In a weekend match on Sun Mar 5th, in week 24, Real Valladolid will host Espanyol in a meeting of these two La Liga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. In their last match, Real Valladolid recorded a 0-3 loss against Celta de Vigo. Haris Seferović struck first for Celta de Vigo in the 17th minute on a feed from Veiga Novas, then Gabriel Veiga Novas added another in the 32nd minute In the end, Real Valladolid was frustrated by Celta de Vigo’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Celta de Vigo ended the match with the shutout victory. Real Valladolid looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10, while espanyol sits at 12th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-1 win against Mallorca. Martin Braithwaite struck first for Espanyol in the 22nd minute on a feed from Aleix Vidal, then Vedat Muriqi got the equalizer for Mallorca in the 41st minute on a feed from Dani Rodríguez. Espanyol is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
On Oct 16th, Espanyol hosted Real Valladolid at the Rcde Stadium in their last match together. Espanyol won by a score of 1 to 0 in front of almost 18000 spectators. Joselu struck first for Espanyol in the 78th minute on a feed from Brian Oliván, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Real Valladolid couldn’t manage to score, and Espanyol took the shutout win.
Espanyol’s most prolific scorer has been Martin Braithwaite. He has netted three goals over the last five matches.
Kenedy and Anuar are unavailable to play for Real Valladolid, while Diego Martínez Penas’s squad will be without Joselu, Fernando Calero, Adrià Pedrosa, César Montes and Dani Gómez.