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Levante vs Espanyol Prediction & Betting tips
The Ciutat de Valencia forms Sunday afternoon the battle stage of the meeting between Levante and Espanyol. The home team has not been able to win in La Liga since 19 November last year and must fear relegation. The visitors managed to stunt against Real Madrid last Tuesday evening and dare to dream aloud of European football again.
Levante :
Levante feels the degradation pressure is increasing more and more. The redblues went down last Thursday at Alaves in injury time with 1-0 down. As a result, the club from Valencia is now on par with Las Palmas, which managed to stunt by keeping FC Barcelona on a tie. It looks like Levante is going to pay the price for a series of worthless results. The defeat against Alaves was already the fourth loss in a row and in the last nine rounds, Los Granotas held only two points and so far coach Juan Muniz has not found a way to stop this loss. Despite the fact that his chair legs are cut considerably, the coach remains remarkably positive: ‘Despite the defeat, my players have done a fantastic job.’ Nice words, but just before time to lose a match may Levante in this situation of course never happen.
Espanyol-home is therefore an extremely important match for Levante. In case of a win, the club can finally take a breath again, in case of a loss it is likely that after this weekend the team will be on the wrong side of the relegation streak. In an attempt to get something loose, Muniz has already announced that he will switch again from 4-4-2 to 4-3-3 this weekend, with Ivi Lopez and Jose Luis Morales on the flanks and Roger Marti as the most likely center striker. Defender Chema Rodriguez and midfielder Jefferson Lerma have been suspended, so probably Sergio Postigo and Cheick Doukoure are back in the picture for a starting place. However, the duo is not completely fit, so if it goes wrong Muniz must fall back on his third choice.
Espanyol:
Espanyol won Real Madrid 1-0 on Tuesday-evening thanks to a late goal from club icon Gerard Moreno. This handsome victory has given the team new energy again. “The seventh place is not that far away,” said midfielder Victor Sanchez. Defender Marc Navarro did not join in at all: ‘Europe? If you want to achieve something, you have to fight for it. ‘ With a backlog of seven points at number seven Eibar everything is still possible, although there are of course quite a few hijackers on the coast. Espanyol will have to set a strong series to fulfill its European ambitions. With victories at Atletico Madrid, FC Barcelona and Real Madrid, the team has shown this season to be able to compete with the big boys, although of course you also have to stand against the smaller teams.
Espanyol is a bit disappointing with this football season, but the Catalans played a strong game against Real Madrid. The visitors from the capital played with a bred B-team and had, among others, Cristiano Ronaldo left at home, but that did not detract from the excellent team performance of Los Pericos, with match winner Gerard Moreno as a great star. This season alone, 11 of the 21 team goals were responsible for more than half of the full goals production (Espanyol has 23 goals, but two of them were own goals). Even Lionel Messi does not do that to him. In addition, he did not miss a single minute this season.
Levante vs Espanyol head to head matches
11.01.18 CDR Levante Espanyol 0 : 2
04.01.18 CDR Espanyol Levante 1 : 2
13.10.17 LL Espanyol Levante 0 : 0
15.04.16 LL Levante Espanyol 2 : 1
15.12.15 CDR Espanyol Levante 2 : 1