Girona wants to look to Europe and add three consecutive victories against an Espanyol in need of points. It is a milestone that has not yet been achieved so far this season. The best winning streak equals the current one, with two consecutive victories against Osasuna (4-0) and Sevilla (0-2) between the end of August and the beginning of September. Now, from tenth position, they want to get into the fight for the European places marked by teams like Real Sociedad, Betis or Athletic Club.
Espanyol, for its part, arrives at Montilivi having accumulated three consecutive defeats and adding only 3 of the last 21 points in the league competition, with a victory against Mallorca (2-1) at the RCDE Stadium at the beginning of October. In addition, they have not been able to compete for three weeks, since the suspension of the match against Valencia corresponding to Matchday 13 was added to the national team break due to the effects of DANA in the Valencian Community.
After experiencing one of the craziest matches of the season against Leganés (4-3) in Montilivi and managing to win for the first time in their history against Getafe at the Coliseum, the Catalans need to chain their third consecutive victory this season, something that cannot be has achieved to date. After the poor results in the Champions LeagueMíchel's men want to seek to reinforce their good dynamics in the League with another victory, something that would take them to 21 points. If they achieve this, they would be placed, at least provisionally, in European positions. An incentive to do so is that they face this LaLiga Matchday 14 with eight recoveries, more than expected. Among them are Juan Carlos (after suspension for seeing a direct red card), Iván Martín, Tsygankov, Asprilla, Jhon Solís, Francés, Krecji and Danjuma (all of them due to injury).
Today, Manolo González's team has the worst streak of the twenty First Division teams. They have three consecutive defeats against Barcelona, Sevilla and Athletic Club. In addition, they are the second team that concedes the most goals in LaLiga, with 22 goals only behind Real Valladolid but tied with Las Palmas, Alavés and Celta de Vigo. In terms of players, the Barcelona team recovers Pol Lozano and Marash Kumbulla for the match, but they continue to miss out on Gragera, Calero and Edu Expósito, who is already experiencing the last stretch of recovery from a long injury.
