Espanyol vs Sevilla Prediction & Betting Tips (25 October)

This was to be expected, but the season of Espanyol's return to the elite of Iberian football is difficult, in particular because of rather weak recruitment overall. To maintain, it's very simple, the Catalans will have to give the maximum, especially at home, where for the moment they have won three of their five matches played against Rayo 2-1 , Alaves 3-2 and Mallorca just before the truce 2-1. Furthermore, last weekend, as part of the return from the truce, the Pericos were received in fine style by Athletic Bilbao, a heavy 4-1 defeat, even being down four goals to nothing before the goal of honor scored by Tejero in added time of the game...

Over the last five days of the championship, the residents of Llobregat have lost four times.  Sevilla FC is in total reconstruction following numerous departures during the summer transfer window and despite a great feat of three games without defeat including two victories against Valladolid 2-1 and Real Bétis 1-0, the task was far too difficult against FC Barcelona last Sunday with a manita sauce correction at Montjuic 5-1. The Andalusians therefore fell into line but this defeat was almost a certainty in the end. It is clear that the Rojiblancos season are not at the same level as Barça or Real Madrid , but rather at a spot in the top 10 only 13th.

Still convalescing from his cruciate ligament rupture, Exposito will not play this evening in the same capacity as the crack Javi Puado (16 goals in D2 last year), the replacement goalkeeper Pacheco without forgetting the defender Calero, and the replacement Unuvar (all wounded). Author of 10 goals with Sainté in Ligue 2 last year, Irvin Cardona has still not found the string in the Spanish championship. On loan from Tottenham, Alejo Veliz (1 goal) is expected by fans. Absent for the trip to Barcelona last Sunday, Saul Niguez (Atlético, loan) could miss the plane to Catalonia again.

Returning in the 2nd period, Suso (important) only played 20 minutes before going out with an injury (uncertain this evening). Same case concerning the Nigerian striker Ejuke (1 goal this season with the Andalusian club) who left prematurely due to injury before half-time. On the other hand, Tanguy Kouassi (ex-PSG) will return from suspension.