If you take only a quick look at the table you might think that Getafe are the better team here as they are 13th while Espanyol are 19th, but it would not be the full picture.

The league is so tight that if Espanyol win tonight they will overpass 6 teams, including Getafe!

It would also be fair, as according to xG-data Getafe have more points than they deserve, while Espanyol are underperforming by six points and they could easily be at around 10th place along with teams like Girona and Valencia.

Getafe have never impressed this season. I thought last round that they could win over poor Sevilla side, but that was too optimistic from me. A look at recent results and performances below:

They have won twice in last 7 games, but more importantly thay have been the better side only in the home win over Mallorca. And to be quite honest the schedule could not have been much easier than this. They were outplayed at home by Cadiz, away at Elche!

That is rather horrible, and they are the team who deservedly belong to relegation fight instead of Espanyol.

Espanyol have won only twice all season, v Valladolid and Bilbao and those wins date long back. Recently they have improved, but they would need also someone else than Joselu (9 goals) to score. Is there more to expect from Braithwaite? I hope so. Recent results:

Two losses in the two very equal matches v tough opponents, and well fought points in the Catalan derbies after the break. The win is in the cards!

A few absentees at Espanyol, Olivan and Keidi Bare, but also a change for new signing Mexican full-back Montes to show what he can do, and it a lot from the Mexican international!

What Espanyol has been lacking compared to many other teams is a set piece specialist, but in Joselu they have the finishing skill combined with physical strength, and in Braithwaite there is the speed and working moral, and I believe it to just enough to pick up a well late due win in La Liga v a poorly attacking Getafe side.

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如果你只看一眼积分榜，你可能会认为赫塔菲是更好的球队，因为他们排在第13位，而西班牙人排在第19位，但这并不是全貌。

联赛竞争如此激烈，如果西班牙人今晚获胜，他们将超过6支球队，包括赫塔菲!

这也是公平的，因为根据xG-data，赫塔菲的积分比他们应得的多，而西班牙人表现落后6分，他们很容易与赫罗纳和瓦伦西亚等球队一起排在第10名左右。

赫塔菲本赛季从未给人留下深刻印象。我认为上一轮他们可以战胜塞维利亚，但我太乐观了。看看最近的业绩和表现:

他们在过去的7场比赛中赢了2场，但更重要的是，他们只有在主场战胜马洛卡的比赛中表现更好。说实话，日程安排不可能比这更轻松了。他们在主场输给了加的斯，在客场输给了埃尔切!

这是相当可怕的，他们是一支应该属于保级战的球队，而不是西班牙人。

西班牙人整个赛季只赢了两场，分别是对巴利亚多利德和毕尔巴鄂，这两场胜利都可以追溯到很久以前。最近他们有所进步，但他们还需要除了何塞卢(9球)之外的其他人来得分。布雷斯韦特还有什么值得期待的吗?希望如此。最近的结果:

在两场势均力敌的比赛中输掉了两场比赛，在休息后的加泰罗尼亚德比中取得了很好的分数。胜利已成定局!

西班牙人的一些缺席，奥利文和凯迪·巴尔，但新签约的墨西哥边后卫蒙特斯也有了变化，他展示了他的能力，这在墨西哥国脚身上表现得很好!

与许多其他球队相比，西班牙人缺少的是定位球专家，但在约瑟卢，他们有射门技巧和体力，布雷斯韦特有速度和工作道德，我相信这足以在西甲对阵进攻糟糕的赫塔菲的比赛中取得一场很晚的胜利。