Sunday starting at 19:30 will be held confrontation Espanyol – Villarreal, within the 7th round of La Liga. This confrontation is one of the most balanced dispute the round.
Espanyol Barcelona
Band in Catalunya had not a very satisfactory start in this debut season. The band from Barcelona has accumulated five deck than in the first 6 stages, placing them a place to number 18 in Primera, a position which ensures relegation at the end of the season. 5 points were won after two draws (2-2 and 1-1 at home to Malaga arena of Real Sociedad) and a victory (2-1 on the field Osasuna in Pamplona ). Even though early in the season Espanyol announced his desire to finish in the top half, that goal seems far enough, if we consider the game a second band of Barcelona it has provided.
The main problem of the Espanyol defense is represented by extremely weak. This earned no less than 14 goals in six rounds played, Espanyol thus having the second worst defense in La Liga – the only team that stands worse in this respect is Granada, with 15 goals conceded.
Villarreal
“Yellow Submarine” is in excellent shape. So far, Villarreal has not yet felt the taste of defeat in international competition, the latter having a total of 12 runs in 3 wins and 3 draws. Points earned a place on the Villarreal ranked number 4 on equal points with Atletico Madrid and Athletic Bilbao – just two lengths behind leader Real Madrid, on land which Villarreal managed to get a draw in step number 4. however, we should keep in mind that the team coached by Segura may be tired after the match that was played in midweek in Bucharest, Steaua Bucharest before.
Advantage “submarine” was represented in this start to the season the defense, it cashed only 4 goals, Villarreal having the second most valuable defensive Primera Division, the only band that surpasses this chapter is Atletico Madrid, who received than 2 goals. Conversely, offensive department has done decent, scoring 9 goals – mention here that Villarreal could not rely on the forward main previous edition of the championship, Bakambu, who was injured, it can return “in circuit” even in this dispute in front of Espanyol.
Probable Espanyol Barcelona – Villarreal
Espanyol Barcelona (4-3-3): Lopez – Sanchez, Duarte Lopez Lopez – Roca Fuego, Diop – Reyes Moreno Perez.
Absent: Piatti, Vaqzuez (injured).
Villarreal (4-4-2): Asenjo – Mario Ruiz, Musacchio, Costa – Soriano, Trigueros, Bruno Castillejo – Pato, Sansone.
Absent: Soldado (injured).
Info direct dispute Espanyol Barcelona – Villarreal
– 2 of the last 4 encounters ended in a draw, both on the field at Espanyol
– Villarreal scored in 5 of the last 6 confrontation;
– Villarreal defeated Espanyol did not “home” in 2008.
By looking and analyzing the latest matches played between the two teams we see that the trend adds their “yellow submarine”. It is also highly likely that Espanyol to have created some complex home against Villarrealului, given that it failed to beat the last 7 matches.
