Oviedo - Espanyol: betting tip (cf 3.20) and bets on the Spanish Championship match

Current form

Oviedo scored only six points in eight rounds. Such results led to the fact that the club's management decided to change the head coach. Instead of Veljko Paunovic, Luis Carrión took over the team. This specialist was already in charge of Real Oviedo the season before last, when the team played in the Segunda Division.

At the moment, with six points, Oviedo is in 17th place outside the relegation zone, from which it is coming off only in additional indicators, since Girona has the same six points in the asset from the 18th line. The hosts scored their points today thanks to victories over Real Sociedad on their own field (1-0) and over Valencia with a score of 2:1 away. Defeats were recorded in all other six matches.

On the eve of the international break, there was a 0:2 home defeat against Levante. In many ways, this failure led to the decision to dismiss Paunovich. Oviedo is experiencing the greatest problems in attack, as he managed to hit the opponents' goal only four times in eight matches in the Example. This is absolutely the worst record in the league, even with Mallorca and Real Sociedad completing the table with seven goals each.

Disqualifications and injuries

Lemos is the only one who won't be able to help his team today due to injury.

Interesting betting trends

• In four of the last five matches, Oviedo has lost in the opening 45 minutes.
• In seven of the previous eight matches, Oviedo did not lose in terms of the number of offside shots.
• In three of the last five matches with the participation of the hosts, there was no exchange of goals scored.

Approximate line–up: Escandell – Vidal, Carmo, Bailey, Alhasane – Dendonker, Columbatto - Hassan, Ilich, Chayra – Rondon.

Current form

During the opening four rounds of the Primera, Espanyol went undefeated, and even scored a resounding sensational victory over Atletico Madrid. However, it is quite expected that the team could not score points in such a schedule at a distance, nevertheless, the level of the squad is far from the strongest by the standards of the championship. A recession followed, and for four rounds now it has not been possible to win.

It is characteristic that during this unsuccessful period there were matches not only against superior opponents in the class, Real Madrid (0:2) and Betis (1:2), but also matches against modest Valencia (2:2) and Girona (0:2). As you can see, the defense began to fail more and more often: in three of the four previous games, they conceded at least two goals.

Thanks to a strong start in the La Liga standings, Espanyol is in ninth place with 12 points. Manolo Gonzalez's team played their last match before the international break against Betis and lost 1-2, although they led 1-0 in the opening 45 minutes. Espanyol had the advantage in the game, created a large number of dangerous chances, but the opponent was impeccable in the implementation: three shots on target – two goals scored.

Disqualifications and injuries

Due to injury, only Puado will not be on the field today.

Interesting betting trends

• In seven of the last nine matches in the Primera, Espanyol scored goals.
• Espanyol have not won on the road in their last seven league matches.
• In three of the previous five matches, Espanyol did not lose in the first half.

Approximate composition: Dmitrovich — El Hilali, Riedel, Cabrera, Romero - de Zarate, Lozano – Dolan, Edu, Miglia – Fernandez.