While a clash between 18th and 19th in La Liga perhaps isn’t the most eye-catching fixture this gameweek, Espanyol’s game with Valladolid arguably has the most at stake. That’s particularly true for an Espanyol side who’ve only won one of their last ten La Liga games (D3, L6), a run which has seen them drop from the relative safety of mid-table into the bottom three.

With just four wins from 19...