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 | Barcelona | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 12 | +28 | 33 |
2 | Real Madrid | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 11 | +14 | 27 |
3 | Atlético de Madrid | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 7 | +12 | 26 |
4 | Villarreal | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 19 | +4 | 24 |
5 | Osasuna | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 20 | -3 | 21 |
6 | Athletic Bilbao | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 20 |
7 | Real Betis | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 20 |
8 | Real Sociedad | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 18 |
9 | Mallorca | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 10 | +0 | 18 |
10 | Girona | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 17 | -1 | 18 |
11 | Celta Vigo | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 22 | -2 | 17 |
12 | Rayo Vallecano | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | +0 | 16 |
13 | Sevilla | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -6 | 15 |
14 | Leganes | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -3 | 14 |
15 | Alaves | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 22 | -8 | 13 |
16 | Las Palmas | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 22 | -6 | 12 |
17 | Getafe | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 10 |
18 | Espanyol | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 22 | -11 | 10 |
19 | Real Valladolid | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 25 | -15 | 9 |
20 | Valencia | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 7 |
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.