Espanyol is coming into this match with a trend to the over in their recent matches. They have gone over 2.5 goals in their last 2 straight as well as 6 of their last 7 matches and their defense has not been good in these. They have allowed at least 2 goals in 4 of their last 6 matches, allowing at least 1 goal in each of those, and they are coming off of a match which they allowed 4 goals. Their attack has been consistently finding the net though, scoring at least 1 goal in 6 of their last 7 matches and scoring 3 goals in their last 2 as well. When playing at home, they have gone over 2.5 goals in their last 4 straight matches there and both teams have scored at least 1 goal in each of those. They are going up against a Sevilla side that has also been trending to the over in their recent matches. They have gone over 2.5 goals in 3 of their last 5 matches and they have seen 2+ goals total in 4 of those matches. They have also been consistently finding the net as they have scored at least 1 goal in each of their last 6 matches, but their defense has not been great as they have also conceded at least 1 goal in 4 of their last 5 matches. When playing away from home, they have gone over 2.5 goals in 2 of their last 3 matches with all 3 of those seeing both teams score at least 1 goal, and they are coming off of a 5-1 loss to Barcelona in their last away match as well. Even when these two meet, the last 6 straight meetings have all seen 2+ goals total with the last 2 meetings each ending in a 3-2 win for Sevilla. Between these two sides, there will be enough goals in this match to push it over 2.25 goals.
Spain La Liga: Espanyol/Sevilla over 2.25 goals, Rot. 201837