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 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 43 | 19 | +24 | 43 |
2 | Atlético de Madrid | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 12 | +21 | 41 |
3 | Barcelona | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 51 | 22 | +29 | 38 |
4 | Athletic Bilbao | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 17 | +12 | 36 |
5 | Villarreal | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 34 | 30 | +4 | 30 |
6 | Mallorca | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 21 | -2 | 30 |
7 | Real Sociedad | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 13 | +3 | 25 |
8 | Girona | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 25 | +1 | 25 |
9 | Rayo Vallecano | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 22 | +0 | 25 |
10 | Real Betis | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 22 | -1 | 25 |
11 | Osasuna | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 27 | -4 | 25 |
12 | Celta Vigo | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 30 | -2 | 24 |
13 | Las Palmas | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 27 | -4 | 22 |
14 | Sevilla | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 27 | -7 | 22 |
15 | Leganes | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 28 | -11 | 18 |
16 | Alaves | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 30 | -9 | 17 |
17 | Getafe | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 15 | -4 | 16 |
18 | Espanyol | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 30 | -14 | 15 |
19 | Valencia | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 28 | -11 | 12 |
20 | Real Valladolid | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 37 | -25 | 12 |
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.