Espanyol - Betis Football prediction

Espanyol and Betis play at RCDE Stadium in a 16 th round of the Primera Division. At this stage, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the home team, which has 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in the last 4 games. In fact, the last time they faced in this stage was in 10-10-2017, in a game for the Primera Division that finished with the victory of Espanyol by (1-0). The only goal of the match was scored by Gerard Moreno (55 '). Although this is a game between 10th and 7th overall, it is actually a game between the 6th place in home games and the 14th as a visitor.

Analysis of Espanyol
After 6 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses, the home team is in 10th place, having won 21 points. In the last match, they lost with Barcelona at home (0-4), after having lost in the previous game in a game against Getafe, (3-0). This is a stronger team in their stadium, where they won 15 points, against only 6 in their games as a visitor. For the championship, Espanyol won 15 points in 21 chances, after 5 wins and 2 losses in their last 7 games at their stadium. In his home games there are some frequent scorers: 0-0 (3 in 7 matches) and 1-0 (3 in 7 matches). The team has conceded goals in 7 of their last 10 games, so they have not shown great defensive solidity, but their attack has scored regularly, as they managed to make it 8 out of the last 10 games in this competition. In 15 games in the competition, he never managed to turn the scoring in the five games in which he suffered the first goal. In the last 20 home games in all competitions there are 1 periods in the standings: he suffered 8 of his 20 goals between minutes (31'-45 ').

The Espanyol team arrives at this game with a defeat, by 0-4, in the reception to the eternal rival Barcelona. It is important to note that the home team have recorded four straight defeats in the Spanish championship. In this game against Betis, coach Rubi should keep 4-3-3 with Borja Iglesias being the most advanced in the home team. It is worth mentioning that the player mentioned above is the great highlight of Espanyol with 8 goals scored. For this game the coach will not be able to count on Didac Vila, suspended, besides Mario Hermoso due to injury.

Betis Analysis
The visiting team is currently in 7th place with 22 points, after 6 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses. In the penultimate match, he won at home to Real Sociedad for (1-0). In the last match, won at home for Rayo Vallecano by (2-0). This is a stronger team in their stadium, where they won 14 points, against only 8 in their games as a visitor. In the last game they played, for the Europa League, tied with Dudelange away by (0-0). His last away game for this competition ended with a 2-1 loss to Villarreal. In the last 7 away games for the championship Betis has recorded 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses, having won 8 points out of 21 possible. In the matches played out in the league, the most frequent result at the end of the first 45 'was 0-0, which occurred in 6 of his 8 matches. His attack has scored regularly, as he has scored goals in 7 of the last 10 games for this competition. In 15 games in this competition, suffered the first goal 6 times and never managed to turn the score.

Betis enter into this match with a 0-0 draw at the Dudelange camp in the Europa League. It is worth mentioning that the visitors record two consecutive wins in the Spanish championship, against Vallecano and Real Sociedad. Coach Quique Setién were relying on their ability to counter-attack but they could not make the change due to some of the team's tactics. On the other hand, Giovani Lo Celso is the main game organizer, being this owner of great quality of pass and vision of game. From outside this game by injury continues Andrés Guardado.