In this week 31 match, on Sunday Apr 10th, Espanyol and Celta de Vigo will play a match in Cornella de Llobregat in a meeting of these two evenly matched La Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. Espanyol is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Real Sociedad. Alexander Isak struck first for Real Sociedad in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a penalty kick, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Espanyol was frustrated by Real Sociedad’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Real Sociedad ended the match with the shutout victory. Espanyol looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10, while in their last match, 11th placed Celta de Vigo, recorded a 1-2 loss against Real Madrid. Karim Benzema struck first for Real Madrid in the 19th minute on a penalty shot, then Nolito tied it up for Celta de Vigo in the 52nd minute on a penalty shot. Celta de Vigo is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Estadio De Balaídos, Celta de Vigo was victorious by a score of 3 to 1. Santi Mina struck first for Celta de Vigo in the 3rd minute on a feed from Iago Aspas, then Iago Aspas added another in the 47th minute on a feed from Denis Suárez.
Iago Aspas has been the most prolific scorer on Celta de Vigo in his last five matches with 2 goals. Keidi Bare and Erick Cabaco are the top scorers for Espanyol in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.
Espanyol will be without Raúl de Tomás, Manu Morlanes and Diego López, while Hugo Mallo is unavailable to play for Celta de Vigo.