Espanyol vs Levante Predictions

• Only two teams scored fewer than Espanyol’s tally of 21 home goals in La Liga last season
• Levante have won one of their last nine away games
• Both of last season’s meetings were draws

Levante need to start performing on the road

Levante ensured they scraped together just enough points to maintain their status in Spain’s top flight, but they remain difficult to trust on the road now the new campaign is upon us.

They took a full return from just one of their final nine games last season as they relied upon their form on their own patch to get them over the line, and that makes them a risky bet to get the better of Espanyol in their first match on Sunday.

Four of their final five games of last term featured more than two goals but there looks a strong chance that this outing will be a lot tighter.

Espanyol’s home goal tally is a concern

Just as it is difficult to get fully behind the visitors to get off to a winning start, it also looks wise to exercise caution when ploughing into a home win.

There were only two teams who scored fewer than Espanyol’s tally of 21 home goals last term and that is something they will have to address if they are to push on from their underwhelming 11th-placed finish, which was only four points ahead of safety.

It looks set to be a close game and, after this fixture was goalless last season and the return clash finished 1-1, it looks set to be another draw, with another 1-1 of potential interest to those looking at the correct-score market.