Celta never ceases to surprise unpleasantly with its instability. After a confident start in the Spanish Cup, where the Celestials beat Ebro (5:0) and Andorra (2:1) in turn, the team unexpectedly loses to the modest Balearis (1:2). In the La Liga tournament the wards of Eduardo Coudet dropped to 14th position after 20 rounds. The team has six victories and five peaceful outcomes, which brought 23 points. After two wins in a row over Espanyol (3:1) and Betis (2:0), the Celts failed to cope with Real Sociedad (0:1) on the road. Solrai and Tapia, who has a knee injury, will not be able to enter the field today.
Espanyol have been pleased with the results this season after returning from the Segunda. The Catalans are the third most scoring team in La Liga history, with 26 so far this year after 20 rounds. Vicente Moreno’s wards have seven victories and five peaceful outcomes, which brought 26 points and 11th place in the standings. The attack of the representatives of Barcelona looks weak, which differed 23 times. In the last five rounds the “parrots” lost three times and celebrated success twice with Levante (4:3) and Valencia (2:1). The team had a successful start in the Copa del Rey, where the White-Blues took turns beating Solares (3:2), Palencia (2:1) and Ponferradina (2:1). Last week the most Spanish club in Catalonia stopped playing in this tournament after a fiasco in a duel with Mallorca. Lopez, who has a knee injury, will not be able to enter the field today.
