Villarreal are on fire now. They’ve won six games in a row and lost points just in the last match against Real Betis. It was their first defeat since November.
Espanyol, on the contrary, are on the downgrade. They played well only in the derby with a clean sheet against Barcelona. But then they lost to low-profiled Eibar and Getafe.
I think that Villarreal will concentrate after they fell flat in their last game. Marcelino Toral’s team have a chance to get to the Champions league spot this season. They can even try to fight for a top place in the standings. To do this, they have to defeat teams like Espanyol. All the more reason is the history of Villarreal’s matches at Cornella-El Prat: they lost there eight years ago. Villarreal have also won the first game against Espanyol this season.