On Sunday Oct 16th, in week 9, Espanyol hosts Real Valladolid in a La Liga match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 23 degrees, which is great football weather. Espanyol sits at 17th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-2 draw against Cádiz. Víctor Chust scored the first goal for Cádiz in the 41st minute, but Joselu got the equalizer for Espanyol in the 51st minute . They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches, while real Valladolid is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Real Betis. Neither Real Valladolid nor Real Betis could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 13 and 4 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Real Valladolid’s most prolific scorer has been Sergio León. The Spanish attacker has netted 2 goals over the last five matches. Espanyol is glad to have Joselu in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 4 goals
Diego Martínez Penas’s squad will be without Martin Braithwaite and Adrià Pedrosa, while Juan José Rojo Martín’s squad will be without Kenedy, Anuar, Gonzalo Plata, Jawad El Yamiq and Luis Pérez.