Espanyol vs Levante

15/12- The high flying Espanyol were held up for draws in their last two games, though one match was against Barcelona at home and the other against Zaragoza away (and both opponents are strong teams) but this means that they are losing out to the other top half teams who have won matches hence Espantol would like to get back to winning ways and cover full 3 points in this home tie against a struggling team like Levante. Currently lying in 5^th spot would make up a few spots if they are able to get the maximum points as most of the other top teams would be playing the following day except for Barcelona who have a tough tie with Valencia later on that day and the point difference between the teams lying at 3, 4 and 5 is just a point or two each.

 

Levante have lost all their away matches and have a 100% record for the wrong reasons, placed at the extreme bottom of the table they are in no form and are staring at the face of relegation and only a magical turn around of fortunes and form can see them out of the bottom three. With the home advantage with Espanyol not much would stop them from taking away all the points and with Tamudo and Luis Garcia in prime form they are already looking at a good victory margin.

 

Coach Giovanni De Biasi would be looking to provide the team with some inspiration to draw out at least a point of this match and if they can do that it would be a huge boost to the confidence of the club and the players and they might find the lost belief of sustaining in the top league once again. As they say that the battle is not lost till it ends hence Levante need to battle it out on the field in their attempt for survival.

 

Prediction: Espanyol win 2-0