Espanyol Deportivo Alavés betting prediction

The home team is currently in the 14^th position of the league, with 35 points won, after 8 wins, 11 draws and 10 losses. In the penultimate match, they won in a home match against Real Sociedad, by (2‑1). In the last match, they lost in an away match against Real Betis, by (3‑0). This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, since they have won 10 points in away matches, with 11 goals scored and 24 conceded, against 25 points won at their stadium, with 15 goals scored and 13 conceded. In the last 10 home league matches Espanyol has a record of 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses, so they have won 15 points out of 30 possible. The most recurrent result at half‑time in their home league matches was the 0‑0 (7 out of 15 matches). They haven't been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 8 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home matches for this competition there is a tendency for few goals, since 11 of the last 15 matches have ended with Under 2,5 goals. They have conceded the first goal in 14 of their 29 matches for this competition, and have only turned the score around in 1.

Espanyol is presenting a campaign well below the expected in La Liga, has seen its series of 7 games without losing ended in the last round and is looking for a recovery to raise again on the qualifying table and move further from the relegation zone. The team has only an average defense that has conceded 37 goals and is the ninth lowest leaked in the competition and the big problem has been the attack that has scored only 26 goals and is the fifth worst of the competition, having scored only 4 goals in its last 5 games. Playing at home, such as this Sunday's match, Espanyol comes from two great victories, including one over the strong Real Madrid and it is worth mentioning that it is the fifth team that conceded the least goals, with 13 goals in 15 matches. For the confrontation with Alavés, coach Quique Sánchez Flores has the important absences of the forwards Leo Baptistão, injured, and Gerard Moreno, top scorer of the team, suspended.

Confirmed Lineup: Pau López, Aarón Martín, David López, Óscar Duarte, Víctor Sánchez, Carlos Sánchez, Granero, Darder, José Jurado, Gerard Moreno, Sergio García.
Coach: L. Ramis Monfort.