Overview
Real Madrid will face Espanyol on Sunday in an away fixture in La Liga . Here’s our exclusive Espanyol vs Real Madrid match preview.
Venue: RCDE Stadium
Time: 22:00 CEST
The Royal Whites will take on Espanyol on Sunday to further bolster their lead at the top of the table as the title rivals Barcelona dropped points against Celta Vigo yesterday.
Team News
Our Espanyol vs Real Madrid match preview also includes the predicted lineups of both teams.
Espanyol
The Catalan side are in the grasp of relegation. They will try to give their very best, but against a Real side, it won’t be easy to get points. From the team talks, it is confirmed that
Sebastien Corchia
is expected to miss this fixture due to injury.
But the good news for the Catalan side is
Leandro Cabrera
and
Bernardo Espinosa
are both back from suspensions and are expected to start today’s match. There is also news of some rotations in the starting eleven with
Wu Lei
and
Oscar Melendo
are expected to make the cut.
Predicted
Starting Lineup
(
Formation
:
4-4-2
): Diego Lopez; J Lopez, Espinosa, Cabrera, Vila; Melendo, David Lopez, Roca, Darder; Wu Lei, De Tomas
Real Madrid
There are some notable suspensions for the Real side with
Ferland Mendy
and
Luka Modric
both are out of the match with their bookings against Real Mallorca match.
Luka Jovic, Nacho
and
Lucas Vazquez
are already out of the match with long term injury layoffs.
Marcelo
is expected to replace
Mendy
in the starting line up.
Casemiro
is back after a one-match suspension, he will very likely be paired up with
Valverde
and
Kroos
in midfield.
Asensio
is expected to come on in as a substitute in later part of the match. Bale may sit out giving
Hazard
a chance to feature in the first eleven.
Predicted
Starting Lineup
(
Formation
:
4-4-2
): Courtois; Carvajal, Varane, Ramos, Marcelo, Kroos, Casemiro, Valverde, Hazard, Benzema, Vinicius.
Current Form and Records
Espanyol La Liga recent form:
D
L
W
DLL
Real Madrid La Liga recent form:
L
WWWW
Head to Head:
No. of meetings: 21
Espanyol wins: 2
Real Madrid Wins: 18
Draw(s):1
Players to Watch out for
Espanyol
- Roca
- De Tomas
Real Madrid
- Hazard
- Valverde
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