Espanyol vs Villarreal. Predictions and Betting Tips for La Liga

In the previous season Espanyol played in the second-tier, but got the promotion back to La Liga right away. After the relegation Vicente Moreno took over the team and helped the club to go back to the top-flight.

In 42 rounds Budgerigars recorded 24 victories and 10 draws, which brought them 82 points and a first spot. At the finish of the tournament Catalonians were beaten by Alcorcon (0:1).

In the new season hosts started with an away game against Osasuna (0:0), which we had a prediction on.

Club signed Alvaro Vadillo from Celta for 1 million euros, Sergi Gomez from Sevilla for 1 million, Landry Dimata from Anderlecht for 2,2 million euros.

In 38 rounds of the previous La Liga season Yellows recorded 15 victories and 13 draws, which brought them 58 points and only a seventh spot. They finished only four points behind fifth-placed Real Sociedad, but Villarrealstill got the Champions League spot through other tournament.

In the previous season Valencians easily past the group and then the knock-out stages of the Europa League. On May 26, Unai Emery's team played in the final of that competition at Gdansk stadium against Manchester United. In that match Spanish side achieved the best result throughout their history - won the Europa League title, beating the English side in the penalty shoot-out.

Team was unlucky in the match for the European Super Cup - Yellow Submarine failed to beat Chelsea in regular time and then they were little less fortunate in the penalty shoot-out than the English side.

In the first round of new La Liga season visitors had a draw against Granada (0:0).

Chukwueze and Parejo, who has a muscle injury, won't be able to play in an upcoming game.