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 | 32 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 70 | 22 | +48 | 81 |
2 | Barcelona | 32 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 64 | 37 | +27 | 70 |
3 | Girona | 32 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 67 | 40 | +27 | 68 |
4 | Atlético de Madrid | 32 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 59 | 38 | +21 | 61 |
5 | Athletic Bilbao | 32 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 52 | 30 | +22 | 58 |
6 | Real Sociedad | 32 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 46 | 34 | +12 | 51 |
7 | Real Betis | 32 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 40 | 38 | +2 | 48 |
8 | Valencia | 32 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 47 |
9 | Villarreal | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 51 | 55 | -4 | 42 |
10 | Getafe | 32 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 38 | 44 | -6 | 40 |
11 | Osasuna | 32 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 37 | 46 | -9 | 39 |
12 | Sevilla | 32 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 41 | 45 | -4 | 37 |
13 | Las Palmas | 32 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 39 | -9 | 37 |
14 | Alaves | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 38 | -10 | 35 |
15 | Rayo Vallecano | 32 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 27 | 39 | -12 | 34 |
16 | Mallorca | 32 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 38 | -12 | 31 |
17 | Celta Vigo | 32 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 37 | 47 | -10 | 31 |
18 | Cadiz | 32 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 22 | 45 | -23 | 25 |
19 | Granada | 32 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 33 | 61 | -28 | 18 |
20 | Almeria | 32 | 1 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 64 | -33 | 14 |
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.