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A match at eye level promises the meeting between Espanyol Barcelona and Sevilla. The home side are already well in the juice, since they compete for several weeks in qualifying for the group stage of the Europa League. This task has so far been mastered with flying colors.
So succeeded last Thursday against completely overburdened Lucerne’s entry into the playoffs and the very good shape at the end of last season was well preserved. However, this week Barcelona lost the best attacker to their league rivals Borja Iglesias, resulting in a huge loss on offense.
In contrast to last year, the kickers from Sevilla do not have to deal with the qualification this time. As the sixth of the past season, the group stage was reached directly. Just a few days ago, the Andalusian fans, like in Barcelona, suffered a real bad news regarding the squad.
With the sale of Wissam Ben Yedder to AS Monaco Sevilla also loses the main striker. After Pablo Sarabia had already bid farewell to Paris Saint-Germain and Andre Silva to AC Milan, the Rojiblancos are now without their three most accurate offensive players there.
The squad was changed after the again rather disappointing season on various other positions, which is why one can speak of a real change in Sevilla. Also, the occupation of the coaching position was changed for the third time in a year with Julen Lopetegui.
It is expected that the newly ragged troupe at the beginning of the season is still in a process of identification. At Espanyol Barcelona vs. Sevilla faces a goal of less than three goals against the background of the attacking departures on both sides. The Espanyol Barcelona are played against Sevilla’s prediction with five units in action.
Espanyol Barcelona:
Espanyol Barcelona has been unbeaten in the league for nine league games in La Liga. Thanks to the final spurt last season, even the qualification for the Europa League was achieved.
Here, the Catalans completed last Thursday evening, the second leg in the penultimate round against FC Luzern. The game ended in a 3-0 win, which put Sevilla in the play-offs after the first leg had already come out clearly in favor of the Spaniards.
In the offensive, hopes have so far been almost exclusively on Borja Iglesias. The striker was the newest scorer of Zaragoza with 17 goals last season and by far the best goalkeeper of the Periquitos. His scoreboard did not lose the attacker over the summer.
For example, Iglesias has been back in action three times as part of his three UEFA Europa League qualifiers. However, it was his last goals for the Catalans, as this week, the change from “El Panda” was announced to Real Betis.
In addition, there are some injury concerns in the four-time cup winner of the country: In midfield fall Esteban Granero and David Lopez and the striker Pablo Piatti. Coach David Gallego, who took over the team this summer, also can not rely on the highly talented defender Mario Hermosa.
The 24-year-old now kicks in runner-up Atletico Madrid. For the blue-and-white speaks in the run-up to the meeting against Sevilla but the home strength: The Blanquiazules won in the preseason eleven of their 18 home games and had to give only five times beaten.
Sevilla:
The 1946 champion finished sixth in the most recent season, one point better than Espanyol. For the claims of the Andalusians this is a bit less, which is why initially with Julen Lopetegui a new coach was hired as successor to Joaquín Caparrós.
Afterwards, there was hardly a stone left on the other with regard to the squad. More than a dozen new players have been signed up. The change also took place in all areas of the team. Jules Kounde of Girondins Bordeaux and Diego Carlos of FC Nantes were brought in for the defense.
Offensive forces such as Israeli Munas Dabbur (RB Salzburg), Dutchman Luuk de Jong (PSV Eindhoven) or Portuguese Oliver Torres (FC Porto) are now in the squad to compensate for the departure of the three best offensive players mentioned above.
Especially the change of Wissam Ben Yedder hurts. The Frenchman is now in the service of AS Monaco. For Sevilla this is a huge loss on offense, as in the case of Iglesias on the opponent’s side. The 29-year-old scored 18 goals in the preseason for the Nervionenses – no other player in the Andalusian jersey showed a better result.
His approximately 50% goal rate over the last three years also highlights the importance of Ben Yedder for the Sevilla offensive. His successor is most likely Luuk de Jong. The 28-year-old scored 28 goals in 34 appearances in the last season of the Eredivisie, which ensured the striker with Dusan Tadic the top scorer.
It was also his fourth of five seasons with a double-digit record. For the match between Espanyol Barcelona and Sevilla, the odds for a goal of the Dutchman thus offer additionally. This is also supported by the fact that de Jong was already well integrated in the preparation and met twice despite his overwhelming short-term assignments.
Espanyol vs Sevilla head to head matches
17.03.19 LL Espanyol Sevilla 0 : 1
11.11.18 LL Sevilla Espanyol 2 : 1
20.01.18 LL Espanyol Sevilla 0 : 3
19.08.17 LL Sevilla Espanyol 1 : 1
29.01.17 LL Espanyol Sevilla 3 : 1