Sevilla take on the visitors Espanyol at “Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan” in the starting matchday of the Spanish LaLiga. The game will be played in Seville on Saturday, August 19th.
Last season Sevilla occupied the fourth place in the LaLiga. On the eve of the new season’s start Eduardo Berizzo was appointed as the club’s new head coach with a number of new and expensive players joining the squad: Ever Banega, Guido Pizarro, Luis Muriel, Sebastien Corchia, Nolito, Jesús Navas and Simon Kjaer were signed for the total sum of 60 million EUR. “Sevillistas” have already played their first official clash in the season, having defeated Basaksehir 2:1 in the UEFA Champions League Qualification round which brought them closer to the Group stage.
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Espanyol finished last season sitting on the eighth place in the LaLiga standings. The team hasn’t qualified for the Eurocups, therefore, it was not so active on the transfer market, having signed Pablo Piatti and Naldo for 1.5 and 2.5 million EUR correspondingly, with Mamadou Sylla, Ruben Duarte, Joan and Felipe Caicedo having been sold for the total sum of 8.5 million EUR.
Sevilla have not been broken by Espanyol at their home field since 2011 across eight head-to-heads, having won seven last of them with 22:8 aggregated score. Taking into consideration the summer enforcement as well as great competitive form due to the UEFA Champions League as well as home-field advantage, I believe that the visiting side must confidently pick up three points in the forthcoming battle.
Prediction for the match: Sevilla to win.
