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Espanyol Barcelona hosts Cordoba in the 25th round of the Spanish La Liga.
Espanyol is sitting on the 9th place in the standings without much left to fight for … their big objective this season is the Copa Del Rey and they will play the reverse leg of the semifinals in 5 days time after drawing 1-1 at Bilbao. With this in mind there is little surprise that Espanyol lost 3 of the last 4 games in La Liga. Losses to Sevilla and Valencia can be explained, but last round it was a 1-2 result at Getafe, a bad defeat even if Getafe plays well lately. For today only Javi Lopez is unavailable due to suspension … Espanyol will field the best lineup despite the fact that they have the cup game vs. Bilbao coming up.
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Cordoba sunk to the last place in the table after losing the previous 5 matches … now 5 points behind the 17th place, there is little hope of salvation for the minnows. Cordoba will probably hope to take advantage of Espanyol’s situation, but their problems are much, much bigger than the ones the hosts have. Offense has always been an issue for Cordoba, but lately they are also conceding lots of goals and playing very poor football overall. Ekeng and Bouzon will not be in the lineups for Cordoba today.
Neither side is doing well at the moment but obviously Espanyol’s form is a little better and they are a much better team. Add home court advantage and I think a bet on Espanyol is more than justified. It’s true that their results haven’t been the best lately and they have the Cup to focus on, but for sure they do not want another defeat to blow their morale ahead of the Bilbao game. Look for Espanyol to try and play their best football in order to gain morale and cohesion before the Cup match. My tip will be Espanyol to win. Correct score prediction: Espanyol – Cordoba 2-1.
Pick: Espanyol
Odds: 1.62 @ Ladbrokes
Stake: 8
Possible profit: 4.96
Event date: 27 February
