Cadiz CF - Espanyol Prediction, Picks and Tips
First leg of the Copa del Rey eliminatory between two teams of different category, and that have also started the season with a quite different streak of results. The Cadiz team that plays in the Second Division, has started quite weak this season, came to make very interesting campaigns in this category with options to get into the fight for the promotion to First but this season things were not going well at all in the Start of campaign. Although it seems that the results are accompanying them something more in the last days, they are in zone of descent to Second B at the moment with only 11 points obtained.
But without a doubt what more it costs to this equipment is to gain the parties, is a team that already takes several seasons competing really well and being based on its defensive solidity, is true that it costs to them to write down goals in attack, but usually it is a quite team reliable in the back. Cervera is a coach known for trying to keep the goal to 0, is his maximum and through this try to get results, this season have conceded 11 goals at the moment, but his biggest handicap is only the 8 goals scored, being the team of the category that less goals has managed to score. It is true that last season he faced two first in the Copa del Rey, and lost both games at home, against Sevilla and Betis. Espanyol has started the season in a fantastic way, they are 5th in the European zone being a very tough team, and with good players in the attack zone that are unbalancing the matches.
Rubi seems to have managed to maintain the solidity behind the team, but perhaps give it a better air attack, for this game it seems that only have the loss of Hernan Perez who was injured in the last day against Valladolid. Outside the home is where they find it most difficult to get results, so far they have only managed to win at the bottom of the category, the Huesca, adding 3 draws and 2 losses in the rest of their outings. I think Rubi will make changes and rotations for this game, knowing that he has a return game at home, and maybe if they are able to keep the door at 0 at home they have more facilities to solve the tie. Both coaches already faced last season, in the Cadiz - Huesca games and only saw 3 goals in those games, (1-0) and (1-1). I think two very tactical coaches and of course especially Cervera that knowing how both teams are, try to make a match where few things happen. You have to see that both take out both, but I think Espanyol will rest players like Borja Iglesias is on course for this first leg, and I think both try to play more to defend than to sentence the tie in this game.
Our recommendation tip for Cadiz CF - Espanyol : Espanyol to win @ 1.90