The 18th round of La Liga will kick off at 4am this Saturday and espanyol will be away to Celta, a game that is crucial for the team, and if they win, Espanyol will see hope of breaking into the Champions League zone and surpass Barca by 2 points in the table. Wu Lei scored in the Copa del Rey and is expected to impact his second goal of the season and his first goal of the La Liga season. The good thing for espanyol is that this team is very good at dealing with Celta, unbeaten against Celta in the last 7 times, and drawn in the last 2 matches, 0-0 and 1-1 respectively, the historical data is bullish for Espanyol!
First of all, let's take a look at the situation in the La Liga table, after the first 17 rounds of league battles, the Spaniards achieved a record of 6 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses, and the points reached 23 points, ranking 9th. You know, Barca's points are only 24 points, so the Spaniards are still doing well, they are only 6 points away from the 4th place Atletico Madrid, since the Spaniards are the first appearance in this round of the league, once they score 3 points, they will see the hope of the top four. Celta have 17 points and are currently at risk of moving into the relegation zone, so the opponents are certain to go all out.
In history, Espanyol and Celta have a total of 117 meetings, achieved a record of 50 wins, 27 draws and 40 losses, the past 2 matches, respectively, played 0-0 and 1-1 scores, and in the past 7 meetings, Espanyol are unbeaten, with a record of 1 win and 6 draws, which is a good team, another positive is that the Spaniards are currently in good collective condition, in addition to Raul de Thomas ranking at the top of the top scorer list, Puado and Wu Lei have found a sense of scoring, and the team's forward line has multiple choices.
For Wu Lei, his chances of starting in this game are not great, but he has just found a feeling in the Copa del Rey, and the manager will not ignore Wu Lei. Facing Celta, Wu Lei had the opportunity to come off the bench. Previously, Wu Lei had not yet scored in La Liga this season, and this game was a good opportunity for Wu Lei. You know, Celta's defensive ability is very average, the number of goals conceded has reached 21, if Wu Lei has the opportunity to appear, he may score in two consecutive games.
Once Wu Lei breaks the goal, he will set 2 big records, first, Wu Lei will help espanyol score in the league for 4 consecutive seasons, and second, Wu Lei will score the 10th goal of his career in the league, and currently has 9 goals!