Villarreal hosts Espanyol in round 20 of Spanish LaLiga. The match will be played on Sunday, January 19th at Estadio de la Ceramica (Villarreal)
Villarreal wins in the last three rounds in a row. And the rivals were 7th Getafe, 5th Real Sociedad, and 4th Sevilla. And before this, the Yellow Submarine played a draw with 3rd Atletico. Now it occupies the ninth line in the table, but there are only seven points to the top three.
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Espanyol is searching for a solution to save a place in the league. At the end of the year, the management finally replaced the coach - it fired Machin and invited Abelardo. He immediately wanted Hulk to join his squad. The Brazilian is playing in Shanghai now, and of course, he refused. He is paid well and plays for his pleasure in China. They won’t pay more in Spain, but they will demand more. In general, the White and Blues close the standings. In the last nine rounds, they scored only three points. There is no improvement in the game. Players don’t want to go to Espanyol. The cup victories over teams from the lower leagues are not worth taking into account. It’s interesting that Espanyol made it to the playoffs in the Europa League, having won its group.
The change of coach will bear fruit to Espanyol, and it has already born. In the first match, Abelardo and his new team tied with Barcelona. But that's enough for now. Villarreal gained an excellent move. It beats the teams from the leading part of the standings. It lost in only one out of nine home matches. The Submarine tied with two Athletics, Granada (the Nasrids were in the top three at that time), and Real Madrid at home. But it won’t tie with Espanyol. The White and Blues lost in the last four away matches. In three of them, even a consolation goal was not scored. Villarreal won in the last two head-to-head matches in a row. And it will probably win again.
Prediction for the match: Villarreal to win
