Espanyol vs Girona Tips & Preview - Catalans to show quality at home

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Espanyol aiming to end a winless streak; Girona has shown recent improvement.
Espanyol often open the scoring; Girona decent in away matches.
Both defenses are vulnerable, likely leading to a goals.

Espanyol vs Girona

Espanyol are looking to snap out of a mini-slump when they host Girona in a Friday night Spanish La Liga fixture.

The hosts are aiming to reignite their European challenge but face a visiting side who are resurgent at the moment. The Catalans will be keen to show their quality in front of their fans.

Espanyol News

It has been a difficult fortnight for Espanyol, who are winless in their last two La Liga matches. First, they were beaten 2-0 at home by local rivals Barcelona before playing out a 1-1 draw at Levante in their previous fixture.

Prior to those results, fifth-placed Espanyol had claimed three straight wins and have won at least one half in four of their last five matches. They have also been victorious in three of their last five home matches.

Espanyol will be keen to make a fast start and have opened the scoring in three of their last five matches. However, they have failed to keep a clean sheet in their last three fixtures.

Girona News

Girona appear to be moving on from their struggles in the first half of the season and head into this clash with three wins from their last four matches. They claimed. 1-0 home victory over Osasuna last time out in La Liga, with Vladyslav Vanat getting the only goal.

Michel’s team have been on the rise lately and are now up to 13th in the table, just one point off the top half. They have also done some good work on their travels, winning their last two away matches.

While things are improving for Girona, some tightening up at the back is required, having failed to keep a clean sheet in eight of their last 10 matches. However, they have shown some attacking quality on their travels, scoring in nine of their last 10 away matches across all competitions.

Head to Head

Girona have eight wins while Espanyol have picked up four victories, with five draws in the last 17 matches. Both teams battled to a 0-0 draw in the reverse fixture back in September.

Verdict

Espanyol v Girona

Espanyol will view Friday's clash as a chance to get things back on track in front of their fans. Having won at least one half in four of their last five matches, a similar pattern could be in the cards.

The Catalans have opened the scoring in three of their last five matches and could be backed to grab the first goal once again. With neither defence looking convincing at the moment, both teams could be backed to score.

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