Espanyol vs Deportivo La Coruna Betting Tips and Predictions

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Espanyol

Deportivo La Coruna

Espanyol are the league’s most out-of-form side after their 2-1 defeat at Valencia last weekend. They are without a win in 10 matches since the winter break, losing 8 and drawing the other 2. Their last home game resulted in a crushing 5-0 defeat against Real Sociedad but they’d lost only 1 of the previous 8 at home and that was against city rivals Barcelona.

Deportivo La Coruna are also without a win in 10 games but they have drawn 7 of them including all of the last 5 to keep their points tally ticking along and they remain in the top half for now. One more win would all but secure their place in this league for another year and Depor could once again make claim to being an established Primera Division side after several years as something of a yo-yo club.

Reason for Betting Tips

Espanyol put in a much improved performance last weekend at the Mestalla and their relatively strong overall home record suggests they should get something out of the game although they probably aren’t playing well enough to win. Depor are the league’s draw specialists having drawn over 50% of their league games this season, the only side in Spain that can hold that dubious claim. They’ve been involved in an astonishing ten 1-1 draws already so consider backing this to finish 1-1 at 9/2.

Recent Form

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Espanyol: LDLDWW

Deportivo La Coruna: DDDDDL

Head-to-Head

Deportivo are unbeaten in 4 matches against Espanyol and won 3-0 when the sides met in Galicia earlier in the season.

Statistics

41.7% of Depor’s away games this season have finished 1-1 and both teams have scored in 67% of their games overall. Both teams have scored in 46% of Espanyol’s matches this term.

Team News

Espanyol: Without the suspended Canas, Arbilla and Arlauskis for this one and there are likely to be several changes from their last home game which ended in 5-0 defeat.