Espanyol is set to take on the Sevilla in the 25th round of the Spanish La Liga competition at the RCDE Stadium on 20th February 2022 at 16:00 EAT.
Espanyol secured a return to the top flight by winning last season’s Segunda Division, and they will be bidding to consolidate at this level once again following their surprise relegation. Currently the home team is struggling to win in the top flight where they are placed 13th in the league table with 28 points. In their last five fixtures they have two draws and three loses.
White and Blues get into this fixture off the back of 2-2 La Liga tie versus Barcelona. In that game, Espanyol had 36% possession, 10 shots with four of them on target and goals scored by Sergi Darder (40′) and Raúl de Tomás (64′). FC Barcelona got 12 shots with four of them on target and goals by Pedri (2′) and Luuk de Jong (96′).
Sevilla on the other side has been exceptionally impressive this season and are second in the table at the moment, trailing four points below the first-placed Real Madrid. Julen Lopetegui’s side have won two of their last four on the road, keeping three clean sheets in the process, and have the best away defensive record in La Liga, conceding just six times in total.
Los Nervionenses will be looking to make the third win in a row after 3-1 Europa League win over Dinamo Zagreb in their last match. In that game, Sevilla had 62% possession, 18 shots at goal with six of them on target and goals scored by Ivan Rakitić (13′), Lucas Ocampos (44′) and Anthony Martial (45′). Dinamo Zagreb got nine shots with five of them on target and a goal by Mislav Oršić (41′).
Espanyol vs Sevilla head to head
These two sides have had head to head 53 meetings since 1994; Sevilla holds the upper hand claiming 31 wins while Espanyol has 12 wins and 10 matches ended in stalemates
- Sevilla 2-0 Espanyol 25/09/21
- Sevilla 2-2 Espanyol 16/02/20
- Espanyol 0-2 Sevilla 18/08/19
- Espanyol 0-1 Sevilla 17/03/19
- Sevilla 2-1 Espanyol 11/11/18
Home
- Espanyol 2-2 Barcelona
- Bilbao 2-1 Espanyol
- Espanyol 1-4 Real Betis
- Cadiz 2-2 Espanyol
- Mallorca 2-1 Espanyol
Away
- Sevilla 3-1 Dinamo Zagreb
- Sevilla 2-0 Elche
- Osasuna 0-0 Sevilla
- Sevilla 2-2 Celta Vigo
- Valencia 1-1 Sevilla
Espanyol team news
Vicente Moreno has a fully fit squad heading into this fixture.
Sevilla team news
Gonzalo Montiel, Erik Lamela and Suso are unavailable for selection Julen Lopetegui’s selection due to injuries.
Prediction and odds
We are backing the visitors to claim all three points; Sevilla is unbeaten in the last ten games in the league while Espanyol failed to win in the last five.
- Sevilla Win
- Goals over 2.5
- Both teams to score
