Tonight at 11:15, there will be a New Year's Eve battle in La Liga, the game starts in 2021 and ends in 2022, the real New Year's Eve battle, La Liga Round 19, by Valencia home to Espanyol.
Valencia are currently in eighth place in La Liga, but they are very close to the Champions League zone, this game will surpass Vallecano and come to the fourth place, the Absolute Champions League zone, is also their biggest motivation for this game, the current ranking is also in line with Valencia's overall strength, in the last round they fell behind 0-2, away 4-3 to complete the reversal, but also won three consecutive La Liga wins, experienced the downturn at the beginning of the season, and maintained full victories in all five competitions that ended in December.
Although espanyol is this year's promotion, as an old La Liga team, it is not as uncomfortable as the first promotion of the second division team, and is currently in 11th place, performing very well, and even beat the leader Real Madrid 2-1 in October. It was also Real Madrid's only defeat so far this season, with their 3-1 away defeat to Celta Inc. in the last round.
This game is also the last La Liga match in 2021, for the Chinese audience, the time is still friendly, and look forward to the "hope of the whole village" Wu Lei can appear, according to this season's record, Wu Lei is likely to come off the bench, the home team Valencia this season is very strong, with 30 goals in La Liga third, Spanish midfielder Solair, and Portuguese winger Guedes teamed up to win half of the team's goals, for how the Spaniards to limit Valencia's strong front, It is also a major difficulty. Of course, the Spaniards are not without the means to counterattack, this season's top scorer De Thomas also contributed 8 goals to Spain, coupled with Valencia's not excellent defense, in the last 6 games, there is only one clean sheet against the opponent, the Spaniard is also expected to score, but whether he can get points depends on the on-field play, after all, there is a gap in the strength of the two sides.
Valencia in the history of Spain, the advantage, in the last 20 meetings, never lost at home to the opponent, Valencia this season home score is also good, the last 6 home to remain unbeaten, and the Spaniards this season in the away 3 draws and 6 losses, failed to get a victory, before the game According to local media reports, Espanyol has 5 players for special reasons, this game may not enter the big list, Valencia with the morale to win the derby, in 2021, if you can get a victory At the same time as welcoming 2022, it also entered the Champions League zone, which is the best choice, in this game, Valencia's overall strength is stronger than espanyol, coupled with the advantage of home, Valencia has little suspense to win the opponent!