Espanyol hosts Barcelona in round 19 of Spanish LaLiga. The match will be played on Saturday, January 4th at RCDE Stadium (Barcelona)
You can recall how Espanyol was near the European cup zone quite recently. It achieved access to the Europa League again. But in the new season, this same team has set itself up as a full outsider of the Spanish Championship. Today Espanyol takes the last place in the standings. Over the entire period of the new season, the team managed to gain only two victories. This club has the worst fixtures, both in attack and in defense. It loses to everyone. For example, in the last match, it was defeated by Leganes with a 0:2 score. Most likely, the reason for this is active participation in the international arena. The group stage of the Europa League ended not so long ago, and the team managed to gain leadership. Perhaps all the forces of Espanyol went there. The team suffered only one defeat in the group stage, to CSKA Moscow. Besides, it gained three victories and two draws. This was enough to take first place in the group and advance further. The performance of Espanyol began in the qualification cycle. It managed to pass all its rivals successfully. Now it just needs to think about how to fix the situation in the national championship, because it risks relegating to the lower league.
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To put it mildly, Barcelona’s start in the new season was not good. It suffered defeats to the clubs that cannot be called very powerful. First, it lost to Athletic Bilbao, then to Granada, and even Levante. In addition to this, fans saw several more slurred draw games. It’s difficult to explain what it is connected with. And it is unlikely that anyone will be interested in this issue because Barca returned the leadership in the LaLiga standings. It managed to get around many rivals and gain 12 wins, and the Catalans are already two points away from the closest pursuer, Real Madrid. Barcelona showed its tough character and attacking football again but also did not forget about defending its net. The team scored just a huge number of goals. In addition to the championship of Spain, Barcelona managed to surprise everyone in the international arena. The group stage of the Champions League has already ended, and the club managed to take first place in its group. The team did it without any particular difficulties because it did not suffer a single defeat for all time. It has won four victories and two draws. Opponents were rather strong: Inter, Borussia Dortmund and Slavia. But despite such a solid quartet, Barca still managed to get into the playoffs.
Bookmakers claim that Barcelona will win the upcoming game and confirm this with much a lower coefficient. There is no need to be a football expert to guess the winner of an upcoming match. Just look at the standings and see these teams on opposite sides of these standings.
Prediction for the match: Barcelona to win
