Match info:
Levante vs Espanyol
Competition – Spanish Primera Liga
Stadium – Ciudad de Valencia
Date: 26th October 2013
Kick-off time – 21:00 GMT+1
9th place Levante host 7th position Espanyol this Saturday evening at the Estadio Ciudad de Valencia in the Spanish Primera Liga.
Recent form:
Levante – W L W D D D W
Espanyol – W L L L W W L
Levante have lost just 1 of their last 7 while Espanyol have lost 4 of their last 7.
The Spanish Primera Table currently looks like this:
# | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | G | P |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Real Madrid | 34 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 74 | 22 | +52 | 87 |
2 | Girona | 34 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 73 | 42 | +31 | 74 |
3 | Barcelona | 34 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 70 | 43 | +27 | 73 |
4 | Atlético de Madrid | 34 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 63 | 39 | +24 | 67 |
5 | Athletic Bilbao | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 55 | 33 | +22 | 61 |
6 | Real Sociedad | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 48 | 35 | +13 | 54 |
7 | Real Betis | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 43 | 39 | +4 | 52 |
8 | Valencia | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 37 | 39 | -2 | 47 |
9 | Villarreal | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 56 | 58 | -2 | 45 |
10 | Getafe | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 41 | 47 | -6 | 43 |
11 | Alaves | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 32 | 38 | -6 | 41 |
12 | Sevilla | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 45 | 46 | -1 | 41 |
13 | Osasuna | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 37 | 51 | -14 | 39 |
14 | Las Palmas | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 30 | 43 | -13 | 37 |
15 | Celta Vigo | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 40 | 52 | -12 | 34 |
16 | Rayo Vallecano | 34 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 43 | -16 | 34 |
17 | Mallorca | 34 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 27 | 40 | -13 | 32 |
18 | Cadiz | 34 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 23 | 49 | -26 | 26 |
19 | Granada | 34 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 36 | 64 | -28 | 21 |
20 | Almeria | 34 | 2 | 11 | 21 | 33 | 67 | -34 | 17 |
A win for Levante could move them as high as 5th while a win for Espanyol could see them go 4th.
Head-to-head
These two sides have met 12 times in recent years and Espanyol have come out on top most often (Levante 4 wins, Espanyol 5 wins, 3 draws).
The last 5 meetings between these two sides finished 2:3, 3:2, 2:1, 3:1 and 1:0.
Possible line-ups
Levante
Espanyol
Bookmakers make Levante slight favourites for this game.
Odds: Levante (7/5) Draw (23/10) Espanyol (19/10)Gamingtips Prediction – Levante 1:1 Espanyol
Just 2 points separated these two sides last season in the Spanish Primera. Levante finished 11th scoring 40 goals in 38 games and conceding 57. Espanyol finished 2 points behind in 13th – they scored 43 goals in 38 matches and conceded 52. Levante have won 4 of the last 5 meetings against Espanyol at home. Levante have lost just 1 game in 8 while Espanyol ended a 3 game losing run against Atletico Madrid last time.