Espanyol vs. Alaves: Prediction, Team News, Lineups

Preview

Espanyol and Alaves will face off at the RCDE Stadium in La Liga on Sunday afternoon. Both teams are coming off wins in their previous matches, and they will be looking to continue their good form in this one.

Espanyol is in 11th place in the La Liga standings with 33 points from 23 matches. They have won their last two matches, including a 2-1 win over Real Betis in their most recent outing.

Alaves is in 16th place in the La Liga standings with 25 points from 23 matches. They have won their last two matches, including a 2-0 win over Getafe in their most recent outing.

Team News

Espanyol will be without the services of Leandro Cabrera, who is suspended. Alaves will be without the services of Ximo Navarro, who is injured.

Espanyol

• Starting XI: Diego Lopez; Oscar Gil, Sergi Gomez, Fernando Calero, Brian Olivan; Keidi Bare, Vinicius Souza, Edu Exposito; Javi Puado, Joselu, Nico Melamed
• Substitutes: Joan Garcia, Fernando Pacheco, Adria Pedrosa, Ruben Sanchez, Martin Braithwaite, Aleix Vidal, Tonny Vilhena

Alaves

• Starting XI: Fernando Pacheco; Ximo Navarro, Florian Lejeune, Victor Laguardia, Ruben Duarte; Gonzalo Escalante, Manu Garcia, Tomas Pina; Edgar Mendez, Joselu, Luis Rioja
• Substitutes: Antonio Sivera, Martin Aguirregabiria, Javi Lopez, Mamadou Loum, Pere Pons, Luis Milla, Toni Moya

Prediction

This is a tough match to call, but I think Espanyol will edge out a narrow win. They are in better form than Alaves at the moment, and they have a good record at home.