Seville will look to bounce back from a heavy defeat to Barcelona as they continue their La Liga campaign with a clash against Barcelona Espanyol at the RCDE Stadium on Friday evening.

The visitors are currently 13th in the league La Liga tablewith 12 points from the first 10 games of the season, while Espanyol occupy 15th place, with 10 points from their first 10 games of the season.

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Espanyol have won three, drawn one and lost six out of ten league games this season, collecting ten points and putting them in fifteenth place in the table, two points clear of the relegation zone.

The Catalan side secured a return to La Liga for the 2024-2025 season thanks to their success in last season’s Segunda Division play-offs, and they will now look to consolidate at this level of football again.

Manolo González‘s side enjoyed their best form this season between late August and mid-September, taking seven points from three games, but have been beaten in four of their last five matches in Spain’s top flight.

Espanyol will come into this match on the back of a 4-1 defeat to Athletic Bilbao, and their defensive record this season is somewhat worrying as they have already conceded seventeen times, which is one of the poorer records in the division.

The White and Blues lost both league games against Sevilla during the 2022-2023 season, while they have failed to beat Friday’s opponents in Spain’s top flight since January 2017.

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Sevilla will, as mentioned, go into this match on the back of a disappointing result against Barcelona, ​​losing 5-1 to the Catalan giants, with that defeat ending a positive run of form for Garcia Pimienta‘s side.

Los Nervionenses had collected seven points from their three matches against Real Valladolid, Athletic and Real Betis before the heavy defeat to the division leaders, but they will look to get back here quickly.

Sevilla have a record of three wins, three draws and four defeats from their ten league matches this season and have collected twelve points, which puts them in thirteenth place in the table, just three points behind Real Betis who are in seventh place .

The Seville team finished 14th in La Liga last season, which turned out to be their worst campaign since relegation in 1999-2000, so there is plenty of room for improvement in the current season.

Sevilla are unbeaten in their last ten top-flight games against Espanyol, recording seven wins, while they have lost just twice to the Catalan side in La Liga since January 2011.

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Espanyol will again be without the services of Fernando Calero due to a muscle problem, while Javi Puado And Edu Exhibition Doubts remain for the Catalan team ahead of the match against Sevilla.

Puado has scored three times for Espanyol in La Liga this season, but he has missed his side’s last two games due to a knee problem, and it remains to be seen if the Spaniard will be back on Friday evening.

Head coach Gonzalez will make changes to the side that started the heavy defeat against Athletic Pere Milla And Alvaro Tejero expected to be introduced in the XI, while there could be a start for that too Walid Cheddira.

As for Seville, Saul Niguez remains on the sidelines with a thigh problem, but Tanguy Nianzou returns to the squad after missing the match against Barcelona due to suspension.

Head coach Pimienta will resist the temptation to make major changes to his squad, but Albert Sambi Lokonga is likely to be introduced, while there may also be a place in the team for a fit-again fit Djibril Zaai.

Isaac Romero is once again set to take the lead for Sevilla, while Chidera Ejuke And Dodi Lukebakio are expected to continue in the wide positions for the visitors on Friday evening.

Espanyol possible starting lineup:
García; El Hilali, Gomez, Kumbulla, Olivan; Gragera, Lozano, Milla; Tejero, Cheddira, Romero

Sevilla’s possible starting line-up:
Nyland; Carmona, Bade, Nianzou, Pedrosa; Agoume, Lokonga, Sow; Ejuke, Romero, Lukebakio

We say: Espanyol 1-1 Sevilla

Sevilla have enjoyed their recent encounters with Espanyol, but the two teams played out a 1-1 draw in this match in February 2022, and we can see the same scoreline here. The visitors are yet to triumph on their travels this season, so we find it difficult to back them against an Espanyol team that has recorded three wins in their last four home games.

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