Espanyol vs Real Oviedo Predictions

• Espanyol are unbeaten across 11 home games
• Real Oviedo have lost six of their last ten on the road
• Espanyol won when these two teams met at Stage Front Stadium in May

All to do for Espanyol

After their relegation last season, hopes were high that Espanyol could make an immediate return to La Liga, but to do that they must overturn a 1-0 deficit from the first leg of their play-off final against Real Oviedo.

That defeat was a hammer blow for for the Parakeets, who had previously gone 18 outings without defeat, but they will fancy their chances of turning things around now they are back on home soil.

Manolo González’s side have not lost at the Stage Front Season in 11 fixtures, winning six of those games, a run that includes a 2-1 success against their opponents for this match last month.

Can Real Oviedo cling on?

Real Oviedo on the other hand may approach this game with a touch of trepidation, given their miserable run on the road in recent months.

The visitors have lost six of their last ten away games, a run which ended their hopes of getting promoted automatically, and includes reversals to four of the teams who finished in the top six.

It is clean sheets that are a particular problem, as Luis Carrión’s side have kept just one of them in their last 15 games on their travels across all competitions.

I predict that Espanyol will win this game, with 2-1 to the visitors my correct score prediction.