UD Almería vs Espanyol Live Stream, Predictions

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UD Almería

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UD Almería head into this match after a 2-2 La Liga drawn game against Valencia.

In that match, UD Almería managed 43% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. For UD Almería, the goalscorers were Chumi Brandáriz (54') and Portillo (74'). Valencia had 16 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Justin Kluivert (48') and José Gayà (65') scored for Valencia.

Under three goals per game were recorded in 5 of the last 6 fixtures where UD Almería have taken part. Regarding the goal weighting from this period, opposition teams scored an aggregate of 8 and UD Almería managed a tally of 5. That sort of pattern won’t necessarily be carried forward into this game, though.

Their past results show that UD Almería:

• have not registered a win against Espanyol in their last 4 matches in the league.
• haven’t won at home in the past 2 league matches.

Espanyol

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Espanyol come into this match after a 1-0 La Liga win versus Real Betis in their last game.

In that match, Espanyol had 30% possession and 9 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Espanyol was Martin Braithwaite (43'). At the other end, Real Betis had 13 attempts at goal with 4 on target.

The stats tell the story, and Espanyol have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, letting opponents get 6 goals in total. Defensively, Espanyol have been far from perfect.

Leading up to this clash, Espanyol:

• have not registered a win against UD Almería when they have played them away from home in the previous 4 league matches. They really have not been travelling well at all.
• have not lost to UD Almería in away games against them for the last 3 matches in the league.
• are unbeaten in their previous 4 away league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Inspecting their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 15/12/2013 shows that UD Almería have won 1 of these games & Espanyol 2, with the number of drawn matches being 3.

A total of 13 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 5 of them from Almería and 8 being from Periquitos. That is an average goals per game value of 2.17.

The previous league match featuring these clubs was La Liga 2 match day 35 on 19/04/2021 which ended up with the score at UD Almería 1-1 Espanyol.

In that match, UD Almería had 53% possession and 7 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. Their only player to score was Umar Sadiq (50').

Espanyol had 7 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Landry Dimata (58') was the scorer.

The referee was David Gálvez Rascón.

ℹ️ Team News: UD Almería

The UD Almería manager Joan Rubi has zero fitness concerns whatsoever before this clash thanks to a completely healthy squad to pick from.

📰 Team News: Espanyol

Espanyol manager Diego Martínez has some current player fitness concerns. Keidi Bare (Ruptured ankle ligament) and Adrià Pedrosa (Groin Injury) are not able to play.

🧠 Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that Espanyol might well have a job on their hands to score goals against this UD Almería lineup who we think might well be able to grind out a win.

We therefore see a hard-fought 1-0 win for UD Almería at the end of the 90 minutes.

Should be an interesting one.

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Renata Leite, 00:51 23/01/2023