Almeria take on the visitors Espanyol in the round 19 match of Spanish LaLiga. The match will be played on Friday, January 27th at Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos (Almería).
Almeria spend first season in La Liga after a long pause. The "Red-whites" at one time lost their "registration" in LaLiga not for sports reasons - they were deprived of their place there due to financial problems. They were forgotten after the appearance of a new owner, Al-Sheikh. The Turks demanded a rise to the elite, but it did not come out on the first try, only last season. But now Ruby's wards are quite combat-ready, and even the sale of strike scorer Sadiq Umar did not knock them down. Already in January, the newcomer did not start very well - a draw with Cadiz, the defeat of Real Sociedad. But then it turned out to take the prestigious 1-1 with Atlético. Then, after conceding first twice, the newcomer did not lose at the Mestalla, playing with Valencia 2-2.
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Espanyol in past rounds may have saved their coach from resignation. The Parrots lately show nothing special recently. Once they managed to get into the Europa League, couple of seasons ago, but participation in it resulted in a fall into the Segunda - they did not pull the fight on 2 fronts. However, the Catalan project did not stay at a lower level, moreover, the management did not have enough that the newcomer climbed to 14th place in the last temporade. To achieve more, they called Diego Martinez Penas. But the ex-mentor of Granada did not succeed. However, in January there were enough positive games. Yes, they flew out of the cup, and limited themselves to a draw with a newcomer, Girona. But at the same time, they took away points in the derby with Barcelona, and, most importantly, they won against Getafe, and even against the ambitious Betis.
Almería's win is valued at 2.49 with 2.95 for Espanyol's success and 3.25 for a draw in regular time. Espanyol have not lost four head-to-heads in a row. This including the 2020/2021 season, as part of the Segunda, Espanyol took 4 points out of 6 possible with Almeria. The newcomer to the division looks pretty. We bet that Almeria will win, but with a handicap of "0".
Prediction for the match: Almeria to win with 0.0 handicap.