Comments and predictions for Espanyol vs Villarreal: Home team's bad luck

Latest Espanyol vs Villarreal team information

Espanyol have no fresh injuries ahead of Thursday's game, but remain without long-term Edu Exposito. Gonzalez could make changes to his midfield, with Alvaro Aguado likely to start. Up front, Tottenham's Alejo Veliz is keen to be recalled after coming off the bench against Real Madrid.

Villarreal are without Juan Foyth and Gerard Moreno due to knee injuries and thigh strain respectively. They are also doubtful about centre-back Willy Kambwala and left-back Alfonso Pedraza due to other fitness issues. Marcelino could add some new players to the squad, with Ilias Akhomach and Barry likely to start. Perez, who has scored four goals in six games since moving from Real Betis, will be looking to maintain his form.

Latest predicted lineup for Espanyol vs Villarreal

Espanyol:

Garcia; El Hilali, Kumbulla, Cabrera, Romero; Tejera, Aguado, Kral, Jofre; Veliz, Puado

Villarreal:

Conde; Femenia, Costa, Albiol, Cardona; Akhomach, Parejo, Comesana, Baena; Perez, Barry

Latest football commentary Espanyol vs Villarreal

Promoted Espanyol had a shaky start to the season, with two wins, a draw and three defeats in six games. They recovered from two straight defeats to draw with Atletico Madrid and then won at home against Rayo Vallecano and Alaves. However, their three-game unbeaten run was ended by a 4-1 defeat to Real Madrid, despite having led at one point.

Espanyol will be hoping to make it three consecutive home wins for the first time since April 2022, but they need to beat Villarreal for the first time since a 2-1 victory in January 2020. They will need a strong crowd to build their momentum and confidence going into the game. They will also need to improve their defence to avoid conceding any more goals.

Villarreal went into the match against Barcelona in high spirits after a five-game unbeaten run (W3 D2), which included wins over Sevilla, Celta Vigo and Mallorca. However, they were beaten 5-1 by Barcelona at the Estadio de la Ceramica, despite Ayoze Perez opening the scoring. The defeat may have prompted Villarreal to rethink their tactics and approach in future games.

Villarreal will be looking to extend their unbeaten away run to six games, confident of claiming all three points having won their last three games against Espanyol by a combined score of 10-3. The side will need to recover their fighting spirit after the defeat to get back on track. The clash between the two sides promises to be fierce, with both teams having their own goals and motivation to win.

Score prediction Espanyol vs Villarreal

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Espanyol vs Villarrealas follows:

• Sportsmole:Espanyol 1-2 Villarreal

• WhoScore:Espanyol 0- 1 Villarreal
• Our newspaper predicts:Espanyol 1-2 Villarreal

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