Week 5 features a match on Sat Sep 10th, where Espanyol and Sevilla will play a match in Cornella de Llobregat in a clash of these two evenly matched La Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 25 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Espanyol sits at 15th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Athletic Club. Martin Braithwaite scored the first goal for Espanyol in the 83rd minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Athletic Club couldn’t manage to score, and Espanyol took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 2 of their last 10, while sevilla is fresh off their 0-4 loss against Manchester City. Erling Braut Håland scored the first goal for Manchester City in the 20th minute, then Phil Foden added another in the 58th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Sevilla couldn’t manage to score, and Manchester City took the shutout win. Sevilla looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Sevilla won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Sevilla is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Rafa Mir and Karim Rekik each only have 1 goal in their last five. Espanyol’s most prolific scorer has been Joselu. The Spanish attacker has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches
Raúl de Tomás, Sergi Gómez and Adrià Pedrosa are unavailable to play for Espanyol, while Julen Lopetegui Argote’s squad will be without Jesús Corona and Suso.