Valladolid take on the visitors Espanyol at the Estadio Jose Zorrilla in the 10th tour of the Primera Divison. The match will be played in the eponymous city Valladolid on Friday, October 26th.
Valladolid are new to the Primera Division this season. They have been looking pretty solid so far there. In the first five tours of the league the Pucela though managed to get only draws and losses. For example, they lost to Deportivo Alaves and Barcelona in those games. After that, the team of Sergio Gonzalez found strength in themselves and beat Levante, Villarreal, Huesca and Real Betis in a row. It`s worth noting that they managed to beat the Beticos on the away field. The Blanquivioletas conceded only one goal overall in those fixtures. Overall, they have an 8-6 goal difference to their credit in the Primera Division at the moment. This allows them to place sixth in the table right now being only three points behind the leader of the league. It`s worth noting that the team of Sergio Gonzalez has been looking really great in the defense recently. They rarely attack in their league games. However, there are two young and promising strikers in their squad, they are Enes Unal and Leonardo Suarez. Those two have scored half of all goals Valladolid have scored so far this season. Unal and Suarez are really professional in finding a key to the defensive lines of their opponents. In their defensive line the Pucela on the other hand have such players as Javi Moyano, Keko, Nacho, Fernando Calero and Borja Fernandez. The last one even performed for Real Madrid before. Furthermore, their goalie Jordi Masip is a Barcelona Academy alumni. All of those players make a great unit on the field. Valladolid have conceded zero goals in five of their nine games in the Primera Division this season. Thereby it will be hard for Espanyol to score goals on Friday and easy to concede on the other hand. Even though the team of Sergio Gonzales has been scoring only a few goals lately they have been successful in realizing all of their goal attempts they have had in their previous fixtures. It`s worth noting that the defense of Espanyol has not been that great recently and has allowed some goals in four of their five away games so far this season. Only Huesca have been unable to score against Espanyol in front of their home crowd. In their last three matches Valladolid beat Real Betis with a 1-0 score, Huesca with the same 1-0 score and Villarreal with a 1-0 score.
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Espanyol are on the second place in the Primera Division along with Deportivo Alaves at the moment. They are only one point behind the leader in the league. It`s worth noting that the Periquillos have conceded only seven goals in nine matches they have already had this Primera Division season. On the other hand, they have scored thirteen goals in the league already. In their last two league fixtures the team of Rubi beat Villarreal and Huesca. In their last three matches overall Espanyol beat Huesca with a 2-0 score, Villarreal with a 3-1 score and drew against Rayo Vallecano with a 2-2 score.
The previous fixtures between Valladolid and Espanyol were boring as hell. The hosting side managed to avoid losses in most of those games. Also, there were only a few goals scored in all of those fixtures. The Pucela are likely to use the same playing style they have been using before in the Primera Division. On the other hand, the Periquillos should lean on their defensive line on Friday too. Thereby both teams are likely to play really careful in the defense and to score only a few goals. It could very well happen that Valladolid and Espanyol will not score at all in the upcoming match. However, what`s really easy to predict is that the team of Sergio Gonzalez will not lose against the team of Rubi. They lost only two of their last thirteen games at the Estadio Jose Zorrilla. Five of those fixtures were victories for them. Thereby we should expect Valladolid to get a positive result for them on Friday.
Prediction for the match: Valladolid to win with 0 handicap.
