Espanyol vs Villarreal
Spain – Copa del Rey
Date: Thursday, 17th January 2019
Kick-off at 19.30 UK/ 20.30 CET
Venue: RCDE Stadium (Barcelona).
Espanyol have some damage worries with safeguards Mario Hermoso and Oscar Duarte missing, alongside advances Sergio Garcia and Hernan Perez.
Villarreal don't have any real damage issues, in spite of the fact that we ought to anticipate that the administrator should rest various players in front of their end of the week amusement in La Liga.
Preview
Regardless of demonstrating some soul in the last minutes of the principal leg, Villarreal have persevered through a very disillusioning time recently.
The side from the region of Castellon have not won away in any challenge since September 26, a keep running of ten winless diversions out and about.
Espanyol then have been commonly solid at home, winning eight of their last 11 coordinates before their own fans, and keeping in mind that they may not be in the best shape, they will absolutely have more certainty about them than a battling Villarreal side.
Espanyol versus Villarreal Head-to-head (h2h)
The two groups got on the scoresheet in the last three h2h ties.
The group from Cornella has been unbeaten in their last four h2h endeavors.
The White and Blues are unbeaten at home against this adversary since 2014.
Four of the last five diversions between these groups at this setting finished in draws.
Espanyol versus Villarreal Prediction
The diversion will be a hard-battled one. Yet, the one thing that the guests have conflicting with them is their stressing class frame this season. They once used to be the contenders for the European spots in the La Liga, yet right now they involve the nineteenth position allied standings. Everything they could oversee in this entire season is only three successes.
Luis Garcia's men have all the more squeezing issues close by, and they will need to guarantee their survival in the prevailing group come summer. As this will play at the back of their heads, they won't go into this tie with supreme assurance. Now, any additional duty is only a risk for the group. In the event that conceivable, they won't need the additional pressure of the household container frequenting them.
The hosts will exploit this reality just as their away objectives. They will guard well and search for slips in the guests' protection. The group will not the slightest bit let another misstep occur, similar to that of the most recent five minutes in the principal leg.
Anticipate a similarly quiet first half, as Magico will amass in safeguarding. The primary half won't see more than one objective. What's more, more then likely, the battling Yellow Submarines won't score more than one objective in the entire match.
Espanyol versus Villarreal Betting Tips
Under 1.5 First Half Goals @ 1.40 (2/5)
Under 1.5 Team Goals by Villarreal @ 1.44 (4/9).
