Cadiz take on the visitors Espanyol in the round 8 match of Spanish LaLiga. The match will be played on Sunday, October 9th at Estadio Nuevo Mirandilla (Cadiz).
Cadiz has been able to improve its position in standings lately. The Pirates managed to survive in the LaLiga following the results of last season. But in the new temporade, the wards of Sergio Gonzalez Soriano started extremely poor. All 5 first matches in La Liga 2022/2023 ended only in defeats of the underdog, who, however, they were frankly unlucky with the meeting calendar. This did not confuse the team, and as soon as the match turned out with a fairly digestible opponent, Valladolid, due to a late goal, Negredo came out to snatch the victory on the road. And then, on October 1st, the fighter for the survival stood on “zero” with Villarreal at home. And it turned out not to concede, even when in the end there were ten of them after the sent off of Carselen.
Espanyol definitely can't be satisfied with this season. The Parrots returned to La Liga a year ago. And the 14th place according to the results of this temporade was a good result. Nevertheless, it seemed like they wanted more, and in the summer, Diego Martinez Penas was invited to the post of head coach, who created a name for himself in Granada, which he took over in the Segunda, and eventually led to the Europa League. But instead of further progress, a fairly strong team gave an extremely mediocre segment. It is curious that, losing four times, Espanyol took points where they were not particularly expected. The only victory at all was taken on the field of a strong and ambitious Athletic, in Bilbao. It also managed to snatch a draw at Vigo - until the 72nd minute Celta led by a couple of goals, but in the 98th minute they scored the final 2-2. The score was repeated last Sunday, but this time, at the very end of the match, Valencia snatched a point for themselves.
Last season, the clubs crossed paths for the first time at an official level since 2018. Then Espanyol proved to be stronger: 2-0 at home in October at home and 2-2 in January away. Both clubs are not doing their best this season, but it is all the more important to get results now. So we are waiting for an active struggle and the final "total over 2.0 goals".
Prediction for the match: Over 2.0 scored goals.
