Levante vs Girona Preview: Team News & Prediction
by Alex Lawes ·
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Levante are destined for relegation as the Valencians now welcome shock European qualification challengers Girona at Estadio Ciutat de Valencia.
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Levante preview: Much-needed victory
Levante come into this one on the back of a comfortable and impressive 2-0 defeat of Deportivo Alaves last weekend, courtesy of a late brace scored by attacker Carles Espi.
Levante have shown improvement since the appointment of Luis Castro but those strong performances soon gave way to very poor results and, even with last week's win, they are expected to succumb to relegation quite easily.
Girona preview: Race for Europe
Girona started the season in a woeful position with relegation appearing an inevitability but the Catalans, despite apparent in-fighting in the autumn, have turned things around ahead of this run in.
Michel's side come into this one on the back of a bit of a stumble, though, in terms of their results with a 2-2 draw against Alaves being followed up by a very frustrating but hard-fought 2-1 loss at home to Celta Vigo.
Levante team news: Attacking absentees
Levante have aa couple of key attacking injury absentees for this weekend as winger Brugui remains sidelined alongside attacking midfielder Carlos Alvarez.
Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Ryan; Toljan, Dela, Matias Moreno, Manu Sanchez; Oriol Rey, Unai Vencedor; Tunde, Carlos Alvarez, Jose Luis Morales; Ivan Romero
Unavailable: Pablo Martinez (Injured), Brugui (Injured), Carlos Alvarez (Injured)
Questionable: Unai Elgezabal (Injured)
Girona team news: A few injuries
Girona head to Valencia with a few injury issues. The most latest one for the visitors comes in attack with the absence of the experienced Cristhian Stuani due to a groin issue.
Predicted XI (4-3-2-1): Paulo Gazzaniga; Hugo Rincon, Reis, Blind, Arnau Martinez; Lemar, Witsel, Fran Beltran; Tsygankov, Bryan Gil; Vanat
Unavailable: Juan Carlos (Injured), Ter Stegen (Injured), Ricard Artero (Injured), Van de Beek (Injured), Cristhian Stuani (Injured)
Questionable: Alex Moreno (Injured)
Levante vs Girona prediction
Girona are playing some reasonably good football at the moment and so they will likely get themselves on the front foot but Levante, right from the start of the campaign following their promotion last season, have also been one of the more proactive teams in Spain and so both teams scoring seems a good bet for this one on Saturday afternoon in Valencia.
Levante vs Girona tip: Both teams to score
