Espanyol vs Villareal Match Preview

Espanyol will host Villareal at Estadi Cornellà-El Prat in this Spanish La Liga match.

Espanyol is currently playing well as they are undefeated in 6 out of their last 7 games. That is a really good stat for them but they got only 1 win in that period. They are now in 16th place with 12 points overall. They have 2 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses and they improved recently, especially their defense.

Villareal lost their coach as Unai Emery took Aston Villa's job and got back to Premiership. They lost their last 2 games which is disappointing for them as they now dropped to 9th position. They also failed to score in these matches so this one is a very important match for them. Away from home, they are not that good this season but they must start winning if they want to improve in the standings. They had a tough schedule as their last few games away from home were against Ath. Bilbao, Barcelona, Real Sociedad and Betis.

Villareal has really good players and they are going to find their motivation again without Emery. Espanyol is playing better recently but Villareal will be more hungry here because they lost their last 2 matches and failed to score so this is really important for them and their individual quality will be deciding factor here.