Espanyol vs Girona: Preview and Predictions

Espanyol vs Girona: Preview and Predictions 

Espanyol vs Girona
La Liga
Date: 11th December 2017
Kick off at 20:00 UK / 21:00 CET
Venue: RCDE Stadium (Cornella de Llobregat).

 

Espanyol

Budgerigars have seen a rise in form when it comes to their most recent performances at RCDE Stadium where they’ve celebrated three wins in last four matches.

Nonetheless, Quique Sanchez Flores has been struggling a lot to motivate his lads to repeat such displays on the road where Espanyol are yet to clinch a three-pointer in this term.

Flores’ men dropped the ball against fellow strugglers Eibar losing 3-1 at Ipurua last weekend.

Girona

League’s newcomers have also been much more successful in front of the home crowd so far in the season.

We can still remember their perfect showing in a 2-1 victory over the reigning champions Real Madrid.

However, the team led by Pablo Machin won’t come into this in the highest of spirits after losing 2-3 to the relegation-threatened Deportivo Alaves at home last Monday.

Espanyol vs Girona: Head to head

This will be the first ever official head to head tie between the Catalan rivals who’ve locked horns three times so far, but only in pre-season friendlies.

Girona have won two of those three, including a demolishing 3-0 victory when the two sides have last met each other in August 2015.

Espanyol vs Girona: Prediction

Machin’s men have been anything but meticulous at the back and they’ve really conceded loads to bottom-half rivals in the last couple of weeks.

This will be the music to the eras of Gerard Moreno and Leo Baptistao who should be able to exploit the holes and bring a comfortable victory for their team on Monday.

Espanyol vs Girona: Bet Tips

The first pick is Espanyol to win at the odds of 2.00.

You can have Gerard Moreno to score anytime at 2.30.