Espanyol take on the visitors Celta Vigo in the round of 1/16-finals of Spanish Copa del Rey. The match will be played on Tuesday, January 3rd at RCDE Stadium (Cornella de Llobregat).
Espanyol fail to live up to optimistic forecasts for this season. The "Parrots" had spent one season before last one in the Segunda. But it was the realization of ambitions that echoed to them, that they managed to break into European competitions. There, in the Europa League, they managed to play decently, right up to the spring playoffs, but in the LaLiga there were very few points collected. Expectedly returning from the 2nd division in Spain "on the move", for starters, the representative of Catalonia finished in 14th place. It is clear that they wanted more, and that is why they called Diego Martinez Penas in the summer, because after Granada he was considered as one of the most promising mentors in the country. But he rarely won with new wards in the fall. And December in La Liga began with a derby against Barcelona. And there they managed to achieve a worthy draw - but did they have the strength left after it for something else?
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Celta return to the tradition of changing coaches after a bad start. "Galicians" for 2 years, since 2020, played under the leadership of Eduardo Coudet. The Argentinean was able to keep his position even after the anti-record start of the last temporada, and justified the trust by raising his wards quite high by the spring. But after a successful start to the 2022/2023 season, a new pit went, and here the Latin American was nevertheless replaced by Carvalhal. In November, the Portuguese did not have time to win, but still finished that segment 0-0 with Rayo Vallecano. Already after the break it was 3-0 at the Guernica pitch in Copa del Rey. But with Sevilla, a direct competitor in the struggle for survival, they gave out 1-1.
Unexpectedly often, in 7 of the last 10 head-to-head fights were drawn. There were 2-2 in August in Vigo. Espanyol play at home and can simply pay more attention to the cup. We recommend to bet on the victory of the hosts.
Prediction for the match: Espanyol to win.
