On Sat Apr 30th, in week 34, Espanyol will travel to Madrid to battle Real Madrid in a meeting of these two La Liga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 20 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, Real Madrid recorded a 3-4 loss against Manchester City. Kevin De Bruyne struck first for Manchester City in the 2nd minute, then Gabriel Jesus added another in the 11th minute. Real Madrid is on a hot streak lately, with 8 wins in their last 10 matches, while espanyol is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Rayo Vallecano. Sergi Guardiola struck first for Rayo Vallecano in the 42nd minute on a feed from Alejandro Catena, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Espanyol couldn’t manage to score, and Rayo Vallecano took the shutout win. Espanyol is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Rcde Stadium, Espanyol won by a score of 2 to 1 in front of just over 23000 excited fans. Raúl de Tomás struck first for Espanyol in the 17th minute, then Aleix Vidal added another in the 60th minute.
Espanyol’s most prolific scorer has been Raúl de Tomás. He has netted two goals over the last 5 matches. Karim Benzema has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the attacker has scored four goals for Real Madrid.