espanyol Alaves 2 : 1
02.09.18 LL Alaves Espanyol 2 : 1
01.04.18 LL Espanyol Alaves 0 : 0
04.11.17 LL Alaves Espanyol 1 : 0
08.04.17 LL Espanyol Alaves 1 : 0