Overview
Espanyol and Getafe are both in the bottom half of the La Liga rankings as of round 32.
The Catalan team is behind their opponents, but is in better form. They have lost only one of their last seven La Liga games, including draws with Atletico Madrid and Athletic Bilbao.
Overall, Espanyol are a very difficult team at the moment. They are also unbeaten in their last 9 home matches, but 6 of them were draws.
Meanwhile, Getafe are in relatively unstable form. They have won 3 and lost 4 in the last 7 rounds. However, most of Getafe's failures have come at home. away from home, they have won 6/7 of their most recent matches.
Both Getafe and Espanyol have only scored 31 goals in La Liga this season, among the worst attack in the league. However, Getafe is the 3rd best defense in La Liga, better than the "big guys" like Barcelona or Real Madrid.
Therefore, despite having home advantage, Espanyol will not easily score against Getafe. On the other hand, Getafe can only play defensive counter-attacks due to playing away.
Both teams have quite safe positions on the rankings and are unlikely to fall into the relegation race. In addition to similar personnel quality and form, it is likely that the two teams will share points in the next match.
Getafe won 1-0 in the first leg of this season thanks to an early goal by Alvaro Rodriguez. It is worth noting that there were 9 yellow cards drawn in that match.
Personnel situation
Javi Puado is unable to play for Espanyol due to suspension. Meanwhile, Jose Gragera and Brian Olivan are both absent due to injury.
On the other side of the front line, Rico is also suspended. In addition, the away team has no other injury concerns.
Expected lineup:
Espanyol: Garcia, El Hilali, Kumbulla, Cabrera, Romero, Gonzalez, Lozano, Roca, Exposito, Kral, Fernandez.
Getafe: Soria, Dakonam, Duarte, Alderete, Iglesias, Terrats, Milla, Arambarri, Coba, Mayoral, Uche.
The match between Espanyol and Getafe takes place at 2:00 am on April 19 (Vietnam time).
