Espanyol vs Alaves match Analysis and Prediction

4 years ago 716

Placed at the bottom position in the La Liga standings, Alaves travel to meet Espanyol this Wednesday at the RCDE Stadium for their fifth La Liga match.

The hosts are positioned 16^th with only 3 points. They came from the second tier being the best side and opened the top tier with consecutive goalless draws against Osasuna and Villarreal. They faced Mallorca who came from the second tier and had a 1-0 defeat before the Atletico Madrid 3-1 defeat.

Espanyol come to this from a commendable bounce back in the match last time out when they had a point against Real Betis. Aleix Vidal had the leading goal but the 97^th equalizer from Leandro Cabrera saw them secure a point.

Moreno’s side come to this match with confidence to put on sheet their first victory and move away from the relegation zone to a safer position.

Alaves on the other hand, are rooted at the bottom of the table pointless this term. The visitors avoided relegation last season by four points. They suffered a 4-1 defeat against Real Madrid on the opening match and have come from the last position since then.

Mallorca, the newly promoted side held a 1-0 victory against Alaves in the next match before the encounter against Valencia which marked the third defeat in the match ending in 3-0 in Valencia’s favor. Their fourth defeat in a row came after the international break when they had a 2-0 defeat over Osasuna.

Placed at the bottom, Alaves have conceded 10 goals and have only managed to score only a goal in the same state as the pointless Getafe. They will come to this match with the need to move from away from the foot of the table when they start the winning traits.

Espanyol vs Alaves head to head

On the 22 head to head encounters since 1999 the outcome is at level with Espanyol emerging victorious 8 times and their opponents 7 times with 7 draws. Espanyol haven’t won in their last 6 games and is also important to state that when playing at home, Espanyol have not lost to Alaves in their last 7 encounters. On the other side, Alaves have lost 5 matches in a row.