Valencia CF - Real CD Espanyol
Two of the most aggressive team formations in La Liga face each other this Saturday. Aggression unfortunately does not apply to attacking and spectacular football, but to a lot of hard tackles and consequently
many yellow and red cards for the players. The statistics are as follows: for Valencia 38 yellow cards and 4 red, while Espanyol - 41 yellow and 5 red cards.
Espanyol`s style of play provokes rough football at their rivals and keeping in mind that Valencia is not much of a fair play team, we can expect a brutal encounter.
Espanyol relies heavily on counter attacks and solid football, which has not impressed so far and quite deservedly they are at the bottom of the standings. The goal for them this season will be staying
in the league. Valencia on the other hand are only two points behind from the area entitling participation in the Europa League. Both teams have clearly defined goals and no doubt we can expect a great battle from the first to the last
minute.
Valencia`s players are taking advantage of set pieces with huge success. Definitely the rough play of Espanyol will provide many fouls in dangerous areas for Valencia. Another detail worth mentioning regarding
"the bats" is their constant first eleven rotations. Almost every game the starting 11 for Valencia is different from the previous, which makes the them very unpredictable.
Espanyol players score mainly as a result of situations created by counter attacks. Also, they suffer from a serious inability to hold the lead in the match. These two facts, put together with the good goals scoring rate of Valencia, lead us to the thought of
lot of goals in this match. On the other hand, if the game is mainly rough, it is likely that the match will not be so open and therefore there will not be many goals scored in it.
Valencia forward - Soldado is the most effective player on the team with four goals so far. For Espanyol the midfielder Joan Verdú is the most eficient as he has scored four goals.
Both teams have reached a total of 26 goals scored and 88 cards received. What will prevail in this meeting - the attractive football or the rough play?
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