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Espanyol and Sevilla play at RCDE Stadium in a match of the 20th round of the Primera Division. In the last clash between these teams in this competition, on 08-20-2016, Sevilla won at home for (6-4). The history of direct matches played at this stadium favors the visiting team, who in the last 7 games won 3, drew 2 and lost 2. However, in the last match in this stadium, in a match for Primera Division on 01-05-2016, Espanyol Only managed to win, by (1-0). F. Caicedo (52 ‘) scored the only goal of the match. The home / away condition deserves special attention, since although this is a match between º and 2nd of the overall standings, in fact this is a confrontation between the 14th placed in home games and the 2nd as a visitor.
Espanyol
The home team is currently in the ninth place, with no points won, after 6 wins, 8 draws and 5 losses. In the penultimate match, he lost out to Valencia by (2-1). In the last match, he won at home to Granada by (3-1). This is a team little affected by the home factor, that is, it achieves practically the same points at home and away, having won 14 points in its stadium, with 14 goals scored and 12 conceded, against 12 points away, where it scored 11 goals and Suffered 14. In the last 10 home games for the league, Espanyol have won 3, 5 draws and 2 losses, having won 14 points out of 30.
In this competition, you have not lost any of the last 7 games in your stadium. In the matches played in their championship stadium, the most frequent result at the end of the first 45 ‘was 0-0, which occurred in 6 of their 10 matches. His attack has scored regularly as he has scored goals in 8 of the last 10 games in this competition. In 19 games in the competition, never managed to turn the score in the 6 games in which he suffered the first goal.
Espanyol enter this motivated round after a 3-1 win at home to Granada: Jose Antonio Reyes, Piatti and Marc Navarro scored the winning goals. The Spaniard Gerard Moreno is the player responsible for putting the opponent’s defense on alert, and its highest quality is finalization. The highest quality of the home team is the counterattacks, with strong and fast players in the one-on-one. The coach of the house will not be able to count on Caicedo, Javi López and Léo Baptistão for being injured.
Seville
The visiting team is currently in 2nd place with 42 points, after 13 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. In the penultimate match, won at home to Real Madrid by (2-1). In the last match, he won out for Osasuna by (3-4). This is a team little affected by the home factor, that is, it achieves practically the same points at home and away, with 21 goals scored and 11 goals conceded at home, against 21 goals scored and 14 conceded. In the championship, Sevilla won 18 points out of 30, after 5 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses in their last 10 games. The team has conceded goals in eight of their last 10 games, so they have not shown great defensive solidity, but their attack has been marked with great regularity, since they have always scored at least one goal in the last 10 matches in this competition. In their away games for this competition there is a tendency to have goals, since 7 in 10 finished with More than 2.5 goals in the scoreboard. In 19 games for the Primera Division, he suffered the first goal 7 times but managed to turn the score in 5. There were 2 periods in the last 10 games played as a visitor to this competition: he scored 9 of his 21 goals between minutes (76 ‘ -90 ‘); Suffered 5 of his 14 goals in minutes (61’-75 ‘).
Sevilla enter into this motivated game, after a 3-4 away victory on their visit to the Osasuna field: Iborra, Vazquez and Pablo Sarabia scored the goals that allowed Sevilla to score three points. The visiting team tends to play 5-3-2, favoring a faster style of play, of constant transitions. In this drawing, the two men responsible for creating danger plays on the opposing defense are Jovetic and Ben Yedder. In any case, the Sevilla manages to practice a good soccer with possession of ball, progressing in the field through short passes. Vitolo, Daniel Carriço, Trémoulinas, Krohn-Dehli and Carlos Fernández could not be counted on to be injured.
Prediction: over 1.5 goals @ 1.30