On Saturday, there’s an exciting betting offer with several very interesting matches across Europe. This time, we have analyzed a match from the Spanish Segunda, to be played in Catalonia, where Espanyol and Tenerife will face off. The match between these two teams is scheduled for 21:00.
Espanyol: Catalans Aim for a Swift Return to La Liga!
Unfortunately, Espanyol was relegated from the top tier of Spanish football last season, finishing in the penultimate position on the table, four points behind seventeenth-placed Almeria, who managed to maintain their first division status. It’s known that the Catalans had just managed to return to La Liga a year before, only to be relegated immediately, and it will be very interesting if Espanyol can make a rapid return to the top flight, which is, of course, their primary goal. Currently, the team from Barcelona is in an excellent third position on the table, just one point behind second-placed Elche, and four points less than the current leaders, Leganes.
Remember, at the end of the regular season, the top two teams on the table will secure direct promotion to La Liga, while teams from third to sixth place will compete in the playoffs. Espanyol will surely try to avoid this and achieve direct promotion to Spain’s highest football tier. In their last five matches, the Catalans are undefeated, achieving three wins and two draws.
Overall, Espanyol has experienced seven defeats, secured fourteen victories, and drawn ten times. In the previous round, Espanyol achieved a very important victory in an unpleasant visit to Zaragoza, ending the match 0:1. Before that, the team from Barcelona tied two draws in the second tier of Spanish football, first at home against Huesca with no goals, and then away at Alcorcon, ending 1:1.
Regarding home performances, the former first division team has played fifteen matches at their stadium, securing nine victories, five draws, and only one loss, which was against the current leaders Leganes in mid-October, ending 0:1.
Tenerife: Poor Away Performances, Fighting for Mid-Table!
Tenerife was founded in 1922, and the biggest success in its history is undoubtedly reaching the UEFA Cup (today’s Europa League) semifinals in 1997, where they were eliminated by Schalke, who later won the trophy in the grand final against Inter. Additionally, we must not forget the Copa del Rey semifinal in 1994 and four quarterfinal appearances in the same competition. For years, the team from the Canary Islands has been lingering in the second tier of Spanish football.
Last season, they finished in tenth place on the table, ten points behind the last team that qualified for the playoffs. Therefore, it’s clear that Tenerife was nowhere near playoff contention last season, and of course, that’s the main goal this time too. Currently, Asier Garitano’s team is in thirteenth place on the table, eight points behind sixth-placed Burgos, so it seems that Tenerife will again struggle to fight for promotion to a higher tier. In their last five matches, the former Europa League semifinalist achieved two victories, the same number of draws, and only one loss, which was in an amazing match at Santander with six goals, ending 4:2 in favor of Racing.
In the previous round, the thirteenth-placed team only drew at their stadium against Huesca, and this duel between two former first division teams ended goalless, even though the host was a much better team on the field. Before that, as mentioned, Tenerife was defeated by Santander, and their last victory in Segunda was at the beginning of March at their stadium against the uncomfortable Mirandes, ending 2:1.
Finally, regarding away matches, Tenerife has played fifteen games away from home and has not been very successful, achieving three victories, four draws, and eight losses.
Our Suggestion
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It seems that the host will do everything to decide the winner of this duel already in the first half of the game, so we boldly recommend you to try your luck with the halftime/fulltime 1-1 bet, which betBonanza pays with an odds of 3.10.
Finally, for the same reason, we advise you to try the game I2+, all with a phenomenal odds of 3.80 at betBonanza.
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