Espanyol take on the visitors Valladolid in the round 20 match of Spanish LaLiga. The match will be played on Friday, January 17th at RCDE Stadium (Cornella de Llobregat).
"Espanyol" is again in a difficult fight in Primera. "The Parrots" have recently made it through to the European Cups. And they tried to maintain their ambitions, but in general, recently they have had to play more and more only at the Segunda level. But they still had enough strength to return from there, and this was the case in 2024, albeit through the playoffs. But again, at a higher level, this representative of Catalonia looks almost toothless. Only 4 victories were collected in 2024, and the last one was dated back to the end of November, when they dealt with Celta at home. But after that, they lost in the cup to the modest "Barbastro", and in La Liga in December there were 2 draws with 3 defeats. In the new month, after a break with "Las Palmas", they lost, and with "Leganes" they limited themselves to draws.
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Valladolid are ending the era when they were owned by Ronaldo. The iconic Brazilian forward seemed to have stabilized the project's finances, but under him it finally became an "elevator" between Primera and Segunda. Having been relegated to the second in 2023, the club under Pessolano were able to return "straight away". But the Argentine did not work until Christmas. Which is not surprising, because his charges are in the last position in the championship. It is noteworthy that without a full-fledged coach, the outsider beat their neighbor in the table, Valencia, 1-0. But with the new head coach, Cocca, the club lost to the deflated Girona, 0-3, and after the New Year, they lost 2-3 in the Ourense Cup. After a short break, they managed to win against Betis.
Last season, the "Parrots" took 4 out of 6 points in Segunda and beat the "pucelanos" in the cup, winning 3-1. But in August, thanks to Moro's only year, Ronaldo's brainchild finally won. The "Parrots" will be the favorites at home. But here, the first goal will decide everything - we are waiting for "total under 2.5 goals scored".
Prediction for the match: Under 2.5 scored goals.
