On Oct 2nd, Espanyol hosts Valencia at Rcde Stadium in a meeting of these two mismatched La Liga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 21 degrees, a perfect day for football. 17th placed Espanyol is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Real Sociedad. Alexander Sørloth struck first for Real Sociedad in the 17th minute, then Edu Expósito got the equalizer for Espanyol in the 19th minute on a feed from Darder. Espanyol looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10, while valencia sits at 9th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Celta de Vigo. Samu Castillejo scored the first goal for Valencia in the 37th minute, then Marcos de Sousa added another in the 82nd minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Celta de Vigo couldn’t manage to score, and Valencia took the shutout win. Valencia is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season Espanyol won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Samu Castillejo has been the most prolific scorer on Valencia in the last five matches with two goals. Espanyol is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Martin Braithwaite and Joselu each having 2 goals in their last 5
Adrià Pedrosa is unavailable to play for Diego Martínez Penas’s team, while Ivan Gennaro Gattuso’s squad will be without Jaume Doménech and Yunus Musah.