Comments and predictions for Espanyol vs Valencia: The Bats fall
The match between Espanyol vs Valencia in La Liga takes place at 11:00 p.m. on September 23. Nghe An Newspaper analyzes performance, makes football comments and predicts the score.
Latest Espanyol vs Valencia team information
Espanyol have no injury concerns ahead of Tuesday's game, but Pere Milla will miss out through a three-match suspension, his second of which.
Experienced striker Kike Garcia could be given his second start this season if coach Gonzalez wants to change his attack.
In defense, Gonzalez is likely to continue to trust the quartet of Omar El Hilali, Fernando Calero, Leandro Cabrera and Carlos Romero.
Valencia also did not record any injuries, helping coach Corberan have a full squad to choose from.
Hugo Duro is competing for a starting place after coming off the bench to score his second goal of the season in the win over Athletic.
If selected to replace Dani Raba, Duro will likely play as a striker alongside new signing Arnaut Danjuma.
Latest expected lineup for Espanyol vs Valencia
Espanyol:
Dimitrovic; El Hilali, Calero, Cabrera, Romero; Exposito, Gonzalez, Lozano; Dolan, Puado, Kike
Valencia:
Agirrezabala; Foulquier, Tarrega, Diakhaby, Gaya; Rioja, Santamaria, Guerra, Lopez; Duro, Danjuma
Latest football commentary on Espanyol vs Valencia
After successfully avoiding relegation on the final day of last season, early signs in the new La Liga campaign suggest Espanyol can aim higher this season.
Manolo Gonzalez's side have 10 points from their first four games, including three home wins against Atletico Madrid, Osasuna and Mallorca.
However, their unbeaten run came to an end during their visit to the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday, as they lost 2-0 thanks to goals from Eder Militao and Kylian Mbappe.
In fourth place, Espanyol will return to RCDE Stadium aiming to maintain their perfect home record, as they are one of four La Liga teams to have this record.
Periquitos are unbeaten in their last six meetings with Valencia, although the last five in a row have all ended in draws.
Espanyol's last win over Valencia was at Mestalla in December 2021, while their last home win against the opposition came in August 2018.
Valencia are currently 11th in the standings with two wins, one draw and two losses after five rounds.
Los Che took all 10 points at the Mestalla, including a 2-0 win over Athletic Bilbao on Saturday.
In that match, Valencia made the most of Dani Vivian's 61st-minute red card: Baptiste Santamaria scored his first goal for the club and then set up Hugo Duro to seal the score in injury time.
Despite the uplifting victory, Valencia were left with some trepidation as they returned to Catalonia just 10 days after a heavy 6-0 defeat to Barcelona at the Estadi Johan Cruyff.
The result extended their run of four away wins in La Liga, since beating Las Palmas 3-2 at the start of May.
If Valencia are to claim all three points, they will have to beat Espanyol at the RCDE Stadium for the first time since a 2-1 win in November 2019, when Dani Parejo and Maxi Gomez both scored.
Latest score prediction for Espanyol vs Valencia
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Espanyol vs Valenciaas follows:
- Sportsmole:Espanyol 2-1 Valencia
- WhoScore:Espanyol 2-0 Valencia
- Our newspaper predicts:Espanyol 2-1 Valencia
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