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La Liga returned this weekend after a brief winter break, with the first match of the 19th round being Valencia vs Espanyol on Friday, while the remaining nine games were scheduled for Sunday and Monday, and this round is also a half-way battle for the league. Although only a little more than a week apart, the entire league already has a sense of inadequacy, and due to the sixth wave of the new crown epidemic in Europe, La Liga has also become a hard hit area, including whether the subsequent fixtures can be carried out as scheduled, which also deserves readers's close attention.
La Liga Round 19
[8] Valencia vs Espanyol[11]
December 31 at 11:15 PM
Recommended: Valencia
On December 30, local time, the Spanish media counted the epidemic situation of 20 teams in the league in the recent period according to the statements of the clubs and the resumption of training, and all the positive cases reached at least 141, which is only the statistics for the players, and it is the most conservative statistics, because many clubs such as Villarreal have not announced the epidemic situation in the team, but in fact, there must be infections, just how many problems. The situation of West B is slightly better, the statistics on the 28th is 101 cases, due to the different statistical time nodes, I am afraid that there will be a certain increase in the future.
The worst include the two teams in the Basque Country, Real Sociedad and Athletic Bilbao, as well as Barcelona, Granada and Vallecano. In Barcelona, for example, 10 people have been diagnosed, including Garvey, Dembele, Umtiti, Alva, Alves, Balde, Dest, Coutinho, Abde and Lenglet. Real Madrid and Atletico are in a relatively better situation, Real Madrid is currently Courtois, Valverde, Kamawinga, Vinicius 4, Atletico originally had the hope of becoming the only team to maintain innocence, but the latest pre-training test found 5 cases, namely head coach Simeone, as well as Griezmann, Cork, Felix, Herrera.
Over time, and with the routine daily testing of La Liga, positive cases will only continue to increase. Under such pressure, La Liga has not adjusted the schedule for the time being, and can only stick to the scalp, but only adjusted the unlimited number of admissions announced three months ago to the highest capacity of the stadium to 75%.
Back to tonight's game, Valencia, sitting at home, completed a big reversal against Levante 4-3 in the final round before the winter break, and for the first time in La Liga this season, they won three consecutive games in La Liga and entered the winter break as eighth in the league, which is undoubtedly a very ideal record, in fact, they are 2 points less than the fourth-placed Vallecano, and tonight if they win, they can reach the top four. Of course, the recent wave of 3 consecutive wins, in fact, Valencia's data is not prominent, basically thrilling wins, for Levante and Celta are reversed, for Elche is the final victory. The team's state is actually not much better, the field advantage is not large, slightly better than the offensive efficiency. The defensive line conceded 26 goals this season, the most in the top 10 teams and the biggest hidden danger of the team. Several of the core players remained in good form, including goalkeeper Cillaisson, midfielder Soler and striker Guedes, especially Guedes, who scored twice in the last round of the derby, both of which were very exciting and currently a great threat in the offensive line.
Before the game, Valencia added two new positive players, namely defender Diacab and striker Marcos Andre, while defenders Aldrette, Correa and head coach Bodalas, who were infected with the new crown, have returned from quarantine, and the blow of the new crown is not very serious. In terms of injuries, defenders Fulkil, Rato and Paulista are unable to play, captain Gaya's absent training appearances are unknown, midfielder Vass and forward Maxi Gomez completed suspensions, midfielder Račic was suspended this round, and the overall attrition is still concentrated in the defensive line. This also coincides with Valencia's recent performance, and the defensive line can only be supplemented by attack.
Espanyol entered the winter break with a record of 11th place, and the performance as a promoted polo team is certainly worthy of recognition. Of course, the Spaniards are walking on two legs, the home 6 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss are very high, the away record is 3 draws and 6 losses so far, it is better than Levante ranking second to last, home-away imbalance is the biggest problem of the team at present. Counting their last la Liga appearances, Espanyol have failed to win 18 consecutive La Liga away games.
Before resuming training this week, Espanyol announced that there were 7 positive players in the team, including 5 players and 2 coaching staff, but did not announce the specific list of personnel, which made the team's appearance in this round have a large variable. Injuries also include defender Oscar Hill, midfielder David López, Badillo, Barre and striker Di Mata, of which Oscar Hill and Di Mata have the opportunity to catch up, these people are either substitutes or have been absent for a long time, which has little impact on the team.
The last time Valencia won four consecutive games in La Liga was in 2018 when Marcelino was in charge. Despite a bit of a flurry on the pitch, Valencia have been more positive overall recently, going unbeaten against Espanyol in their last 13 home games and winning 11 of them, with a considerable winning percentage. The Spaniards are discounted as soon as they arrive on the road, coupled with the uncertainties brought by the new crown, I believe that playing the main victory is still the highest chance.