Espanyol vs Barcelona, ​​the scoring match of the 34th stage of the Spanish championship, scheduled for Sunday, May 14, from 22:00 at the Estadio Cornelha – El Prat, live on Digi Sport 2, Orange Sport 2. and Prima Sport 2.

Espanyol and Barcelona are in diametrically opposite situations ahead of the city-Catalan derby, with the hosts still hoping to miraculously avoid relegation and the visitors set to be crowned champions this weekend.

Espanyol sit in penultimate 19th place with 31 points, three points behind 17th-placed Valencia, the last remaining La Liga survival spot, and four behind Valladolid and Cadiz, the other two contenders for the to avoid departure. .

The team coached by Luis García (who recently replaced Diego Martínez) is coming off the back of a 2-3 loss at Sevilla (despite leading 2-1) and has won, drawn one and lost three of their last five matches (only won one match from the last ten played in the championship).

However, Espanyol do have the league’s fourth top scorer in Joselu, who has scored 14 goals this season in La Liga.

The leader is “Barcelona” with 82 points, 11 more than the second “Real”.

With three wins, a draw and a loss in their last five games, the team coached by Javi Hernandez has won two in a row, both at home, 4-0 against Betis and 1-0 against Osasuna, but is winless in the last two trips, 0 -0 with Getafe and 1-2 with Rayo Vallecano.

The best scorer of the team and, at the same time, of the championship is Robert Lewandowski, who has 19 successes in this championship (Barcelona scored 60 goals and conceded only 11, having the best defense in La Liga).

Over time, the two great rivals from Catalonia have met 215 times in all competitions: “Barcelona” had 125 successes, “Espanyol” won 44 times, and another 46 games ended in a draw.

Barcelona and Espanyol drew 1-1 in a tour match at Camp Nou on 31 December 2022 (Marcos Alonso 7 respectively, Joselu 73p).

Superbet offers odds of 1.62 on prediction 2: victory of the visitors in the match Espanyol – Barcelona.

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