Espanyol arrive at The Estadio de la Cerámica on Monday for their La Liga meeting with Villarreal. Here is an update on the latest predicted line ups and news on player availability.
Villarreal will play in this game following on from a 2-2 La Liga stalemate against Osasuna. It’s our opinion that El Submarino Amarillo should go for a 4-4-2 system for this game, utilising Luiz Junior, Santiago Mourino, Rafa Marin, Renato Veiga, Sergi Cardona, Nicolas Pepe, Daniel Parejo, Pape Gueye, Alberto Moleiro, Gerard Moreno and Georges Mikautadze.
Alfon González, Logan Costa, Pau Cabanes and Juan Foyth will not be taking part for Villarreal gaffer Marcelino García Toral.
How Villarreal might line up for the game against Espanyol
Following on from being beaten in their last game against Alaves in La Liga action, Espanyol will be aiming to make amends here. We’re of the thinking that Periquitos might begin the game with a 4-4-1-1 system by sending out Marko Dmitrovic, Omar El Hilali, Fernando Calero, Leandro Cabrera, Jose Salinas, Jofre Carreras, U. Gonzalez de, Pol Lozano, Pere Milla, Edu Exposito and Roberto Fernandez.
Out of a mainly full-strength group, there’s only the sole fitness problem for the Espanyol gaffer Manolo González to be concerned with. Javi Puado (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be playing here.
Probable Espanyol team
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