Espanyol take on the visitors Deportivo La Coruna in the round 17 match of Spanish LaLiga. The match will be played on Friday, January 6th at RCDE Stadium (Barcelona).
Considering results of previous seasons, we can say that Spanish teams need some time to gain their best conditions after winter break. Seven out of 10 matches after a break last season ended with under 2.5 goals. Excluding confident wins of Barcelona and Real Madrid, we get only one high-scoring result in eight matches with 1,75 goal per match on average. Results of the first matchday after a break in season 2014-15 are about the same and it’s the reason to call a trend.
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We can expect the first league match after the break to be a low-scoring one as well. Espanyol is the team that took the least number of shots on goal this season. The team count on their defensive line as only Barcelona managed to gain confident win over the neighbors this term (4-1) and that defeat ended a six-match streak when Espanyol allowed only one goal. Another notable fact is that only Atletico Madrid managed to record more clean sheets that the Parrots.
At the same time, Deportivo have scored seven goals in eight away matches of the season. In half of these matches La Coruna side hasn’t scored a single goal and recorded no away wins this term. Clearly, Deportivo don’t look like the side who can cause troubles to solid defensive line of the hosts. Moreover, the visitors should be happy with their scoring on the road as they have the best conversion rate of their chances (66%). We should also note that four out of six away matches of Deportivo (if we exclude matches at Camp Nou and Bernabeu) ended with a low-scoring result.
Prediction for the match: Under 2.5 goals.
