Comments and predictions for Real Betis vs Espanyol: Fragile gap

Latest Real Betis vs Espanyol team information

Real Betis will be without five injured players on Sunday, including Vitor Roque, Youssouf Sabaly, William Carvalho, Marc Bartra and Isco. Manager Pellegrini is likely to bring Cedric Bakambu into the starting line-up after the draw with Las Palmas, possibly leaving Assane Diao on the bench.

Giovani Lo Celso will continue to occupy the No. 10 position, while Pablo Fornals and Johnny Cardoso are also expected to start.

For Espanyol, Edu Exposito will miss out with a hamstring injury, but he is the only player not playing. Gonzalez took a lot of positives from the game against Villarreal, so the lineup is likely to remain unchanged. However, there could be a change with Sergi Gomez coming on for Leandro Cabrera, as happened in the previous game against Yellow Submarine.

Latest Real Betis vs Espanyol expected lineup

Real Betis:

Silva; Ruibal, Llorente, Natan, Perraud; Cardoso, Roca; Fornals, Lo Celso, Ezzalzouli; Bakambu

Espanyol:

Garcia; El Hilali, Kumbulla, Gomez, Olivan; Tejero, Kral, Lozano, Carreras; Puado, Veliz

Latest Real Betis vs Espanyol football review

Real Betis have two wins, three draws and two defeats from seven La Liga games this season, amassing nine points and sitting 11th in the table. Under manager Manuel Pellegrini, they have won two straight games after the international break but lost 2-1 to Mallorca and drew 1-1 with Las Palmas.

The team will begin their Conference League campaign against Legia Warsaw next week, aiming to make their mark on European competition. Real Betis won 3-1 in their last meeting with the Catalans in April 2023 and have lost just one of their last nine meetings with the Catalans. They finished seventh last season and could do the same this season, depending on balancing their European commitments.

Espanyol, who returned to La Liga after qualifying for the Segunda Division playoffs, are looking to consolidate their position. They have two wins, a draw and four defeats in seven games, finishing 14th with seven points. Under manager Manolo Gonzalez, they started the season with two defeats but have since picked up seven points from three games, including back-to-back wins over Rayo Vallecano and Alaves.

However, Espanyol have lost their last two games against Real Madrid and Villarreal, conceding a total of six goals. Despite beating Real Betis at home last season, they have not beaten them away from home since October 2016. Three of their last seven meetings have ended in draws, including two at Betis. However, we predict Real Betis to win this upcoming game.

Score prediction Real Betis vs Espanyol

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

• Sportsmole:Real Betis 1-0 Espanyol

• WhoScore:Real Betis 2-0 Espanyol
• Our newspaper predicts:Real Betis 1-0 Espanyol

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